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The most prominent player in the competition thanks to his three goals and four assists, Leo Messi has been awarded the gong for best player of LaLiga Santander in September. POWERED THROUGH MARCA

Khaldoon al Mubarak, the owner of Manchester City , surprisingly revealed at a conference that he's tried to sign Lionel Messi from Barcelona on three seperate occasions. POWERED WITH MARCA

Tottenham Vs Barcelona Preview BARCELONA: FC Barcelona have failed to win any of their last 3 games In La Liga drawing at home to Girona and Athletic Bilbao with a 2-1 loss at Leganes coming between the draws. The last time Barcelona won a game was at Camp Nou in the UCL match day 1, a 4-0 win over PSV Eindhoven. Lionel Messi was tested in the game against Athletic Bilbao and he is expected to lead the team out in London. TOTTENHAM : Tottenham Hotspur are in fine form at the moment with three successive wins including the penalty shootout win over Watford. They have won 3 of their last 5 games. The losses being away to Inter in the UCL and a home loss versus Liverpool HEAD TO HEAD All Soccer Matches ordered by Timeline 29/07/18, FC Barcelona - Tottenham Hotspur FT 7 : 5 24/07/09, Tottenham Hotspur - FC Barcelona FT 1 : 1 Both Barcelona and Tottenham have played AC Milan, AS Roma and Chelsea this year and Tottenham have won all the 3...

Barca Squad To Face Leganes Barca Squad To Face Leganes FC Barcelona look to bounce back to winning ways after drawing at home to Girona last weekend. Barca will face a Leganes team that have failed to win any of their last 5 games. Ernesto Valverde's squad is made up of Ter Stegen, Cillessen; Semedo, Pique, Umtiti, Vermaelen; Alba, Sergi Roberto; Rakitic, Busquets, Coutinho, Arthur, Vidal; Suarez, Dembele, Malcom and Munir. TEAM STATS Barcelona have won their official games this season except the draw with Girona in match day 5. W6 D1 Leganes have lost 4 of their last 5 games, 1 draw at home versus Real Sociedad Barca have won their last 4 games against Leganes PREDICTED XI Ter Stegen Roberto &nbsp &nbsp Pique &nbsp Umtiti &nbsp &nbsp Alba Vidal/Arthur &nbsp Rakitic &nbsp Coutinho Messi &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Suarez &nbsp Dembele/Malcom 4-3-3 • Rafinha...

Barca Squad To Face Girona Barca Squad To Face Girona FC Barcelona will continue their league journey at home versus Girona in match day 5. Barca will face Girona after beating PSV Eindoven 4-0 in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday evening. The players to face Girona are as follows; Barcelona squad to face Girona: Ter Stegen, Cillessen; Semedo, Pique, Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Umtiti; Rakitic, Busquets, Denis Suarez, Coutinho, Arthur, Vidal, Luis Suarez, Messi, Dembele and Munir. TEAM STATS Barcelona have won all 6 official games this season Girona have won 2 of their last 5 games, 1 loss and 2 draws Girona have won back to back games including a 1-0 away win at Villarreal Barca have won their last 2 games against Girona. A 3-0 win at their stadium and a 6-1 trashing at Camp Nou PREDICTED XI Ter Stegen Semedo &nbsp &nbsp Pique &nbsp Lenglet &nbsp &nbsp Alba Roberto &nbsp Sergio/Vida...

The Rise of Dembele Much was expected from Ousmane Dembele after he moved from Borussia Dortmund for a 105m euro transfer fee a club record at the time. Following a stellar season where he scored 10 goals and provided 21 assists. He made his debut for Barcelona as a second half subsitute at the Camp Nou assisting Luis Suarez for his teams fifth of the night versus Espanyol. In his next game and first start for Barca away to Getafe he injured his hamstring and was ruled out for four months. He was given the medical green light on 2 January 2018 to return to action. A couple weeks later, he again injured himself against Real Sociedad and was ruled out for up to four weeks. Valverde rarely handed Dembele starts and the most painful example was in Rome when Barca were 2-0 down and needed a goal but he was not called up. The few opportunities handed to him he failed to really make any meaningful impact, he would attempt a dribble then lose the ball and his de...

