Work with a short squad this season and count on the players of the subsidiary when needed.
Ernesto Valverde has 21 players now in the first team but some players could leave in the winter market.
But it seems that Barca are not worrying about this type of short templates since there have been more players in the first team from Barca B.
After Coutinho and Malcolm left the club this Summer, Barca valued the signing of Carles Perez and also Ansu Fati.
In addition, Wague and Inaki Pena are ready to play at any time with the first team. Also, Valverde has regarded Ronald Araujo as the fifth central of the first team.
Riqui Puig and Alex Collado are two other names that Valverde has in mind despite the fact that this year he has overbooking in the middle zone.
Beyond that, Valverde has a very good relationship with that of the subsidiary, Javier Garcia Pimienta and that helps the exchange of information.
In addition, Valverde has watched two Barca B matches at Estadi Johan Cruyff.