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19:30pm – Juventus will not allow Pjanic to leave on the cheap
Barcelona will need to come up with an offer between €80-90million to prise Juventus star Miralem Pjanic away from Turin, according to Tuttosport.
The news comes amid a huge bid from Manchester City for his signature.
Read more, here.
18:30pm – Arnaiz is heading to the Camp Nou exit door
Jose Arnaiz scored three times in the Copa del Rey last season.
Barcelona attacker Jose Arnaiz is likely to leave the Camp Nou club during the summer transfer window, according to Marca.
Read more, here.
18:00pm – Boca Juniors chasing Mina loan capture
On the move? Mina could end up in Argentina.
Argentine giants Boca Juniors have joined Everton and Tottenham in the race to sign Barcelona centre-back Yerry Mina on a season-long loan deal, according to reports in Italy.
Read more, here.
17:00pm – Ronaldo: Messi isn’t my rival
Legends of the game: Messi and Ronaldo.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will forever be linked, even if they no longer battle in the same league.
The debate over which player is better will rage on, seemingly until the end of time, but at his unveiling for Juventus on Monday, Ronaldo said he doesn’t see the relationship as a rivalry because he doesn’t “see players as rivals”.
Watch Ronaldo speak during his Turin unveiling, here.
12:30pm – Barca to play Boca Juniors on August 15
The match is set to take place just two days after the La Liga champions face Sevilla in the Spanish Super Cup.
The Argentines will be making their sixth appearance in the competition
Interestingly, Boca’s star player, Cristian Pavón, has been linked with a move to Barcelona since his impressive showing for La Albiceleste in the World Cup.
8.30am – Barcelona projected to become a €1billion club by 2021
The LaLiga champions revealed they had a club-record income of €914million (£808.7m), with profits of €13m (£11.5m) after tax.
The Spanish club received a record transfer fee of £200.6m from Paris St Germain for Brazil forward Neymar last summer, but since broke their transfer record twice on the signings of Ousmane Dembele (£96.8m) and Philippe Coutinho (£106.4m).
Barcelona had announced an income of €708m (£626.4m) 12 months ago, but with after-tax profits of €18m (£15.9m).