Hansi Flick

Barcelona have scored 31 goals in 7 matches, are unbeaten so far this season and are somehow doing all of this without a recognised number 9

The reigning champions moved three points clear at the top of La Liga after Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid lost 1-0 at Real Betis on Friday

Barcelona signed Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus from Arsenal on Tuesday on a deal until 2029, after they were unable to pry Julian Alvarez from Atletico Madrid

Torres came off the bench for his Ligue 1 debut and opened his account for his new club weeks on from scoring the winning goal for La Roja in the World Cup final

Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019

Spain's World Cup confetti has barely been swept away, but La Liga is looming large with Barcelona defending its domestic title and Real Madrid, bruised by two trophy-less seasons, throwing money, muscle and Jose Mourinho at the problem

Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019

With the number of teams now expanded to 48 from the earlier 32, FIFA World Cup 2026 is expected to bring even more drama, competitiveness and unpredictability to the ground

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Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, known for his anti-Israel stance, on Thursday posted a message of support for FC Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal, who displayed a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) flag during the club’s La Liga victory celebrations

As the open top bus moved through the streets of Barcelona to mark the team’s Spanish title win, the 18-year-old athlete was seen holding the flag before nearly 750,000 gathered fans

Playing at home, the football giants sealed their second consecutive Spanish league title with a 2-0 win over bitter rivals Real Madrid in a highly-anticipated El Clasico on Sunday

Hansi Flick’s side can win their second consecutive Spanish title if they overcome Osasuna next weekend and Real Madrid fail to beat Espanyol

Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019

Lamine Yamal and Ferran Torres put Barça up inside 24 minutes but Ademola Lookman’s strike gave Atlético the edge in the gripping all-Spanish tie once again after their 2-0 win in the first leg

This faith in the youth brigade — spearheaded by teenager Lamine Yamal — is what they are left clinging to following Tuesday’s quarterfinal exit at the hands of La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid

Barca travel to the Metropolitano ​on Tuesday trailing 2-0 from the first leg of their quarter-final, a deficit that ‌leaves them staring at an exit from the competition unless they can conjure something extraordinary away from home

Liverpool and Barcelona trail heading into quarter-final second-legs

His form this season has Barcelona fans dreaming of silverware while positioning him as a key figure for Spain in the 2026 World Cup in North America

This was the first time that Atletico Madrid had beaten Barcelona at Camp Nou on his watch

Controversial Pubill handball sparks debate after Simeone’s historic Camp Nou win

For the first time since he took over at Atlético Madrid fifteen long years ago, Diego Simeone had led his team to a victory at the Camp Nou, keeping alive his dream of taking them back to a European Cup final a decade later

Arsenal won all eight matches in the league phase and showed little sign of faltering in the last 16, where they delivered a 3-1 aggregate win over Bayer Leverkusen

It was the latest in a string of similar incidents to overshadow Spanish soccer in recent years, with Real Madrid's Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior, in particular, repeatedly suffering racial abuse

Atletico’s Ademola Lookman opened the scoring in the 33rd minute on Sunday, finishing a slick ‌counterattack involving Matteo Ruggeri and a delightful back-heel from Giuliano Simeone

By the time the final whistle went at the Camp Nou, as the Barcelona fans sang their anthem and the exhausted men in black and white made their way slowly towards their supporters positioned above a scoreboard that showed 7-2, it seemed almost absurd to say that they had played their part, but they had

Howe also said that, bolstered by their 1-0 victory against Chelsea on Sunday, his side are in “as good a place as any time this season”, and approach the second leg with confidence after it took a Lamine Yamal penalty in added time to deny them victory at St James’s Park in the initial encounter

Joan Laporta accompanied his players from the football pitch to the polling station, singing and winning all the way

Bayern thrashed Atalanta 6-1 without top scorer Harry Kane in the starting lineup

Eddie Howe has declared his Newcastle side capable of competing with Europe’s elite, despite a dramatic late equaliser denying them a crucial first-leg victory against Barcelona in their Champions League last-16 tie

The first leg of Newcastle and Barcelona's round of 16 tie in the Champions League is scheduled for an 8.00pm kick-off tonight, Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Alvaro Arbeloa’s side, beaten by a superb volley from Martin Satriano, suffered a second consecutive loss in the Spanish top flight for the first time since 2020

Alvaro Arbeloa's side, beaten by a superb volley from Martin Satriano, suffered a second consecutive loss in the Spanish top flight for the first time since 2020

PSG’s recent form has been indifferent, as proved by the fact they were forced into the playoff round by a defeat by Sporting and a draw against Newcastle in their final two league-phase games, before limping to a 5-4 aggregate win over Monaco

Lucas Digne needed his own dedicated review booth, escaping with a yellow card for an agricultural tackle on Jacob Murphy and avoiding a penalty for handball

Atletico Madrid make no changes from their 1-0 win over Levante on Sunday

Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019

Out of that quintet, only Arsenal have confirmed safe passage directly to the last 16, with Mikel Arteta’s table-topping side having won all seven of their European outings this season

Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019

Tom Sanderson has been primarily based in Barcelona since 2019

However, only days after they were dumped out of the Copa del Rey by second-tier Albacete, Real received a hostile reception from their own supporters

FC Barcelona’s La Masia product Dro Fernandez will join Paris Saint-Germain until 2030 according to French magazine L'Equipe and Catalan newspaper Mundo Deportivo, who both cited anonymous sources

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick commented on Xabi Alonso’s departure from Real Madrid following the Spanish Super Cup Final

But some of those who might have been even more gleeful about his departure have already been offloaded permanently

Without Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Joan Garcia, Barcelona had lacked sharpness and balance

Raphinha struck twice for the Catalans on Sunday, with Robert Lewandowski also on target as they beat Xabi Alonso’s team for a record-extending 16th triumph, despite Frenkie de Jong’s late red card

French superstar Mbappe missed the semi-final victory over Atletico Madrid on Thursday but flew out to Saudi Arabia on Friday to join the squad before the Clasico in Jeddah

City are thought to want to pay this over three years and Bournemouth believe an agreement will be sealed by Sunday at the latest but possibly as soon as New Year’s Day