Barcelona will come up against a rejuvenated Malaga on November 19 after the Andalusians' victory over Sporting Gijon and a fitness boost in the form of a returning Diego Llorente. The Real Madrid loanee suffered a sprained ligament in his foot during the 1-1 draw with Alaves in mid-October but should be ready to start at the Camp Nou. Malaga boss Juande Ramos will likely be forced into playing the 23-year-old, usually a centre-back, in midfield alongside Pablo Fornals. That's because Ignacio Camacho's suspension for accumulating a number of yellow cards, along with Recio and Zdravko Kuzmanovic's respective injury problems. Kicking off at 16:15 CET, Llorente's trip to Catalunya will be another chance to prove himself in LaLiga and to his parent club having made a few individual errors in his previous outings for the Boquerones.
Llorente arrived at the club as early as Wednesday after the move had been agreed in principle the day before, but it's taken until Friday for all the necessary documentation to be put in place to make the move official. Llorente played over 30 times for relegated Rayo Vallecano last terms and joins Bakary Kone, who's arrived from Lyon, in bolstering the backline for Juande Ramos' side. He's the seventh signing the club have made in a busy summer, and the player will be presented officially on Saturday.
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