The return of Lamine Yamal can’t come fast enough for FC Barcelona, who currently find themselves in a tailspin right now. The Spanish sensation has been out almost three weeks now since injuring his ankle in Barca’s 1-0 home loss to Leganes. The Catalan club began their downturn before Yamal got injured, but his absence only exacerbated the downward spiral.
There is good news however, Lamine is back with in training.
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It remains to be seen if Yamal will be cleared to play this weekend at Barbastro, but he’s reportedly very close. If it he doesn’t feature here, he might play in the next match.
Elsewhere Hector Fort missed the last match with a left hamstring injury, and is doubtful for this one. Ferran Torres is also a new injury concern, and he could end up missing some time.
Or maybe not, we’ll have to see. Other than that, the fitness situation remains the same.
Marc Bernal, Andreas Christensen and Marc-Andre ter Stegen remain sidelined for the longer-term.
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