Luis Enrique will be without midfield lynchpin Sergio Busquets due to suspension, and the injured Rafinha. The manager has also decided to leave out Masip, Douglas, Piqué and Adriano. Therefore, the 18 man squad for the visit to Gran Canaria is as follows: Ter Stegen, Bravo, Rakitic, Alves, Arda, Iniesta, Suárez, Messi, Neymar Jr, Mascherano, Bartra, Munir, Sandro, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Aleix Vidal, Vermaelen, Mathieu.
The FC Barcelona squad arrived in Gran Canaria on Friday night ahead of Saturday’s league match against Last Palmas (4.00pm CET) for Week 25 of La Liga. The group trained at Ciutat Esportiva shortly before the squad was announced. Barça’s flight to the Canary Islands left at 7.00pm CET from El Prat airport and arrived just after 10.15pm.
FC Barcelona sponsor Lassa Tyres have launched their latest advertising campaign which features an array of the Club’s stars. Arda Turan, Gerard Piqué, Luis Suárez, Neymar Jr, Ivan Rakitic, as well as the captains of the basketball and handball teams, Juan Carlos Navarro and Víctor Tomás respectively, are present in the Turkish brand’s global television advert.
Ahead of his side’s Champions League encounter with Arsenal next week, the Argentinian defender tells Pete Jenson that the culture that runs to the core of Barcelona is the reason for their unparallelled success – that and a bloke called Lionel Messi
Barcelona have received a €2m (£1.5m, $2.2m) compensation fee from Fifa after Thomas Vermaelen only managed to play one game in his debut season at the Camp Nou following his signing from Arsenal, according to Sport. The Spanish publication claimed that Luis Enrique's side was refunded the first year salary of the former Gunners captain after an injury he suffered whilst on international duty left him on the sidelines for much of the campaign.
A Spanish court has thrown out a lawsuit for a massive protest by Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao fans against King Felipe VI in last year's Copa del Rey final. National Court judge Fernado Andreu ruled that the loud jeers at the king and Spain's national anthem at Barcelona's Camp Nou did not constitute a crime.
Diego Simeone wants Chelsea to target Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic if he takes over at Stamford Bridge, according to Don Balon. The Atletico Madrid boss has reportedly held talks with the Blues hierarchy and named the midfielder, Marco Reus and Edinson Cavani on his transfer wishlist. Simeone is said to be an admirer of Rakitic and tried to woo him to Atletico before he joined Sevilla shortly after the Argentine had taken over in the Spanish capital.
"The Olympic Games in your own country is something special for any sportsperson, no matter what the sport," said Luis Enrique, who won a gold medal with Spain at the 1992 Barcelona Games. "[Neymar] already has a prior commitment [with the Copa America]. We'll have to see how we manage the situation so the demands on him are not excessive, always putting [the wellbeing of] the player first. And not just Neymar, but Rafinha too could be in both squads."
"I am very happy that a big team like Barcelona are showing an interest in me," Marquinhos told Globo Esporte. "We will evaluate my situation at the end of the season and make a decision. Barcelona are a great team that won the Champions League last season. It is very pleasing to be linked with them. It shows that I am doing well. For now, I am focused on doing well with PSG until the end of the season. I want to keep on doing a great job. And then we will see what happens."
No team has won the treble back to back in face no side has ever won the Champions League for two consecutive seasons but Arda Turan believes his side have what it takes to break that trend. "It will be difficult to repeat what we did last season and win the treble but with this team anything is possible," Turan told Bein Sports. "No team has won the treble back to back but we are capable of it and this is a great source of motivation for us."
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