Livakovic tops the Barça list and Barça loses 11 to the break

Dominik Livakovic, goalkeeper of Barça and international with Croatia, has been called up for next week's international matches. The announcement comes after the previous break match against Spain. A total of eleven of the twenty‑seven players in the squad are summoned by their respective national teams.

Julio Munoz and Xavi Flick will cross their fingers again over the call‑up of eleven players. The Croatian goalkeeper will face England next Thursday at Wembley Stadium. On Sunday the 15th he will host the Czech Republic national team at the Opus Arena in Osijek. Both matches are part of the Nations League group stage.

Other internationals called up

Livakovic joins the five Spanish internationals called up by Luis de la Fuente: Joan Garcia, Cubarsí, Pedri, Fermín and Lamine Yamal. He also adds the under‑21 international Marc Bernal. Among those summoned is the Brazilian Rapinha.

Also the English Anthony Gordon. The Portuguese Cancelo has also been called. And the Dutch Frenkie de Jong completes the list.

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Hamza Abdelkarim could be added, pending Egypt's announcement of its squad for the Africa Cup of Nations matches against Malawi. Orian Goren, a reserve team player, has been called up by the senior Israel national team.

President Joan Laporta has visited the team, while Xavi Flick and Pedro Deco are at the Ciutat Esportiva. Flick said: “We want to be first during the break and we will go to win.”

The coach is also monitoring the five injured: Koundé, Rodri, Olmo, Espart and Roony. Eric and Christensen will be cleared this Sunday. Koundé could be available after the international commitments to face Villarreal on December 22.