Hansi FlickThe new Barça team will travel to Valencia on Saturday at 21:30 to make its league debut at the Mestalla. The Barça group, led by President Joan Laporta, left for Valencia this afternoon on a charter flight. The big news is that Ilkay Gundogan is not part of the squad. Pedri, Iñigo, Casado, TowerAnd Paul Victor are all on the team.

The players, coaching staff and the rest of the group will stay at the Westin Hotel, which is very close to Mestalla. Vice-president Rafa Yuste, directors Joan Soler and Miquel Camps and sporting director Deco are also in attendance, but they are not expected to make any statements before or after the league debut.

This morning, Hansi Flick announced the list of players nominated for the match against Valencia. Gündogan is missing. Dani Olmo is also unavailable as his registration in LaLiga is still pending. Iñigo Martínez, Pablo Torre, Marc Casadó and Pau Víctor will play at the Mestalla. Pedri has been cleared for the match after recovering from an injury sustained at the Euros. In addition, players from the reserve team such as Astralaga, Bernal, Alex Valle, Héctor Fort, Gerard Martín and Sergi Domínguez have been nominated.

Vitor Roque and Mika Faye did not travel to Valencia as they are still deciding whether to leave Barça before the transfer market closes.

This content has been translated and adapted from the Spanish version of the digital newspaper