Barcelona have made three signings this summer season in Joan Garcia, Roony Bardghji and Marcus Rashford, and on high of this, they’ll welcome again Marc Bernal. The 18-year-old midfielder was a revelation within the early levels of final season earlier than he suffered an ACL harm – which he’s nonetheless getting back from.
Bernal has made the journey to Japan and South Korea for Barcelona’s pre-season tour, though he isn’t anticipated to play any minutes in any of the deliberate matches. Hansi Flick, who’s relying on {the teenager} to be an important participant through the upcoming season, won’t take any dangers together with his restoration.
As per MD, the plan with Bernal is for him to probably be concerned within the Joan Gamper Trophy, which takes place every week earlier than the brand new season begins – though once more, he won’t be compelled to play as that is the membership’s most assured outlook on the matter.
Barcelona have fixture in thoughts for Bernal’s return
Even when Bernal performs in opposition to Como within the Joan Gamper Trophy, the plan wouldn’t be for him to play any aggressive matches earlier than the primary worldwide break of the season in September. The present concept is for his return to be in opposition to Valencia on MD4, which can be Barcelona’s first house fixture of the marketing campaign.
If that’s the case, it might imply that Bernal, who not too long ago gave an replace on his restoration, could be out of motion for over a yr, provided that he suffered the ACL harm in opposition to Rayo Vallecano final August. Barcelona can afford to take issues sluggish with {the teenager}, provided that they’ve Pedri, Frenkie de Jong, Marc Casado, Gavi and Eric Garcia as gamers to play within the two defensive midfield positions in Flick’s system.