Ronald Araujo all set to make first-team return after injury in La Liga fixture against Leganes on Sunday.
Ronald Araujo could make his much-awaited return for Barcelona this La Liga match week.
After missing nearly six months due to a hamstring injury sustained last summer, Ronald Araujo is expected to make his season debut when Barcelona returns to La Liga play on Sunday against struggling Leganés at home.
Hansi Flick said in a news conference on Saturday that Ronald is ready to travel and may even be included in the starting XI. The Uruguayan has been gradually assimilated into the team dynamic as the coaching staff has carefully monitored his effort throughout training.
Because most of his starters have been playing a lot lately, Flick also allowed his team to rotate.
“[On Araujo] The plan is for him to play a few minutes, I don’t know if he’ll start. I don’t know how many minutes. Maybe he’ll be in the starting eleven. The plan is for him to play. He can do it and he’s ready.”
”Leganés is tomorrow and we are not thinking about Atlético. The issue is to consequently decide on the same team, but there are also players who can play as a substitute. They have quality. It is good to make some rotations, but we have not decided yet. It could be.”
Although Flick has never been a fan of switching up his team and returning to his Bayern Munich. He can make more changes due to the depth of his roster and that the majority of the players are fit. Especially after such an emotionally and physically taxing night in Dortmund.
Araujo is likely to be just one of the new names on the teamsheet, but we won’t know until the lineups are made public.