Hleb is not ready for Barcelona yet – player’s manager

Alyaksandr Hleb will be a substitute in “Barcelona” at first. The captain of Belarus national team has not regained his usual form yet. The football player’s agent Mikalai Shpileuski informed ERB about it. “Alyaksandr’s vacation was rather long for a football player this year. He will need some time to regain his condition on such a level. It will take at least two weeks. Hleb is not 100% ready for “Barcelona” now”.

Let us remind you that the captain of Belarus national football team appeared on the international arena as a member of “Barcelona” yesterday. The Spanish club defeated Krakow “Visla” 4:0 in the first match of the 3rd qualification round. He substituted the forward Thierry Henry 6 minutes before the end of the match.

Belarusian’s number is 21 in “Barselona”. He could not preserve his number 13 (he had it in “Arsenal”) because this number belonged to goalkeepers, said Shpileuski.

“Sasha had three choices: 12, 17 and 21. At first he chose 12 but changed his mind an hour later: he changed the position of 1 and 2”.