Marc Casadó will face Barcelona: no fear clause in his loan

Deportivo La Coruña can count on Marc Casadó for the match against Barcelona on Sunday 29 November at Riazor, kick-off 16:15. According to Mundo Deportivo, his loan deal does not include the so-called fear clause, which would have stopped him from playing against the club that loaned him. The academy product, who joined La Masia in 2016 and has 75 official matches with the first team, confirmed it at a press conference: he asked for the clause not to be included because he wants to be available for every game, although the decision to play belongs to the coach. He first consulted his agent, Jorge Mendes.

His recovery has also been fast. The surgeon told him he would be out three months, but he was back in seven weeks and came on as a substitute against Espanyol. His immediate focus is the trip to Alavés on Saturday 21 November at 14:00 at Mendizorroza.

The fear clause lets the lending club stop its player from facing it unless the borrowing club pays a previously agreed sum. Neither LaLiga nor the RFEF bans it, and Barcelona has used it in recent loans such as Ez Abde to Osasuna, Oriol Romeu to Girona and Nico González to Valencia. Casadó has no such clause.