FC Barcelona began their Champions League campaign with a 4-0 battering of PSV Eindoven at Camp Nou on Tuesday evening. While Tottenham fell 2-1 to Inter at San Siro . Barcelona began the game slowly until Iionel Messi opened the scoring in the first half with a beautifuly struck freekick past PSV keeper Zoet after Dembele was fouled outside the area. Barca added three more goals in the second half via 2 more Lionel Messi goals and a fine strike by Demebele from outside the box. Samuel Umtiti was given a second yellow and sent off in the second half for a silly challenge. Lionel Messi finished the game with a record 8 Champions League hatricks MATCH STATS Stat Barca PSV POSSESSION 75.2% 24.8% Shots 21 14 Pass % 91% 73% Corners 8 1 Yellow Cards 2 2 Red Cards 1 0 PLAYER RATINGS Ter Stegen : 6/10 Jordi Alba : 6/10 Samuel Umtiti : 4.5/10 Gerard Pique : 6.5/...

FC Barcelona Vs PSV Preview RECENT BARCA UCL HISTORY FC Barcelona will begin their Champions League journey at home facing PSV of Netherlands. Barcelona last won the UEFA Champions League in 2015 defeating Juventus in the final. Three successive quarter-final losses have followed. The most disapointing being the loss to Roma last term. However, Ernesto Valverde's men would hope to bring the prestigious trophy home. PSV and Barcelona have never met in the Champions League TEAM STATS FC Barcelona: have won all their games this season starting from a 2-1 win over Sevilla in the Super Copa. PSV: PSV Eindoven have won their last six games successively and it is expected they will cause Barca some problems. ANALYSIS With Barcelona playing at home and having a star studded squad they are clear favorites for the encounter although PSV are dangerous and may end up scoring. However, Barcelona should win the tie. Phillipe Coutinho could play...

FC Barcelona fought really hard for their victory at the Anoeta. Real Sociedad had gone one up early in the first half and it needed two scrappy Barca goals from Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele to seal the win. Goalkeeper Ter Stegen also provided several sublime saves to deny the home side. Atletico drew at home and Real drew 1-1 at San Mames. Barca are now sole leaders of La Liga. Here are the player Ratings Ter Stegen: 7.5 Semedo: 5.5 Umtiti: 7.0 Pique: 6.5 Alba: 6.5 Rakitic: 6.5 Sergi Roberto: 6.0 Rafinha: 5.5 Messi: 6.5 Luis Suarez: 6.5 Ousmane Dembele: 8.0 MOTM

Ajax midfield sensation Frenkie De Jong who is in high demand across Europe has set his heart on a move to FC Barcelona . He came very close to signing for FC Barcelona in the summer however the move was blocked by Ajax. De Jong made his debut recently for the Dutch national team and put in a decent performance. Former FC Barcelona technical secretary Robert Fernandez was the man spearheading the move for De Jong however, since his departure FC Barcelona has not made much contact to De Jong with Eric Abidal now in charge and it seems the Frenchman favors his countryman Rabiot. FC Barcelona have also been linked to a big money move for Paul Pogba Which midfielder do you want Barca to sign? De Jong: Pogba: Rabiot

FC Barcelona will travel to face Real Sociedad at Anoeta on Saturday, 15th 3:15pm standard WAT. Last season FC Barcelona won 4-2 in this fixture. Head Coach Ernesto Valverde released his 18 man squad list; Ter Stegen, Cillessen; Semedo, Sergi Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Lenglet, Vermaelen, Jordi Alba, Busquets, Rakitic, Coutinho, Rafinha, Arturo Vidal; Messi, Luis Suarez, Dembele and Munir. • Arthur is left out despite playing well with the Brazilian national team, however he trained only once since returning from international duty. • Denis Suarez, Malcom and Sergi Samper are left out due to injury. • Rafinha is included for the first time since the Super Cup PREDICTED XI Ter Stegen Roberto, Pique, Lenglet, Alba Rakitic/Vidal, Sergio, Coutinho Messi, Suarez, Dembélé.

