Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang trained with his new Barcelona teammates on Saturday ahead of a possible debut.
Aubameyang could make his Camp Nou debut on Sunday in a crunch La Liga game against Atletico Madrid, who sit a point ahead of Barcelona in fourth. It would help the Gabon forward to put a complicated few months behind him after falling out with Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta.
The former Gunners captain, 32, was released from his contract by the Premier League club on Monday, having not made an appearance since being disciplined in December for returning home late from an agreed trip abroad.
Aubameyang then completed his free transfer to the Catalan giants last Tuesday, after the transfer window had closed.
He was also sent home early from the Africa Cup of Nations after the Gabonese Football Federation said cardiac lesions were found in tests conducted in Cameroon following a positive Covid-19 test.
"I think it was a problem just with him [Arteta]," Aubameyang had said on Thursday. "He wasn't happy and that was it. I can't say anything else because that's what happened. I wasn't very happy and I'm better this way.
"There were some complicated months. Sometimes football is like that. If I had to say something about this, I would say, on my behalf, I never wanted to do anything bad. Now I have to put this behind me, that is in the past. I want to think about the present."
Meanwhile, France international Ousmane Dembele has been named on the Barcelona squad for Sunday's match despite his ongoing contract standoff with the Liga side.
Head coach Xavi has opted to stick with the 24-year-old despite reinforcements like Adama Traore, Aubameyang and Ferran Torres signed in the winter transfer window.
Xavi had warned Dembele on January 19 that he had to extend his contract or leave the club. But the Barcelona coach conceded that he had no choice but to recall the French player who warned he would not "give in to blackmail" after being left out of last month's Copa del Rey tie against Athletic Bilbao.
"Circumstances meant that we had to find a solution with Ousmane," Xavi said on Saturday.
"He is part of the club and the squad. We met and we decided that he is part of the team. We can't afford to shoot ourselves in the foot. It's the club's decision and we'll use him when we think it's necessary. He's a player in the team like any other."
The winger's contract expires in the summer, when he will be able to leave Barcelona for free.
90 notable January transfers
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Dele Alli - Tottenham to Everton (No initial fee but up to £30m in potential add-ons). PA -
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Arsenal to Barcelona (free). PA -
Donny van de Beek - Manchester United to Everton (loan). PA -
Jony - Lazio to Sporting Gijon (loan). Getty Images -
Kevin Paredes - DC United to Wolfsburg (£5.2 million). Reuters -
Billal Brahimi - Angers to Nice (£5.8 million). AFP -
Neco Williams - Liverpool to Fulham (loan). Reuters -
Jeff Hendrick - Newcastle United to QPR (loan). Getty Images -
Mamadou Sylla - Alaves to Rayo Vallecano (loan). Getty Images -
Ibrahima Kone - Sarpsborg to Lorient (£3.3 million). AFP -
Dan Burn - Brighton & Hove Albion's to Newcastle United (£12.5 million). PA -
Lucas Perez - Elche to Cadiz (undisclosed fee). Getty Images -
Islam Slimani - Lyon to Sporting (free). Getty -
Jean-Philippe Mateta - Mainz to Crystal Palace (£10 million). PA -
Aaron Ramsey - Juventus to Rangers (loan). PA -
Deniz Undav - Union St-Gilloise to Brighton (£6 million). Getty Images -
Goran Pandev - Genoa to Parma (undisclosed fee). Getty Images -
Giovani Lo Celso - Tottenham to Villarreal (loan). PA -
Matt Targett - Aston Villa to Newcastle (loan). PA -
Bryan Gil - Tottenham to Valencia (loan). PA -
Rodrigo Bentancur - Juventus to Tottenham (£15.9 million). AFP -
Dejan Kulusevski - Juventus to Tottenham (loan). AFP -
Nat Phillips - Liverpool to Bournemouth (loan). Getty Images -
Denis Zakaria - Borussia Moenchengladbach to Juventus (£4.2 million). Getty Images -
