Pepe-Nico, two conditional returns to Barcelona

He Barça he played it in front of him Porto If you want to be first in your group at Champions League. The European meeting, on Tuesday 28th at 9:00 pm, will mark the return to Barcelona of two players with a past related to Barça. One of the Pepe, that as central real Madrid He faced the Blaugrana on many occasions, and Nico, transferred this summer to the team for 8.5 million with a purchase option for 30 and the percentage of a future sale. None of them are guaranteed to play. The first due to injury and the second due to technical issues.

The alignment of Pepe It will be decided some time before the match Barça. The centre-back suffered muscle discomfort in his right thigh against Vitoria Guimaraes and, for that reason, he was exempt from the national team’s matches and did not play against Montealegre on the final day of Portuguese Cup.

The Portuguese media assures that the treatment has yielded results, but requires a daily check-up to eliminate the risk of relapse. The defender wants to play and so do the coaches. Sergio Conceição only have Fabio Cardoso one hundred percent. David Carmo is allowed, Marcano has lasting damage and Jose Pedro is not registered for Champions. Recovery of Pepe This will be important to alleviate defensive problems. His last appearance Barça It was on April 2, 2016 in the success of real Madrid (1-2) at Camp Nou.

Nicofor its part, is not entirely convincing Sergio Conceicao and consolidate in Porto. The midfielder, who had little chance of starting against his former team, started as an important part of the coach’s plans but expectations were misplaced after a home draw against Auroca in First League. Since, Nico He is losing presence and minutes. Last Friday, Porto played a qualifying round Portuguese Cup he is new Montalegrea moderate group of third division, and he’s not a starter, playing 32 minutes. And that the coach has reserved some starters. He Porto He won 3-0 that time.