João Cancelo and Andreas Christensen back at training

Xavi Hernández is gradually getting all of his players back now that the international week has concluded. And the main focus this week is the Saturday 2pm CET kick-off at the home of Rayo Vallecano.

The latest players to return to duty are João Cancelo, who was actually back on Tuesday but stayed at home with a fever, and Andreas Christensen, who has been away playing for Denmark.

Frenkie de Jong was also present, having been given special permission to skip the Tuesday session, while Fermín López, who has been playing hard for the Spain U21 team, did individual recovery work elsewhere at the Ciutat Esportiva.

As usual, the regulars were joined by members of the Barça Atlètic squad, namely Casadó, Unai Hernández, Aleix Garrido, Mikayil, Mbacke and Alarcón, as well as three U19s in Eman Kospo, Brian Fariñas and Albert Navarro.