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In a crazy turnaround of events, ex Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao, who is now at Monaco, was offered to Real Madrid. Monaco’s billionaire owner Dmitry Rybolovlev paid 45M euros for Falcao who is said to be disappointed with the club’s sports project.
Worse still, the French government has imposed the same tax laws on the players and they now have to pay the same as French citizens. More on Radamel Falcao
Tata Martino began his spell in charge of FC Barcelona in the best possible way with the biggest win in the history of the club in the first game of the season. Levante had no chance against a Barca side that were more like a whirlwind in the first half.
Levante were not allowed to play football and the pressure the Catalans put on the visitors was tremendous. Read the rest of the match report
FC Barcelona are facing a real dilema with the new season kicking off for the Catalan giants this evening at the Nou Camp against Levante. The club has four players for one spot up front with top guns Neymar and Messi.
The wingman will be either Alexis, Cesc, Pedro or Tello, and the four are having to go head to head in order to get the coveted spot up front. More on Barca’s dilema
Alexis Sánchez has well and truly laid down the gauntlet to Pedro for a place in Barca’s starting lineup. After proving himself in the final stretch of last season, except for the tie against Bayern, the Chilean’s season is continuing where it left off.
Martino has two irreplaceable players up front in the shape of Messi and Neymar and Alexis could be joining them. More on Alexis Sanchez
The pre-season is over for the Catalan giants and the real deal begins this weekend. Although it’s a relatively easy game against Levante, Barca cannot afford any slip ups in the start to their new season.
After Sunday’s opener, the club face 15 days of tough games with the two legs of the Super Cup sandwiched between clashes against Malaga and Valencia. More on Barca’s start to the season
Jonathan Dos Santos acknowledged today in a press conference something that a lot of people knew about but hadn’t heard it officially from the player.
Barca’s Mexican midfielder admitted that if Tito Vilanova was still at the Catalan giants, he would have been leaving the club as a deal with Real Sociedad was almost struck. More on Jonathan Dos Santos
Barca captain Carles Puyol trotted out onto the grass at the club’s training ground and came away from a session with a smile on his face. He’s back training and feeling good and his reappearance is penciled in for the weekend of 14th and 15th September when Barca face Sevilla at the Nou Camp. Carles Puyol back in training
According to German newspaper Bild, FC Barcelona have renewed their interest in the versatile midfielder, who was once touted to replace Seydou Keita who left the Catalan giants for China last year. The versatile midfielder is in Basel along with Alves and Neymar for the friendly between Switzerland and Brazil tonight at 20:45 GMT+1. More on Luiz Gustavo
