The players heading to Birmingham
Preseason is fully under way at FC Barcelona and after a couple of weeks of training on home territory, the team are now heading to the St. George's Park facility in Birmingham, where they will be staying until August 3.
Hansi Flick is taking a large squad of 30 players with him for a camp that will also include a friendly fixture against Birmingham City this coming Friday at 7.45pm local time (8.45pm CEST), which can be watched live on Barça Play.
The full squad
Ter Stegen, H. Fort, Balde, Araujo, Cortés, Guille Fernández, Toni Fernández, Brian Fariñas, Hamza Abdelkarim, Tommy, Xavi Espart, Aron Yaakobishvili, Karim Adeyemi, Christensen, Fermín, M. Casadó, Gerard Martin, Roony, Ebrima Tunkara, Jofre Torrents, Marc Bernal, Alex González, Shane Kluivert, Szczesny, Orian Goren, Òscar Gistau, Ibrahim Diarra, Jordi Pesquer, Iker Rodríguez and Frenkie de Jong.
The idea is for everyone to be in peak condition ready for the first game of the Liga season, which will be on August 23 against Elche.