FC Barcelona and head coach Ronald Koeman already have their squad for the upcoming Season of La Liga.
Since taking the reins of Quique Setien, who fired after Bayern Munich’s 8-2 humiliation in the Quarter-Finals of the Champions League, Dream Team legend Koeman has tried to lead a revolution at Camp Nou.
The first impediment was to tell players like Ivan Rakitic, Arturo Vidal and Luis Suárez that they are not included in their plans for the future, all Uruguayans except the latter, sealing their outings while Atletico Madrid presented him with pleasant conditions.
After Captain Lionel Messi made a dramatic U-turn and against his resolve to leave, the Blaugrana won 3 of 3 pre-season friendlys in the Dutchman’s new 4-2-3-1, and so it is. will attempt to regain the crown of the Spanish top category against its fierce rival, Real Madrid.
This morning, SPORT reports that Barca will face Villarreal in their first match in La Liga on 27 September, as well as their 1-0 victory in the Joan Gamper Trophy this weekend.
While Marc-André ter Stegen underwent a knee operation, Neto purposely replaced him while a zaguero by Jordi Alba, Clement Lenglet, Gerard Piqué and Sergi Roberto tried to keep the blade blank.
As double pivots, Sergio Busquets and De Jong Antoine Griezmann and Ansu Fati in the bands, while Philippe Coutinho acts as an offensive midfielder.
Barca’s most sensible scorer in Saturday’s pre-season and MVP, the Brazilian has been inspired since returning from his triple-transfer project at Bayern and will leave to feed the ‘fake 9’ Messi in the most sensible way.
Needless to say, no one sleeps on their laurels.
Debuting at Camp Nou last time, Miralem Pjanic will go to the middle of the field while Francisco Trincao and Ousmane Dembélé will challenge giant strikers for the prominence.
And if Coutinho loses his form, Messi can return smoothly as CAM, while Griezmann, Fati or a new acquisition before the October 5 deadline would be deployed as a striker.
Now in Barcelona, after six years in Sao Paulo, I have written extensively on these topics through progress and analysis, while I have also covered adjustment reports for
Now founded in Barcelona after six years in Sao Paulo, I have written extensively on these topics through ideas and research, while covering adjustment reports for tournaments such as the America’s Cup. In addition to writing for Forbes Sports, I edit Yellow