Luis Enrique will be without Arda Turan for the visit of Granada

Luis Enrique will be without Arda Turan for the visit of Granada

The midfielder missed training on Friday and will be out of action for the second successive weekend

Luis Enrique will not have Turkish midfielder Arda Turan for Saturday’s La Liga game against Granada. 

Arda did not take part in Barcelona’s training session at the Ciutat Esportiva on Friday and will not be available this weekend. 

He missed last weekend’s win over Valencia with an elbow injury, but returned on Tuesday for the Catalan Super Cup defeat to Espanyol. 

However, during that game he received a knock to his ankle from Martin Demichelis. 

After initially playing on, he was withdrawn in the 71st minute and was unable to wear shoes, with his ankle heavily bandaged, at a club event on Thursday. 

Goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen is back training. The Dutch stopper was injured on the international break but could return to the bench against Granada.

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