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Barcelona Named Their Squad For Their Dublin Friendly And One Big Star Is There

Conor O'Leary
By Conor O'Leary
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Barcelona have named their squad for their International Champions Cup friendly game with Celtic in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin next Saturday week.

As expected, it's not nearly a full strength squad - with Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta being given extra time off after their summer exploits, and 15 of their other first team stars aren't going to travel - including new signings Samuel Umtiti and Lucas Digne.

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But, fear not. Because former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was confirmed to be travelling this morning. The Uruguayan has already returned to pre-season training because of Uruguay's poor showing at this summer's Copa America. Suarez confirmed his travel plans in Barcelona's press conference this morning, when it was revealed that Barcelona's Spanish and Argentinian international players won't report for duty until August 1st - the day after the Dublin friendly.

Barcelona haven't released their full squad for the game to the public yet, but youngsters like Munir, Martin Montoya, and Christian Tello could be involved should they not be in Spain's Olympic squad.

[RTE]

See Also: The Celtic Team Who Beat Man United In 2006 - Where Are They Now?

Picture credit: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE

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