Douglas Pereira has began 2016 with good news after he was cleared fit to return to action after more than two months out with a foot injury.

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The Brazilian picked up the problem at Villanovense in the Copa del Rey first leg, but trained with his team-mate’s on the first day of the new year on Friday. Barcelona have since confirmed his availability and return to fitness.

The right-back is one of the players who could leave in January. Barça have now ruled out allowing him to leave on loan to play more minutes, due to the fact he’s not played regularly under Luis Enrique.

And the Blaugrana boss said he was happy to have Douglas back, but couldn’t promise him action: “Now we have a loaded calendar coming up, we will see which players will take part,” was all the Andalusian offered.