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They slipped to 17th but will eye this fixture as a game where they can further increase their eight-point buffer from the bottom three. Wycombe Wanderers are on a six-game winless run, having drawn 2-2 with Preston North End in their last outing. A win this weekend, though, could see them out of the bottom three. Barnsley vs Wycombe Wanderers Head-to-head Barnsley have never lost at home to Wycombe, having hosted the Chairboys three times in their history....

“I’m retiring today from baseball, but I’ll never be too far away from the game that made me who I am,” he writes. Zito, 37, finished a 15-year career with a 165-143 record and a 4.04 ERA. He won the Cy Young Award with the A’s in 2002, his third season, when he went 23-5. He was named to the All-Star team three times, all with the A’s, for whom he was 102-63 in eight seasons....

Goal revealed on Thursday that the 20-year-old attacker was on his way to Camp Nou on a five-year contract after the sides reached an agreement. Barca 7/5 to win La Liga Barca have confirmed a €105m initial fee for Dembele, with Dortmund to receive a further €42m in bonuses. The forward’s release clause has been set at €400m. The €222m received from Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar sparked the Liga side’s pursuit of Dembele and Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho in the close season, but they saw bids for each rejected....

Vidal completed the scoring in Barca’s dominant 3-0 win over Real Madrid last weekend but the defender has only started three La Liga games under Ernesto Valverde this season. The 28-year-old is reported to be on Roma’s radar and his representative Ruggero Lacerenza would welcome a reunion with former Sevilla director of football Monchi at the Stadio Olimpico. “It is true, there is interest from Roma,” Lacerenza told Tele Radio Stereo....

In light of the recent developments, Iniesta was asked about his expectations for the remainder of the LaLiga Santander season. The Barcelona legend began, The Spaniard added, Upon being quizzed on who his favourite LaLiga midfielder is, Iniesta named several current Barcelona midfielders including Sergio Busquets and Ivan Rakitić. He said, The Barcelona youth product was then asked about the attributes of his ideal player. Beginning with his former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi’s wand of a left foot, Iniesta began,...

Xavi, who retired last summer, spent 17 years in the Barcelona first-team before departing on a free transfer to Qatari side Al Sadd. The La Masia youth product, who proved his ability as one of the world’s best midfielders, made 44 appearances during a memorable final season at Barcelona. That includes 31 in La Liga, where he scored two goals and created eight assists as they won the Spanish title under Luis Enrique - having embarked on a 14-match unbeaten run....

Atletico Madrid’s star centre-forward Alvaro Morata is almost certain to miss out on the top of the La Liga table clash against Barcelona at the Camp Nou on Saturday with a sprained ankle. In Case You Didn’t Know… Morata suffered an ankle injury in Atletico’s 2-0 victory against Girona on Tuesday as he limped off the pitch five minutes before the full-time whistle. The on-loan striker from Chelsea was replaced by Juanfran and now it looks unlikely that Morata will be fit to play against Barcelona in two days’ time....

Let’s take a look at the top stories involving Barcelona from 29 October 2020. Win against Juventus the most complete one says Koeman Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman was a happy man after their victory against Juventus. Ousmane Dembele and Lionel Messi got on the scoresheet for Barcelona as they registered a largely comfortable 2-0 win over the Bianconeri. Koeman was obviously pleased with the result and hailed it as the team’s most complete win under him yet....

The new Arsenal head coach is reportedly fond of Gomes and thus might take interest in Barcelona’s offer. The Portuguese international played for Benfica for three years before going to Valencia in 2014 on a loan spell, this was later converted into a permanent deal for the La Liga club. He signed for Barcelona in 2016, but has not been able to impress, making just 46 appearances for them in two seasons....

In case you didn’t know… Barcelona broke their transfer record to bring Coutinho to the Camp Nou from Liverpool in January 2018. Despite forcing a move away from Anfield to make his dream switch to Barcelona, he has struggled for consistency in Spain. Coutinho’s below-par performances last season have seen his transfer value dip to €90 million from €100 million. The heart of the matter According to Spanish sports daily AS, Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Coutinho and are already in touch with the player’s representatives....

