{"id":81111,"date":"2026-09-05T09:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81111\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T09:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T09:56:12","slug":"just-in-lamine-yamal-absent-from-training-ahead-of-barcelonas-trip-to-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81111\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in: Lamine Yamal absent from training ahead of Barcelona&#8217;s trip to Valencia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FC Barcelona have been handed a late fitness concern ahead of Sunday\u2019s trip to Mestalla, with Lamine Yamal absent from the team\u2019s final training session before their La Liga meeting with Valencia, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/lamine-yamal-baja-ultimo-entrenamiento-133977002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SPORT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 19-year-old winger\u2019s unexpected absence has raised doubts over whether he will be available for the Catalans\u2019 fourth La Liga match of the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n<p>Lamine\u2019s availability now in doubt<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a rather quiet start, Lamine came to life for Barcelona in their win over Rayo Vallecano this past Monday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Cup winner was easily one of the team\u2019s standout performers as Hansi Flick\u2019s side made it nine points from three games following victories over Elche and Athletic Club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/elche-cf-v-fc-barcelona-laliga-ea-sports-2026-27-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lamine Yamal, Barcelona player\" class=\"wp-image-211384\"  \/>Absent from training. (Photo by Francisco Macia\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The German coach is expected to address Lamine\u2019s absence during his pre-match press conference, with the teenager\u2019s condition set to be assessed over the coming hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news comes on the same day that Lamine was confirmed as one of Barcelona\u2019s new vice-captains following a vote among the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Next few hours will be crucial<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation surrounding Lamine remains unclear, and his condition over the next few hours will determine whether he can take part at Mestalla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona are scheduled to travel to Valencia on Saturday afternoon, where the squad will stay overnight ahead of Sunday\u2019s match at Mestalla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blaugrana will be looking to maintain their 100% record and take advantage of Real Madrid dropping points, with victory potentially allowing them to move clear at the top of the table.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/fc-barcelona-v-athletic-club-laliga-ea-sports-2026-27-20-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Aymeric Laporte of Athletic Club\" class=\"wp-image-211670\"  \/>Will Lamine travel to Valencia? (Photo by Alex Caparros\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a perfect start, Flick will now be hoping his star winger\u2019s absence from the final training session proves to be only a minor concern.<\/p>\n<p>Gavi and Gabriel Jesus provide positive news<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lamine\u2019s absence was the main concern from Saturday\u2019s session, but there were also two important positives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavi and Gabriel Jesus both trained normally with the group once again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gavi had missed Barcelona\u2019s previous two matches after suffering a knee knock during the opening-day victory over Elche. His return means he is available again for selection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus is also expected to be included in the squad for the first time since joining Barcelona from Arsenal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona have been handed a late fitness concern ahead of Sunday\u2019s trip to Mestalla, with Lamine Yamal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,223,938],"class_list":["post-81111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-lamine-yamal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}