It is too early, he will travel to Saudi| All Football

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has not confirmed whether Wojciech Szczesny will make his Copa del Rey debut, as they travel to face Barbastro for the second year running on Saturday. He will also be without Andreas Christensen.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen is out for much of the season, while Lamine Yamal returned to group training this week, and is said to be aiming for a return in next Wednesday’s Spanish Supercup against Athletic Club. That goes for Ferran Torres too, but otherwise Barcelona have a clean bill of health.

Christensen has been back in training for several weeks now after an Achilles tendon problem, but on Friday Flick explained that he too is looking at the Spanish Supercup as a possible return date.

“Andreas is doing very well, he has greatly increased his workload, but it is too early. He will go with us to Saudi Arabia, and we will see. But the plan is for us to be with us after Saudi Arabia. “

Ter Stegen’s successor was Szczesny, nicknamed Tek, signed under an emergency injury ruling, coming out of retirement. However, Inaki Pena has retained the top spot since then, but it has been suggested that the Copa del Rey and possibly the Supercup could see Szczesny get a chance.

“Tek is training great, but we haven’t made the decision yet. So we’ll wait and see,” Flick noted.