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Barcelona warmed up for the 2022/23 campaign in style as they thrashed Mexican side Pumas 6-0 at Camp Nou to win the Joan Gamper Trophy.

Hailing the energy and the intensity that his team showed, Xavi added: “With this intensity and desire levels, we’re doing well. About nine minutes later, Barcelona were four goals to the good, with Pedri doubling his tally on the evening. Pedri doubled the Catalans’ lead two minutes later before Ousmane Dembele made it 3-0 in the tenth minute.

The resurrection season cut its ribbon in the Joan Gamper. The new Barcelona that Xavi and Laporta are constructing was presented to fans, with a lot of ...

Now it’s up to Xavi. He has the players he needs to fight for all titles. The president has made a big financial effort, activating the levers, to offer the coach what he asked for. The resurrection season cut its ribbon in the Joan Gamper. The new Barcelona that Xavi and Laporta are constructing was presented to fans, with a lot of excitement generated by the signings.

BARCELONA star Frenkie de Jong is a top Manchester United and Chelsea transfer target.

“There’s a lot on that De Jong deal,” said Neville. “Just generally. And with the Catalan titans pushing to land Bernardo Silva from Manchester City, that new development gives both teams hope of striking a deal. Manchester United and Chelsea are both keen to land the Netherlands international. “If he’s said ‘no I’m not coming I want to stay at Barcelona’ or ‘I want to go to London to play in the Champions League’, surely at that point United would have said ‘we’re out of the race for Frenkie de Jong. Barcelona are, however, open to keeping hold of De Jong if the player agrees to take a pay cut. Barcelona star Frenkie de Jong still has no plans to take a pay cut at the club, according to reports.

Joan Laporta made it clear that Barcelona's plan is to retain the services of Frenkie de Jong, although Xavi added “anything can happen”.

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De Jong has been the subject of interest from Manchester United all summer, but has refused to join the Premier League giants as he looks to stay with ...

“We have a lot of competition for the starting positions. However, there are a lot of things we have to improve. De Jong followed that brilliant piece of skill up with a goal of his own in the rout. But as he praised his side for a successful pre-season, Xavi made it clear that he wanted to see De Jong stay. De Jong started on the bench, with Barca boss Xavi instead selecting a midfield of Gavi, Pedri and Sergio Busquets to start the game. That would be another blow to Manchester United, who remain keen to sign the 25-year-old, but have seen a deal stall.

Dani Alves was honoured by Barcelona ahead of the Joan Gamper Trophy match against Pumas UNAM.

And that has been left out at the club." Everything that happens on the field is a reflection of what happens outside. I am eternally grateful to Xavi and the president for bringing me back. "As a cule, I would like Barcelona to do things differently. Barcelona don’t care about the people who made history for the club. "Since I arrived, I made it very clear that I wasn’t any more a 20-year-old guy and that I wanted things to be done head-on, without hiding things.

Barcelona newcomer Robert Lewandowski gave Camp Nou a dazzling first-half performance on Sunday in the Joan Gamper Trophy that saw him score and register ...

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BARCELONA, Aug 8 — Robert Lewandowski scored his first Barcelona goal in a 6-0 rout of Mexican side Pumas in the Joan Gamper Trophy pre-season clash on ...

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Frenkie de Jong completed the rout in the second half. Pedri added the second and fourth goals in the fifth and 19th minutes, sandwiching a strike from Ousmane Dembele. Lewandowski also played a key part in Pedri’s second goal with an inspired pass to set up the midfielder.

The footballing world was shocked when Messi departed Barcelona last year, with the Catalans being unable to renew his contract due to the financial situation.

The relationship between Messi and Laporta has not been at its best due to the manner of the former’s exit last summer. PSG, for their part, plan to keep hold of the 35-year-old global icon and want to hand him a new contract. He has made a fine start to the new season, scoring a stunning goal for Les Parisiens against Clermont Foot recently.

Barcelona legend Lionel Messi did not make the cut in four of Franck Kessie's greatest players of all time to ever grace the pitch; Kessie instead showed he ...

