Griezmann will be ready for Barça's crunch match against Napoli
The French forward has trained outside for the first time since he picked up an injury against Valladolid
Antoine Griezmann's return to the training pitch was the only good news in the wake of Barça's failure to retain LaLiga.
The French international stepped up his recovery from the injury he sustained against Real Valladolid. He trained away from the main group in line with the medical team's plan to get him back playing as soon as possible.
The recovery process still has some way to go before Griezmann's back at peak fitness but it's a positive sign ahead of Barcelona's Champions League clash with Napoli on the 8th August.
Griezmann came off injured against Valladolid on the 11th July and the standard recovery time is between 3-4 weeks.
Messi and Piqué do gym work
Leo Messi and Gerard Pique weren't out with their teammates for the recovery session and instead remained inside doing gym work. The Argentine is in no danger of missing the final LaLiga match against Alaves but Pique is suspended. Ivan Rakitic and Junior Firpo will also miss the LaLiga finale.
The only competition that matters to Barça now is the Champions League.
Despite having nothing to play for, Quique Setien has called up Riqui Puig, Ansu Fati and Ronald Araujo for the match which will rule the trio out of representing Barça B in the play-offs.
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