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  According to Marca, Barca now has 57 million to sign. According to Insider FC, Barca always had the money and margins. This time would be used to maximize wage cuts and exits. Now we enter the last week of the market. The idea is to bring in two full-backs, a striker if Aubameyang and Memphis leave, and Bernardo Silva if Frenkie de Jong finally leaves. The Directive allocated 200 million at the beginning of the market to invest in new players. So far 148 have been spent. That's 50 million on Lewandowski and the same on Koundé, and 48 on the purchase of Raphinha from Leeds. Therefore, there would be 52 million left to spend. Add the sales: 5 million from Jugtla's sale. Coutinho's 20 were accounted for in the previous year. That brings it to 57 million. The number can go up with the sale of Aubameyang. The others to be sold are free. The problem is the salary space. Kounde's margin has appeared. Aubameyang's departure would allow, for example, the club to sign the t...

Barcelona have won their first La Liga match of the season thanks to a fantastic 4-1 victory against Real Sociedad at the Cauldron of Anoeta on Sunday night. Robert Lewandowski’s first two La Liga goals and the timely substitution of Ansu Fati got the Blaugrana up and running in a difficult stadium after being held by Rayo Vallecano in a frustrating stalemate last weekend. It was a wild first half. Xavi set up in an ultra-offensive 3-2-4-1 designed to suffocate the Sociedad attack with tight spaces for counter pressing in the middle of the pitch. Barca got off to an electric start when Robert Lewandowski scored inside the first 44 seconds. It was all thanks to a timely pass by Pedri and with Sociedad pressing high up the pitch, Alejandro Balde made a brilliant solo, lung-bursting run down the left flank and a beautiful assist to Robert Lewandowski for his first competitive goal for the club. Alexander Isak cancelled that out only a few moments later. Frenkie de Jong was caught in pos...

  After their fiery 2-2 draw with rivals Tottenham, Chelsea are back on the road with a trip to Leeds United. The Blues will be hoping to return to winning ways during the clash to keep pace with league leaders Arsenal and Spurs. Here's Chelsea's XI to face Leeds: Mendy; James, Thiago Silva, Koulibaly; Loftus-Cheek, Gallagher, Jorginho, Cucurella; Mount, Havertz, Sterling According to Blue Footy Conor Gallagher makes sense against Leeds' intensity. 'If you are expecting us to be relaxed and Leeds to watch us and clap, that won't happen. They work from start to finish. Without Kante, Gallagher makes more sense in midfield than RLC, who should start at RWB.' Ben Chilwell has been left out in place of new signing Marc Cucurella. Here's what he had to say about the competition in the left full-back role: "Obviously it’s going to be a battle between us but it’s a competitive battle that we’re both going to thrive off and help the team. It’s a similar t...

  Key Points The registration of Barca's new signing, Jules Koundé couldn't go through in time to face Real Sociedad. Dest, Umtiti, and Braithwaite are also left out. Barca's squad list for Matchday 2 where they play their first away game of the season against Real Sociedad It's Matchday 2 and Barcelona face off against Real Sociedad at the Reale Arena. The squad list has been released and it turns out that Barça could not register Jules Koundé in time to face La Real. Sergino Dest, Samuel Umtiti, and Martin Braithwaite have been left out of the list for a second consecutive week. Despite his situation linked with a move to Chelsea, Aubameyang has been included in the squad and is expected to play some minutes in the second half, with birthday boy Robert Lewandowski the undisputed starter. Jules Koundé is annoyed with his situation at Barcelona. The club have prioritized his registration for next week. According to Javi Miguel, Barça's coaching staff are upset for n...

  Key Points Barça, Chelsea and the player's agents will meet today to determine if it is possible to carry out the transfer operation The agreement between clubs is very far away, but Barça does not rule out anything given the London club's interest Aubameyang's future is up in the air Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang appears to be closing in on a surprise switch to Chelsea, but Christian Pulisic has reportedly decided against making a Stamford Bridge exit. Aubameyang's future at Barça is uncertain, although the Blaugrana admit that his departure is going to be complicated because the agreement between both clubs seems distant. Both Barcelona and Chelsea are trying to avoid a situation where they go into the last week of the transfer market with this uncertainty. A meeting between representatives of Barca and Chelsea is planned to explore the options of agreement. Chelsea has agreed personal terms with the footballer's environment, convincing him of a departure from Barça...

  Man Utd are set to up their offer for Antony Wesley Fofana to Chelsea back on track. According to 'The Athletic', Leicester City have been determined not to let Wesley Fofana leave for Chelsea - especially on the cheap. But their stance could soften now, with the team struggling and in need of new faces and stability. Depay to Juve falling apart? According to Di Marzio, Memphis Depay is demanding a lot of money from Juventus and now the Italian club are going to analyze the situation, even considering the option of signing Arkadiusz Milik instead of Depay. Manchester United to offer €100m for Antony. According to Duncan Castles, Man United are set to up their offer for Antony to €100m. Man Utd are desperate to strengthen the squad before the deadline. They sit in 20th place in the Premier League table. Barcelona could go in the market for a striker! Barça is studying the signing of another striker according to Luis Miguelsanz. The last minute departures of Memphis Depay and A...

Key Points  Barça-Juve agreement for Memphis Depay being given the final touches although his departure alone is not enough to register Jules Koundé. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who arrived free in January, has now agreed to go to Chelsea and play under Thomas Tuchel. A final agreement between Barcelona and Chelsea is missing with a possible 18 million pound offer plus Marcos Alonso from the Blues'. Barcelona wants both transfer operations to be independent of each other. Juventus will forgive Barcelona the variables owed for Miralem Pjanic.

A round-up of the latest Barcelona news and rumors Luis Suarez is forever grateful to the Barca fans! On this day, the Uruguayan 'El Pistolero' Luis Suarez was presented at the Camp Nou and the rest is engraved in the pages of history. Barcelona's very own number '9' Mundo Deportivo | Anger over Lewandowski assault Anger in Barcelona after the Lewandowski case yesterday where a fan stole his watch while he was giving autographs. The security management will deal with the police forces to avoid further similar incidents. The dressing room is tired of this because they've been through a lot of similar incidents involving TikTokers. Santi Aouna | FootMercato | French club Nice are interested in Pjanic Nice approached Miralem Pjanic ■ Reciprocal interest. ■ Xavi does not count on him. ■ For the moment no offer formulated. ■ Nice would first like to sell a midfielder. ■ In parallel, and as revealed, the Pépé file is progressing well. Fabrizio Romano | Chelsea wo...