He is expected to play a key part in Xavi Hernandez's revolution and rebuild at Barcelona. The Ivory Coast international once said that he is not afraid of running and putting in the work on the pitch. Kessie is expected to play a key part in Xavi Hernandez's revolution and rebuild at Barcelona. The Ivory Coast international once said that he is not afraid of running and putting in the work on the pitch. Kessie completed a move to Barcelona after failing to agree to a new deal with AC Milan. He has penned a four-year contract in Spain and will be unveiled officially on Wednesday, July 6th.

Lewandowski scores on Camp Nou bow as Barca rout Mexican side Pumas 6-0 to win Joan Gamer Trophy.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Frenkie de Jong completed the rout in the second half. Pedri added the second and fourth goals in the fifth and 19th minutes, sandwiching a strike from Ousmane Dembele. Robert Lewandowski scored his first Barcelona goal in a 6-0 rout of Mexican side Pumas in the Joan Gamper Trophy pre-season clash on Sunday.

This news was first reported by Catalunya Radio on Sunday evening after Barcelona thrashed Mexican side Pumas UNAM 6-0 in the Joan Gamper Trophy.

Meanwhile, Messi has had a promising start to the Ligue 1 season with the Parc des Princes club. We will do our best to have Messi ending his career with Barcelona.” Now is not the best moment to talk about it since he is a player of PSG and he has one more year on his contract. We have to respect it.” “I feel a moral debt to the best player in history. “I would like to do it.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has extended an olive branch to De Jong to publicly invite him to stay, and says he is confident he will.

This week they have to fix both of them.” He has told Martin Braithwaite and Samuel Umtiti to find new clubs. With him and his teammates we have a very powerful midfield.

Frenkie de Jong showed why Manchester United are so determined to sign him by displaying his world-class quality during Barcelona's 6-0 win over Pumas UNAM ...

Running at breakneck speed with the ball at his feet, De Jong got his head up and played a delightful pass with the outside of his boot to Aubameyang. Meanwhile, you can watch De Jong score Barcelona’s sixth goal of the night here: Video: De Jong’s stunning run and pass vs Pumas Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted a fifth goal for the Catalan outfit shortly after the interval before De Jong added gloss to the scoreline in the 84th minute. But Xavi sent De Jong on, possibly for his final appearance at Camp Nou, at the start of the second half. However, De Jong is reportedly owed a fortune in deferred wages from his current employers and is likely to stay put at Camp Nou unless the issue is resolved.

The standoff against Mexico's Pumas UNAM saw Polish striker Robert Lewandowski score his first goal in the Barcelona colours in a friendly match at Camp Nou ...

Barca was leading the game 3-0 as early as ten minutes from the kick-off. The third goal was scored by forward Ousmane Dembele. The Pumas were a sorry sight and it seemed as if their defence was purely theoretical. Barca scored another goal before the break – thanks to Lewandowski assisting Pedri the second time.

However, as per the same report, one of the Barcelona players was on the receiving end of boos and whistles from the fans when he stepped onto the pitch during ...

To that end, the 31-year-old has been pushing Barça to terminate his contract which still has two years left. And fans in attendance cheered and clapped with joy at the sight of their favourite players. But he continues to drag his heels and remains a Blaugrana despite the club’s best efforts to move him on.

Barcelona star Pedri has been impressed by the immediate impact of Robert Lewandowski on his arrival in Catalonia.

The veteran striker netted the opening goal in the 6-0 victory over the Mexican side at the Camp Nou and laid on a pair of assists for Pedri’s two goals and the Spanish teenager was full of praise at full time. Lewandowski joined up with the Barcelona squad on their preseason tour of the United States before finally getting his first goal in the Joan Gamper Trophy win this weekend. Despite the Bavarians initial insistence on keeping Lewandowski at the Allianz Arena, Lewandowski’s determination to join Barcelona proved crucial, with a deal eventually wrapped up.

After the departure of top players, the Spanish football club is back in the transfer business. Here's how the numbers are adding up.

Frenkie de Jong stared for Xavi's Barcelona side in their last pre-season game ahead of La Liga kicking off this weekend, but the manager is unsure whether ...

"I don't know what will happen to Frenkie de Jong. Until August 31st anything can happen," Xavi said after the UNAM win. "Some players will leave and another deal is also going to take place in principle." Initially, the Mirror reported that La Liga had rejected Barca's latest claim to get the likes of Raphinha and Jules Kounde registered in time for the season kick-off.

