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Once the 2022/23 season begins, records prove that the courageous investments made by Joan Laporta’s board of directors are correct when it comes to activating the levers in order to strengthen the team.

Robert Lewandowski leads the causes of FC Barcelona, ​​as the Polish striker scored 11 goals in the eight official matches he played in the Barcelona shirt, and is one of the mainstays that keep fans excited for this new team.

The transfer market became a phase of opportunity for the Catalan entity and those years in which the club was in difficulty and the club had to sell footballers so that it could close the exits – or give up – for some footballers. In this sense, the web portal associated with Barça culemania.com indicates the movements that Matteo Alemani and his company will make next summer, since it is also expected to be very mobile.

First, the summer market opening date of 2023 will be one day after the contracts of important players such as Sergio Busquets or Memphis Depay have expired. Earth Axis had already decided to end his role as a footballer at the time, while the Dutch striker’s future was still on the horizon. The exit did not materialize last August, and against Elche, he once again began to show his quality with a superb goal with a personal signature included.

The Blaugrana Sports Administration will also have to address the cases of Jordi Alba and Pique. The entity will provide the 23 million that Busquets will receive today and can do the same with the second and fourth leaders’ high chips. They both have a contract until the summer of 2024 and have lost ownership of Xavi’s team, and for this reason, a friendly departure can be agreed or the contract terminated, as Barcelona did with footballers such as Neto, Ureki, Boeing or Monegueza.

Aside from the sacred cow issue – which would kick up a very significant amount of the wage bill – the Collie Sports Department could shut down Leo Messi’s famous return to Barcelona. It is one of the great surprises that the club can prepare for next summer, because apart from the salary space that the departure of the leaders will provide, Messi ends his contract with Paris Saint-Germain on June 30, 2023.

Laporta confirms that they are also studying to get a young alternative striker with a lot of potential who accepts to replace Lewandowski, apart from noting that Barcelona have not forgotten Juan Foyth, Xavi’s favorite winger who will replace the Bellerin player. Which is also free next summer. But the surprise, most shocking of all, will be the possible departure of Ansu Fati, who had an alternative status, a contract until 2027 and a very high market price given his status at a young age of 19.

Xavi hailed a team win after Barca’s display against Elche while Ronald Araujo wanted to bounce back quickly from the loss to Bayern.

FC Barcelona quickly recovered their heads after their defeat against Bayern Munich by crushing Elche. A real team victory that Xavi appreciated, he who rotated by aligning Memphis Depay in particular:
“We have a very big team now. Everyone is training well, reacting well. Remember this season is strange and we need everyone to be in their best game. We have to become a family “You win titles with a great team, not with a fixed starting XI. We have 25 players, and all of them could start every game. Then it’s my turn to make the decisions.

Everyone is ready to play at any time, and it shows. Everyone can make a difference. We always have room to improve. We had a good start to the season. I’m very grateful. I’m happy to have won . It was very important. After their red card, the game changed completely.”

He said in remarks reported by Barça Universal before praising the young Alejandro Baldé: “Balde is an excellent left-back. We have three excellent left-backs. Jordi, Marcos and Balde. is created several chances today. I am very happy for him, he is very mature. It never ceases to amaze me that a child of Balde’s age plays as well as he does. He will give us a lot. His condition physics is barbaric.”

Former Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas believes that the return of his friend, Lionel Messi, to the “Camp Nou” castle is possible in the future, but the Catalan giant’s management will decide the matter.

And many reports have previously appeared that there is a possibility for the attacking winger of the Paris Saint-Germain team to return to Barcelona, ​​​​after the expiration of his contract at the end of the current season on June 30, 2023.

Cesc Fabregas made important statements about the Barcelona team this season after the loss to Bayern Munich, in statements on Radio “RAC1”, and said: “I see a strong team capable of competing for championships.”

The veteran midfielder continued, “Marcos Alonso is a great player, he is good at taking free kicks, and if he has opportunities to score, he will definitely score.”

When asked about the possibility of Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba remaining on the bench this season with Barcelona, ​​Cesc responded by saying: “Accepting that costs a lot, especially since they will train on the second day of the match with the bench while the basics recover.”

