Reigning La Liga champions Barcelona began the defence of their title in fine fashion, beating Alaves 3-0 at Camp Nou on Saturday night.
Lionel Messi netted once each on either side of a Philippe Coutinho strike to fire Barcelona to a 3-0 win over Alaves on Saturday at Camp Nou.
Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde is set to hand French centre-back Clement Lenglet a start when his team take on Alaves on Saturday.
Reigning champions Barcelona will begin the defence of their La Liga title with a home game against Deportivo Alaves on Saturday night.
Barcelona have announced the departure of Brazilian defender Marlon Santos, with the player joining Serie A side Sassuolo on a permanent transfer
Arsenal are reportedly confident of retaining Aaron Ramsey and tying the Welshman down to a new contract amidst interest from Barcelona and others.
French champions PSG have beaten Barcelona to the signing of Germany under-21 international Thilo Kehrer from Schalke.
La Liga champions Barcelona are keen on holding onto French attacker Ousmane Dembele, amid strong interest from PSG.
Barcelona have reportedly decided to shift their attention back to Valencia star Dani Parejo after failure in their pursuit to sign other preferred targets.
Everton made several late signings before the transfer window was slammed shut for English clubs, and among them was Barcelona outcast who they signed on a season long loan deal