All teams participating in the UEFA Champions League 2018-19 were required to submit a list of players that will participate during the group stage phase. Head Coach Ernesto Valverde followed suit and released the list as follows: PLAYERS REGISTERED Barça players in list A registered to play the group stage of the Champions League are: 1. Ter Stegen, 2. Semedo, 3. Piqué, 4. Rakitic, 5. Sergio, 6. Denis Suárez, 7. Coutinho, 8. Arthur, 9. Luis Suárez, 10. Messi, 11. Dembélé, 12. Rafinha, 13. Cillessen, 14. Malcom, 15. Lenglet, 16. Samper, 18. Jordi Alba, 19. Munir, 20. S. Roberto, 22. Vidal, 23. Umtiti, 24. Vermaelen 31. Ezkieta and 33. Cuenca.   And those in list B (Academy) 26. Aleñá, 27. Miranda, 28. Riqui Puig, 29. Abel Ruiz, 30. I. Peña, 32. Monchu, 34. Collado and 35. O. Busquets.

These are the 18 players selected by Head Coach Ernesto Valverde to face Huesca the full squad list is as follows: Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Jasper Cillessen, Nelson Semedo, Gerard Pique, Clement Lenglet, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto, Samuel Umtiti, Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets, Philippe Coutinho, Arthur Melo, Malcom, Arturo Vidal, Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Ousmane Dembele and Munir El Haddadi. Due to injury Carles Denis Suarez and Sergi Samper are absent, while Thomas Vermaelen and Rafinha are the other members of the first-team squad left out due to technical reasons. PREDICTED XI Ter Stegen, Jordi Alba, Umtiti, Pique, Roberto, Sergio, Coutinho, Rakitic/Vidal, Suarez, Messi, Dembélé

FC Barcelona will play their second La Liga game away to newly promoted Real Valladolid. Head Coach Ernesto Valverde has announced the 18 man squad; Ter Stegen, Ezkieta, Alba, Umtiti, Pique, Roberto, Lenglet, Semedo, Vidal, Sergio, Arthur, Rakitic, Coutinho, Malcom, Dembélé, Messi (c), Suarez, Munir. Paco Alcacer was left out due to his imminent move to Borussia Dortmund while Rafinha was also left out due to technical reasons. Get 5% off when you pay for the refurbished iPhone 6 using your card. Starting from N65,000 BUY HERE Jasper Cillessen, Denis Suarez, Sergi Samper and Carles Alena are all injured and won't play. PREDICTED XI Dembélé could be left out of the starting XI for Vidal due to the state of the Valladolid pitch. Malcom is expected to join the party at some point in the game. What are your predictions?

  Despite impressing in pre-season FC Barcelona midfielder Rafinha does not seem to be in head coach Ernesto Valverde's plan for the new season. With that known, the players agent and father Mazinho is negotiating a loan with Real Betis. The 25-year-old, who has a contract with Barcelona until June 30, 2020 , went to Inter on loan last season and played 17 games in the Serie A, scoring two goals and giving three assists. According to RAC1, on Monday, he travelled to Seville in order to seal the contract with the LaLiga side.He could team up with former Barcelona teammate Marc Bartra.

FC Barcelona started their La Liga campaign with a 3-0 victory over Deportivo Alaves at the Camp Nou. This is the player ratings Ter Stegen 7/10 Didn't have much to do but he was solid. Semedo 6/10 Solid defensively but didn't offer much of an attacking threat. Taken off at half time Jordi Alba 8/10 wonderful defensively and offensively. Came close to scoring himself. Umtiti 8/10 Spotless performance Pique 7.5/10 Solid at the back Sergio 7.5/10 Kept things tidy Rakitic 6.5/10 looked a bit rusty and gave the ball away more than usual. Became better as the game grew. Sergi Roberto 7/10 Started in midfield before reverting to right back. Was solid Dembélé 7/10 combined well with his teammates and looked confident on the ball, could've scored twice. Needs to improve on his finishing. Suarez 6/10 Was simply wasteful and rusty. Messi 9.5/10 Scored an exceptional freekick to open the scoring before scoring the third. Completed 6/6 dribbles. But he had ...