He concluded by talking about the possibility of Messi returning to the “Camp Nou” stadium by saying: “I do not know if it is possible or not, it could be an option if Barcelona is open to that, in the end, the decision is up to him and the club, it will be a happy ending.”

The 18-year-old starred for Vasco da Gama in his first season and is the focus of interest from Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Newcastle.

Despite all their efforts this summer, Barcelona still faces one obvious problem to solve over the next 12 months, and that is the search for a replacement for Sergio Busquets.

However, a potential long-term solution may not be so far-fetched.

Andre Santos has already been compared to Busquets in his native Brazil, and reports suggest that Barcelona have made two offers for the young midfielder, which Vasco da Gama rejected, and have also been linked with Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, Newcastle and Everton.

The comparison to Busquets is fair enough in terms of his passing ability and the way Andre can handle and resist pressure, although the extra dimension he can bring in the final third is what makes him one of the most interesting defensive midfielders in the world.

He has the stamina to play the number 8 player, can carry the ball the length of the court, and his debut season as a key player in the first team demonstrated Andrey’s ability to score, both from moving and from set pieces.

So some see it as the number 8, the shirt he wears in Vasco, as he follows in the footsteps of one of the club’s symbols Juninho.

Juninho, who made his name in Europe thanks to his ability to take free kicks while in Lyon, said of Andre when speaking to YouTube channel Resenha Loading: “Physically, he’s a beast without the ball. I would have liked to see his GPS. Technically speaking, it is superior to the others.

“He won’t be better than me, he’ll be a lot better than me. He’s a much more complete player. At 18, I didn’t play half of what he does, I’m not ashamed to say that.”

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In addition to Juninho, Andre has also surpassed recent Vasco Academy graduates Felipe Coutinho, Douglas Luiz and Alan – all of whom are now playing in the Premier League – in terms of what he has achieved at his age.

The youngest goalscorer in the club’s history, scoring five goals in 25 first-team appearances, and although the bulk of them have come in the second division, there is no doubt that he will be able to make the same impact in the first division.

Veteran Vasco midfielder Nene said in a recent interview: “It doesn’t even look like he’s that young. He has incredible maturity in coaching, like he’s been with us for many years.

“He has vision to play, a lot of quality and he is good at breaking lines. He is already in the Brazil U-20 team and who knows, maybe soon he will shine in the first national team? He will be a great player.”

Andrei has lived a journey to get to this level, starting his football education at the age of four when he was a little overweight kid and his grandmother enrolled him in a local futsal club in Rio de Janeiro.

She was concerned about Andre’s size, but he quickly fell in love with the game and shed the fat before catching the attention of Vasco’s scouts two years later.

Having become the club’s youngest player in the 21st century, Vasco is now working hard to tie him to a new contract to keep him at the club for at least another 12 months.

The club know the lure of Europe will ultimately be too much for Andre to resist, but Vasco is keen to ensure they get a fair price, with up to €35m (£30m/$35m) already floated for the player keen to keep his feet. In the field.

Andre told GM, “I’m very focused, serious and want to win. I want to win all the time, and I don’t let my teammates rest, because I always want to improve.”

This development could carry him to the Camp Nou, and a more dynamic version of Busquets could find themselves playing the starring role with Barcelona.

Barcelona boss Xavi has insisted that he will continue to be patient with Ansu Fati, with the youngster only starting once for the club during the 2022-23 campaign.

The 19-year-old missed around nine months with a serious knee injury before returning to action last September, but he then suffered two further setbacks, struggling with hamstring issues.

Fati was used sparingly in the latter stages of last season, with Barcelona being cautious when it comes to the teenager, as they bid to avoid a repeat of previous problems.

The teenager has only started once for Barcelona this season, which came against Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League last month.

All five of his La Liga appearances have come from the bench, but he has managed to provide two goals and two assists, and there have been claims that he could start against Elche on Saturday.

Xavi was asked about Fati during a press conference on Friday, and the club’s head coach said that the attacker was “gradually coming back” to full fitness.

“Ansu is fine. He’s a great player and he makes the difference when he comes on. It’s important to us. We may be expecting a little more intensity during the match, but he is gradually coming back, and he understands that is he coming out of a difficult situation,” Xavi told reporters.

