La Liga president Javier Tebas commended the work done by FC Barcelona in reducing their wage bill.Not stopping at that, he also confirmed that the

Barcelona are preparing to offer emerging superstar Lamine Yamal a new contract - but they will have to wait until the summer.

Approaching a decade since Barcelona last won the Champions League, the Catalan giants face Monaco in this season's European opener on Thursday aiming to make a statement. - 'Confidence' game - Barcelona welcome Bayern Munich to their temporary Olympic Stadium home and travel to face last season's runners-up Borussia Dortmund in the pick of their group stage fixtures.

Barcelona were cleared of allegations of wrongdoing in the Negreira case, as no evidence was found by the courts proving that the club had paid money to Jose Maria Enriquez