Tanguy Ndombele - Tottenham to Lyon (loan). PA -
Christian Eriksen - Brentford (free agent). PA -
Julián Álvarez - River Plate to Manchester City (£14 million; loaned back to River Plate). Getty Images -
Wout Weghorst - Wolfsburg to Burnley (£12 million). Getty Images -
Martín Cáceres - Cagliari to Levante (free). Getty Images -
Max Kruse - Union Berlin to Wolfsburg (undisclosed fee). Getty Images -
Bruno Guimaraes - Lyon to Newcastle (£33.3 million). Getty Images -
Luis Diaz - Porto to Liverpool (£33.3 million). Getty Images -
Adama Traore - Wolverhampton Wanderers to Barcelona (loan). Getty Images -
Felipe Caicedo - Genoa to Inter Milan (loan). Getty Images -
Federico Fazio - Roma to Salernitana (free). Getty -
Dusan Vlahovic - Fiorentina to Juventus (£62.5 million). AP -
Ilaix Moriba - RB Leipzig to Valencia (loan). AFP -
Daniel Wass - Valencia to Atletico Madrid (£2.1 million). EPA -
Calum Chambers - Arsenal to Aston Villa (undisclosed fee). PA -
Robin Gosens - Atalanta to Inter Milan (loan). Reuters -
Amad Diallo - Manchester United to Rangers (loan). PA -
Samuel Kalu - Bordeaux to Watford (£3 million). AFP -
Anthony Martial - Manchester United to Sevilla (loan). EPA -
Hatem Ben Arfa - joins Lille as a free agent. AFP -
Jeremie Boga - Sassuolo to Atalanta (£18.5 million). AP -
Dario Benedetto - Marseille to Boca Junior (£3 million). Getty Images -
Wilson Isidor - Monaco to Lokomotiv Moscow (£2.5 million). AP Photo -
Ivan Saponjic - Atletico Madrid to Slovan Bratislava (free). EPA -
Patrick Roberts - Manchester City to Sunderland (undisclosed fee). Getty Images -
Sardar Azmoun - Zenit to Bayer Leverkusen (free). EPA -
Eliaquim Mangala - joins Saint-Etienne as a free agent. AP Photo -
Oussama Idrissi Sevilla to Cadiz (loan). Getty Images -
Sergio Rico - PSG to Real Mallorca (loan). Getty Images -
Leonardo Campana - Wolves to Inter Miami (loan). AFP -
Pablo Mari - Arsenal to Udinese (loan). PA -
Tommy Doyle - Manchester City to Cardiff City (loan). PA -
Sead Kolasinac - Arsenal to Marseille (free). Reuters -
Nani - Orlando City to Venezia (free). Getty Images -
Jordan Lukaku - Lazio to Vicenza (loan). PA -
Sergio Oliveira - Porto to Roma (loan). Getty Images -
Diego Godin - Cagliari to Atlético Mineiro (released). Getty Images -
Borja Mayoral - Roma to Getafe (loan). EPA -
Anwar El Ghazi - Aston Villa to Everton (loan). AFP -
Luke Matheson - Wolves to Scunthorpe United (loan). Reuters -
Jesus Manuel Corona - Porto to Sevilla (£2.9 million). Getty Images -
Cristiano Piccini - Valencia to Red Star (free). EPA -
Edon Zhegrova - Basel to Lille (£5.8 million). AP Photo -
Patrik Gunnarsson - Brentford to Viking FK (undisclosed fee). AP photo -
Chiquinho - Estoril to Wolves (£2.9 million). AFP -
Robin Olsen - Roma to Aston Villa (loan). Reuters -
Philippe Coutinho - Barcelona to Aston Villa (loan). AFP -
Chris Wood - Burnley to Newcastle United (£25 million). AFP -
Lucas Digne - Everton to Aston Villa (£25 million). EPA -
Folarin Balogun - Arsenal to Middlesbrough (loan). PA -
Jan Zamburek - Brentford to Viborg (undisclosed fee). PA -
Taylor Harwood-Bellis - Manchester City to Stoke City (loan). Getty Images -
Andrea Conti - AC Milan to Sampdoria (undisclosed fee). Getty Images -
Krzysztof Piatek - Hertha Berlin to Fiorentina (loan). EPA -
Axel Tuanzebe - Manchester United to Napoli (loan). AP Photo -
Kieran Trippier - Atletico Madrid to Newcastle United (£12 million). PA -
Ainsley Maitland-Niles - Arsenal to Roma (loan). Reuters -
Jurgen Locadia - Brighton & Hove Albion to Bochum (released). PA -
Samir - Udinese to Watford (undisclosed fee). AP -
Nathan Patterson - Rangers to Everton (£12 million). PA -
Teden Mengi - Manchester United to Birmingham City (loan). AP Photo -
Hassane Kamara - Nice to Watford (£4 million). Reuters -
Ferran Torres - Manchester City to Barcelona (£46.3 million). Getty Images -
Aaron Connolly - Brighton & Hove Albion to Middlesbrough (loan). PA -
Vitaliy Mykolenko - Dynamo Kiev to Everton (£17.6 million). Reuters -
Rafinha - PSG to Real Sociedad (loan). AFP
