Barcelona have decided against offering a contract to Daniel Alves. Marca says Barca are not considering a move for the 38-year-old free agent. Alves, who played for Barcelona between 2008 and 2016, has been without a club since leaving Sao Paulo in September 2021, and he even offered himself to the Blaugrana. The right-back is looking for a club where he can feel happy for the final years ...Full Story »

Barcelona are shopping for a new striker in January. Last weekend, Joan Laporta went as far as to say that there will be up to three signings as we welcome in the new year. Due to Barcelona's current financial situation, though, the number of signings will likely depend on any departures from the current squad. What is clear is that Barcelona will be on the hunt for a forward in January, alt...Full Story »

The Blues boss claims to be unaware of any approach being made from Camp Nou, but admits that La Liga giants can still sign any player they want Pep Guardiola is not inviting interest from Barcelona in Raheem Sterling, but the Manchester City boss remains "convinced” that the Liga giants could land the England international if an approach were to be made. Much-publicised financial diff...Full Story »

Barcelona are eyeing Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic. Brozovic is out of contract on June 30 and has still not signed a new deal with Inter. La Repubblica report that Barça are interested in signing him. The Croatian midfielder, who will turn 29 soon, is a regular for the Nerazzurri after joining the club in 2015 from Dinamo Zagreb. He has played 258 games for the club, scoring...Full Story »

Pep Guardiola has proposed an exchange deal with Barcelona involving Raheem Sterling. Sterling is reportedly keen to seek an exit from City. The England international has seen his playing time limited over the past 18 months. Barca have long been linked with the 26-year-old, but their dire financial situation has made a move almost impossible. Catalan outlet El Nacionalis reporting that Gu...Full Story »

Xavi Hernandez returns to the Camp Nou as Barcelona's new coach to take charge of a team captained by Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, Sergi Roberto and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, all of whom were his former teammates. The Spanish coach hasn't hidden that he has been following Barcelona from abroad since departing the club back in 2015 and over the years he has expressed his opinion on ...Full Story »

Xavi is set to return to Barcelona as their new permanent head coach following the sacking of Ronald Koeman. Koeman's 14-month reign came to an end following Barca's 1-0 defeat to Rayo Vallecano on October 27, with the Dutch boss failing to convince. Barca have now turned to another club legend in an effort to steady their ship, with World Cup winner Xavi leaving Qatar-based club Al Sadd as ...Full Story »

Newcastle are planning to submit an offer for Philippe Coutinho in the January transfer window, according to reports. The Magpies were taken over by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) last month and are expected to strengthen their squad at the start of 2022. Newcastle are currently second-bottom of the Premier League and are yet to win a game this term. Their squad is arguably amo...Full Story »

The 41-year-old appeared to bid farewell to his current players after Wednesday's league match. Al-Sadd boss Xavi has urged his current club to allow him to leave and take over as Barcelona manager. Barcelona executives were in Doha on Wednesday to meet with Al-Sadd officials over Xavi, who has been identified as Barca's top choice to take over after Ronald Koeman was sacked. WhileAl-Sadd r...Full Story »

Lionel Messi has confirmed that one day, he will go back to live in Barcelona - and perhaps even play for the club he spent 21 years at. Messi sensationally left Barca over the summer after 672 goals and 288 assists in 778 appearances for the Catalan outfit. He is yet to score a league goal in the navy of PSG and yet the legendary no.10 has already got his eyes set on a return to the city th...Full Story »

Xavi's arrival at the Camp Nou dugout could take longer than expected, despite Joan Laporta getting to work on it as soon as the decision was taken to dismiss Ronald Koeman. Both parties want a deal to be done, but Xavi's current club, Al Sadd, are reluctant to allow the Catalan coach to depart. As MARCA have been told, the Qatari club are angry with how Barcelona have treated the deal as do...Full Story »

Barcelona striker Sergio Aguero has been admitted to hospital for a cardiac exam after experiencing chest pain during Saturday's 1-1 draw with Alaves. Aguero, 33, had to be taken off before half-time after being attended to on the Camp Nou pitch by Barca's medical team for a lengthy period of time. The Argentina international was eventually able to walk off the field before being transferred t...Full Story »

Sergio Aguero was taken to hospital after complaining of dizziness during the first half of Barcelona's 1-1 draw with Alaves on Saturday, interim head coach Sergi Barjuan confirmed. The Argentine was absent for the first two months of the season as he recovered from a nagging calf injury, finally making his club debut in mid-October against Valencia. But he was in clear discomfort on the pi...Full Story »

Luis Rioja celebrates his equaliser at Camp Nou.EFE Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw versus Alaves in the debut of interim coach Sergi Barjuan on Saturday night at the Camp Nou Memphis Depay gave the hosts a lead early in the second half, only for Alaves to respond through Luis Rioja and then hang on for the point. Sergi opted for a starting XI very reminiscent of Ronald Koeman's final match...Full Story »

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has admitted he should have sacked Ronald Koeman before Wednesday's loss to Rayo Vallecano. Laporta dismissed the Dutchman after the 1-0 defeat to the La Liga minnows in midweek with Barca ninth in the table after a poor start to the season. The Catalan giants have won just two of their last seven games and find themselves closer to the relegation zone than the...Full Story »

Barcelona are already planning to offload on-loan Sevilla striker Luuk de Jong in January. De Jong came in on former coach Ronald Koeman's recommendation, but his performances have left a lot to be desired and now he has to go. Barcelona want to reinforce their attack in January and Barcelona will try and send him away in January as he won't be getting more minutes, says Sport. Barcelona's ...Full Story »

Ronald Koeman's exit from Barcelona was not exactly a surprise, but the man who is likely to replace him is with Xavi Hernandez seen as the early favourite to take over, although the man himself was unwilling to be drawn on such speculation, suggesting his only focus was on Al-Sadd. Xavi met with the leaders of the Qatar club on Thursday, intimating his desire to taken the newly vacant job at...Full Story »

LIONEL MESSI caught up with pal Ronaldinho in Paris as the former team-mates were reunited. The Brazilian icon famously assisted Messi's first professional goal for Barcelona way back in May 2005 after taking his 'little brother' under his wing at the Nou Camp. Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho caught up at PSG last weekCredit: Instagram / @ronaldinho The pair remain close friends and enjoyed an em...Full Story »

Manchester United and Newcastle United are interested in Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele. Mundo Deportivo says the Catalan giants have offered the Frenchman a new contract and given him a ONE-MONTH deadline to sign it. The France international's agent wants him to leave Barca but the Catalan giants have hatched a plan to convince him to stay. One of the main elements of their scheme is to ...Full Story »

A loss to Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday was the final straw for the Dutchman, who was dismissed just hours after the game Barcelona have sacked Ronald Koeman as head coach following Wednesday's defeat at Rayo Vallecano, while Goal can confirm the role has now been offered to club legend Xavi. The loss left Barcelona in ninth place in the La Liga table, having won just four of their opening 10 ...Full Story »