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12 hours ago
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Marc-Andre ter Stegen can veto Barcelona attempt to register Joan Garcia
Barcelona received the news on Wednesday that goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen would be ruled out for four months. Despite the Germany international announcing that he would be back fit after three months, this would allow Barcelona to activate La Liga's emergency injury rule, which permits them to use a percentage of ter Stegen's salary limit space to register other players. However ter Stegen will have the last say, says Jordi Ardevol, of La Liga's medical expert committee. He told as much to RAC1 (via Sport), noting that in order for Barcelona to activate the emergency injury rule, ter Stegen must sign off on the documents in order for the club to share his medical information. If ter Stegen did not agree with the medical report, he would essentially be able to scupper Barcelona's attempts to activate the rule, which are thought to be crucial in their bid to register ter Stegen's replacement, Joan Garcia. Barcelona will only be able to use 50% of ter Stegen's salary limit space A similar sequence of events unfolded last season, when veteran Wojciech Szczesny was signed out of retirement. Barcelona were able to use 80% of the amount ter Stegen was earning to register an emergency replacement, but Cadena SER explain that the rule is different if the German's injury occurs during the transfer window. That being the case, Barcelona will only be able to use 50% of his salary amount to register a new player. Image via Getty Images Ter Stegen accused of bullying behaviour Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has confirmed that the squad will vote for their captains next season, but Cadena SER go on to say that if it were up to the hierarchy at the club, they would have removed ter Stegen as captain. He is accused of trying to bully Szczesny and Inaki Pena towards the end of last season, as he attempted to regain his starting spot, once declared fit again. It is also noted that he is not the most popular figure in the dressing room. Rift with Barcelona grows One of the reasons that ter Stegen is frustrated with Barcelona, beyond their attempts to oust him in favour of Garcia, was the leaking of reports about his character to the press. The above would appear to fit that description, and similar has happened to Frenkie de Jong, when Barcelona were trying to force the Dutchman out.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
La Liga 2025-26 season — Start date, leading scorers, table, more
The 2025-26 La Liga season is fast-approaching, as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are fighting to retake the division crown from Barcelona. Hansi Flick's Barca won La Liga with two matches to spare, retaking the crown on May 14 via a 2-0 win over Catalan rivals Espanyol for a 28th Spanish top-flight title. MORE — La Liga's 2024-25 season hub: Table, leading scorers Of course, Real is bidding to increase their record haul of domestic triumphs, and Atleti hope to enter the throne room for the first time since 2020-21. Below is everything you need to prepare for the 2025-26 La Liga season. When does the 2025-26 La Liga season begin? When is the next El Clasico? Matchday 1 will occur over four days: August 15-19. Girona vs Rayo Vallecano is the first game at 1pm on Aug. 15. The 38-game season runs through May 24, 2026. Barcelona and Real Madrid's two meetings are set as well. The first El Clasico is October 26 at the Bernabeu, and the return leg in Barcelona comes on May 10. Who will win the 2025-26 La Liga title? It all starts with Barcelona and Real Madrid, as usual. Barca won the 2024-25 title and have traded the honors with Real Madrid since Atletico Madrid won in 2020-21. Atletico Madrid are next and then everyone else is a significant long shot. Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao will also carry interest, as will Conference League finalists Real Betis. Who were relegated and promoted last season? Leganes, Las Palmas, and Valladolid went relegated to the Segunda Divsion last season. Taking their places are Levante, Elche, and Real Oviedo. What have been the big La Liga transfers this summer? Marcus Rashford's loan move to Barcelona has won a lot of headlines but it's likely to be far from the most substantial transfer this summer in La Liga. Espanyol sold goalkeeper Joan Garcia to Barca in another move for the champions. Atletico Madrid have splashed big cash to bring Alex Baena from Villarreal, while David Hancko, Johnny Cardoso, and Thiago Almada were also big buys for Diego Simeone. Arsenal pried Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad and Cristhian Mosquera from Valencia. Real brought in Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Alvaro Carreras. Villarreal's bought Alberto Moleiro from Las Palmas. Villarreal sold Thierno Barry in addition to Baena. Fer Lopez and Jorgen Strand Larsen made permanent moves to Wolves from Celta Vigo. Are there any American players in La Liga? USMNT star Johnny Cardoso has made the move from Celta Vigo to Atletico Madrid. It will be intriguing to see how often he features for Diego Simeone. Diego Kochen is training with Barcelona's first team for preseason. The 19-year-old has been on the first team's bench dozens of times but is yet to make his senior debut. Barca's goalkeeping corps is headlined by injured Marc-Andre ter Stegen while the club has brought in Joan Garcia from Espanyol and still has Inaki Pena and Wojciech. Szczesny on the books. Pena has been rumored for sale. La Liga goals leaders — Who will win the Pichichi Trophy? Kylian Mbappe was the Trofeo Pichichi victor as he led La Liga in scoring in his first season in Spain's top-flight. Who will win it this season? Mbappe will be the favorite to repeat the trick, and may even be expected to improve on his 31 goals given he'll be settled in Spain. Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha were Barcelona's top dogs last season, but Lamine Yamal is a bit older now. Osasuna veteran Ante Budemir finished third last season, while Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sorloth his the 20-goal mark and teammate Julain Alvarez was not far behind. La Liga table - Standings for the 2025-26 season Alaves Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid Barcelona Celta Vigo Eibar Espanyol Getafe Girona Levante Mallorca Osasuna Oviedo Rayo Vallecano Real Betis Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Valencia Villarreal
NBC Sports
3 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
La Liga 2025-26 season — Start date, leading scorers, table, more
The 2025-26 La Liga season is fast-approaching, as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are fighting to retake the division crown from Barcelona. Hansi Flick's Barca won La Liga with two matches to spare, retaking the crown on May 14 via a 2-0 win over Catalan rivals Espanyol for a 28th Spanish top-flight title. MORE — La Liga's 2024-25 season hub: Table, leading scorers Of course, Real is bidding to increase their record haul of domestic triumphs, and Atleti hope to enter the throne room for the first time since 2020-21. Below is everything you need to prepare for the 2025-26 La Liga season. When does the 2025-26 La Liga season begin? When is the next El Clasico? Matchday 1 will occur over four days: August 15-19. Girona vs Rayo Vallecano is the first game at 1pm on Aug. 15. The 38-game season runs through May 24, 2026. Barcelona and Real Madrid's two meetings are set as well. The first El Clasico is October 26 at the Bernabeu, and the return leg in Barcelona comes on May 10. Who will win the 2025-26 La Liga title? It all starts with Barcelona and Real Madrid, as usual. Barca won the 2024-25 title and have traded the honors with Real Madrid since Atletico Madrid won in 2020-21. Atletico Madrid are next and then everyone else is a significant long shot. Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao will also carry interest, as will Conference League finalists Real Betis. Who were relegated and promoted last season? Leganes, Las Palmas, and Valladolid went relegated to the Segunda Divsion last season. Taking their places are Levante, Elche, and Real Oviedo. What have been the big La Liga transfers this summer? Marcus Rashford's loan move to Barcelona has won a lot of headlines but it's likely to be far from the most substantial transfer this summer in La Liga. Espanyol sold goalkeeper Joan Garcia to Barca in another move for the champions. Atletico Madrid have splashed big cash to bring Alex Baena from Villarreal, while David Hancko, Johnny Cardoso, and Thiago Almada were also big buys for Diego Simeone. Arsenal pried Martin Zubimendi from Real Sociedad and Cristhian Mosquera from Valencia. Real brought in Dean Huijsen, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Alvaro Carreras. Villarreal's bought Alberto Moleiro from Las Palmas. Villarreal sold Thierno Barry in addition to Baena. Fer Lopez and Jorgen Strand Larsen made permanent moves to Wolves from Celta Vigo. Are there any American players in La Liga? USMNT star