Barcelona name 23-man squad for Real Madrid El Clásico as Olmo misses out

Flick confirms squad for Camp Nou El Clásico

The next Barcelona match is upon us. The Blaugrana welcome Real Madrid to Camp Nou for the first El Clásico of the season, and Hansi Flick has called up the following 23 players for Sunday’s clash.

Squad list

Goalkeepers: 1. Joan Garcia, 13. Wojciech Szczesny, 25. Dominik Livakovic

Defenders: 2. João Cancelo, 3. Alejandro Balde, 5. Pau Cubarsí, 12. Xavi Espart, 18. Gerard Martín, 41. Álex Campos

Midfielders: 4. Brian Fariñas, 6. Gavi, 7. Fermín López, 8. Pedri, 16. Rodri, 21. Frenkie de Jong, 22. Marc Bernal, 32. Orian Goren

Forwards: 9. Gabriel Jesus, 10. Lamine Yamal, 11. Raphinha, 14. Karim Adeyemi, 17. Anthony Gordon, 29. Hamza Abdelkarim

Injury absentees

Barça are missing a few key pieces for this one as Dani Olmo has been ruled out for the next four weeks with a groin strain, joining Jules Kounde (ankle), Eric Garcia (quad), Andreas Christensen (quad), Roony Bardghji (knee) as the players ruled out due to injury.

Predicted XI

The article outlines a predicted starting XI in a 4-3-3: Joan; Espart, Cubarsí, Martín, Cancelo; Fermín, Rodri, Pedri; Yamal, Raphinha, Gordon.

The match kicks off at 9pm CET/WAT (Barcelona & Nigeria), 8pm GMT (UK), 4pm ET, 1pm PT (USA), 1.30am IST (India, Monday), and you can join us to follow and comment all the action. VISCA EL BARÇA!