Official: Barcelona squad list to face Valencia

Barcelona will begin their 2024/25 season in La Liga tonight with an away fixture against Ruben Baraja’s Valencia side at Mestalla.

The Blaugrana are under new management after getting rid of Xavi Hernandez at the end of the last season. As such, tonight’s game will mark the first official match of the Hansi Flick era.

And ahead of tonight’s clash, the German tactician has announced the squad list of players who will be making the trip to Mestalla.

The big news is that Pedri has officially received the green light from the medical staff and is in the squad to face Valencia. However, Ronald Araujo, Gavi, Frenkie de Jong, and Ansu Fati are still out with injuries.

Meanwhile, new signing Dani Olmo is also absent as he has not been registered in La Liga while there is also no place for Clement Lenglet, even though he was registered and given the No. 12 shirt. Vitor Roque is also absent.

Interestingly, veteran midfielder Ilkay Gundogan also misses out of the contest due to a blow he received in the Joan Gamper Trophy match.

Barcelona’s other summer signing, Pau Victor, makes the cut along with a host of other youngsters from Barcelona like Marc Bernal, Alex Valle, Hector Fort, Sergi Dominguez, and Gerard Martin.

Eric Garcia and Pablo Torre, back after their loan spells at Girona, are part of the Barcelona squad list as well.

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