Barça, injured, asked Brazil to take care of Raphinha - Tite

Tite has revealed that Barcelona have asked Brazil to be careful of Raphinha after losing four players to injury during the international break.

Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Frenkie De Jong and Memphis Depay were injured while playing for their country.

Raphinha played all 80 minutes of Brazil's 3-0 friendly win over Ghana on Friday and could face Tunisia on Tuesday.

Selecao head coach Tite says Barca have asked for the winger's workload to be managed.

He said: "In order for there to be maximum transparency, I am telling you that today the Barcelona coaching staff spoke to our physical trainer and asked us to pay attention to Raphinha.

"They lost Araujo and for that reason they are worried. They asked us how the player was doing, if he was training well.

"The schedule for the big clubs is very busy and that worries us because until we meet for the World Cup the players will play two games a week."

Raphinha has started four of Blaugrana's six La Liga appearances this season following his big move from Leeds United and was on the pitch for just over an hour in a Champions League loss to Bayern Munich .