Overview
- The club confirmed on Monday that Fermín López and Ronald Araújo rejoined full outdoor group sessions at Barcelona's St George's Park camp as they step up their recoveries.
- Fermín is returning from surgery to repair a broken foot bone that kept him out of Spain's World Cup, while Araújo missed Uruguay's tournament matches and has moved from individual work to outdoor training.
- Barcelona have not committed to playing either in scheduled friendlies in England and the club will manage minutes cautiously to avoid rushing their comebacks.
- Other fitness issues persist as Frenkie de Jong continues conservative treatment for a medial collateral ligament tear, Alejandro Baldé remains on an individual programme, and Raphinha's full participation is still uncertain.
- The England camp under Hansi Flick features double daily sessions and two friendlies against Birmingham and Preston, and the reintegration of these players gives Flick more selection choices while preserving long‑term squad availability.