Pick Your Barcelona Team Against Almeria

Pep Guardiola has called up Jeffren for Saturday's match as Rafa Marquez returns to training from international duty and Seydou Keita takes his recovery to outdoor training...

By Cyrus C. Malek

Xavi, Puyol, Busquets, Barcelona, Malaga (Getty Images)
As reported by Sport, Barcelona's Rafa Marquez returned to training today after returning from his international duties with Mexico and will be available for Barca's match against Almeria tomorrow in Andalusia.

Coach Pep Guardiola also received good news as Seydou Keita took the next step in his recovery from injury by taking a light run on the Barca training pitch. However, the Malian midfielder will not be available for the weekend's match. Left-back Eric Abidal also continues to be out with injury.

Furthermore, Guardiola will miss the presence of Spanish international and towering defender Gerard Pique in his back line as the youngster will miss the match on suspension due to an accumulation of yellow cards. Finally, the surprise in the squad included the young Jeffren Suarez, who looks to be recovering his form.

Guardiola's 18-man squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Valdes, Pinto

Defenders: Marquez, Puyol, Maxwell, Chygrynskiy, Alves, Milito

Midfielders: Toure, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets

Forwards: Henry, Pedro, Jeffren, Messi, Ibrahimovic, Bojan

Please leave your ideal XI in the comments box below, using hyphens to separate positions working from right to left. For example, here is the team that could line-up in a 4-3-3 formation:

Valdes - Alves, Puyol, Milito, Maxwell - Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta - Messi, Ibrahimovic, Henry.

¡Viva Barca!




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