Johnny Cardoso has made the move from Celta Vigo to Atletico Madrid. It will be intriguing to see how often he features for Diego Simeone. Diego Kochen is training with Barcelona's first team for preseason. The 19-year-old has been on the first team's bench dozens of times but is yet to make his senior debut. Barca's goalkeeping corps is headlined by injured Marc-Andre ter Stegen while the club has brought in Joan Garcia from Espanyol and still has Inaki Pena and Wojciech. Szczesny on the books. Pena has been rumored for sale. Johnny 🤩 La Liga goals leaders — Who will win the Pichichi Trophy? Kylian Mbappe was the Trofeo Pichichi victor as he led La Liga in scoring in his first season in Spain's top-flight. Who will win it this season? Mbappe will be the favorite to repeat the trick, and may even be expected to improve on his 31 goals given he'll be settled in Spain. Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha were Barcelona's top dogs last season, but Lamine Yamal is a bit older now. Osasuna veteran Ante Budemir finished third last season, while Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sorloth his the 20-goal mark and teammate Julain Alvarez was not far behind. La Liga table - Standings for the 2025-26 season Alaves Athletic Bilbao Atletico Madrid Barcelona Celta Vigo Eibar Espanyol Getafe Girona Levante Mallorca Osasuna Oviedo Rayo Vallecano Real Betis Real Madrid Real Sociedad Sevilla Valencia Villarreal
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Barcelona open to sale for 19-year-old rising starlet
Barcelona have been doing their best to ensure new signings Marcus Rashford and Joan Garcia can be registered, and part of that includes trimming their squad. Several young talents have been sold on, and Jan Virgili could be the next. The recently turned 19-year-old winger, capable of operating off both flanks, has been in impressive form over the last six months. Helping Barcelona to the UEFA Youth League, he was a bright spot in Barca Atletic's final four months of the season, arguably providing more threat than anybody else. Virgili continued that form into the under-19 Euros, where he made the difference in the semi-finals against Germany. Interest from Girona and RCD Mallorca Last week it emerged that after the signing of Pablo Torre, RCD Mallorca are also interested in signing Virgili from Barcelona. That news broke last week, and since it has been reported that Mallorca have made a loan offer, and that Girona are also interested in the young Catalan talent. Image via FC Barcelona Barcelona open to sale for Virgili Although Barcelona worked hard to renew Virgili's deal until 2027 last season, despite interest from Saudi Arabia, it now appears they are open to losing him – albeit this time with financial remuneration. According to MD, Barcelona would prefer a sale to the loan, and are open to a deal. They would be looking to ensure they retain some control over his future. Torre moved for €5m, but Barcelona retained a €25m buyback option and a 50% sell-on fee, and a deal for Virgili could follow a similar formula. The teenager is thought to be open to moving to Jagoba Arrasate's outfit. Competition for places at Barcelona Virgili spent the opening few days of preseason with the senior squad, but after returning to Barca Atletic's preseason training, talk of a move began to emerge. The arrival of Marcus Rashford means that Virgili has two established internationals ahead of him including Raphinha, and would likely get limited opportunities under Hansi Flick.
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4 days ago
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Official: Barcelona star takes teammate's jersey number
A significant squad number change in La Liga giants Barcelona's first-team ranks was noted on Sunday. This of course comes after the Blaugrana took to the pitch for the first time since the close of the 2024/25 campaign. After making the trip to Japan for the first leg of the club's Asia tour earlier this week, Hansi Flick's troops have locked horns with Vissel Kobe, in a friendly clash. Flick and his staff opted for a strong line-up for the day, featuring the likes of Pedri, Raphinha, and Lamine Yamal. Also in from the off for his debut in Barca colours was summer signing Joan García. And as alluded to above, in emerging from the tunnel at Noevir Stadium Kobe, the shot-stopper's jersey number was confirmed. As showcased below, set to act as first-choice between the posts in Catalunya's capital this season, Joan has replaced teammate Marc-André ter Stegen as the Blaugrana's no.1: Conor Laird – GSFN
