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� MD �� Rakitic insists on staying at Barca, but the club will not improve his remaining two years. - Despite the words of Valverde, who opened the doors to the departure of the Croatian, but the intention is to stay at Camp Nou ..

�[MD] | *Fiorentina is also interested in Rafinha.*

� Valencia has a competitor for acquiring Rafinha. In the last hours, Fiorentina has been interested in the midfielder and in Barça they point him as a serious alternative.

� [MD] | Barça denies negotiations with Borussia Dortmund for Malcom after 'Goal' published that the German team have presented an offer of €42 million for the Brazilian


goal should be ashamed of themselves

� [SPORT] | Priority Junior � He is Barça's first option for the left back position but Bartomeu wants to pay a maximum of €20 million for the Betis player � Philipp Max 2nd option, Alaba discarded

[MD] | 'No' To Barça � Al-Khelaifi has informed Bartomeu that he has no intention of selling Neymar � Barça asked PSG to notify them if the Brazilian's exit is finally reconsidered


Thank God oooooo

you're complaining about the lady. what about Musa Muhammad Bello who spent almost half of his time hailing the senators, calling each of them. and no one asked him questions?

he supposedly worked for 3 ½ years, and no one deem it fit to ask him even one question? just 1?

nna ehn

‼️ Barça have NOT discarded Neymar and still retain the possibility of signing him. The club doesn't rule out his signing & his name has been mentioned in the last few hours while the team is in Japan. If PSG inform that they want to sell, Barça will sit down to speak with them.

� Paris SG's president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, was told by Bartomeu that Barça would consider reincorporating Neymar if PSG wanted to sell him. Barça, therefore, are waiting to see what will happen between the Brazilian & his current club. [RAC1, �]



PSG, please don't sell

Kimbeast:
Which one is na python and anaconda referring to them as snakes because they left barca

Ney is a snake.

I don't really care about Simons

❌ Ousmane Dembélé is not considered a candidate for Bayern Munich's wing position. Also, Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi is expected to sign a 5-year contract with his current club. Daily Mail report it's a €100K/week

Kimbeast:
So players are not allowed to leave Barca or what?

whoever said so?

tesppidd:
The French block perhaps?

igzakly

PSG only want money, Barca want to give player(s) + as little cash as possible.

�️ Jürgen Klopp has categorically RULED OUT bringing Philippe Coutinho back to Liverpool:

"It would be a big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big-money signing and it’s not our year for that. It’s just not possible."

[Melissa Reddy, ESPN]

‼️ Inter Milan are very interested in Ivan Rakitic, and Antonio Conte would like to incorporate him into the side that already houses a good amount of Rakitic's national teammates. The Italian side has initiated the first contacts to try and bring Rakitic to Italy. [SPORT, �]

⏳ In the coming hours, Pep Segura's departure from the club will be official. His departure is part of a restructuration of the sporting department in the club. [Helena Condis, COPE, �]

‼️ Premier League clubs and Serie A clubs are being very attentive of Arturo Vidal and Ivan Rakitic, and have shown interest in the latter, knowing that the club are willing to listen to offers for them.

�� Barça are aware of Inter's interest in Vidal, whom Antonio Conte - Inter's manager - knows well. Barça would want €30M for the Chilean. [Miguel Rico, MD, �]

⚠⚠ According to Helena Condis of Cope, Barcelona has not made a formal offer for Neymar, but Bartomeu has called Al Khelaifi to know the situation of the player in the PSG.

Josep María Bartomeu, president of FC Barcelona,  has spoken directly with his counterpart in the Parisian club  the Qatari Nasser Al-Khelaifi to ask him to call him if they decide to put the Brazilian Neymar on the market.��


he should just keep calling and not make bid o biko

Anaconda? Cobra? Python?

whichever you want to

���| Carles Aleñá on Barça TV: " I will fight to be a starter."

�Aleñá: " I have to take a step forward. I want to have more minutes and fight to be a starter in the first team. I want to prove the player I am and play as much as possible."

�Aleñá "Giving De Jong my shirt umber 21? It was an easy decision. I knew he was excited to take my number for a family issue. He explained that he was very fond of that number .He would have done same for me."

�Aleñá. "Last year, the injury broke my schemes, because I could not start with the group, I am glad to have gone down the subsidiary after the injury. At the beginning I was a little sad, because it seemed like it was a step back but then everything went up and ended up with an official record. I struggled a lot to get to the first team."

▶The youth player pointed out that his best memory is the first goal he scored as player of the first team, against Villarreal.

�Aleña: " I will never forget that first goal. More for the goal, to go with my family, to go to Camp Nou to celebrate it. It was a very happy day I keep my shirt and boots at home for a lifetime."

lexyman:
i was Expecting Nigeria to drop further down after the Mad boys dealt with us in the Afcon...thanks to the beating we gave to Cameroun ... i think that is the only match that gave us the point to still remain where we are

so, the remaining 4 matches we won weren't won?

