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What are the odds on Barca beating Juve? Goal understands that the Italian team came in with an offer of a one-year loan for Munir that included a purchase option to be exercised in June 2018. The bid, similar to the deal previously agreed with Everton for Gerard Deulofeu, now back at Camp Nou, was eventually declined by Barca, despite the overtures of Roma’s new transfer supremo Monchi. But Roma are not the only team interested in Munir, who spent last year on loan with Valencia....

La Albiceleste 5/6 to beat Russia Mascherano has started just eight of Barca’s 18 matches in all competitions this season with Gerard Pique and Samuel Umtiti forming Ernesto Valverde’s favoured centre-back pairing. The 33-year-old is frustrated by his lack of playing time at Camp Nou and has previously suggested he would consider his options at the end of the season. While he will not rule out a return to his native Argentina, where he took his first steps in professional football at River Plate, it is not in his short-term plans....

Barcelona Training Ground Disinfection While the Barcelona first-team players were training, the dressing room and common areas of the training facility were thoroughly disinfected. The lockers of the Barcelona players were thoroughly sprayed with a disinfectant. It was also noted that disinfectant was sprayed on the Barca players’ footwear as well. There was also a lot of spraying of the common areas where the Barcelona players would normally congregate. These common areas included the restrooms, the gyms, etc....

The 30-year-old forward picked up the issue in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup, which was won 2-0 by Real Madrid. Barca 7/5 to win La Liga with dabblebet Barca have noted that the player’s recovery continues to move in a “favourable” fashion, although they have not indicated that they expect him back in action before mid-September. A statement from last season’s Primera Division’s runners-up said: “Luis Suárez is recovering well from the injury to his right knee sustained in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup....

Barcelona reopens the door for Neymar return Neymar, who was a part of the most feared attacking trident alongside Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez at Barcelona, left the club for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2017 in a then world-record £200 million ($258m) move. The 27-year-old enjoyed a scintillating stint with the Blaugrana, winning eight titles including two La Liga trophies and the Champions League crown. Over the summer, Neymar became the subject of the longest-running transfer saga after he suggested that he was looking for a return to Catalunya following a controversy-marred spell with the French champions....

Roberto has been at the Camp Nou since he was 14 years old, though AS reports that his future is in doubt due to his current deal expiring this summer. Club president Joan Laporta was critical of the 30-year-old during the international break in March. He claimed that Roberto had refused to extend the deal earlier in the campaign. Laporta was quoted as saying by Mundo Deportivo: The Spaniard’s contract situation was taken for granted at the beginning of the campaign....

Cesc Fabregas has claimed he was ‘flattered’ by interest from Manchester United last summer, but is pleased with his decision to remain with Barcelona. Fabregas was the subject two bids in August to lure him back to the Premier League, but found neither club or player interested in their advances. United eventually made Marouane Fellaini their only midfield acquisition of the summer after trying to sign a number of midfield targets and while Fabregas was flattered that the Red Devils were keen on him, he wants to remain a Barcelona player for the foreseeable future....

United CC Girona and Kings CC have finished atop the Group A points table of the Barcelona T10 League 2020 with 12 points each in their respective kitties. The two teams completed their league-stage engagements with six wins apiece and have qualified for the semi-finals from the group. Badalona Shaheen CC, Catalunya Tigers CC and Fateh CC occupy the next three spots in the Group A points table of the Barcelona T10 League 2020....

The highly-rated teenager was heavily linked with a move to the Spanish capital. But Barcelona decided to intensify their interest and have reportedly won the race for his signature by submitting a lucrative offer. Real Madrid pulled the plug on their pursuit of the starlet after they saw the offer from Barcelona, supposedly claiming that they would never pay as much for an academy youngster. The player still hasn’t officially signed with the club, but sources believe the sums involved in the deal are way more than what are usually paid for academy players....

On being probed further whether he has considered the possibility of replacing the Brazilian in this month, the former Borussia Dortmund boss replied: While Klopp neither confirms nor denies any move, Barcelona are reportedly preparing a mega bid worth £142 million to sign Coutinho, as per The Times. Now, if the bid value is indeed true, then it is on Liverpool and more specifically, Klopp, to take a call on whether they want an unhappy player or hold on to him to negotiate in the summer....