Ricard "Riqui " Puig Martí is a Spanish football player who plays for FC Barcelona B. A central midfielder who is 1.69m tall, slightly less than Messi at 1.7m and Iniesta at 1.71m. He joined La Masia in 2013, after progressing through the youth teams he was finally promoted to FC Barcelona B and made his debut he made his senior debut on 24 February 2018, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 1–1 home draw against Gimnàstic de Tarragona. The 18 year old was selected by Head Coach Ernesto Valverde for the USA pre season tour and made his debut against Tottenham while donning the No. 8 shirt previously worn by Club legend Andres Iniesta. He played exceptionally well but it was his performance against Milan that won hearts. Maybe after Rafinha he has been the best Barcelona player during the pre season. Will he end up becoming a key player at the club? Only time will tell

FC Barcelona has secured the services of former Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal who joined in a €20m deal. The 31 year old Chilean almost made a move back to Italy to sign for Inter but changed his mind when Barca came calling. The main objective for the former Juventus midfielder is to win the Champions League with Barcelona having lost the 2015 final against Barcelona. He comes as a direct replacement for Paulinho who left for China.

FC Barcelona are reportedly considering a shock move for FC Bayern's midfielder Arturo Vidal. The 31 year old is a similar player to Paulinho who left earlier in the transfer window. Head Coach Ernesto Valverde is said to be sad at the departure of Paulinho and would want a move for the Chilean. Internationalze are already in contact with the midfielder regarding a move and FC Barcelona want to hijack the deal. The Catalan club would have to pay a fee in the region of €30m to land Vidal. Some reports suggest that the Club has already agreed personal terms with the player.

A creative midfielder is what FC Barcelona head coach Ernesto Valverde feels is the final addition needed at the club right now. After the departure of Andres Iniesta and Paulinho, Barca are still eyeing another midfielder even after Arthur joined from Gremio. Pjanic was seen as the ideal signing but Juventus refused to entertain offers. Another option is Adrien Rabiot of PSG, with PSG refusing to let him leave, Barca are looking at alternatives such as Thiago. It is believed that Bayern will accept an offer in the region of €60m as coach Niko Kovac does not see Thiago as a key member of the squad. The problem however is that some at the Club do not believe in resigning players who forced themselves out like Thiago did in 2014 to Bayern. Ernesto Valverde feels Thiago is the ideal player to replace Andres Iniesta.

The picture above is one which every Barcelona fan won't want to see. It is a picture of Manolas celebrating after scoring the goal that knocked FC Barcelona out of the Champions League last season. AS Roma and FC Barcelona go head to head in the ICC fixture in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday 1st August by 3am WAT. The fixture comes after FC Barcelona signed Malcom after it was almost certain he was headed for Rome. He is expected to play against Roma. Marc-Andre Ter Stegen also joined the group and could play. Denis Suarez and Andre Gomes are still injured.

FC Barcelona has completed the €41m signing of Brazilian winger Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira from Bordeaux. The news was announced by the Catalan Club late on Tuesday 24th July. The player joined the Catalans after almost completing a move to AS Roma just 48 hours before. The winger has been described as a mix of Willian and Neymar Jr by some. His dribbling and trickery will certainly be enjoyed by the Barcelona faithful.

After seeing 2 bids for Chelsea star Willian turned down, FC Barcelona have turned their attention towards Malcom Filipe Silva de Oliveira who looked almost set to become a Roma player. AS Roma already announced a deal was in place with Malcom. He scored 12 goals and laid 8 assists during the 2017/2018 season for Bordeaux. He's a great dribbler of the ball, left footed. Physically, He is 1.71m tall and weighs 68 kg, but once away he can only be stopped by fouling him due to his ability to run with the ball.

Real Sociedad are interested in signing highly rated Jose Arnaiz, who they want to bring in to reinforce their forward line. The Basque Club are reportedly hoping the Catalans lower their €12m asking price. Real Sociedad face competition from Getafe, Valladolid and Girona for the player. There is no way though that Sociedad would pay 12 million, the same amount that they have splashed out on Mikel Merino, who had played for Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle in the past. "At the moment we have no negotiations ongoing with any player," said Real president Jokin Aperribay, to show the state of play. Real have also pointed to the groin injury that Arnaiz had at the end of last season to try and get a lower figure. 

