Ousmane Dembélé spent time over Christmas in Qatar but it may have been time wasted with the player's latest setback as he may have to undergo surgery to deal with his latest muscular problem..

Alfredo Relaño gives his view on Quique Setién's first game in charge of Barcelona, who scraped past Granado with a 1-0 win at Camp Nou.

Messi celebrated his sixth Ballon d'Or with a hat trick in front of an ecstatic home crowd. In LaLiga alone, Messi now has scored 35 hat tricks, notes Alfredo Relaño.