In recent days, Ozil emerged as a transfer target for Barcelona. The 29-year old is rumoured to be an alternative in case Ernesto Valverde fails to land Philippe Coutinho in the upcoming transfer window. While Arsenal would prefer to sell to a foreign club than to a domestic rival, Barcelona’s Gerard Pique is against the move, as per Spanish outlet Don Balon. The 30-year old centre-back is not convinced by Ozil’s performances since he joined Arsenal in 2013....

The Catalans’ form before the international break would have been considered underwhelming for a team with top-four aspirations, let alone for a club that has made winning the league a habit over the last decade. Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde can justifiably blame the lackluster start to the campaign to a run of injuries that has so far deprived him of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele. The latter pair picked up injuries on the opening weekend of the season and are yet to return, while Messi hasn’t kicked a ball this season after picking up a calf injury during his first summer training session back in August....

Roma edged past Shakhtar Donetsk on away goals in the last-16 thanks to Edin Dzeko’s strike at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday, the tie having finished 2-2 on aggregate. The Italian side were seen as outsiders for the title before the draw, but will now be deemed to have even less of a chance given they need to get past Barca. Totti is not too downbeat, though, and is confident Roma will push Lionel Messi and his team-mates all the way over the two legs next month....

The alliance between Barnes & Noble and Google will benefit buyers in Manhattan, West Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. Starting on Thursday, local Barnes & Noble stores will offer same-day online shopping delivery using Google Shopping Express. Using the one-year old Google Shopping, users shop online from stores including Costco, Walgreens, Staples and Target to get deliveries within hours. Let’s see how Google Express Service works. Google uses various courier services, which get hold of products from local stores as per orders....

“They didn’t treat me well, that made me angry,” said Figo. “Even though time went by, I was still angry and irritated because those responsible for the club did not value me.” Figo’s move to Barcelona’s arch-rival Real Madrid back in 2000 is still considered as one of the most controversial transfer moves of all time. “I was the player the president (Real Madrid’s Florentino Perez) wanted. I don’t know what happened....

Messi was instrumental once again for the Catalans, scoring a hat-trick to lead his side to a 3-0 win over Leganes. The win helped the club match the 38-game unbeaten streak achieved by Real Sociedad between 1978 and 1980, which has stood alone as the record for nearly 30 years. Barcelona have won 24 and drawn just seven of their league matches this season and, with Saturday’s result, are now 12 points clear of second-placed Atletico Madrid in the table, with Diego Simeone’s side facing a Madrid derby on Sunday as the game they hold in hand....

Shocking Barcelona & Luis Enrique on the brink of disaster Angel Di Maria struck twice in the Valentine’s Day defeat, with Julian Draxler and top scorer Edinson Cavani scoring in between as the French champions carved out an impressive cushion ahead of the reverse fixture. Unai Emery’s men dominated proceedings for the entire 90 minutes as Lionel Messi failed to register a single touch in the opposite box in a Champions League game for the first time this season....

Laudrup was arguably one of the greatest creative midfielders of his generation and also went on to represent arch-rivals Real Madrid after his time at Barcelona. After a 4-year spell at Juventus, the Dane went on to play at the Nou Camp for 5 years, winning 4 La Liga titles and a Champions League with the club. His connection to the Los Blancos has hardly stopped Iniesta from heaping praise on the 55-year-old and went on to reveal that the Dane was his boyhood idol....

Iniesta was forced off during Barca’s 1-0 La Liga defeat of title rivals Atletico Madrid on March 4 and has not played since, missing the weekend win over Malaga. The midfielder has returned to training but Valverde will assess his performance in Tuesday’s session before making a final decision on his availability. “He’s done well in training but we can’t say whether or not he will play yet,” Valverde told reporters....

According to Mundo Deportivo, Sissoko called Barcelona’s sporting director to schedule a meeting to discuss his client’s future at Camp Nou. Ousmane Dembele’s contract is set to expire at the end of the season. Alemany recently revealed the club’s desire to keep hold of the former him as long as he is willing to accept a salary that the club can afford and is ‘proportionate’ to that of his teammates....