Josep Maria Bartomeu news

BARCELONA | SALINAS

"The Barça board inherited a Ferrari and have turned it into scrap"

Former FC Barcelona striker Julio Salinas warns the future club president of difficult times ahead of the 7 March elections at the club.

BARCELONA

Messi to take legal action against El Mundo over contract leak

ALFREDO RELAÑO

Messi earns his wages, but not the captain’s armband

ALFREDO RELAÑO

Messi's epiphany

Leo Messi's interview on Sunday answered many questions but not the most pressing one: will he stay at Barcelona or seek a new challenge at PSG or City?

ALFREDO RELAÑO

Messi reinvents himself

Like Cristiano Ronaldo, the Barça star is also not getting any younger and advancing through his thirties. And his game needs to adapt as well...

Barcelona

Messi pay "unsustainable" - Barça presidential candidate

ALFREDO RELAÑO

Messi is an extravagance which Barça can no longer afford

Messi is starting to test the patience of many of his most loyal followers. Even the departure of Bartomeu, with whom he felt some resentment, hasn’t appeased him, notes Alfredo Relaño.

BARCELONA

Messi malaise contagious as Koeman's plans fall apart

ALFREDO RELAÑO

VAR-free football thanks to the Europa League

Thursday night is Europa League night, evenings packed with games from every corner of Europe.

BARCELONA

Barcelona facing bankruptcy if players reject pay cut

ALFREDO RELAÑO

Bartomeu leaves, Barcelona go on

AS columnist Alfredo Relaño gives his take on the resignation of Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu.

European Super League

Europe's elite plan "hostile takeover" of Champions League

LALIGA

Bartomeu: 'Barça have accepted entry to new European Super League'

BARCELONA

Bartomeu resigns and announces Super League plans

ALFREDO RELAÑO

Feeble Barcelona let Real Madrid dig themselves out of a hole

Real Madrid, fresh off a bad defeat in the Champions League, recorded a 3-1 triumph at the Camp Nou in the first Clásico of the season.

ALFREDO RELAÑO

New deal for Gerard Piqué puts spotlight on Sergio Ramos

Barcelona president Bartomeu may have felt he had bought some peace and quiet after the recent contract extension that will see Piqué remain at the Catalan club through to the age of 37.