Barcelona B to kick start training with 18 players only

This season, the B's squad will be younger than ever, with a lot of players promoted from the U19 side.

Javier Garcia Pimienta will be able to count only on 18 players in Barcelona B's first training session of the 2020/21 season, Diario Sport report.

They will be: Alex Ruiz (goalkeeper), Morer, Mingueza, Mingo, Mika, Igor, Comas, Ndiaye (defenders); Orellana, Sarsanedas, Pereira, Sanz, Nico, De Vega (midfielders); Gerard, Nils, Polo, Maia (forwards).

Ronald Koeman has called up Arnau Tenas, Jorge Cuenca, Sergio Akieme, Monchu, Ilaix Moriba and Konrad de La Fuente, Oriol Busquets and Juan Miranda to work with the senior side.

Meanwhile, Lazar Carevic (Montenegro U21), Ludovit Reis (the Netherlands U21) and Rey Manaj (Albania) have been summoned by their national teams.

Alex Collado, Sergi Rosanas and Labinot Kabashi are all out with injuries while Hiroki Abe has contracted the coronavirus and is under quarantine.

Although it's still unclear when the Segunda B season will start, the reserves decided to start training in order to help the senior side if needed.