Barcelona have called an unexpected press conference, with coach Tito Vilanova expected to step down due to ill-health. Club president Sandro Rosell and director of football Andoni Zubizarreta will address the media at 7.30pm BST on Friday evening, the Catalans announced on their official website.
Vilanova only took over from Pep Guardiola last
summer but his tenure has been overshadowed by health concerns. The former Barclelona B boss missed a chunk of the season after undergoing treatment in the United States for a cancer relapse. He had orginally been diagnosed with parotid gland cancer in November 2011.
Vilanova is understood to have suffered a further setback, with the challenge of leading one of Europe's powerhouses deemed too detrimental to his condition.

So soon!