After the champions were surprisingly beaten 1-0 by Athletic Bilbao in their opening match of the season last week, they rebounded in style on Sunday
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Barca have coasted to the last two domestic titles and the Catalans will not just be looking to extend their domestic hegemony, though.
Neymar has told Paris Saint-according Germain that he will no longer play for them as he tries to force through a move back to Barcelona, to reports.
Paris Saint-Germain have announced that Neymar has not travelled to Suzhou, China for the French champions’ preseason friendly against Sydney FC on Tuesday amid links of a return to former club Barcelona.
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has completed the purchase of Gimnastic Manresa, adding to his pre-existing ownership of FC Andorra.
The Belgium international, 33, joined Barca from the Gunners in 2014, but his time at the Nou Camp was plagued by injuries and he was loaned to Roma for the 2016-17 season.
Barcelona have confirmed former striker Patrick Kluivert has returned to the club as the new director of youth football.
Chelsea have recorded the biggest win of their pre-season courtesy of a 2-1 triumph over Barcelona in Tuesday’s friendly in Japan.
British media had reported that Barry had undergone a medical with French Ligue 1 champions PSG before FC Barcelona stepped in at the last minute.
The Brazil international joined the Ligue 1 side from FC Barcelona for a world record 222 million euros (£198 million) in August 2017
Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, have been adjudged the Player of the Match following their 2-0 win over Korea Republic at the ongoing FIFA Women World Cup in France.
Neymar has reportedly told Paris Saint-Germain that Barcelona is the only club he would be interested in joining despite Real Madrid being keen to bring him to the Bernabeu.
Colombian pop singer Shakira Ripoll appeared in a Spanish court on Thursday to defend herself against allegations of tax evasion amounting to $16.3 million, her management firm said.
Brazil’s 2-0 friendly win over Asian champions Qatar in Brasilia on Wednesday came at a heavy cost after they lost striker Neymar for this month’s Copa America.
Barcelona have exercised the option to sign Nigeria striker Asisat Oshoala on a permanent deal from Dalian Quanjian.
Barca are looking to add to their La Liga triumph by making it a double, while their opponents – who finished 26 points worse off in the league – are aiming to lift their first piece of domestic silverware since going all the way in this competition 11 years ago.
Lionel Messi has said FC Barcelona’s biggest mistake was failing to compete during the 0-4 defeat at Liverpool which sent them crashing out of the UEFA Champions League.
Barcelona suffered from a mental block during the 4-0 defeat to Liverpool which knocked them out of the Champions League, having been scarred by the memory of a similar collapse to AS Roma last year, defender Gerard Pique has said.
Barcelona will reportedly seal the signing of Atletico Madrid attacker Antoine Griezmann before the end of the weekend.
UEFA competitions do not depend on big clubs reaching the final matches to make them commercially successful, the European football body’s marketing chief Guy-Laurent Epstein has said.