Barcelona has received welcome injury news ahead of their La Liga encounter away to Sevilla, as Gavi has been declared fit to make the trip.

In the hours leading up to the clash against the Andalucian side, Hansi Flick will evaluate his squad choices. La Blaugrana has had a challenging few days.

After their magnificent 5 - 0 victory in the Copa del Rey quarter - final at Valencia, the entire team had to make the journey back north to Catalonia by bus. This was due to dangerous weather conditions.

Fog in the Valencia area caused their flight from Castellon to be grounded, and they didn't arrive back in Barcelona until the early hours of Friday morning.

This was far from the best situation and threw off Flick's training and recovery plans for the Sevilla game.

Flick aims to reduce the La Liga title deficit to Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid this weekend, and Gavi's return to the lineup is a significant plus for him.

The Spanish international had to be substituted in the 1 - 0 home win over Alaves last weekend after suffering a severe head injury and concussion.

That required him to mis out away at Valencia, but following extensive tests, Gavi has passed all of the necessary concussion protocols and he can now return to the squad, as per reports from Diario Sport.

He took a full part in Barcelona’s final training session ahead of the game and could come straight back into the starting XI at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Flick made four starting changes in between the Alaves and Valencia wins, but he is expected to recall Ronald Araujo, Marc Casado and Robert Lewandowski, with Gavi tipped to start over Fermin Lopez.

With no midweek UEFA Champions League game on the agenda, Flick will utilise the gap to give his players some down time, ahead of hosting in-form Rayo Vallecano next weekend, and the return of European action in March.