“I will decide [about Ansu]. You have to be prudent. Last year, we were maybe too rash with the decision, and it was a problem.”

Fati has represented Barcelona on 65 occasions in all competitions, contributing 21 goals and eight assists in the process, while he has managed one goal in four caps for Spain.

The forward has been overlooked by La Roja boss Luis Enrique in his latest squad, though, with the youngster a notable absentee from the group of players that will face Switzerland and Portugal in the UEFA Nations League before the end of the month.

Xavi also said that the international break has come “at the right time” for the club, who will be looking to put three points on the board in La Liga before Sunday night’s Madrid derby.

“It comes at the right time for us. We have not stopped, we have travelled a lot. For the staff, it’s a timely break, because I think almost 90% of the players will go with their national teams,” he added.

“We have to win tomorrow, and then let’s see what happens. We have to be attentive, especially since it’s the Madrid derby. But what we have to do is win our game.

“We are expecting the same opponent we faced last season. Physically strong competitor. In terms of teamwork, they have a number of strengths. We only won thanks to a penalty from Memphis (Depay).”

Barcelona have been victorious in each of their last four La Liga matches, which has left them second in the table, two points behind leaders Real Madrid, but they will enter this game off the back of a 2-0 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

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With Gavi’s new contract signing earlier this week, Barcelona took another big step towards securing the long-term future of the young core of their team, having already tied down the likes of Pedri, Ansu Fati and Ronald Araujo to new deals over the past year.

Another La Masia graduate who will likely be a part of this core group of rising stars in the future is midfielder Nico Gonzalez.

The 20-year-old youngster made his first-team debut last season, much like Gavi, but was unable to impose himself as a regular member of the side. Nico’s minutes, especially in the second half of the last season, came very sporadically.

And following the arrival of Franck Kessie, Barça’s inability to move on Frenkie de Jong and the club’s initial decision to hold on to Miralem Pjanic meant that Nico left the club on loan to join Valencia in order to get regular minutes under his belt.

While he might not be a part of the current Barcelona squad, SPORT reports that manager Xavi Hernandez still very much counts on the 20-year-old midfielder for the future.

Nico, after all, is tied down to a long-term contract with the Blaugrana that runs until the summer of 2026. At 20, he has his entire career in front of him and Xavi plans to make him a part of his plans along with the aforementioned quartet to build a successful team for the future.

Since joining Valencia, the 20-year-old has played five times under Gennaro Gattuso, even finding the back of the net on one occasion. Had he stayed put at Spotify Camp Nou, minutes would have been hard to come by for the young midfielder.

So, the loan move made sense for him to continue developing. And a season-long experience of regular football at this level will make him a better player when he returns to Barcelona in 2023.

Barcelona club management, headed by Joan Laporta, is seeking to sign a high-caliber deal during the upcoming winter transfers, to support the team during the current season 2023/2022.

And the Spanish “El Chiringuito” program revealed that Barcelona wants to obtain the services of Marco Asensio, the Real Madrid winger, next summer.

Barcelona is among the most prominent clubs interested in Asensio’s services at the present time, and that the Catalan club will try to include him in the next summer Mercato.

Spanish reports said that Asensio became the penultimate player in coach Carlo Ancelotti’s list of Real Madrid’s attackers, as Asensio exploded angry at Ancelotti’s decision during the Meringue match and Real Mallorca, and threw the warm-up shirt and kicked the water bottle towards the bench.

The famous program indicated that Barcelona would make good use of this situation to enter the line of negotiations with Asensio, in preparation for contracting with him during the next summer transfer period.

The program confirmed that the coach of the Blaugrana club, Xavi Hernandez, asked the management of the Catalan team to sign the Real player if his contract with Real Madrid expires.

Marco Asensio has been linked with leaving Real Madrid this season due to the difficulty of obtaining many minutes this season.

It is reported that the 26-year-old’s contract with the Royal Club expires next summer, and the two parties have not agreed on the renewal yet.

Barcelona wants to take advantage of the lack of agreement between Real Madrid and Asensio to renew his contract, which will expire at the end of the current season, so that Barca can get the player’s services free of charge.

