Barca’s appeal to suspend the three-match ban on Robert Lewandowski has been denied by the Spanish Sports Administrative Court.
That means Xavi will have to do without one of his key players for some time.

Here are the four options the gaffer could use (from most likely to least, as per Mundo Deportivo):

Ferran Torres

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Memphis Depay

Ansu Fati

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The 18-year-old Barca B forward is more likely to feature in some Copa del Rey fixture rather than Catalan Derby. Ansu had just 44 minutes of playing time and zero starts for Spain in Qatar.

Basically, Xavi will choose between Ferran and Memphis, as the latter had a decent World Cup campaign.

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