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It’d be fair to say that Ronald Koeman’s Barcelona project is finally starting to take shape. However, the club will have to navigate a tough summer transfer window before their ship is steadied for a good while. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the top stories involving Barcelona from 2 February 2021. Ansu Fati ruled out of Barcelona’s Champions League match against PSG Barcelona youngster Ansu Fati had suffered a knee injury in the Catalans’ match against Real Betis in the La Liga back in November and had to undergo surgery....

Barcelona, June 22 (IANS) Barcelona are not considering the sale of Brazilian forward Neymar this summer, despite the interest shown by some clubs in signing him, which would bring the Catalan football giants 190 million euros ($213.8 million), which is the buy-out clause in his contract. The vice president of economics at Barcelona, Susana Monje, stressed on Tuesday that the Catalan team does not intend to sell Neymar, while a club source has indicated to Efe that Barcelona are not willing to raise the Brazilian’s contract more than 15 million euros ($16....

Coutinho is on a season-long loan deal from LaLiga holders Barcelona, however, the Brazilian is yet to convince in Bavaria. Since swapping Camp Nou for Allianz Arena, Coutinho has scored three goals in 18 appearances for Bayern. “I feel really good,” said Coutinho. “I’m planning to stay here for a year and focus on the here and now. “But if everything fits, then I’d love to stay.” Coutinho came off the bench in Bayern’s shock Bundesliga loss at home to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday....

Pele scored 643 goals for Brazilian club Santos, a record Lionel Messi could break in the weekend. The Argentine is currently on 641 goals for Barcelona. Lionel Messi to overtake Pele in record books as Barcelona star gets close to all-time goal record Barcelona captain Lionel Messi, regarded as one of the best footballers to have played the game, looks likely to play against Cadiz in the weekend in La Liga....

The Brazil international is tied to the Liga giants until 2021 so will not be moving on anytime soon. WATCH: Neymar’s best of 2016 He is, however, plotting a return to his homeland at some stage in the future. Neymar is a product of the famed academy system at Santos and starred for them prior to completing a big-money move to Spain. Unlike many of his countrymen, the 24-year-old resisted the urge to head to Europe too soon and spent five years developing his game in South America....

UEFA have given the Polish referee the honour of taking charge of a heavyweight last eight showdown in Turin on Tuesday. Barca hopes dashed amid poor refereeing An experienced operator, Marciniak has already overseen one eagerly-anticipated fixture for Barca in Europe this season. Unfortunately for the La Liga giants, it was an evening that they are keen to forget. Luis Enrique’s side travelled to France for the first leg of a last 16 showdown with Paris Saint-Germain and slipped to a 4-0 defeat....

The former’s arrival coupled with the presence of January signing, Philippe Coutinho, is expected to affect the Blaugrana captain’s playing time. Iniesta recently revealed he has an offer from China and is pondering over a move. Now, Arthur himself spoke about the situation and said in an interview with globo.com (via Mundo Deportivo): Arthur further expressed his opinion regarding comparisons with Iniesta and said: Thus, present players and future arrivals all want Iniesta to stay, however, the decision will purely belong to the club legend after his incredible service to Barcelona....

Barcelona will return to action this Sunday as they host Atletico Madrid in a high-profile La Liga encounter at the Camp Nou. The Catalans are currently fifth in the league table but will be looking to get back into the title race after making some major moves in the January transfer window. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the top stories involving Barcelona from 3 February 2022....

Barcelona will return to action this Sunday as they host Atletico Madrid in a high-profile La Liga encounter at the Camp Nou. The Catalans are currently fifth in the league table but will be looking to get back into the title race after making some big moves in the January transfer window. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the top stories involving Barcelona from 4 January 2022....

Scorers: Paco Alcacer 16’ Gerard Pique 56’ Aleix Vidal 60’ Denis Suarez 74’ Jose Arnaiz 79' FC Barcelona big booted Real Murcia to the ground to advance to the last 16 of the Copa Del Rey. Though they were not too keen on turning on the fire from the get-go, Paco Alcacer nodded home after some pinball activity in the box to kickstart proceedings. Gerard Pique poked in the second one in the 56th minute as Barcelona added more salt to Murcia wounds....

The 34-year-old midfielder will depart the club at the end of the season after 22 years at Camp Nou, having graduated from the academy. Ernesto Valverde’s side, meanwhile, have already tied down the league championship but having negotiated their opening 36 matches of the season without a defeat, now have their eyes set on the objective of finishing off an almost flawless league campaign. “We’ll do everything we can on the pitch to say thank you in his last games at the club,” the Frenchman told Goal ....

The new world number one tasted Grand Slam success for the first time at the French Open and followed that up with another tournament success at the Birmingham Classic. Barty then withdrew from her final event before Wimbledon in Eastbourne as she managed a bone stress injury in her right arm, but has been back on the practice court since Thursday. “Yeah, it [my arm] has been good,” Barty, who faces China’s Zheng Saisai in the first round, told reporters....

Early 20th century Dayton was a metropolis that hummed with innovation and commerce. Population topped out in 1960 at just over 260,000. After that, the city gradually lost families to the suburbs and others left as manufacturing declined and jobs evaporated. Downtown retail moved out as the population shifted. By the time I left in the early 1980s, Dayton — and downtown especially — was frayed around the edges....

Unfortunately, Finn was not able to partake in the activity that gives him pleasure in life Tuesday night, because one umpire ruined that moment for him. Finn, who works as the official bat dog for the Las Vegas Aviators Triple-A team (Athletics affiliate) rudely had his bat stripped away from him right before he was about to snatch it. Warning: this video may be disturbing. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN...

In Wednesday’s start with Double-A Trenton, Rodriguez met the Thunder’s famous bat dog, Derby, who showed a man with 692 career homers and 14 All-Star appearances that he’ll never be the main attraction at Trenton’s Arm & Hammer Park. MORE: Most hated MLB players of all time But A-Rod did his best to steal the show back from Derby with a two-run homer capped with a Major League-level bat flip....

“With the permission of the family, and with much sorrow and a very broken heart, I regretfully inform everyone that Kaiser Carlile passed away earlier this evening,” the team statement read. The Liberal Bee Jays is a summer league baseball team for college players, and Carlile was the team’s only batboy. “He was a part of the team,” team president Nathan McCaffrey said in a statement. “Please continue to pray and keep Kaiser and his family in your thoughts....

Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah from a script penned by Christina Hodson, Batgirl has a lot of mystery surrounding it. Because it also stars Keaton as Batman and J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Gordon, fans are confused about where Batgirl fits in the DC film universe considering the former character is from Tim Burton’s Batman universe while the latter was seen in Zack Snyder’s DC Extended Universe....