Barcelona handed major injury boost before El Clásico | OneFootball

La Liga champions Barcelona have on Wednesday been dealt a timely boost on the personnel front.

This comes amid confirmation that Raphinha has rejoined group training alongside the rest of Hansi Flick’s squad.

Attacker Raphinha has for his part of course been sidelined since last month.

As much comes owing to a hamstring injury suffered during a La Liga victory over newly-promoted Real Oviedo.

The Brazilian has since seen his return to the pitch repeatedly pushed back, owing to issues in his recovery process.

As alluded to above, though, on Wednesday, Raphinha has taken a major step back towards competitive action.

As per a report from Barcelona insider Javier Miguel, amongst others, the former Leeds United man was spotted playing his part in group training at the Ciutat Esportiva earlier today.

The expectation, in turn, is that Raphinha will be well enough to at least take his place on the bench against Real Madrid this weekend.

Conor Laird – GSFN