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The Sun
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Sun
Barcelona cancels Japan pre-season match
BARCELONA cancelled their pre-season friendly against Japanese side Vissel Kobe on Wednesday, citing 'serious contractual breaches' by the tour promoter and suggested they may have to scrap upcoming fixtures in South Korea. The Catalan giants were set to play their first game in Kobe against the J-League team retired former Barca star Andres Iniesta also played for on Sunday. 'Barcelona announces that it has been obliged to suspend its participation in the game scheduled for next Sunday in Japan due to serious contractual breaches on behalf of the promotor,' said Barca in a statement. 'Nevertheless, the club will consider readjusting the leg of the summer tour in South Korea, where two games are scheduled against FC Seoul (July 31) and Daegu FC (August 4), if certain conditions are met by the promoter. 'If these conditions are met, then the club will travel to South Korea in the coming days. Barcelona regrets this incident and the impact it will have on the many, many Barca fans in Japan.' The club had planned to face Italian side Como at their revamped Camp Nou stadium on August 10 for its reopening but after failing to obtain the adequate permits were forced to move the game to the Johan Cruyff stadium by their training ground. - AFP
The 42
19-07-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Barcelona pushing to complete signing of Man United's Marcus Rashford
BARCELONA ARE PUSHING to complete the signing of Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford. The 27-year-old has not played for his boyhood club since being hauled off in a Europa League match away to Viktoria Plzen on December 12 and ended the season on loan at Aston Villa. Advertisement Rashford has trained away from Ruben Amorim's first-team since pre-season began and appears to be edging closer to a dream switch to Barcelona. It's understood talks are progressing on a deal to take the United outcast to the LaLiga outfit, with a season-long loan including an option to buy being worked on. Rashford is among five players to have informed United they wish to explore a future away from Old Trafford, where he came through the academy and scored 138 goals in 426 first-team appearances. The England international admitted he was 'ready for a new challenge' in December and last month revealed he would like to play alongside Barcelona's teenage prodigy Lamine Yamal. Barcelona sporting director Deco in May told Catalan radio station RAC1 that the club 'like' Rashford, who does not have a squad number having lost the 10 shirt to Matheus Cunha. The Brazil international and left-back Diego Leon have arrived at United this summer, with forward Bryan Mbeumo set to join them at Old Trafford. The Cameroon international is in the process of completing his move after United finally struck a deal with Brentford worth €75 million (£65m) plus up to €7m (£6m) in add-ons.
The Sun
14-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Barcelona signs young winger Roony Bardghji from Copenhagen
BARCELONA have completed the signing of young Swedish winger Roony Bardghji from FC Copenhagen, the club confirmed in an official statement. The 19-year-old has signed a four-year contract, keeping him at the club until June 2029. Reports from Spanish media suggest the transfer fee was around €2.5 million ($3 million). Bardghji, who made his first-team debut for Copenhagen in the 2021-2022 season, scored 15 goals in 84 appearances for the Danish club. The promising winger faced a setback last year after suffering a serious knee injury in May 2024, which sidelined him for nearly a year. He returned to action in March 2025, showing resilience ahead of his move to La Liga. Bardghji becomes Barcelona's second summer signing following the arrival of goalkeeper Joan Garcia from Espanyol. The Sweden U21 international is expected to join Barcelona's pre-season preparations, where manager Hansi Flick will assess his readiness for the first-team squad. - AFP
The Sun
01-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Barcelona's Ansu Fati aims to kick-start career in Monaco
BARCELONA have loaned Spanish forward Ansu Fati to Monaco for a season with an option to buy, the Ligue 1 club confirmed on Tuesday. Fati becomes Monaco's third summer signing, following England international defender Eric Dier and 2018 French World Cup winner Paul Pogba, both of whom arrived on free transfers. The three players will be officially presented to the press on Thursday. The 22-year-old Fati completed his medical with Barcelona agreeing a season-long loan with option to buy for 11 million euros ($13 million). According to a source close to the clubs, Barcelona will cover a significant portion of Fati's salary. However, the Spanish club will receive a significant profit on any potential resale. Born in Guinea Bissau, Fati made his professional debut with Barcelona at the age of 16. He played 123 matches for the club, scoring 29 goals, and won Spanish league titles in 2023 and 2025 and two Spanish Cup trophies. A Spanish international with 11 caps and two goals he played in the 2022 World Cup and was on the winning 2023 Nations League team. After a very complicated season hampered by numerous injury-related absences, with only 11 matches played and no goals scored, Fati will now attempt to relaunch his career in the Principality. He failed to excel during a loan spell in 2023-2024 at Brighton in the Premier League, with four goals in 27 matches in all competitions.
Scottish Sun
29-06-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Barcelona to pay Lionel Messi £5MILLION on Monday as cash-strapped Catalans FINALLY clear debt owed to club legend
Barcelona are paying a host of other stars too, including two mega-money flops No Messi-ng Barcelona to pay Lionel Messi £5MILLION on Monday as cash-strapped Catalans FINALLY clear debt owed to club legend BARCELONA will send Lionel Messi a payment on Monday to finally clear the financial debt the club owe him. The La Liga giants still owed the legend money from his final contract at the Camp Nou, which ended in 2021. Advertisement 3 Lionel Messi will receive the final £5m instalment of deferred wages from Barcelona Credit: AP 3 Barcelona are making the final payment tomorrow Credit: AFP 3 Messi now plays for Inter Miami and will be in action against PSG tonight Credit: Getty Messi has gone on to star for Paris Saint-Germain and now plays for Inter Miami - and will be in action tonight against his old club at the Club World Cup. But according to Culemania, via AS, the 38-year-old will receive a payment of just over £5million, or €5.95m, tomorrow. The June 30 payment will mark the end of an agreement between Messi and the club struck while he was still on the books in Spain. Barcelona were hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis and were left in near-financial ruin as a result. Advertisement As a result, they made an agreement with Messi to defer the payment of his contract. That value totalled a sum of almost £41m (€47.6m). WATCH EVERY MATCH OF THE CLUB WORLD CUP 2025 LIVE ON DAZN A report from Sport added that Barcelona had duly fulfilled all their commitments to date. Advertisement The Argentine is not the only player who this agreement applied to, with Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba - both now starring alongside Messi in Florida - also taking up similar offers. BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK Busquets will be paid just over £1m (€1.18m) while Alba will be receiving £806,000 (€944,000). June 30 will also see Barcelona clearing debts from six other former players, including the likes of expensive flops Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho. Advertisement Lionel Messi gives rare insight into his relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo The total outlay for deferred payments coming out on Monday equals around £13.7m (€16m). Barca will be paying Samuel Umtiti £1m (1.2m), Griezmann £824,000 (€965,000), Coutinho £730,000 (€855,00), Ousmane Dembele £550,000 (€644,000), Miralem Pjanic £550,000 (€644,000) and Sergi Roberto £477,000 (€599,000). Some stars still at Barcelona from the time also have similar deals in place, including Ronald Araújo, Pedri, Ansu Fati and Iñaki Peña, though these amounts are less than the three club legends were owed. Frenkie de Jong and Marc-Andre ter Stegen did not agree to a deferred salary but did accept a renewal to stagger out payments more.
