There’s been plenty of talk about Riqui Puig once again this season, but the 21-year-old looks set to finally make his first Barcelona start of the season on Thursday as the club kick off their 2020-21 Copa del Rey campaign at Cornella.
So far this season the youngster has been told to go out on loan, insisted he wants to stay, been accused of being a dressing room leak, made six appearances off the bench and scored a decisive penalty in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup.
Meanwhile, Ronald Koeman has hinted Puig doesn’t work hard enough in training, admitted he’s fed up with seeing headlines about the youngster and played down talk of any kind of rift between the two.