Olmo joined Barcelona as a 9-year-old in 2007 and spent 7 years at La Masia, Barcelona’s fabled academy. He shocked everyone by making a move to Dinamo Zagreb in the summer of 2014 and even made his first-team debut in the same year. The Spaniard shuffled between the youth team and the senior squad for the next couple of seasons, before sealing a place in the first eleven in the 2017/18 season, making 33 appearances for the Blues and scoring 8 goals....

While both clubs have already qualified for the knockout stage of the competition, the hosts need a point to be confirmed as group winners whereas the Bianconeri need to win by at least two goals to stand a chance of winning the group. However, the group standings have taken a backseat for this match-up. Ever since the 2020-21 Champions League draw, the football fraternity has been awaiting the reunion of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the football field....

Mina, 23, has been linked to the LaLiga giants, who have an option to buy the defender until after the World Cup. However, Mattos said Barca were keen to land the nine-time Colombia international in January, although Palmeiras want to keep the centre-back until the off-season. “It’s true that Barcelona came for Mina with another offer but also that Palmeiras want Mina to stay here,” he said. “We are going to wait for him to arrive in Sao Paulo and we will talk....

A win in this week’s game against Bournemouth will mean that they would have picked up 12 points out of a possible 18 in their last six games – not a bad return. Bournemouth’s shock defeat to Preston North End on Tuesday meant that they missed the chance to temporarily go top of the league – something that will infuriate manager Jason Tindall. That was only their second defeat of the season, and they will be determined not to let that number rise any higher this weekend....

Earlier this year, Corbin’s luck ran out when he went head-to-head against Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 38 and lost. Since then, the star attempted to reinvent himself before he met WWE Hall of Famer JBL. Layfield took The Lone Wolf under his wing and rejuvenated his career. Last month, Layfield and Corbin were traded for Rey Mysterio, who left for SmackDown. Speaking on WWE’s The Bump, the 38-year-old superstar explained why coming from the independent circuit isn’t a great feat of accomplishment in the WWE:...

Thirty is not the new 20. In the words of sould singer Lyfe Jennings, ‘It’s the same old 30,’ and 40 certainly isn’t the new 30. Friday night, 36 year-old Baron Davis made his return to professional basketball as a member of the Delaware 87ers. His first run of action shows you everything you need to know about his return. He no longer possesses the “it’ factor athleticism and power that made him “BD” and a two-time all-star during a 10-plus year stint in the NBA, but he posses enough savvy and showmanship to keep watching....

Deulofeu future will depend on new Barca boss “You can see with Gerard that it’s still not there for 90 minutes,” Koeman stated after the season-opening draw with Tottenham on Merseyside. “It’s all about the work-rate of the player.” Deulofeu did nothing to change his manager’s mind over the following five months and was allowed to join Milan on loan in January. Presumably, Koeman had wanted the same level of unchecked aggression from the Spain international that should have resulted in both Ashley Williams and Ross Barkley being sent off in Saturday’s Merseyside derby....

Suarez & Messi destroy Alaves Luis Enrique’s side were leading 6-0 in the dying stages of the game at Estadio de Mendizorroza when Alaves’s Theo Hernandez slid in on Vidal. The right-back, who has been performing well of late and provided the assist for Luis Suarez to score the first goal of the match, went down and stayed down. He was clearly in a lot of pain and team-mate Andres Iniesta immediately signalled for a stretcher....

The partnership also includes naming rights on the front of both men’s and women’s team shirts and training shirts beginning in the 2022-23 season. The Blaugrana have played at Camp Nou since 1957, with this being the ground’s first corporate name change. What has been said? “Spotify will use the partnership to shine a spotlight on artists from all over the world,” wrote the company in a statement. “This will bring the worlds of music and football together, giving a global stage to players and artists at Spotify Camp Nou....