Barcelona coach Xavi has a big call to make ahead of Sunday’s crunch La Liga clash with Atletico Madrid and must decide whether to bring in Ousmane Dembele from the cold.
Dembele has been left out of the last two matchday squads but is being tipped to make his Barcelona return against the defending La Liga champions.
According to Diario AS, Xavi thinks it would be “completely counter-productive” to keep Dembele in the stands and unless there is a “radical turnaround” he will be in the squad.
There is due to be a “final meeting” on Friday to discuss Dembele but it has already been agreed between Xavi and Joan Laporta that the Frenchman can be recalled.