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FC Barcelona announce squad for La Liga match against Athletic Club

The next Barcelona match is upon us! The _Blaugrana_ travel to the Basque Country for a huge _La Liga_ game against Athletic Club at _San Mamés_, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 22 players for Saturday’s clash:

**Goalkeepers**: Joan Garcia, Wojciech Szczesny, Diego Kochen

**Defenders**: João Cancelo, Ronald Araujo, Pau Cubarsí, Gerard Martín, Eric Garcia, Álvaro Cortés, Xavi Espart

**Midfielders**: Pedri, Fermín López, Marc Casadó, Dani Olmo, Marc Bernal, Tommy Marqués

**Forwards**: Ferran Torres, Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Marcus Rashford, Roony Bardghji

The list of absentees is considerable for this one as Barça will be without their two starting full-backs for the next month as Jules Kounde and Alejandro Balde have been ruled out with hamstring injuries and join Frenkie de Jong (hamstring) and Andreas Christensen (knee) on the injury list, while Gavi (knee) has traveled with the squad but continues to wait for his medical clearance. There is some good news at least as Robert Lewandowski (eye) is back in the fold and will be available to play with a mask, and Eric Garcia also returns after serving a suspension in midweek.

**Predicted starting XI (4-3-3)**:

Joan; Eric, Cubarsí, Martín, Cancelo; Fermín, Casadó, Olmo; Yamal, Ferran, Rashford

The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 3pm ET, 12pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Sunday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action.

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