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Charlotte Duncker

Barcelona squad arrive in Manchester ahead of Man United Champions League fixture

The Barcelona squad have arrived in Manchester ahead of the Champions League quarter final first leg against Manchester United on Wednesday evening.

Ernesto Valverde and his 22-man squad landed at Manchester Airport early on Tuesday afternoon before heading to their hotel base.

The La Liga champions will train at Old Trafford on Tuesday evening following Valverde's press conference where he will be joined by former United defender Gerard Pique.

One player who has travelled with the Spanish giants is forward Ousmane Dembele although he has yet to be medically cleared to play in the match.

He is expected to undergo a late fitness test to determine whether he will be available to play some part against United.

Speaking on Friday ahead of Barcelona's win against Atletico Madrid the following day, Valverde said he doesn't know if Dembele will be back in time to face United.

"He will not be there tomorrow for sure, we don’t know about Wednesday, we’re not used to taking risks, to avoid having bigger problems," said Valverde.

"We're around the expected three to four weeks [since he sustained the injury]. Yesterday he did a bit of training with the group and today we think he will too. Bit by bit he will be incorporated back into the group."

Scroll through the gallery of the players arriving below.

United trained under the watchful eye of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on Tuesday morning and while Marcus Rashford, Alexis Sanchez and Matteo Darmian returned to the training squad four first team players were abset.

Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera, Antonio Valencia and Eric Bailly were not part of the squad that trained in front of the media on Tuesday morning.

Barcelona travelling squad

Goalkeepers: Ter Stegen, Cillessen, Inaki Pena Sotorres

Defenders: Pique, Umtiti, Semedo, Todibo, Lenglet, Alba, Sergi Roberto, Murillo

Midfielders: Rakitic, Alena, Vidal, Arthur, Coutinho, Busquets

Attackers: Messi, Suarez, Dembélé, Boateng, Malcom

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