Ernesto Valverde has named his 18 man squad list to face Leganes. Ter Stegen, N. Semedo, Piqué, I. Rakitic, Denis Suárez, A. Iniesta, Suárez, Messi, O. Dembélé, Cillessen, Coutinho, Paulinho, Paco Alcácer, Jordi Alba, S. Roberto, André Gomes, Umtiti, Vermaelen. • Sergio Busquets has not recovered fully and would be left out. • Lucas Digne is still out injured • Aleix Vidal is left out once again • Yerry Mina is left out once again PREDICTED XI: Ter Stegen, Jordi Alba, Umtiti, Vermaelen, Semedo, Rakitic, S. Roberto, Denis Suarez, Coutinho, Luis Suarez, Ousmane Dembélé.

Here is Ernesto Valverde's 18 man list to face AS Roma in the Champions League Quarter Final first leg at the Nou Camp. Ter Stegen, N. Semedo, Piqué, I. Rakitic, Sergio, Denis Suárez, A. Iniesta, Suárez, Messi, O. Dembélé, Cillessen, Paulinho, Paco Alcácer, Jordi Alba, S. Roberto, André Gomes, Umtiti, Vermaelen. •Sergio Busquets returns after missing the past games due to injury. •Phillipe Coutinho is cup tied and won't play •Nelson Semedo is also included after missing the second leg versus Chelsea •Aleix Vidal is left out for the second game in succession. PREDICTED XI Ter Stegen, Jordi Alba, Umtiti, Pique, S. Roberto, Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, Messi, Suarez, Dembélé. • Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 3 games versus Roma 2W, 1D Goals for: 10 Goals Against: 2

Dutch referee Danny Makkelie will be the man in the middle during FC Barcelona's Champions League Quarter Final first leg against AS Roma at the Nou Camp. The 35-year-old has never before taken charge of a match involving Barcelona although he did referee a Spanish team in the previous round at Old Trafford as Sevilla won 2-1. He has issued 15 Yellow cards and two red cards in his last 5 games.

Barcelona ace Lionel Messi was named among the substitutes due to his hamstring problem, against Sevilla. But 57 minutes later Ernesto Valverde called on his star player. In the first half Barcelona's attack looked lost. Suarez was all over the place no real player as the center forward, Coutinho losing the ball many times same goes to Dembélé who showed great footwork, but fancy footwork don't win games. As soon as Messi came on for Dembélé, Barça's toothless attack now became a threat. In defense, Jordi Alba's attacking minded play often left Barcelona exposed at left back, both Umtiti and Pique were equally shocking. Sergi Roberto wasn't great either Ter Stegen could have done better with both goals. Sevilla dominated the midfield thanks to a superb performance from N'zonzi and Ever Banega. Sergio Busquets was clearly missed, Rakitic is no Busquets, Busquets is no Rakitic, they complement each other so well and you could see Rakitic missed his partner go muc...

2-2 89' BARCA EQUALIZE L. Messi 2-1 88' GOAL for Barcelona!! L. Suarez 2-0 50' Mercado 36' 1-0 GOAL For Sevilla Vasquez. 33' Mercado (Yellow card) 19:45: We're under way at the Ramon Sanchez 19:04: Lionel Messi starts on the bench for Barça. Barcelona Starting XI: Ter Stegen, Jordi Alba, Umtiti, Pique, Sergi Roberto, Ivan Rakitic, Andres Iniesta, Paulinho, Coutinho, Suarez, Dembélé.  Substitutes: Cillessen, N. Semedo, Denis Suárez, Messi, Paco Alcácer, André Gomes, Vermaelen. Sevilla: XI Sergio Rico, Kjaer, Lenglet, Banega, Correa, Nzonzi, Navas, Escudero, Muriel, Vázquez, Mercado. (All times are in WAT)

FC Barcelona will play on Saturday evening against Sevilla in Seville. Here is Ernesto Valverde's 18 man squad list. Ter Stegen, N. Semedo, Piqué, I. Rakitic, Denis Suárez, A. Iniesta, Suárez, Messi, O. Dembélé, Cillessen, Coutinho, Paulinho, Paco Alcácer, Jordi Alba, S. Roberto, André Gomes, Umtiti, Vermaelen. Denis Suarez and Nelson Semedo return from their injuries. Aleix Is left out alongside Columbian Center-back Yerry Mina. Lionel Messi was passed fit to participate in the game. Sergio Busquets and Lucas Digne are still out injured.

