Dani Alves Returns To Training

Barcelona right-back Dani Alves trained this Friday along with his team-mates after spending much of the past week doing individual work to recover from a muscle injury. As such, Sport reports, the Brazilian could be at coach Pep Guardiola's disposal to take on Getafe at the Camp Nou on Saturday after missing last week's match at Sporting de Gijon.

Left-back Eric Abidal also trained for some minutes alongside the rest of the squad before finalising his individual regimen to recover from his own knock suffered in last week's match.

Guardiola also continued to count on youth player Albert Dalmau, a possibility in the first team to cover for Carles Puyol, who will be out of action this weekend having to serve out a a suspension for an accumulation of yellow cards.