Dani Alves was the latest absentee after he joined the Brazilian squad to play Scotland in London at the weekend. The Brazilian, who signed a new deal this week to keep him at the club until 2015 , may have been missing, but his compatriot Adriano was out on Pitch Number 2 at the Ciutat Esportiva under Pep’s orders after a few days of working out on his own.

Once again with the B team

With so many first team squad players on international duty, Guardiola and the five players available Pinto, Keita, Jeffren, Bojan and Adriano– as well as Fontàs, trained with the B team.

Meanwhile, Pedro, Puyol and Maxwell continued to work on the recovery process from their respective injuries.