Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang makes his El Clasico bow in tonight’s clash with Real Madrid after an impressive start to life with Barcelona.
Aubameyang has scored seven times in ten appearances since swapping Arsenal for the Catalan club at the end of the January transfer window.
“What can I tell you? I am working a lot and I think that the most important thing is that I am happy,” the Gabon striker said this week. “When you are happy, you have excitement for everything, to score goals, to help the team and to kill.”
Barcelona will be without long-term absentees Alejandro Balde, Ansu Fati, Sergi Roberto and Samuel Umtiti, while Serginho Dest is also out with a hamstring problem.
Dani Alves sat out Thursday night’s victory over Galatasaray in the Europa League and again missed out on the starting lineup, but Ousmane Dembele is trusted from the off.
Barcelona XI:Ter Stegen; Araujo, Pique, Garcia, Alba; Busquets, De Jong, Pedri; Ferran Torres, Aubameyang, Dembele.
Subs: Puig, Alves, Depay, Traore, Braithwaite, Neto, Nico, Lenglet, De Jong, Mingueza, Gavi, Tenas
