Barcelona possible starting lineup against PSG in the Champions League
Frenkie de Jong could return from injury for Barça at the Parc des Princes, with teenagers Pau Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal likely to start.
Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong looks likely to be available to play for Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday having recovered from the ankle sprain which forced him off against Athletic Club at the beginning of March. The former Ajax man hasn’t suffered any setbacks after coming through his first full training session unscathed on Saturday. As a result, Xavi Hernández looks set to give him a starting role at the Parc des Princes.
Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araújo, Cubarsí, Cancelo; Christensen, De Jong; Lamine, Gündogan, Raphinha; Lewandowski.
Xavi’s potential Barça lineup for the clash in France contains a blend of youth and experience, with three players over the age of 30 (Marc-André Ter Stegen, Ilkay Gündogan and Robert Lewandowski) and two teenagers (Pau Cubarsí and Lamine Yamal).
The other six are somewhere in between (Jules Koundé and Ronald Araújo are 25, Frenkie De Jong is 26, Raphinha 27 and João Cancelo 30). Andreas Christensen, meanwhile, celebrates his 28th birthday on the day of the game.
Changes could, however, still be made to the above lineup, with Xavi likely to make a final decision based on the pre-game training session on Tuesday.
It would be a surprise to see any variations of that back four, with Araújo seemingly no longer in consideration to move out to right-back for certain matches (to combat Kylian Mbappé, in this case) after struggling against Vinícius Júnior in 4-1 Spanish Super Cup thrashing against Real Madrid in Riyadh.
Koundé has been in good form of late, which suggests he will continue at right-back (and potentially deal
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