BARCELONA, Nov 29 (SW) – Three youth team players have been included in the twenty three man squad chosen to take part in the Club World Cup in Japan from the 10th to the 17th of December.

Barcelona have also included Javier Saviola in the squad. He was been out of action with a thigh injury.

The three youth – team players are Giovani Dos Santos, Marc Crosas and Ruben Martinez.

Seventeen year old Mexican Under Seventeen forward Giovani Dos Santos represented his country at the Under Seventeen World Championships in Peru last year and could be included in the Mexican National Team squad by new coach Hugo Sanchez.

Dos Santos is also likely to make his way into the Barcelona first team squad now that Samuel Eto’o and Lionel Messi are going to be sidelined for a lengthy period.

The other teams participating are South Korea's Chonbuk Motors, Mexican club America, Egypt's Al Ahly, New Zealand's Auckland City and Brazil's Internacional.