Today, Wednesday, Spanish press reports blew up a surprise about Barcelona’s management receiving a strong shock during its attempts to sign Spanish star Martin Zubimende, Real Sociedad midfielder, one of the most important goals of the Catalan club in the coming period.

According to the newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”, Zubemendi’s contract with Real Sociedad continues until 2025, but there is a desire by the Basque club to extend the contract until 2027.

Therefore, the agreement is very close, between the management of Real Sociedad and the young Spanish midfielder, and it remains only to determine the value of the penalty clause.

Zubimendi, for his part, was keen to ask for a penalty clause of 60 million euros, which is not lifted from that, while his club wants to raise it to 90 million euros.

And it is expected that the penalty clause in Zubemendi’s contract be suspended on the value of his salary in Sociedad, as the player wants to get the highest salary in the white and blue team, especially after the departure of the Swedish Alexander Isaacs for Newcastle United.

And the Swedish international Isaac left Sociedad, in the last hours of the last summer transfer market, after paying the penalty clause in his contract, which amounted to 70 million euros.

The Barcelona administration aims to sign a Real Sociedad midfielder next summer, 2023, after the departure of Sergio Busquets at the end of his contract.

Media reports in Catalonia revealed that Barcelona legend Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain player will leave his current club at the end of the current season, but his return to his former club is in doubt if his former colleague Gerard Pique remains in the team.

Messi left Barcelona in the summer of last year after 17 years in its ranks after the two parties failed to reach an agreement to extend the contract due to the financial fair play restrictions imposed by the Spanish League, which called him to move to Paris Saint-Germain with a contract that expires at the end of the current season.

The news of Messi’s return to Barcelona has erupted since last summer, as club president Joan Laporta publicly stated his desire for Messi to return to his childhood club and retire there, while coach Xavi Hernandez welcomed the return of the greatest player in the history of the Catalan club.

Marca Marpa, a journalist for the Catalan channel “Betifi”, confirmed on the famous “La Portera” program that Messi will not extend his contract with Paris Saint-Germain after its end.

Marba continued: Messi will not continue at the Princes Park after the current season, as he has many options, but his return to Barcelona is not one of them if Gerard Pique continues in the team.

Messi and Pique played together in the “La Masia” academy and the first team from 2008 to 2021, as they were among the elements of the historic Barcelona team that achieved the hexagonal in 2009 in addition to several different championships.

The relationship between the players witnessed a clear tension in Messi’s recent period with the club, as press reports revealed in 2021 that Pique was described as a traitor because he agreed to reduce his salary with Barcelona after his departure, and this proved the farewell dinner that Lionel set up for the rest of his colleagues and Gerrard missed him, while the latter is accused of asking From Laporta Messi’s departure and rebuilding the team again.

Pique is not at his best with Barcelona at the moment, as he is considered the fifth option in the defense line, and President Joan Laporta wants him to leave the club at the end of the season, while the club’s management is considering canceling his contract if he does not play 35% of the matches this season.

After an excellent start to the new season, Barcelona appear to be in a troubled position as they have suffered four strokes due to injury since the start of the international break.

Ronald Araujo suffered a serious injury, as he suffered a blow in the friendly match against Iran. Experts believe that the defender broke his close, which he may see on the sidelines for a long time.

If the adductor muscle malfunctions, the Uruguayan may need to undergo surgery, which could lead to him losing the FIFA World Cup.

Araujo’s absence would be devastating for Barcelona, ​​and even assuming the player simply broke his close, he is still expected to miss a large part of the season.

The defender could miss the entire October schedule, which includes crucial matches against Inter Milan, Villarreal and El Clasico against Real Madrid.

The Uruguay international may also miss matches against Bayern Munich and Valencia, until the November 7 meeting against Almeria UD.

This schedule, as rough as it sounds, is actually quite liberal given his injury. There is a chance that he will come out until the World Cup kicks off, and put his place there with Uruguay under a lot of pressure.

Araujo’s prolonged absence could have a significant impact on Barcelona’s hopes of keeping pace with Real Madrid for the title race, as well as the club’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League knockout rounds.

However, during the start of the season, the Barcelona board of directors prepared for such a disaster and, as such, did an excellent job of adding a great deal of depth to the first team.

With Araujo potentially long to miss, the onus should fall on the likes of Andreas Christensen and Eric Garcia to fill it up. Even Gerard Pique could see more excitement after a slow start to a campaign that saw only one start to the league

Last summer was the most traumatic in Lionel Messi’s career. Although there was no shortage of media speculation and broken relationships in 2020, when he formally requested to leave Barcelona, the manner in which he was left at the altar by Joan Laporta two years later was bound to have a major impact on him.

Changing homes and places becomes a natural part of the career of many footballers, yet it is easy to forget that Barcelona had been his home since the age of 13. Uprooting and coming to terms with that in the space of five days is a tricky mental task for anyone.

Following Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Honduras last night, Messi hinted that it might have impacted his performance. His comments were carried by Sport.

“Last year I had a hard time, I never ended up getting myself together. I knew it was going to be like that, but now I feel different. This year is different, I am more accustomed to the club, to the play, to the dressing room and my colleagues. Now I feel good, I am enjoying it.”

The change Messi refers to has been evident in his performances so far this season. So far he has scored or assisted 14 goals for Paris Saint-Germain in 11 games, looking somewhere close to his scintillating best.

