Bartomeu a surprise spectator at Barça's training session on Wednesday

Bartomeu a surprise spectator at Barça's training session on Wednesday

Bartomeu, junto a Riqui Puig, en el entrenamiento
Bartomeu, junto a Riqui Puig, en el entrenamiento | sport

The president took in the first team at work, with Riqui Puig training

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu was present to watch the first team train on Wednesday. He was not the only protagonist, either. Riqui Puig took part in the session having sat out the day's first workout in the morning to train with the B team. The absence of Riqui Puig provoked some complaints among Barcelona supporters, but his presence in the evening will have calmed things down. 

As well as Oriol Busquets, Riqui Puig, who had been part of every session previously, didn't work with Ernesto Valverde on Wednesday morning. It was little more than a case of rotation among the B team players, so the coach can see other players, too. This time, it was Araujo and Monchu who trained under Valverde. But Riqui Puig was back for the second session of the day -- he was the only Barça B player involved.