And the Spanish winger became outside the starting lineup of Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti for Real Madrid, who did not participate in the Royal team’s match against Real Mallorca in the Spanish League competitions.

The journalist explained that the Catalan club spoke with the environment surrounding the Spanish player, and they told him that Marco Asensio has serious offers and is thinking of leaving now more than ever.

The date of the next Barcelona match in the Spanish League

Barcelona’s first football team is preparing to face Elche in the sixth round of the Spanish League, on the evening of Saturday, the seventeenth of September.

The whistle of the match is scheduled to start at four o’clock Cairo local time

لا يمكن اعتبار الهزيمة أمام بايرن ميونيخ فشلاً لبرشلونة. لأنها تندرج ضمن ما هو متوقع ، فهي مباريات لا يمكن الفوز بها دائمًا ، وأكثر من ذلك ، بالنظر إلى أنها لعبت في ألمانيا. من الواضح أنه كان يمكن أن يكون مثالياً لأخذ النقاط الثلاث ، والتي تركت كل شيء عمليا على المسار الصحيح للتأهل لمراحل خروج المغلوب من دوري أبطال أوروبا ، لكن تشافي هيرنانديز تمكن من استخلاص نتائج إيجابية.

كانت لديهم فرص للتقدم على لوحة النتائج ، وفقط خطأان محددان تسبب في فوز رجال جوليان ناجيلسمان. كان الأداء الذي خلفه الأزولجرانا جيدًا ، واستطاعوا التنافس ضد فريق مرشح للفوز بجميع الألقاب. شيء واحد ، مواجهة بعضكما البعض بزي “رائع” ، وهو ما لم يقمن به منذ فترة طويلة.

من الواضح أن هناك العديد من الجوانب التي يجب تحسينها ، لكن في كامب نو يمكن أن يشعروا بالرضا ، ومن الواضح أن النصر كان من الممكن أن يذهب إلى كلا الجانبين. الفارق الوحيد هو أن البافاريين استغلوا الفرص المتاحة لهم ، وهو أمر لم يفعله رجال تشافي. وهكذا غادر مدرب السد السابق مستاءً للغاية ، خاصة مع أربعة لاعبين. من الواضح أن الأول كان روبرت ليفاندوفسكي.

لم يكن لديه أفضل أداء ، وغفر للمناسبات التي لا يغفرها عادة. في الشوط الثاني لم يشارك عملياً ، لكن رغم ذلك لا يمكن القول إنه لعب مباراة سيئة. إن الفضل الذي لا يزال يتمتع به البولندي لا يمكن إنكاره ، ولا يزال يمثل المرجع الهجومي لبرشلونة. لكن في المواجهة الكبيرة القادمة سيكون أكثر نجاحًا. كانت رافينها أكثر الأشخاص الذين أصيبوا بخيبة أمل ، والتي تركت بعض التفاصيل ، لكنها لم تكن نشطة للغاية. بالإضافة إلى ذلك ، فقد بعض الكرة في نصف ملعبه ، ولم يساعد جول كوندي في إيقاف إضافات ألفونسو ديفيز.

ولم يلعب عثمان ديمبيلي بشكل أفضل بكثير ، على الرغم من أنه تسبب في خطر بسبب سرعته ، لكنه لم يكن دقيقًا في الأمتار الأخيرة ، مستعجلاً في قراراته. أعطوه ركلة جزاء لم يشرها الحكم ، ومع ذلك ، لم يفعل أي شيء آخر يمكن تسليط الضوء عليه.

فيران توريس ، الصدع الذي خيب آمال تشافي أكثر من غيره

لم يحظى ليفاندوفسكي ولا رافينها ولا “البعوض” بأفضل يوم لهم ، الأمر الذي أثار انزعاج تشافي ، لكن هذا لا يعني أنهم بدأوا بداية رائعة للحملة. من ناحية أخرى ، بدأ فيران توريس بالفعل في القلق ، حيث كان لديه إعادة تأكيد جديدة في أليانز أرينا، حيث دخل كصدمة.

