Trainings, official team photo and more

Barça squad trained in the morning at the club’s Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper training complex. Zlatan made his comeback after missing training on Monday after he was diagnosed with pharyngitis. Aliaksandr Hleb continued his own fitness programme in the gym as he tries to recover from a foot injury while goalkeeper José Manuel Pinto worked apart from the squad after returning to action on Monday. Éric Abidal was also not present as he was given permission to travel to Paris to attend a hearing in front of the French Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee.
FC Barcelona’s training session was overseen by former player and coach Eusebio Sacristán.










It was REALLY hot morning in Barcelona, a lot of water means a lot of fun:









FC Barcelona’s squad have had the first official photograph of the new season taken as all the new signings were present along with eight youth team starlets. The photo was taken for UEFA as the group met at 08:00 on the pitch at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper training complex as they came out of the dressing room donning the new look kit. A host of Young hopefuls were also included with Oier Olazábal, Rubén Miño, Sergio Gómez, Jonathan dos Santos, Thiago Alcántara, Oriol Romeu, Víctor Vázquez and Andreu Fontàs all posing and new goalkeeping coach Carles Busquets was also included. Éric Abidal was not able to take part after he was called before the French Football Federation’s Disciplinary Commission and Aliaksandr Hleb did not also not have his photo taken due to his contract situation.






Today it was Bojan who spoke with press. If you want to read what he was saying aboyt new season, new team mates and more click here!


Éric Abidal is is the only of five players not to be punished by the French Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee.The FC Barcelona defender attended a hearing in Paris on Tuesday into the France squad’s behaviour at the World Cup Finals and several players were castigated. Nicolas Anelka was given an 18-match suspension, while Patrice Evra cannot play for his country for five games, Franck Ribéry for three matches and Jérémy Toulalan one encounter. The Committee chose not to punish Abidal after taking his explanation into account.


Víctor Valdés, David Villa, Sergi Busquets, Pedro, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol, Gerard Piqué, Xavi, Lionel Messi, Éric Abidal, Martín Cáceres, Oier Olázabal,Rubén Miño, Andreu Fontàs and Víctor Vázquez participated in extra evening training session. José Manuel Pinto worked on his own once again as he looks to recover from a muscle injury that kept him out of the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup encounter with Sevilla at the weekend.