Barcelona have not called up Ilaix Moriba to start pre-season training on Saturday and reportedly won’t officially promote the youngster to the first team until he’s put pen to paper on a new deal.
The Catalan giants announced on Friday the players called to start the first training session ahead of the new campaign and it was telling that Moriba’s name was not on the list.
Here’s who has received the call:
First team: Ter Stegen, Dest, Piqué, Pjaniu0107, Dembélé, Riqui Puig, Neto, Coutinho, Sergi Roberto, Ansu Fati, Umtitim Monchu, Ilias, Gavi, Comas, Ramos Mingo, Nico, Arnau Tenas, Álex Collado, Yusuf Demir and Iñaki Peña.