لقد لعب ما يزيد قليلاً عن نصف ساعة ، وكان متقلبًا للغاية ، وساهم بين القليل والشيء ، ولم يكن قادرًا على مساعدة برشلونة. لا يستطيع الاستقرار ، ويبدأ الصبر في النفاد مع فالنسيا …

Barcelona suffered their first defeat of the 2022/23 season as they were handed a 2-0 beating by German champions Bayern Munich in their Group C encounter of the UEFA Champions League.

Second-half strikes from Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane condemned Barcelona to a defeat after they had missed a host of chances in the first period. The misses proved to be too costly for the Blaugrana, something that manager Xavi Hernandez acknowledged after the game.

“The difference between us and Bayern is that they don’t forgive in front of goal,” Xavi said.

While the Barcelona manager insisted that the result was not a fair reflection of the entire game, he accepted that the team cannot afford to miss chances at this level.

“The result is not a reflection of the entire match. But this is the Champions League. If you miss chances, you will end up paying that. We messed up. This defeat is a step backwards,” he said.

There was a controversial moment late in the first half when Ousmane Dembele appeared to have fouled by Alphonso Davies inside the Bayern box. However, no penalty was awarded by the referee and the VAR also did not intervene.

Talking about the incident, Xavi said: “I didn’t see the Dembélé foul, but everyone is telling me it was a penalty. Regardless, I don’t want to comment on referees.”

On the performances and the chances created, Xavi said: “We had 6 or 7 clear chances to score. The first half was ours. We did enough not only to draw, but we should have won. We should learn from our mistakes and keep working hard.”

On the goals that the team conceded, he added: “Our marking in the corner was very bad, and we should have fouled the runner in the play for the second goal. They stop the game and we don’t. That is what competing means.”

Further expressing his frustration over the result, Xavi said: “I’m mad because we should have won. We played a match to win. Lewandowski missed chances, Pedri got two, Raphinha from outside the box… this is disappointing and unfair.”

“Competing means winning corners, closing transitions, or having a chance in front of the goalkeeper and scoring it. I’m leaving angry. We had to win today. We have to be more effective in both of the areas,” the Barcelona legend added.

Xavi also added that this Barcelona team is still going through a rebuild while the opposition are already a well-established outfit. “You could say that Bayern already have a built team. We’re under construction, only at the beginning of our journey,” he said.

Expressing his disappointment at the nature of the goals conceded, he added: “You can’t be controlling a match then conceding from a corner kick. Or conceding a chance from the middle like the play for the 2-0. We have to learn from our mistakes.”

Further talking about the Dembele penalty incident, Xavi said: “I asked the ref during halftime to be honest and tell me if it was a penalty. He said it wasn’t.”

Following the defeat, Barcelona will look to bounce back to winning ways when they face Elche in La Liga on Saturday afternoon.

ESPN has recently released a video of a Q&A session with Bayern Munich superstar Thomas Muller, where the attacker was asked to choose between Robert Lewandowski and Karim Benzema.

Muller, who is set to play a crucial role for Bayern Munich in the upcoming Champions League encounter against Barcelona, favours Lewandowski despite the Pole’s move to Catalonia in the summer.

Lewandowski spent eight years playing with Muller at Bayern Munich. During his time at the club, he scored a total of 344 goals in all competitions, notably building a formidable attacking partnership with Muller that helped Bayern maintain their dominance in German football.

“Benzema or Lewandowski? I have to go for Lewandowski, but Benzema had a very good season, he’s a very good player,” Muller said when asked to choose between the two.

The Bayern Munich attacker was also asked to choose between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Only this time, he chose the latter, citing his poor record against Ronaldo in European competitions.

“Messi or Ronaldo? I’ll go for Ronaldo. Against Messi I have a good statistic, against Ronaldo not that good,” he added.

Thomas Muller’s comments come just a day before Bayern Munich’s highly-awaited Champions League encounter against Barcelona.

The German has not enjoyed the best of starts to the season, scoring only once in six Bundesliga matches. But his experience, creativity and intelligence could go a long way in helping Bayern Munich break down the new-look Barça backline.

His former teammate Lewandowski, meanwhile, has lit up La Liga and UCL this season, racking up nine goals in six matches. The Pole will be looking to continue his splendid run of form against his former club Bayern Munich tonight.