Adeyemi trains with Barcelona for the first time; unlikely to play against CE Europa

Adeyemi trains with Barcelona for the first time; unlikely to play against CE Europa After more than a week of waiting for his transfer to become official, Karim Adeyemi has finally completed his first training session as a FC Barcelona player under Hansi Flick. The German winger had remained in Barcelona since last week, unable to join his new teammates while the final administrative details of his move were completed. That wait ended on Thursday, when the club officially unveiled him before he posed for photographs with president Joan Laporta and addressed the media for the first time as a Barça player. First session with his new teammates Today, the morning after his presentation, Adeyemi arrived at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper shortly before 8:45 a.m., this time not as a guest but as a fully registered member of the squad. Having already met his teammates during his stay in Barcelona, the 24-year-old was finally able to train alongside them, taking part in his first full session in club training gear as he begins adapting to Flick’s methods and building his fitness ahead of the new season. Europa match likely to come too soon Despite completing his first workout, Adeyemi is not expected to feature in Barcelona’s behind-closed-doors friendly against CE Europa on Friday evening, reports SPORT . Having completed only one session under Flick, it makes sense for the 24-year-old attacker to be not rushed into things in tonight’s friendly against Europa. With the trip to England coming up, the attacker will get his chance to make an impression when Barcelona take on Birmingham City in a pre-season friendly on July 31. Days later, the Blaugrana will also face Preston North End in a behind-closed-doors encounter, providing Adeyemi with another opportunity to carve out a place for himself in the team before the start of the new season. As things stand, though, Adeyemi is unlikely to feature for his new club in the closed-doors friendly against the Primera RFEF side later today. The winger is likely to join the list of absentees, which also includes Ronald Araujo, Alejandro Balde, and Hafiz Gariba . Aside from Adeyemi’s first appearance on the training pitch, Friday’s morning session saw Balde continue working away from the group, with Araújo also training individually as he progresses towards full fitness.