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Barcelona will look to make a perfect start to its 2022-23 La Liga campaign when they welcome Rayo Vallecano to Camp Nou on Saturday.

If it isn’t, the (necessary) amount must be close to that.” Despite efforts to reduce costs and pay down its debt, Barcelona still holds 1 billion euros ($1 billion) in debt and has seen its salary cap slashed by the league in recent seasons. Orpheus Media is run by Catalan businessman Jaume Roures, the owner of Mediapro, a major television company involved in Spanish soccer but whose 2020 broadcast rights deal for the French league collapsed. Barcelona is linked to interest in Chelsea’s Marcos Alonso, who would provide competition for Jordi Alba at left back. Where can I watch it on TV? - Saturday’s match will start at 3:00 p.m. EST for viewers in the U.S. However, the match will not be broadcast on conventional TV channels for American audiences. Instead, the match will be broadcast via ESPN+, which can be accessed via the ESPN app on smart TVs and streaming devices.

FC Barcelona will have all but one of their star acquisitions this summer when they host Rayo Vallecano in the start of the 2022/23 La Liga season during ...

10th min.: Quiet start to this one until Raphinha makes a run into the right side of the Rayo box and goes down on a challenge from the left back. 1st min.: Rayo kick off and they're aggressive from the start with a direct ball, and they're pressing high. 45th min.: Jordi Alba makes a key defensive intervention in the box to clear a cross that was heading to Rayo's Isi Palazon. Five minutes of stoppage time. He doesn't give them a chance to finish out the play and the bench is livid. Barcelona are aggressive, with and without the ball. He tried to make the best of a poor Raphinha cross in the first half, and then he had a chance to be the hero with six minutes remaining, but he could not contort his body quickly enough to take advantage of a rebound allowed by the Rayo 'keeper. That was the best chance of the game. 52nd min.: Another chance for Rayo! Sergio Camello runs onto a ball into space and it's chaos in the Barcelona defense. The Dutch do-it-all player gave Barcelona a lift when he came off the bench to play midfield. To add insult to injury, captain Sergio Busquets was sent off in stoppage time for a second yellow card after a high arm in the face of Rayo's Falcao. Lewandowski was the prize catch of the summer for Barcelona, and he was supposed to help resolve matches like these with opponents interested only in defending and countering. And there are plenty more of these matches left on the calendar.

Find out how to watch, live stream or TV channel and game time information for the LaLiga matchup between FC Barcelona and Rayo Vallecano.

- - The two teams will square off at 3:00 PM ET, broadcast on ABC.

FC Barcelona has announced the call for the LaLiga match this Saturday at 9:00 p.m. against Rayo Vallecano. This is the list corresponding to day 1.

- Already in the offensive front will be Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski and Ousmane Dembélé, with Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati like reliefs. Sergiño Dest, that does not finish to convince to the trainer, would have remained out of the list by a technical decision.

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FC Barcelona and Sergio Busquets have still not reached an agreement over a salary adjustment. The Spanish club have claimed that their priority is registering their players, and will handle his signing later. Chelsea are bidding hard for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and he may end up leaving this summer.

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