Luis Enrique has named a 24-man squad to travel to the USA for FC Barcelona pre-season tour 2015-2016.
Goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen who was expected to return on July 30 will travel with the squad as the star cut short is summer holidays to fight for a starting spot.
Luis Enrique also included four Barcelona B players Alen Halilovic, Sergi Samper, Gambau and goalkeeper Jose Suarez in the squad with Pedro Rodriguez also included.
The club will be without the South American stars – Lionel Messi, Javier Mascherano, Neymar, Dani Alves and Claudio Bravo – who took part in the Copa America and are expected back at a later date.
New arrivals Aleix Vidal and Arda Turan will also travel with the squad despite not being able to play any friendlies for the Catalans.
The tour will run from Sunday, July 19 when the team will travel through Wednesday, July 29 before they travel to Italy to take on Fiorentina.
Goalkeepers: Marc Andre Ter Stegen, Jordi Masip, Jose Suarez
Defenders: Aleix Vidal, Douglas Pereira, Thomas Vermaelen, Marc Bartra, Gerard Pique, Jeremy Mathieu, Adriano Correia, Jordi Alba
Midfielders: Arda Turan, Ivan Rakitic, Sergi Roberto, Alen Halilovic, Sergio Busquets, Sergi Samper, Gambau, Rafinha Alcantara, Andres Iniesta
Forwards: Pedro Rodriguez, Sandro Ramirez, Munir El Haddadi, Luis Suarez.
Barca will play their first game in the tour against Los Angeles Galaxy on July 22 at 5:00am CET.
This post was last modified on December 14, 2018 9:55 am
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