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Goals from Pedri (2), Lewandowski, Dembélé, Aubameyang and Frenkie de Jong win the Joan Gamper trophy.

If Gerard Piqué had scored from that back-heel it would have been something special, Auba banged one onto the bar, and eventually it was down to Frenkie de Jong to slot in the goal that matched Barça’s tally in the only previous meeting between these sides, a 6-1 win for the Catalans back in 1963. New signing Kessie slipped in the killer pass for Aubameyang to score with practically his first touch of the ball. Xavi made a number of changes at half-time, and yet the eleven still looked very, very solid indeed. The talk among Pumas fans in the build-up was all about repeating their heroics at the Trofeo Bernabéu in 2004 and becoming the first team ever to win both the Real Madrid and Barça preseason tournaments. Pedri had provided the assist for that one and barely a minute later the roles were reversed. Robert Lewandowski only needed two minutes to net his first Blaugrana goal, and it was a brilliantly executed finish.

Frenkie de Jong is refusing to lower his salary at FC Barcelona, despite the club now wanting him to stay.

He knows what I think and what the club wants and needs. As part of an agreement struck on the watch of Laporta's predecessor Josep Bartomeu, De Jong is set to earn €18mn ($18.4mn) this season and €88.58mn ($90.2mn) over the last four years of his contract. Yet due to United's lack of football in the mentioned elite European club competition, and a desire to succeed in Xavi Hernandez's promising sporting project at Camp Nou, De Jong has insisted on staying put at his current club.

Brazilian defender Dani Alves returned to Barcelona once again on Sunday to play the Joan Gamper Trophy with his new club Pumas. Alves' return gave the ...

I am eternally grateful to Xavi and the president for bringing me back,” he further added. Barcelona don’t care about the people who made history for the club.” The only thing I didn’t like was how my departure was handled,” he continued.

Manchester United target Frenkie de Jong has been threatened by FC Barcelona with legal action amid his existing contract issues with the club.

In their letter to Frenkie De Jong last month, Barcelona are said to have informed the Dutchman that the club are in a position to initiate criminal proceedings against the player as he was involved in a supposed wrongdoing with a proven corrupt set of people. However, De Jong is not ready to accept the terms as he first intends to get the money owed to him by the club since he joined the club. Barcelona have told Frenkie de Jong that they want to declare his existing contract as “invalid” and return back to the old deal that he was on before.

Afine Gamper crowd of 83,021 is coming from the Spotify Camp Nou feeling very, very reassured by what they saw. Barça already had this game as good as won in ...

The preparation of the FC Barcelona 2022/23 squad is well underway. Samuel Umtiti was left off the US tour and has been training in Barcelona, without knowing where he will play this season. Afine Gamper crowd of 83,021 is coming from the Spotify Camp Nou feeling very, very reassured by what they saw.

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In accordance with 'The Athletic', the directive of the Barça would have warned the presence of "evidences of criminality" in the agreement of Of Jong ...

Of this way, the negotiations would carry out in the previously foreseen terms with the end to attain a reduction salarial. Recently, it has given to know that the club has requested him leave without effect the agreements to which arrived after his renewal. Of the contrary, the subject could be carried until judicial instances.

FC Barcelona has presented its squad for the 2022-2023 season in the run-up to the Joan Gamper Trophy 2022, with great news, highlighted and applauded at the ...

Although it is true that they were more the applauses that whistles, the fans punished to the players with which does not explain the club and resist to go out. The Danish was very pitado by all the stadium, that finish shouting him that left while it went walking to where were his mates. With the Polish forward the stadium roared like few times has seen in the last years.

The footballing world was shocked when Messi departed Barcelona last year, with the Catalans being unable to renew his contract due to the financial situation.

The relationship between Messi and Laporta has not been at its best due to the manner of the former’s exit last summer. PSG, for their part, plan to keep hold of the 35-year-old global icon and want to hand him a new contract. He has made a fine start to the new season, scoring a stunning goal for Les Parisiens against Clermont Foot recently.