Quique Setién: 'It will be a kind of preseason'

Along with his colleagues in the coaching staff, assistant coach Eder Sarabia, fitness coach Fran Soto and goalkeeping coach Jon Pascua, the FC Barcelona coach spoke about the need for a "preseason" in order to avoid injuries when football is finally back. 

The four members of the backroom staff at FC Barcelona touched on several topics during the call including lockdown and the squad imminent return to training, but the need for patience and safety was the main subject of conversation. 

After 50 days of lockdown, players are not as fit as they were before the pandemic and that worries the medical staff.

'AS' revealed an internal report by the Barcelona medical staff. And Barca are concerned about the players' health not only because of COVID-19, but due to the risk of injury due to football resuming.

Barca are predicting between five and ten injuries in the first month of the competition. The causes are the months in lockdown, the lack of friendlies and the very short time because matches.