🚨 Breaking: De Jong and Araújo miss Barça v Alavés, Pedri returns!

Barcelona faces Alavés this Saturday afternoon and will do so without Frenkie De Jong, without Araújo, and with Pedri.

Earlier in the afternoon, 'SPORT' announced that De Jong had not joined his teammates at the Ciutat Esportiva.

Later, we learned that Flick had informed Marc Bernal in the morning that he would be starting.

With the starting eleven, we have learned several updates...

Pedri has been medically cleared and will be able to play.

Ronald Araujo will not be available due to a stomach virus.

Frenkie De Jong will miss out due to a personal issue, according to 'COPE'.

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