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On Saturday FC Barcelona travel to Madrid to take on Getafe, who had a convincing 1-4 victory over Racing Santander in first week action. Getafe, under new manager Michel, look to improve on a dismal 2008/2009 season which saw them barely escape relegation. For FC Barcelona they cannot take Michel's team lightly.

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FC Barcelona will travel to Monaco today in preparation for their match against Ukranian side Shaktar Donetsk on Friday in the UEFA Super Cup.

For those not familiar with the Super Cup, it is a yearly match that takes place at the beginning of the European domestic season between the winner of the UEFA Champions League and the winner of the UEFA Europa League (formerly know as UEFA Cup).

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FC Barcelona sporting director Txiki Begiristain admitted that the team may be done making moves in the transfer market, even though manager Pep Guardiola feels the squad is "too small."

Begiristain addressed the media on the heels of wild speculation from every news outlet that the team was trying to sign Barcelona youth phenom and current Arsenal captain, Cesc Fabregas.

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Today FC Barcelona will take on Athletic Club Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup from Sam Memés. The match will mark the first official game of the 2009-2010 season. Notably absent from today's match is Lionel Messi who is still recovering from a thigh strain suffered during the week.

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Head coach Pep Guardiola announced the 26 players that will be making the trip to the United States for the US Tour. Two names missing from the list are Alexander Hleb and Martín Cáceres both who are rumored to be going out on loan for next season.

The 26 players are:
Valdés, Jorquera, Jorquera, Puyol, Alves, Sánchez, Piqué, Márquez, Henrique, Abidal, Maxwell, Xavi, Touré, Keita, Busquets, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta, Henry, Pedro, Messi, Bojan, Ibrahimovic, Muniesa, Font� s, Jonathan dos Santos and Jeffren.

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FC Barcelona will be leaving for their US tour on Wednesday and arriving in Los Angeles to prepare for their first match of the tour on Saturday. While in the US the team will be taking part in social activities along with their playing schedule.

Check back often as this will be updated when more information is available such as training schedules and locations for each city.

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Barcelona announced today that their opponent for the 44th Joan Gamper Trophy will be Manchester City. The match will take place in Manchester at Eastlands. Unlike previous years the Gamper will take place after the La Liga season has started with Barcelona having played Athletic Club Bilbao the previous weekend.

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Head coach Pep Guardiola and his team arrived in London today in preparation for their match Friday against Tottenham in the first of two matches at Wembley. 17 players from the first squad and 11 from the youth academy and reserve team made the trip. The biggest surprise for fans coming out to see Barcelona play in London will be Lionel Messi.

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FC Barcelona this evening completed a blockbuster move bringing Inter Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the Nou Camp in exchange for Samuel Eto'o plus 40 million euros and Alexander Hleb who will be with Inter on a one year loan.

More details to come

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FC Barcelona will kick off their pre-season in London on July 21 before heading out on their US tour. The team will be arriving at the Camp Nou on July 20 for medical exams before heading off to London on the 21st. Head coach Pep Guardiola is taking more players from the B team than originally expected.

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Scherrer Cabelino Maxwell Andrade, aka "Maxwell" signed a contract to become the replacement for recently departed Sylvinho at the Camp Nou. Maxwell has been at Inter Milan for three years, last year appearing in a total of 33 matches. The soon to be 28 year old Brazilian has played many other position other than left back in his career, making him a great pickup who can step up when needed.

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Scherrer Cabelino Maxwell Andrade, aka "Maxwell" signed a contract to become the replacement for recently departed Sylvinho at the Camp Nou. Maxwell has been at Inter Milan for three years, last year appearing in a total of 33 matches. The soon to be 28 year old Brazilian has played many other position other than left back in his career, making him a great pickup who can step up when needed.

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This morning the 2009/2010 La Liga schedule was released. The schedule revealed that FC Barcelona will begin their season at home on August 31 against Sporting. The teams late start is due to their participation in the Supercup in Monaco on August 28. The first matchup between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will take place on November 29 at the Camp Nou, the second round at the Santiago Bernabéu will be played on April 11.

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FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta confirmed today that the team has put in a bid with Valencia for David Villa, Barcelona's number one target this summer. Laporta told reporters, "He (Villa) is a player we're interested in, and we made a good bid for him, closer to €40 million than €50million.

