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Samuel Umtiti, during a warming with the FC Barcelona

THE BARÇA, WAITING FOR HIS EVOLUTION

Samuel Umtiti, out in the last Barça training session

Published:17/09/2021 - 19:19h

Updated:17/09/2021 - 19:19h

Barça's French central defender, Umtiti, was the outstanding absence of the Catalans from training this Friday, in the preparations to receive Granada

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After the goleada of the Bayern of Munich, the FC Barcelona has happened the page and already is preparing the next commitment of LaLiga Santander, this Monday 20 September to the 21:00 hours, in the visit of the Granada to the Camp Nou by the fourth day of the domestic championship. Ronald Koeman wants that his players are to 100% to receive to the Andalusians, but has found with a 'inconvenient' in the session of this Friday.

The central left-handed Samuel Umtiti has not been present in the training by general unrest. Although all seems to indicate that it is not a serious problem, the club will expect the evolution of the player of 27 years to determine if it will be available to go in in the list of summoned of the Barça for the crash in front of the Granada of this Monday.

The true is that it is not a drop of a lot of weight for Koeman, because it does not have he for his initial approach. Umtiti Has been in the ramp of exit of the club from does some time and, although it has recovered completely of his ailments and physical problems, from the technical direction do not consider that it is to the level required to play in the Barça, reason by which has remained relegado to the bench permanently.

In addition to the defender, have not existed novelties in the training. All the players have trained in the Ciutat Esportiva after a day of rest awarded by Ronald Koeman. Ansu Fati Continues working with the first team, in the straight final of his recovery after the break of the internal meniscus of the left knee that has kept him in the dry dam from ten months ago.

Like this it is the infirmary culé

In this sense, waiting for the evolution of 'Big Sam', there are six players in the infirmary culé: Pedri González, by a muscular injury in the cuádriceps of the left thigh, Jordi Alba, the one who suffers an injury in the biceps femoral of the right thigh, Martin Braithwaite, that has gone through the operating theatre to treat his injury femoropatelar in the left knee.

On the other hand, Ousmane Dembélé has been drop from the Eurocopa, when it suffered a desinserción in the sinew of the biceps of the right knee, whereas Sergio the 'Kun' Agüero sufrió an injury tendinosa in the internal twin of the right leg before the beginning of the season. Finally, it is an Ansu Fati that already has received the 'OK' of the doctors and is smart to return to the work.

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