Belgian international, Thomas Vermaelen, who has just become a father and Douglas Pereira, who is out for eight weeks through injury were the only absentees this morning as the Barcelona returned to training after their recent tour of the USA.
In the first of two planned training sessions for Friday the majority of the team participated in on-field activity at the Sant Joan Despí training centre, where, Dani Alves, Neymar Jr, Leo Messi and Javier Mascherano completed their first training session since returning from holiday.
Douglas Pereira, who picked up a muscular injury in the friendly against Chelsea, has embarked on his recovery program with the club’s physio team.
Chilean international goalkeeper, Claudio Bravo, who played in the Copa América final is the last player set to rejoin the squad. The stopper is set to incorporate with the group on August 3, the same date when Messi and Mascherano were set to re-join the squad. Both Argentinean players re-joined the squad yesterday, cutting short their holidays, as they are both anxious to be in optimum shape ahead of the UEFA Super Cup against Sevilla on August 11th.