It had been reported that this was down to La Liga not accepting the capital gains on their economic levers. Cope say that this is in fact part of the sale of ...

That difference was allegedly provided by Logskley Investments S.L., a company created by Sixth Street and Barcelona for the exclusive purpose of this deal with each owning 50% of the entity. It had been reported that this was down to La Liga not accepting the capital gains on their economic levers. According to Cadena Cope, Barcelona have falsely inflated their accounts using their own money.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed that midfielder Frenkie de Jong has received offers to leave the club amid Chelsea interest.

He said: "I think if we can add to the squad we add. It remains to be seen as to whether Chelsea can convince the midfielder to join them or if he will remain a Barcelona player this summer. Barcelona precedent Laporta has also dealt Chelsea a blow, admitting that the club want him to stay, despite offers on the table for the Dutch international.

A crowd of more than 83,000 saw the team's top signing, Robert Lewandowski, score his first goal for the Catalan club and connect well with young playmaker ...

“We did what we have to do to make Barcelona a reference again.” “Spectacular,” said the front-page headline of the Sport newspaper, on top of a Lewandowski photo. After a trophyless season in which it didn’t have Lionel Messi for the first time in nearly two decades, the club went to the market and quickly became the top offseason spender in Europe. Barcelona recently sold 25% of its Spanish league television rights for the next 25 years for nearly 670 million euros ($682.1 million), and sold a 25% stake of its production hub for 100 million euros ($101.8 million). On Sunday, it played its first game at the Camp Nou since it was renamed following a sponsorship and naming rights deal with Spotify. The new signings showed plenty of promise in the preseason that ended Sunday with a 6-0 rout of Mexican club Pumas at the Joan Camper tournament at the Camp Nou. A crowd of more than 83,000 saw the team’s top signing, Robert Lewandowski, score his first goal for the Catalan club and connect well with young playmaker Pedri González. They also saw new defender Jules Koundé make his debut, and new forward Raphinha and returning forward Ousmane Dembélé play well again.

De Jong arrived at Barcelona in the summer of 2019 after a €86 million deal was agreed with AFC Ajax earlier in January that year. The midfielder initially ...

De Jong arrived at Barcelona in the summer of 2019 after a €86 million deal was agreed with AFC Ajax earlier in January that year. But they have not been successful in their endeavours, forcing them into taking drastic actions. As per the terms of the new deal, de Jong agreed to reduce his salary for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons by around €18 million, which would be paid to him across the remaining four years of his contract.

Manchester United target Frenkie de Jong has been threatened by FC Barcelona with legal action amid his existing contract issues with the club.

In their letter to Frenkie De Jong last month, Barcelona are said to have informed the Dutchman that the club are in a position to initiate criminal proceedings against the player as he was involved in a supposed wrongdoing with a proven corrupt set of people. However, De Jong is not ready to accept the terms as he first intends to get the money owed to him by the club since he joined the club. Barcelona have told Frenkie de Jong that they want to declare his existing contract as “invalid” and return back to the old deal that he was on before.

Barcelona are in desperate financial trouble and selling De Jong would ease some of that financial pressure, as well as allow them to pursue a deal for Bernardo ...

They also believe his departure will allow them to pursue a deal for Bernardo Silva from Manchester City. It's claimed the previous Barcelona board are 'confident' in the legality of the contract renewal signed by De Jong and that it was signed off by lawyers and LaLiga. Barcelona have reportedly told Frenkie de Jong that they want to rip up his current contract and revert back to the original terms he signed in 2019, alleging the lucrative deal handed to him by the club's former board involved 'criminality'.

Barcelona has been accused of falsely inflating their accounts using their own money in order to register their new players; The Catalans have been unable ...

Barcelona then loaned €150m of their own money to Logskley Investments, who in turn paid that back to Barcelona as part of the TV rights deal, thus falsely inflating the value of the deal. According to Football Espana, Barcelona has now been accused of falsely inflating their accounts using their own money as the US company reported an outlay of €517m. - Barcelona has been accused of falsely inflating their accounts using their own money in order to register their new players

Barcelona star Frenkie de Jong is caught in the middle of one of the strangest transfer sagas of all time – with Chelsea and Manchester United still wanting ...

