Livakovic, Barcelona's eleventh player called up for international break

Eleven Barcelona players are on international duty next week, including goalkeeper Livakovic, who will play for Croatia against England and Czech Republic in Nations League matches.

Barcelona manager Hansi Flick will have 11 of his 27 squad players away on international duty next week for Nations League fixtures. The latest call-up is Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, who will face England at Wembley on Thursday and host Czech Republic on Sunday 15 at Opus Arena in Osijek.

Livakovic joins five Spanish internationals called up by Luis de la Fuente (Joan Garcia, Cubarsí, Pedri, Fermín and Lamine Yamal), U21 international Marc Bernal, Brazilian Raphinha, English Anthony Gordon, Portuguese Cancelo, Dutch Frenkie de Jong, and potentially Egyptian Hamza Abdelkarim pending Egypt's squad announcement for African Cup of Nations qualifiers against Malawi. Israeli midfielder Orían Goren, a B-team player recently promoted to first-team training, has also received his first senior call-up.

Flick will also monitor his injury list. Of five sidelined players (Koundé, Rodri, Olmo, Espart and Roony), Eric and Christensen are expected to return this Sunday. Only Koundé may be ready after the international break for Barcelona's December 22 match against Villarreal.