The five Barca players forgotten by Valverde

Anna Woodberry 6 years ago 6.8k
Three of the five to fall out of favour at the Camp Nou. BeSoccer

With the arrivals of Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele into Barcelona's first-team fold, there have been several players who have since been left out of head coach Ernesto Valverde's plans. We take a look at the unlucky ones...

Denis Suarez

The quality of Coutinho has overshadowed Denis, who has since not performed well in the Copa del Rey and seems to have lost the confidence of the Barca manager.

Lucas Digne

Jordi Alba's spectacular season has relegated Digne to a surplus substitute.

Paco Alcacer

The forward has been affected by the return of Dembele to the fold. Although in dead rubber games against teams like Las Palmas, Alcacer could still feature as Valverde looks to rest Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.

Aleix Vidal

Sergi Roberto has won the battle with Vidal for the right-side of midfield and he looks set to fall even further down the pecking order with the performances of Coutinho.

Andre Gomes

He appears to be the most likely player out of the five to leave the Camp Nou in the summer, as Coutinho slotted effortlessly in front of him when he arrived in January.

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Aleix Vidal
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Denis Suárez
Lucas Digne
André Gomes