Would it be a stretch to see De Jong at City at the end of all of this? An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also been to the FA Cup and League Cup finals for FFT and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. Should the situation between De Jong and Barcelona be resolved swiftly, however, perhaps Man City could still have another part to play. The Blues seem to have done most of their summer business in this way, pouncing in the chance to sign the likes of Marc Cucurella from under Manchester City's noses, looking at Raphinha or Dembele depending on who Barça signed (they weren't expecting both) and even enquiring about the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Gabriel Jesus to test the waters. Now, they want to cancel his existing contract and return to the deal he was on previously. Question marks were raised when the Blaugrana legend appeared to favour stronger, more powerful midfielders early his tenure and when De Jong was substituted against Rayo Vallecano in April, he reacted by storming down the tunnel rather than taking his place on the bench.

Joan Laporta made it clear that Barcelona's plan is to retain the services of Frenkie de Jong, although Xavi added “anything can happen”.

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Barcelona are trying to persuade Frenkie de Jong to either reduce his salary or leave the club ahead of the new La Liga season, allowing them to register ...

Barcelona have reportedly told De Jong and his representatives they could be involved in a dispute. Club chiefs have reportedly told De Jong they are in a position to initiate criminal proceedings to establish what happened with the renewal. It's believed De Jong is owed more than £17million in deferred wages by Barcelona and still has four years left on his existing deal.

Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta has admitted that he was in talks with Barcelona for a potential move in the summer but the new club owners somehow ...

I felt a responsibility to stay here in my home. “I had a meeting with the new owners. I feel right and ready to look forward,” he concluded. For a period I was a free agent and who knows what could have happened in that period. “After the Club World Cup, where I became the only player to ever win every trophy, I felt it was the time to go back. Following the Club World Cup win, Chelsea lost two first-team defenders in Andreas Christensen and Antonio Rudiger to Barcelona and Real Madrid, respectively.

The latest chapter of the saga involving the Dutch midfielder and Barcelona takes a drastic turn.

Both sides have publicly stated a desire for de Jong to remain with Barcelona this season. After signing a two-year contract extension in Oct. 2020, the Dutch midfielder is reportedly owed €18 million ($18.4 million) after part of his salary from the 2020-21 and 2021-22 pandemic seasons was deferred. Mexico’s Pumas UNAM that the club “will be able to register all players.”

Dani Alves was honoured by Barcelona ahead of the Joan Gamper Trophy match against Pumas UNAM.

And that has been left out at the club." Everything that happens on the field is a reflection of what happens outside. I am eternally grateful to Xavi and the president for bringing me back. "As a cule, I would like Barcelona to do things differently. Barcelona don’t care about the people who made history for the club. "Since I arrived, I made it very clear that I wasn’t any more a 20-year-old guy and that I wanted things to be done head-on, without hiding things.

Regardless of dire straits it is apparently in, Barcelona kept fans and critics watching by high-profile signings. The club's tactics to boost its squad,...

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A La Liga audit said Barça do not have enough money to cover the purchase of the players they have brought in, including striker Robert Lewandowski.

That enabled the overall accounting value of the deal to be larger now, announcing two deals, the first for 10% of the club’s La Liga TV rights over 25 years, the second for a further 15%. In total, including a new sponsorship deal with Spotify, the departure of players and increased revenue, Barcelona said that they had brought in more than €850m as they seek to improve their squad and fix a financial crisis. Barcelona had accounted for benefits of €667m (£562m) from the sale of two packets of future television rights and had hoped that would help enable them to comply with La Liga’s financial fair play rules.

The ongoing contract stand off between Frenkie de Jong and Barcelona could take a dramatic turn this week.

The report states Joan Laporta and the Barcelona hierarchy are questioning the legality of his second contract due to potential ‘criminality’ on the part of the previous board. However, as per exclusive reports from The Athletic, Barcelona want to annul the contract de Jong signed in 2020, and revert back to the deal he penned on his arrival at the club in 2019. ▪️#FCBwant De Jong to revert to his 2019 contract

Latest bid to declare Frenkie De Jong's contract 'illegal' is the height of ridiculousness.