Antoine Griezmann & Valverde's words after the game: First, Griezmann: "It's very special to wear the Barca shirt. It wasn't very nice that it had to end in a defeat, but surely better matches will come. Those were our first minutes, and we have time to improve."

AG17 on Jorginho's tackle: "After some time [after the tackle], it hurts a little. It'll definitely hurt tomorrow, but I'll be ready for the next game. It was a nasty tackle, he went right in, but in the end, that's [how] football [is]."

On playing without Messi nor Suárez: "I don't care. It's true that it's better to play with Luis and Messi or with Arthur or Coutinho, but they aren't there, and you have to try and find solutions. I'm here for the team, no matter what prominence it might have [on paper]."

Griezmann: "I really want to see how he [Messi] is on the daily, and how it is to work with him."

"I've been here for a week and been in a couple of training sessions and I haven't really been surprised yet. I followed Barca's matches, as a football fan [before joining Barca], and I already knew everyone." "What Valverde asked me for? To be fluid in the final third."

"Where I'd prefer to play? I don't care. I prefer to be on the pitch, not on the bench, and I intend to [always] better myself, work hard, and learn."

barackodam:
..............

these guys be forming gang already

PSG know that for them, it is impossible to get Ousmane Dembele. Ousmane insists that he does not want to leave and Tuchel, the PSG coach, remembers thats during Dembele’s first day at Dortmund he already told the German coach that his dream was to play for Barca. [md]

‼️ Ernesto Valverde wants Junior Firpo (22 y/o) despite the technical secretariat also suggesting Augsburg's 25-year-old Philipp Max. The reason for Valverde preferring Firpo is that he prefers a full-back who knows La Liga. [@Santiovalle , �]

❗️ Josep Bartomeu will lead talks with Lionel Messi's father and agent, Jorge, in hopes of extending Leo's contract until 2023 with a new agreement, sources have said. His current contract has a clause that can extend the contract until 2022. [Moisés Llorens & Samuel Marsden, �]

Xavi Simons moved to PSG as you guys know. Prior to that move, Barça made an attempt to keep him. According to Albert Rogé of SPORT, Barça offered him more money than he currently got & a spot in Juvenil A, but he preferred to leave. The club is calm despite him leaving & wish him luck.

Ernesto Valverde on Griezmann: "He has to get used to the team's way of playing, but it's clear to see that he has very bad intentions for the opponent every time he's on the ball. He's very dangerous with the ball, and we expect a lot from him."

"I'm assessing the possibility of playing Sergi Roberto in midfield. We have Nelson [Semedo] and Moussa Wagué who was in the Africa Cup of Nations, also is an option. Oriol was our right-back today, and played out of his usual position."

"Neymar? He plays for another club, and we don't talk about players from other clubs."

"Rakitic has been and is an important player, but I don't know if he'll be that this season. Now, new players will join us for the new season, and he'll have to earn it [his spot] like [he has to do] every year. Time moves on. He has, and can be, important for us [this season]."

"Semedo? He's a great player with many qualities, but he's very fast, and that's the direction the sport of football is going in. He's an asset that we need [in the team], and he's a very important player for us."

"Riqui? He made the game more lively, moves well and unbalances the opponents. We want him to take a step forward to create more danger in the final third." "Frenkie? Today, he played as a pivot, but he can play in any position in midfield. We'll see what happens

‼️ Nelson Semedo IS INTRANSFERABLE! The Club has rejected offers over €30M from English clubs wanting the Portuguese player. [CatRadio, �]

❗ The idea for Jean-Clair Todibo is that he remains with the Club as a fourth centre-back, but the player has loan enquiries from some clubs (namely Milan and Nantes) and transfer enquiries from some Premier League clubs, too. [Miguel Rico, MD, �]

� | Ivan Rakitić's contract won't be improved, even though he has publicly requested a renewal some time ago.
Barça has opened the door for his exit. [AS �]

� Barça are looking to gain €150M this summer. Coutinho, Malcom & Rafinha are players the club actively's looking to sell but are yet to receive concrete offers on. Marcelino really wants Rafinha @ Valencia & Fiorentina are coming in strong, too.

❌ According to sources close to Malcom, per ESPN, there is "not yet a firm proposal [from any club] but things could move on once Barça return from Japan, this weekend".

� The club isn't looking to actively sell any of Rakitic, Umtiti or Vidal, but are willing to listen to offers for these players, should they come in.

[Moisés Llorens & Samuel Marsden, ESPN, �]

✍️ Today, Patrick Kluivert will sign the contract with Barça that'll see him become the Club's new Director of La Masia. [Fernando Polo, MD, ]