Japan welcomes Barça - FC Barcelona
A welcome dinner for FC Barcelona has been held at the hotea at which they are staying with president Laporta and members of the board present as well as players Ronald Araujo, Frenkie de Jong and Raphinha.
First training session in Japan - FC Barcelona Straight into action for FC Barcelona. After a 13 hour flight and landing at Osaka airport at 8.00am local time, the team made the 90 minute journey by road to Kobe. Once at the hotel, Hansi Flick's 30 man squad
had a mild warm-up session. Then came treatment and a rest period — but no sleep to avoid jet lag — before the first training session of the Asian tour began.
Inside View: Day 1 in Japan - FC Barcelona
Exclusive footage of all the events of the blaugranes' first 24 hours in Kobe.
Lewandowski: 'Rashford can help us' - FC Barcelona
The first day of the FC Barcelona tour in Japan has come to a close with Robert Lewandowski giving his thoughts to the media. The Polish striker hailed the arrival of Marcus Rashford, who will join him as part of the attacking options. "Rashford is a very talented player. We played Manchester United two years ago and he was in great form. He can help us and is able to play in different positions", stated the 40 goal man from last season.
Lewandowski: "This year is harder, everyone wants to beat us" - Mundo Deportivo
"The Champions League? There are many factors, but we're focused on winning titles. Lamine Yamal can play even better than last year", said the Barça striker.
The keys to Barça's enormous anger with Ter Stegen - Mundo Deportivo
The club was upset that he said he would be out for three months and they saw that it hindered Joan Garcia's registration.
Eric Garcia's urgent renewal, pending resolution - Mundo Deportivo
The center back's contract expires this season and the willingness to reach an agreement is total.
Jan Virgili celebrates 19 years with many interested clubs - Mundo Deportivo
The Barça Atlètic winger and one of the jewels of the Barça youth system has ultimately not traveled to Asia with the first team.
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