And yet you can’t escape the feeling that they’ll get away with it, because La Liga isn’t actually going to let them go out of business and take most of the league with it. A lot of that latter effort has concerned getting De Jong completely off the books, which they haven’t been able to do and De Jong doesn’t want. However, that might not be enough for La Liga to sanction the registering of their new signings, and they also need to get their wage bill down. As we wrote before, De Jong deferred his salary during the pandemic to the last two years left on his contract at the time, and two more years that were tacked onto the end of it to spread those payments out. If you had been asleep the past year and a half to two years (and we’re all jealous if you were), this past summer probably looked pretty normal in the soccer world. But Barca doesn’t. And what they’re doing to try and register them is bordering on the absurd or something out of a satirical film.

Marcos Alonso wants to play for Barcelona and the Catalans are keen to sign the Spanish full-back from Chelsea. The Blaugrana and the defender want to join ...

Alonso, who will not stop working with the London team until the agreement is finalised, assumes that his arrival at the Spotify Camp Nou is only a matter of time, probably just a few days. The agreement is practically complete, but the announcement of his arrival will take some time. And Barcelona are confident of doing both very soon.

Barcelona's financial woes have created one of the strangest contract demands in recent memory. The Spanish football club asked midfielder Frenkie de Jong ...

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La Liga has blocked Barcelona from registering new players before season. England defender Conor Coady has joined Everton from Wolverhampton Wanderers.

West Brom manager Steve Bruce admitted he was torn between applauding Sarr’s wonder goal and criticising Button. “Like everybody in the ground, did I want to applaud it or look at my goalkeeper, thinking ‘where are you?!”’ said Bruce. “It’s a wonderful piece of skill by a very good player. But I’d have taken it.” “The first conversation I had with the manager was a little bit surreal. “I’ve grown up around the city… I’m someone who was desperate to come here. I’m over the moon to join.

Despite a positive summer transfer window, the club have bloated wage expenses and must reduce the player salaries or even sell the key players, if they are to ...

But as the leader of the team, he is willing to accept the lowered terms, especially given the fact that Barcelona are not in a position to register the new signings, just yet. The Catalans are confident they can tie Busquets down to a lowered deal. As we close in on the start of the new season, FC Barcelona are facing several challenges from a financial perspective.

While Barcelona talk of alleged criminality in his 2020 contract extension, it has left de Jong and his entourage befuddled as to how the deal passed through ...

Barcelona have been trying to get de Jong to lower his salary or offload him all summer. It is claimed that the Dutchman’s camp believes that they more than played their part in helping the club, settling for wages as less as €3 million in 2020/21 and €6 million in 2021/22, which they consider is well below the level of the midfielder and now want Barça to hold up their end of the deal. It was claimed that the Catalans were considering legal action regarding the matter and had warned de Jong and his camp that they might get implicated even though the club held the previous board, led by ex-president Josep Maria Bartomeu, responsible.

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is set to agree a pay cut to further help the financially-troubled club as they race to register their summer signings.

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Barcelona will be able to register all of their players, including their five summer signings, thanks to a fourth economic lever and Gerard Pique.

When it comes to helping out the club, he’s always among the first ones to be in line and is yet again proving just that. Fair play to Pique for agreeing to reduce his wages man. Barcelona will be able to register all of their players, including their five summer signings if they sign a fourth economic lever and Gerard Pique agrees to a pay cut.

The Brazilian managed to play in 49 games scoring 47 goals in all competitions. He helped the Blaugranas win their first ever UEFA Champions League, the Copa ...

He remains the second best scorer in club history. He also helped the team win ten competitions including two UEFA Champions League, where he scored a goal in each final, and three La Liga titles where he finished a season as the Pichichi. César also surpassed the 20-goal mark in three seasons. A claim backed up by his 161 goals in that period. He won the Ballon d’Or twice as a Culé. César Rodríguez is part of the early No. 9s of Barcelona’s history. Samuel Eto’o was one of the most consistent strikers in Barcelona’s history. True, that’s in the past and a new page on his career starts. And since his arrival, he became a difference maker helping the team win multiple trophies. 1973) in a world record transfer fee. The Culés haven’t had a true No. 9 since Luis Suárez. The No. 9 was passed on to Martin Braithwaite in the 2020/21 season as “El Pistolero” left to join Atlético Madrid. But the Dane only wore it for one season before Memphis Depay took over the responsibility. Still, during his time as a Cule, he was lethal.