Ansu Fati set for pre-season return

Ansu Fati will be able to start pre-season training with Barcelona on July 12 like the rest of his teammates.

The youngster is recovering well from his knee injury that saw him miss most of last campaign and, with the club doctors' approval, will train from the very beginning of pre-season.

After four operations, Fati is feeling good again and now intends to regain the form that made him a starter for both Barcelona and Spain.

Nevertheless, Fati will not be thrown into the deep end right away, as the club need to be very careful in their management of the teenager.

Firstly, he will not train alongside his teammates from the very start. Fati will train alone until he gradually gets back to a good pace.

Then the hope is that he will be able to play a few friendly matches with the view to being in the squad for the first LaLiga Santander game of the season against Real Sociedad on August 14 or 15