Barcelona is considering restoring the services of Argentine Lionel Messi, the star of Paris Saint-Germain, next summer, after the expiration of his contract with the French club.

According to the Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona is facing a challenge in how to rebuild the relationship between Messi and President Joan Laporta, after the dispute that occurred last year, following Leo’s move to Paris.

Reports indicated that the relationship between Laporta and Messi began to return, through a phone message between the two, but no meeting took place, while those close to Liu denied the existence of contacts between the two parties over the phone.

Barcelona aspires to succeed in persuading Messi to return by offering him a great honor for his career with Barca, in addition to being an ambassador for the Catalan club.

Barcelona requires that Messi agree to reduce his salary in order to return to the club, in addition to accepting to play a secondary role with the team depending on the decisions of the coach.

She explained that the club greatly appreciates Messi, but does not want to reduce the roles of prominent players such as Pedri and Jaffe.

Barcelona needs to reduce his salary list to more than 200 million euros next season, if he wants to restore Messi, and give him a large salary.

There are still many highly paid players within the squad, such as Gerard Pique, Jordi Alba, Frenkie de Jong and Memphis Depay.

On the technical level, it is difficult for Messi to play as a fake striker in Barcelona, ​​​​in the presence of Robert Lewandowski, while he may be in the center of the right wing or return to the midfield if the plan is changed to 3-4-3 or 4-2-3 -1.

Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski has announced the toughest defender he has faced in his career, as he made it clear that his only goal was to stop him regardless of anything else.

Lewandowski played in the German Bundesliga from 2010 to 2022, where he was a player in Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, before joining Barcelona during the last summer transfer window.

Robert Lewandowski made important statements, which were reported by the global network “Goal” in its German version: “There was a player named Zambrano in Frankfurt.”

“All he wanted to do was break my leg, he wasn’t even looking at the ball. He pissed me off because the referee didn’t see what was happening. Defenders are often allowed to do more things than attackers. It’s not an equal fight.”

Zambrano quickly responded to Lewandowski’s statements through his diary on his official account on the social networking platform “Instagram”, and wrote: “Dear Lewandowski, thank you for reminding me a little bit with a lot of love (laughing).”

And the Barcelona striker added: “As you know, this is football, my friend, we always play hard and leave our lives with every cross. I appreciate you very much for what you did throughout your great career and it is an honor for me to play against you. I wish you success always.”

It is worth noting that Carlos Zambrano is a Peruvian player who previously played for Schalke 04 in the 2009/10 season, St. Pauli in 2010/2011, and Eintracht Frankfurt in the German Bundesliga from 2012 to 2016.

Spanish press sources revealed that Barcelona aims to sign a high-caliber defensive deal during the upcoming summer transfer season.

The Catalan club managed to sign 8 new deals, while the end of 16 players from the Blaugrana ranks was written in the last summer transfers.

And according to what was published by the Catalan newspaper “SPORT”, the Barcelona administration has expressed its willingness to pay 80 million euros for the inclusion of Liverpool defender Alexander Arnold, a large number that pushes the Reds to consider selling the 24-year-old player this summer.

The German coach, Jurgen Klopp, is credited with escalating the English right-back to the first team, as the young English star succeeded in imposing himself and booking a seat in the starting lineup during the past seasons.

The newspaper said that the Spanish club Barcelona is making a large sum of money to sign Alexander Arnold, the right-back of the Liverpool team, during the current summer transfers.

Alexander-Arnold has a contract with Liverpool that ends in June 2025, and is one of the main cards of German Jurgen Klopp in the formation of the Reds.

The owner of the number 66 shirt in Liverpool had made a statement in which he said that he is a fan of Barcelona and praised the way the Catalan team played.

And the newspaper stressed, that Matteo Alemani wants to sign Alexander Arnold from Liverpool next summer.

The star Alexander-Arnold played 235 games for Liverpool, scored 13 goals and provided 64 assists, since his promotion to the first team.

Alexander-Arnold won 7 titles with Liverpool, most notably the English Premier League 2019-2020 season, and the 2019 European Champions League.

Press reports revealed the fact that Paris Saint-Germain wanted to sell its Brazilian star Neymar, in order to obtain the services of Polish Robert Lewandowski, the current Barcelona and former Bayern Munich player.

The Catalans managed to get Robert Lewandowski’s signature during the last summer transfer season, but it seems that Barcelona went to war to get the player, as according to reports, Paris Saint-Germain tried to get the player as well.

This was confirmed by the Spanish newspaper “Mundo Deportivo”, quoting the French “Le Journal du Dimanche”, which confirmed in its reports that Paris Saint-Germain had tried to get rid of Neymar’s services, in order to provide sufficient funds that would help the team obtain the services of Lewandowski, to be Polish. With the French Kylian Mbappe, the star of the Paris giant, and the Argentine Lionel Messi, an indomitable fiery attack line!

In addition to the idea of ​​strengthening the team’s ranks, the Paris Saint-Germain administration, headed by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, wanted to please the team’s spoiler, Kylian Mbappe, as the latter wanted to become the team leader and the first controller of its course, as well as his clear desire to get rid of Neymar.

But the curtain came down on the desires of Paris Saint-Germain with a sad end, after the Paris giant renewed Mbappe until 2025, and Neymar refused to leave the gardens of Princes, while Lewandowski signed a four-year contract with Barcelona.