The fearsome 11 that prepares Barcelona to debut in La Liga in Spain
After suffering bluntly during the last seasons, the Barcelona that we all know seems to be back. is that, against joan laporta in the presidency, the Catalan team once again had strong economic power when looking for players. And he’s rounding out a dream transfer market.
Without going any further, during the current transfer window, the Blaugrana team has already finalized the landings of proper names from the hierarchy of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Franck Kessié, Andreas Christensen and Jules Koundé. Huge news for the mythical Xavi Hernandezwho, at present, is in charge of the Culé technical direction.
For this reason, Barcelona is not only emerging as a serious candidate to win La Liga in Spain but also to step strong in the UEFA Champions League. And, in this context, a very positive preseason is coming to an end in which it obtained very favorable results, and, above all, an excellent performance.
This Sunday, for the traditional Joan Gamper trophy, Barcelona crushed Pumas UNAM of Mexico by no more and no less than 6-0. Now, the next step will be to debut in a new season of the highest category of Spanish football: next Saturday, August 13, they will come face to face with Rayo Vallecano at the Camp Nou.
A dream lineup
In the midst of this panorama, the Barcelona coaching staff is already preparing the line-up to receive the modest Rayo Vallecano. It is nothing new that Xavi Hernández has a huge number of variants for each position, so he will have a lot of work to do when making decisions about the eleven that will go out on the field of play.
Under that orbit, it will be necessary to take as a reference what happened in the pre-season friendlies, in which, for example, the midfield made up of Gavi, Sergio Busquets and Pedri could be repeated. In turn, a doubt goes through the presence of Ousmane Dembélé or Ansu Fati, while Jules Koundé could break into the starting eleven.
The probable eleven from Barcelona to receive Rayo Vallecano next Saturday for the first date of La Liga in Spain? Ter Stegen; Ronald Araújo, Jules Koundé, Andreas Christensen, Jordi Alba; Gavi, Sergio Busquets, Pedri; Ousmane Dembele, Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha. And others like Gerard Piqué, Frenkie de Jong, Ansu Fati and company waiting for their chance…