Six players will start pre-season one week later

Barcelona sports papers Sport and El Mundo Deportivo claim that Barcelona players Lionel Messi, Dani Alves, Xavi, Gerard Piqué, Carles Puyol and Sergio Busquets won't take part in the pre-season training camp in London because of the international games they are playing this month of July with their national teams.

Sport claims that the pre-season will start with medical tests on 20 July. One day later, the team will travel to England. The internationals will have one more week of holiday and will join the squad on 28 July, before the start of the US tour, also because Barcelona is contractually forced to carry their best players to the United States.

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