Sevilla handed injury boost before Barcelona | OneFootball

La Liga outfit Sevilla have on Thursday been afforded some altogether positive news on the personnel front.

This comes amid confirmation that a leading member of the club’s defensive ranks has returned to training alongside the rest of the club’s first-team squad.

The player in question? Kike Salas.

Defender Kike was for his part forced to sit out last weekend, as Sevilla battled their way to a hard-fought victory at Rayo Vallecano.

This came owing to a fitness issue suffered in training over the days prior.

As confirmed by Mundo Deportivo, however:

‘Matías Almeyda recovered one of his mainstays in defense, youth player Kike Salas, on Thursday.’

The 23-year-old, it is understood, took full part in group training in Andalusia this morning, considered back to full fitness as a result.

Kike, in turn, is expected to return to starting duties this weekend, when Sevilla play host to a Barcelona outfit still smarting from a first defeat of the term at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.

Conor Laird – GSFN