Barcelona will look to add yet another domestic trophy to their collection when they take on Sevilla in the Spanish Super Cup tonight.
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The Spanish Football Federation has settled on the single-game format for Sunday’s encounter between Liga champions and Copa del Rey holders, Barca and cup runners-up, Sevilla.
“The player will sign a contract with the club for the next five seasons, until June 2023, with a buy-out clause of 300 million euros,” Barca said in a statement.
The London rivals will face off at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on August 1, just 10 days before the beginning of the new season.
Machin has worked wonders in charge of Girona with the minnows securing a 10th-placed finish in their first ever campaign in La Liga and it has resulted in the 43-year-old being given one of the top jobs in Spanish football.
Wenger departed the North London club at the end of last season after nearly 22 years at the helm, helping the team capture three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups
The Italian coach was sacked following Sevilla’s 2-1 defeat to Levante on Friday, leaving the club 7th in the table
Luis Suarez opened the scoring on a memorable evening for Ernesto Valverde’s charges
A victory would also virtually assure them of a second domestic double in three seasons, reinforcing their dominance in Spain.
The hosts began brightly as James Rodriguez, Arjen Robben and Robert Lewandowski all weighing in with early efforts, the latter heading on target and forcing a save from David Soria
The visitors began brightly as Mats Hummels and Thomas Muller sent efforts wide of target in the opening 10 minutes
Barca, who played an hour without the benched Messi, could see their lead at the top of the table reduced to nine points if Atletico Madrid beat relegation-threatened Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday night
With neighbours Manchester City running away with the Premier League title, this represents United’s last chance of winning a trophy this season.
The draw means that one English team is certain to make it through to the semi-finals of the competition, last won by the Reds 13 years ago
Wissam Ben Yedder struck twice in four second-half minutes on Tuesday to send Sevilla into the quarter-finals for the first time in 60 years as United suffered a first European home defeat since Alex Ferguson’s Champions League farewell in 2013
Despite a confidence-boosting victory over Liverpool on Saturday, the hosts reverted to the cautious approach, which restricted them to a goalless draw in Spain last month
Clear chances were few and far between for both sides despite Sevilla registering 25 shots to United’s six, but the only one which looked like going in came when Luis Muriel’s header was spectacularly tipped over by De Gea
Barcelona, the record 29-time winners of the tournament, are attempting to become the first team to lift the cup four years in a row since Athletic Bilbao in the 1930s
Atletico had been unable to register new signings in last summer’s transfer window after being handed a ban by FIFA for irregularities in relation to the transfers of minors.
The La Liga side have reached a “principle agreement” on a one-and-a-half-year contract with the former AC Milan manager