Barca to play Barca B this week

Luis Enrique has arranged a friendly between Barcelona and Barca B this week to boost the fitness of Luis Suarez.

Mundo Deportivo reports that 14 of the Barca first team have remained at the club during the international break and Enrique is overseeing training as normal this week.

Thursday evening will host an intra-club game with Suarez part of the Barca XI, MD claiming that while he has been making progress in training, a full-scale match is required to help the forward along.

It’s also revealed that Tata Martino wanted to play such games last season but his request was rejected by the Barca hierarchy.

It was felt that the friendly would disrupt the B team’s preparation too much and Enrique’s request being accepted is a sign of his power at Camp Nou.

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