There is no doubt that German goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen is having his best season so far in his career. The former Borussia Monchengladbach goalie has kept 18 clean sheets in 29 appearances in La Liga, meanwhile he had just 13 clean sheets in 36 last season. For the analysis, I will compare Ter Stegen's numbers with those of Jan Oblak of Atletico Madrid and David De Gea of Manchester United, they have equally been outstanding. The first thing you'll notice is that Jan Oblak and Ter Stegen lead De Gea by far when it comes to Clean Sheets, they both have more clean sheets despite having played a game less. In the Average goals conceded in the league, Jan Oblak is slightly behind Ter Stegen who has conceded 0.45, while Oblak 0.48 and De Gea is once more far behind with 0.77 per game. De Gea's defense would be that Barcelona and Atletico have a better defence this season, although Manchester United has a bus (hahaha) In terms of saves per game, De Gea tops with 2...

Barcelona Forward Lionel Messi returned to full training on Thursday, after missing the friendlies against Italy and Spain. The club are however, still monitoring his situation and are in no rush to start him against Sevilla at the Ramon Sanchez on Saturday. He is set to take part in the training session tomorrow after which the team will decide it he is fit or not. Like Our Facebook Page

FC Barcelona are set to move for Ajax center-back Matthijs de Ligt in the summer according to Mundo Deportivo . He is also wanted by other European teams such as Juventus. Barça scouts watched him in the recent International friendlies and are also monitoring his Ajax teammate Justin Kluivert. Ajax are likely not to let him go easily, he made his first team debut for Ajax in 2016 and was UEFA Europa League : runners-up in the 2016-17 season.

Lionel Messi may have missed Argentina's friendlies against Italy and Spain during the International break, But Ernesto Valverde has played down talks that the injury is serious. The Coach said; "Messi finished the last match against Athletic Club and it is true that he has a few minor problems," he said during the presentation of the 14th edition of the book 'Relatos Solidarios del Deporte' on Tuesday. "I am calm because we believe that it is not important at all. "We won't worry beforehand, let's see what he has exactly."

Barcelona left back Lucas Digne was stretched out against Colombia while playing for France and has been diagnosed with an abdominal injury. Digne is to miss Barcelona 's games against Sevilla, Leganes, Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna in LaLiga as well as the Champions League double- header with Roma. He is expected to return just before the Copa del Rey final on April 21, although he is unlikely to feature in the game.

A muscle fatigue in his hamstrings and the adductor has ruled Argentina Superstar Lionel Messi out of playing against Spain on Tuesday night. Despite having completed two training sessions on Sunday and Monday respectively without any problem, the issues came up again on Monday night.Though he was going to be given until the last possible moment to prove his fitness, it's already clear that the Argentine captain can't play. The problems already prevented him from playing the friendly against Italy, however, it was Messi's intention to start against La Roja. "My idea is to play against Spain," he said to Fox Sports on Monday afternoon. "I was left with the choice to play against Italy and didn't, but I trained normally, I felt good, so I hope to play." But the desire of thousands of fans to see him will not be fulfilled. Except for a huge surprise at the eleventh hour, Messi won't play at the Wanda. The Argentina coach is already working on o...

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has been given the best mark in an analysis of of players from Europes top leagues, over the past three months by the CIES Football Observatory. In their specific positions the other star performers were: Hugo Lloris (goalkeeper), Kalidou Koulibaly (centre half), Mario Rui (full back), Tobi Kroos (defensive midfielder), Christian Eriksen (attacking midfielder), Messi (winger) and Cristiano Ronaldo (striker). Here is the full list