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Lionel Messi spoke with El Mundo Deportivo in an article that was published on Wednesday, giving full support to FC Barcelona signing the Argentinian midfielder Javier Mascherano.

Messi spoke to the Spanish newspaper amid reports that Barcelona is very interested in bringing the 25 year old Liverpool player to the Camp Nou this summer.

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It's official the third opponent for FC Barcelona on their 2009 US Tour will be Chivas Guadalajara on August 8 at San Francisco Stadium. The stadium is just outside the city where the San Francisco 49ers play their home games. Following the match Barcelona will head back to Europe for their first leg in the Spanish Super Cup on August 16.

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FC Barcelona will return back to work on July 20th to begin training for the defense of their three titles. After a stellar 2008/2009 campaign head coach Pep Guardiola will start his second year in charge of the team. With many rumors of "big name" players both coming and going it is sure to be an exciting preseason for the team.

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Tickets for FC Barcelona's visit to the Pacific Northwest on August 5 to take on the MLS Seattle Sounders go on sale June 8, 2009 for presale with code and June 15, 2009 to general public on ticketmaster.com. Please check back to Barcaloco.com before June 8 for presale code. Code will be published once it is available.

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Today on TV3 the public got their first glimpse at the now famous "Gladiator" inspired video that head coach Pep Guardiola put together along with TV3's Santi Padró. The video titled 'Els gladiadors's Pep' was shown to Barça players prior to them taking the pitch against Manchester United in the Champions League Final.

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This morning news broke from Sport.es that the third and final stop for FC Barcelona in their US summer tour will take place in Oakland, California. The team to face FC Barcelona and the date of the match has yet to be announced but the rumor being tossed around is MLS team Chivas. Barcelona are expected to make an announcement regarding the third US stop in the coming days.

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Barcaloco brought you the 2009/2010 Away Kit back in February and now we have pictures of what is believed to be the 2009/2010 Home Kit for FC Barcelona. The kit looks to be the same layout as this years with the only difference being the number of stripes. The picture was taken with a camera phone in what looks to be some kind of Nike warehouse.

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With Real Madrid's loss today against Villareal and their third in a row, FC Barcelona secure the 2008/2009 La Liga Championship. Barcelona's three remaining league matches will just be for pride as the top of the table has been secured.

The poor close to Real Madrid's season is good news for FC Barcelona head coach Pep Guardiola who can now afford to rest many of his stars for the May 27, 2009 Champions League Final match against Manchester United.

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If you are an American Express card holder you can buy tickets to see LA Galaxy vs FC Barcelona at the Rose Bowl on August 1, 2009. The presale for American Express card holders starts Friday May 15, 2009 and ends Sunday May 17, 2009. Go to www.ticketmaster.com and enter the promo code 8002973333.

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According to Sport the rumored FC Barcelona tour of the US this summer is going to be cancelled and instead the team is turning it's attention to Asia. With MLS and Barcelona unable to secure a realtionship in Miami the need for Barcelona to come to the states is no longer a priority.

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FC Barcelona looks to be still interested in a partnership with an MLS franchise. Barcelona president Joan LaPorta made a trip to Philadelphia on February 28 to tour the team's future stadium just days before announcing it had dropped out of the Miami partnership. The CEO of MLS Philadelphia said that he did not [. Click to continue reading...

PRNewsFoto/Live Nation What is the secret to FC Barcelona's success this season? Could it actually be the British band Coldplay? Well apparently coach Pep Guardiola is a big fan of the band and has decided to use the music as a point of inspiration. Since taking over the squad he has requested that [. Click to continue reading...

LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images Xavi Hernandez spoke with reporters today and talked about the high the team is currently experiencing with their with against Lyon yesterday and their performance this past weekend against Athletic Bilbao. When speaking of yesterday's elimation of Lyon from Champions League play Xavi said the game "was close to perfection and it [. Click to continue reading...

Joan Boix, treasurer and economic vice-president at Barcelona has expressed concern over the current global economic crisis and particularly in the United States. Boix said that the probability of Barcelona entering the MLS is not "concrete" and that the possibility of the Barça team pulling out is "much greater" than when the bid was [. Click to continue reading...