Barca's Araujo available for Elche and maybe El Clasico

Uruguyan Ronaldo Araujo, who picked up a thigh injury in the last game against Real Madrid, was back training as normal with his Barcelona teammates in the last session before the Catalan side's league game this Saturday against Elche.

The centre-back, who didn't go on international duty was the main bit of news for this Friday's training session.

For this Saturday's game, manager Xavi will be without Pedri, Frenkie de Jong, Andreas Christensen and Ousmane Dembele, who weren't in training. Brazilian Raphinha didn't train with his teammates, and he won't travel to Elche because he's been banned.

However, Araujo's return to the mix is only good news for Barca fans as it could mean he may be in with a chance of playing in the Copa del Rey second leg against rivals Real Madrid.