Barcelona star ten days away from receiving medical discharge, could return vs Villarreal

Earlier today, Inigo Martinez was spotted in group training with the rest of the Barcelona squad for the first time this season.

The defender arrived at Barcelona this summer, but with a foot injury that had kept him away from group training sessions, as he worked individually to recover completely.

And today was the first instance of the new signing training with the rest of the team in what was a positive boost.

Martinez will not be ready for Cadiz clash

However, despite Martinez resuming group training today, Javi Miguel of AS is reporting that the 32-year-old is still ten days away from receiving his medical discharge.

As such, the left-footed centre-back will not be ready to feature against Cadiz in the Blaugrana’s first home game of the season later this week.

Instead, the report states that the Spanish international could be fully prepared in time for the match against Villarreal next week, in Matchday three of La Liga.

With Ronald Araujo injured and set to be sidelined for at least a month, Xavi would have liked for Martinez to be available at the earliest possible.

However, that does not appear to be the case, with the 32-year-old expected to be ready for his debut only next week when Barça travel to Villarreal.

One more concern, though, would be Martinez’s registration. He is one of the few players that are unregistered yet, along with Marcos Alonso and Inaki Pena.

Barcelona have assured those players that the registration will be completed before the end of the transfer window, and are relying on the sales of Clement Lenglet and Sergino Dest to get it done in time.