FC Barcelona News: 18 August 2024; Barça beat Valencia in season opener, Pedri makes 100th La Liga appearance

Valencia 1-2 Barça: Flick starts with win as Lewy scores a brace - FC Barcelona
Agreat start to the season for the blaugranes, a hardworking win saw Hansi Flick's side win their first competitive game under his charge. The first LaLiga game of the 2024/25 season saw Barça come back to win 2-1 away at Valencia and open their league account with three points.

100 LaLiga appearances for Pedri - FC Barcelona
It was matchday 3 of the Liga Santander on September 27, 2020. Barça welcomed Villareal for a game that was pretty much in the bag after the first half with the score 4-0. Ronald Koeman decided to make the most of the situation to give some game time to young players in the second half. One of the those changes was Pedri,

Lewandowski scores first goal of league season - FC Barcelona
Polish striker Robert Lewandowski lit up the scoreboard for Barça for the first time in the 2024/25 season when he equalised in injury time for the blaugranes against Valencia in Mestalla stadium.

Evening of competitive debuts at Mestalla - FC Barcelona
An away trip to Valencia on August 17 2024 will likely live long in the memory for Marc Bernal. After spending the entire preseason with the first team, the young La Masia-educated midfielder has earned Hansi Flick's trust to be included in his first competitive lineup of the season. Gerard Martín also had his moment to remember, replacing Alejandro Balde on 63 minutes.

Benfica step up Ansi Fati transfer interest - Football España
Ansu Fati looks increasingly likely to move on from Barcelona before the end of the month. The Spanish international has returned to Catalonia this summer following an injury disrupted loan spell at Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion in 2023/24.

Revealed: The sacrifice Joao Cancelo would need to make to re-join Barcelona - Football España
It’s no secret that Joao Cancelo is prioritising a return to Barcelona this summer. His time at the club last season wasn’t easy, with several high-profile mistakes in big matches, and despite the fact that Hansi Flick already has good options in the full-back positions, it seems inevitable that the Catalans will make their move.

Real Sociedad and Girona contacted to gauge interest in outgoing Barcelona star Vitor Roque - Football España
Vitor Roque has not been assigned a squad number by Barcelona for the 2024-25 season. He wore 19 last season, but that has now been given to Lamine Yamal, and the fact that a replacement number has now been set speaks to the club’s intentions for the Brazilian teenager, who only arrived in January.

Barcelona set to finalise €15m sale of defender Mika Faye, €30m buy-back clause retained - Football España
A necessity for Barcelona between now and the end of the summer will be finalising player sales, as they continue to pursue a return to La Liga’s 1:1 rule. Earlier this week, the departure of Julian Araujo was confirmed, and he will soon be followed out of the exit door by another young defender.