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Ansu Fati will be available for selection for Barcelona when they play Real Mallorca at the Camp Nou on Sunday.
Barca sit third in LaLiga, a point behind second-placed Sevilla – who have played a game more – and 18 adrift of newly crowned champions Real Madrid.
Fati has not featured for the Blaugrana since sustaining a hamstring injury in January, but head coach Xavi revealed on Saturday that the 19-year-old could return this weekend.
“We will give the squad list and Ansu will be there,” he told reporters at a pre-match news conference.
“He feels very comfortable and is making efforts to return. He will play at least a few minutes. He is happy, he is smiling, a special player.
“We take great care of him, we know he is a special player. For now the feelings are very good, peaks of speed, physically very good.”
The club then confirmed Fati’s presence in the squad on Sunday via their Twitter page.
Barca go into the match having lost three successive home games in all competitions for just the second time in history, last doing so under Louis van Gaal between the 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons.
Defeat last time out against Rayo Vallecano, who became the first promoted team to complete a LaLiga double over Barca since Salamanca in 1997-98, left Xavi’s side in third, and they will look to bounce back when they welcome Mallorca to Camp Nou.
