A shock to Barcelona hours before the match against Real Sociedad
Xavi, coach of the Barcelona team, has excluded Jules Conde from the team's match against Real Sociedad, which will be held later in the day, because he was not registered in the team's list in time, and he also excluded Sergio Dest from the list of the match again.
This is considered a shock to the team, as it is still unable to score the goals of a defensive deal in its ranks.
French defender Conde has not yet participated in any official match for Barcelona since joining the team from Seville.
Conde is the only new deal not registered in Barcelona, which has had to sell several non-key players in the team and activate economic levers to comply with the salary rules of the Spanish League.
While Robert Lewandowski, Rafinha, Andreas Christensen and Frank Kessie will be available for the Sociedad match, Conde was not part of the team's delegation that traveled to the match.
Dest was also left out of the 23-man squad for the second week in a row, as the team's coach hinted yesterday that the player's future could be at another club.
Manchester United is among several clubs whose names have been linked to the American international, who made 21 appearances for Barcelona last season.
Xavi also chose to leave Samuel Umtiti and Martin Braithwaite, while including Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Memphis Depay and Frenicy de Jong in the squad for the match.
Barcelona, who will miss Sergio Busquets' efforts to be suspended, have failed to win or score in their last three league matches.
However, Barcelona have not lost in the last six matches visited by Sociedad, and have won the last two.
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