(Football news) Barcelona have had a bumpy start to the season as they sit 9th on the La Liga table. The Champions League is where Barcelona has struggled the most with 2 losses in 2 games as the Blaugrana sit 4th on the UCL table. Injuries is one of the factors that has played its part in Barcelona's struggle.

Ronald Koeman has been handed a boost by the return of Sergio Aguero and Ousmane Dembélé to training and the pair are all set to return for Barcelona's important La Liga clash against Valencia. Dembélé's career since arriving at Barcelona in 2017 has been plagued with injuries. The winger has played only 81 matches in 4 seasons in Barcelona colours. The Frenchman is still 24 years of age which might be the only reason that Barcelona has still not sold him and still expect him to overcome the injury issues. 

Aguero on the other hand was signed from Manchester City for free this summer. Last two seasons have been very unusual for the Argentine who didn't feature due to various reasons, one of which was injuries. Aguero is yet to play a minute for Barcelona but his return is a huge positive for Koeman. 

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The one thing that remains to be seen is how Koeman uses the two returning players. Aguero will definitely play through the middle and Dembélé can play on either wing. Aguero's return will mean that Memphis Depay will have to move wide left which is where both Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati prefer to play. Martin Braithwaite's return will cause another headache for the Dutch manager. 

Koeman would welcome the headache of who to play which is better than what he had before where he didn't have enough players. Aguero and Dembélé will without a doubt improve the Barcelona side if they do manage to stay fit. What is interesting to see is whether the pair start the game against Valencia or come off the bench.