No Luck For Henry

Luck seems to have evaded Thierry Henry once again after being left out of Barcelona’s squad to face Sporting Gijón due to a throat virus.

Thierry Henry has failed to shrug off a throat infection in time to make Pep Guardiola’s squad to travel to El Molinón for Sunday’s clash with Sporting.

The Frenchman continues to struggle to find any sort of consistency in his form and fitness and this latest exclusion will see him miss his second consecutive league game. He was also omitted from the group that took on Racing Santander last weekend following a hectic International schedule.

He made quite an impressive return to the starting line-up in midweek against Sporting Clube de Portugal in the Champions League but this latest setback could dampen his recently recovered morale.

Víctor Valdés and Rafa Márquez, the two other players who also missed the post-Champions League game training session, have been included in the squad as has Eric Abidal.

Squad List:

Valdés, Pinto - Alves, Piqué, Márquez, Puyol, Cáceres, Abidal - Xavi, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta, Touré, Keita, Busquets - Bojan, Pedro, Messi, Eto’o