Kessie Returns To Training As Barcelona Eye Morocco's World Cup Star

Written by Patrick Echatah

Franck Kessie was back in Barcelona training on Monday after recovering from a hamstring injury suffered in November against Viktoria Plzen.

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The midfielder hasn’t featured too much this season, making just five starts, but is now fit ahead of the return of domestic action.

There’s been speculation that Kessie could leave in January, but his agent has insisted he wants to stay and prove his worth.

Xavi also called up a host of youngsters for Monday’s session as he remains without a host of players because of the World Cup.

Starlet Lamine Yamal was present along with fellow youngsters Arnau Casas, Héctor Fort, Unai Hernández, Dani Rodríguez and Ángel Alarcón.

Barcelona are expected to welcome back Andreas Christensen and Marc-Andre ter Stegen this week but will have to wait a while longer for the rest of the squad to return.

It’s been estimated that Xavi won’t have his full squad available until December 26th, giving him precious little time to worth with everyone before the first game back against Espanyol on December 31.

Meanwhile…

World Cup breakout players are some of the most exciting stories you can have on the world stage.

This time around, a few players have caught the eye of Europe’s top clubs. In particular, for Morocco the 22-year-old midfielder Azzedine Ounahi has taken the tournament by storm.

According to a couple of reports in Europe, Barcelona have taken a liking to his play at the tournament and have started to discuss what a bid would look like. His club Angers president Said Chabane confessed that if a player wants to leave, there’s not much they can do.

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