Barcelona president Joan Laporta warned that Marcus Rashford would be the last marquee arrival of the summer while the club focuses on thinning a squad with “too many players”. Rashford managed to extract himself from the Manchester United meat-grinder to secure a loan move to Barcelona this month,

Interestingly, one small change could come in goal, with new signing Joan Garcia replacing Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who has been ruled out due to surgery and is no longer a part of Flick’s plans.