Barcelona: A problem facing Hansi Flick during the current international break!

With 16 Barcelona players away on international duty, Hans Flick is left with only a handful of players to work with during the current break—a situation driven by two main factors: injuries and player call-ups to national teams.

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This leaves Hansi Flick with very limited options to work with at the training complex during the current international break, given that Barcelona is one of the teams that sends the highest number of players away for international duty.

A large number of Barcelona players

Spain make up the largest group, with nine Barcelona players called up across the senior and under-21 squads.

Seven have been named in the senior side: Rodri, Eric García, Pau Cubarsí, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Pedri, and Fermín López. Xavi Espart and Marc Bernal, meanwhile, will turn out for the under-21s.

Gavi was omitted from the main squad, while Joan García is unavailable for selection owing to a right knee injury.

On top of that, Karim Adeyemi has linked up with Germany, Anthony Gordon has been summoned by England, and Jules Koundé and João Cancelo will represent France and Portugal respectively.

Dominik Livaković, who made his Barcelona debut against Sevilla, has also joined up with Croatia.

Raphinha faces by far the longest journey of all. The Brazilian international is set to travel more than 30,000 kilometres for fixtures in Australia and India, raising concerns given that he returned injured from two previous Brazil training camps.

A crowded injury list, too

Performing his national duty towards the national team is not the only problem that Hansi Flick is currently facing with Barcelona, ​​but the long list of injuries is also one of the problems.

Frenkie de Jong, Roony Bardghji, and Joan Garcia are all out of action, and Andreas Christensen has now joined the growing list of injured players.

Hamza Abdelkarim and Jesse Bisiwu, both reserve-team players, are likewise away on international duty with their respective countries.

Consequently, Flick has just six players at his disposal: Wojciech Szczesny, Brian Farinas, Alejandro Balde, Gerard Martín, Gavi, and Gabriel Jesus.

It is a remarkable predicament for a Barcelona team that has raced out of the blocks this season, claiming victory in every fixture and doing so by comfortable margins more often than not.

Hazem Mlhem |

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Hazem Mlhem est un rédacteur sportif expérimenté, animé par une passion pour le football africain.

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