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Sources: Barcelona forced to change travel plans for La Liga clash with Eibar

Shaka Hislop reacts to reports that Barcelona are interested in Marcus Rashford over Roberto Firmino.

The ESPN FC crew are again at odds with Shaka Hislop’s “random collection of teams” in his Power Rankings.

Ale Moreno feels international duty will bring a huge deal of confidence for Antoine Griezmann.

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Barcelona have been forced to change their travel plans for this weekend’s game against Eibar due to the ongoing protests in the city following a Spanish court ruling which saw nine Catalan separatists jailed for between nine and 13 years, sources have told ESPN FC.
A strike has been called on Friday in Catalonia and a number of marches are planned across the region to protest at the ruling. Roads in and out of Barcelona are expected to be blocked, which could make it difficult for the Spanish champions…

Sources: Barcelona’s Gerard Pique was close to Notts County purchase

Alejandro Moreno breaks down Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s impact on El Clasico.

Alejandro Moreno examines the players Barcelona may have to sell to get their books in order.

The ESPN FC crew analyse Barcelona’s performance sans Antoine Griezmann in their 4-0 win over Sevilla.

Steve Nicol weighs in on the rumours Barcelona may try to swap Antoine Griezmann for PSG’s Neymar. Barcelona defender Gerard Pique was close to putting together a deal to buy English club Notts County this summer, sources have told ESPN FC.
Sources have confirmed to ESPN FC that Pique was “close” to adding County — who play in the National League, the fifth tier of English football — to his growing number of businesses away from Barca.
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Pique’s Kosmos Global Holding group held talks with County’s former owner Alan Hardy in London earlier this year. However, with a court date pending over an…

Sources: Barcelona need to make ¬124m in sales, hope to offload Coutinho, Rakitic

The ESPN FC crew analyse Barcelona’s performance sans Antoine Griezmann in their 4-0 win over Sevilla.

Steve Nicol weighs in on the rumours Barcelona may try to swap Antoine Griezmann for PSG’s Neymar.

Frank Leboeuf explains why Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann’s on-field relationship won’t improve any time soon.

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Barcelona must bring in €124 million in player sales before the end of the season or the club risks damaging its financial stability, sources have told ESPN FC.
Philippe Coutinho, on loan at Bayern Munich, and out-of-favour midfielder Ivan Rakitic are two of the players Barca believe they will be able to sell. 
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They are already working hard on balancing the books before the 2019-20 financial year ends on June…

Barcelona confirm Victor Valdes departure from youth team role

The ESPN FC crew analyse Barcelona’s performance sans Antoine Griezmann in their 4-0 win over Sevilla.

Steve Nicol weighs in on the rumours Barcelona may try to swap Antoine Griezmann for PSG’s Neymar.

Frank Leboeuf explains why Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann’s on-field relationship won’t improve any time soon.
Barcelona have sacked under-19 team coach Victor Valdes less than three months after bringing him back to the Camp Nou following several disagreements with club executives and club workers, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.
Last Friday, ESPN FC reported that Valdes had already said goodbye to his players after Barca announced the former goalkeeper was not going to travel to the Saturday’s game against Gimnastic in Tarragona.
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Sources: Victor Valdes set to leave Barcelona youth team role

Frank Leboeuf explains why Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann’s on-field relationship won’t improve any time soon.
Victor Valdes is set to leave Barcelona less than three months after returning to the club as the coach of their under-19 team, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.
Barca announced late on Friday that the former goalkeeper would not be on the bench for Saturday’s game against Gimnastic in Tarragona. The Catalan club said his future would be discussed in a meeting in the coming days.
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However, sources have told ESPN FC that Valdes has already said goodbye to his…

Sources: Barcelona keeping tabs on Emerson, Dani Olmo, Fabian Ruiz

Steve Nicol says Lionel Messi alone won’t solve Barcelona’s concerns on the pitch in what is shaping up to be a tight La Liga title race.
Barcelona are closely following the progress of Real Betis’ Emerson, Dinamo Zagreb’s Dani Olmo and Napoli’s Fabian Ruiz as they begin to plan for next season, multiple sources have confirmed to ESPN FC.
The transfer window only closed at the beginning of September but Barca are already making plans for the future, with a right-back to put pressure on Nelson Semedo among their priorities.

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Sources: Barca stars lose confidence in Valverde

Gab Marcotti says Barcelona’s midfield still needs to be figured out, but it’s not time for Barca to panic just yet.

Craig Burley thinks the January transfer window could be catastrophic for Barcelona.
A number of Barcelona players have begun to lose confidence in coach Ernesto Valverde following the club’s disappointing start to the season, various sources have told ESPN.
Saturday’s surprise 2-0 loss to Granada signalled Barca’s worst start to a top-flight season in Spain in 25 years. They have lost two of their opening five matches and have just seven points on the board.
The squad flew back to Barcelona straight after the game and will return to training on Sunday. The post-mortem into what…

Sources: Barca losing confidence in Valverde

Gab Marcotti says Barcelona’s midfield still needs to be figured out, but it’s not time for Barca to panic just yet.

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ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens weighs in on 16 year old Ansu Fati’s impact at Barcelona so far with two goals in his first three matches.

Sid Lowe explains the significance of Lionel Messi publicly commenting on Barcelona’s failed effort to bring back Neymar.

Julien Laurens reads between the lines of Lionel Messi’s latest comments on Neymar after Barcelona failed to bring back the Brazil star this summer.

ESPN FC’s Shaka Hislop explains how Lionel Messi could add to his already historic career by reuniting with Pep Guardiola at Man City.

Lionel Messi explains whether or not he’d like to remain at Barcelona, after news his contract reportedly allows him to leave this summer on a free.

Lionel Messi said he would’ve “loved to have Neymar back” after Barcelona failed to sign the Brazilian star from Paris Saint-Germain.
Lionel Messi could make his first appearance of the season on Tuesday after being passed fit and included in Barcelona’s squad for the Champions League opener against Borussia Dortmund.

Messi has not featured this term after injuring his calf in his first training session of preseason in August. He missed Barca’s tour of the United States and hasn’t played in any of their opening four La Liga fixtures.

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