The Barcelona Courier
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
Barcelona rebuffed over Jorge Pascual
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Granada have kept their man, and Barcelona go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market7 Jun 2027
Barcelona turn down Bayern Munich for Joan García
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Lamine Yamal is the real thing at 19
A season average of 7.73 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Barcelona know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Market7 Jun 2027
Gabriel Jesus hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Barcelona can pretend not to have heard.
Market7 Jun 2027
Nico Paz wants more than Barcelona are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad7 Jun 2027
A falling-out at Barcelona
Lamine Yamal and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Barcelona lose Manuel Ramírez
22 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Marc Bernal stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Marc Bernal and Barcelona agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
When it matters, Raphinha plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Market The Pedri question follows Barcelona around
- Boardroom Open for business: Barcelona enter the window
- The dugout Marc Bernal knocks on the manager’s door