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FC Barcelona News: 5 September 2013; Barça Targeting Thibaut Courtois, Three Kickoff Times Confirmed

By Bostjan Cernensek
Denis Doyle

VIDEO: Neymar's basketball skills and Pedro's bicycle kick | FC Barcelona
It was a good day for Neymar and Pedro as both players showed off his basketball skills alongside his Brazil teammates after this afternoon’s training session in Brasilia, while Pedro was congratulated and cheered by his Spain team-mates after he nailed a near-perfect bicycle kick during Spain's training session.

Times confirmed for three league matches | FC Barcelona
Barça now know the times of games 5, 6 and 7 in La Liga after an announcement was made today by the LFP. In just seven days, they’ll be playing all of Rayo Vallecano, Real Sociedad and Almeria, just after starting their Champions League campaign against Ajax.

Barca targeting Courtois | Football Espana
Barcelona are reportedly setting their sights on Atletico Madrid’s on-loan goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to replace Victor Valdes. The Catalans are in the market for a goalkeeper to come in next summer, when Valdes departs on reaching the end of his contract. Marca believe that Barca have identified Courtois, who is into a third consecutive season on loan at Atleti from parent club Chelsea.

Nine Barça players back at work | FC Barcelona
The players have had a two-day break since winning in Valencia to continue their one hundred per cent record this season, while eleven internationals are off representing their countries. Nine players exercised today under Jorge Pautasso, who for the first session of this unusual week replaced Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino.

Ten reserve players join training session | FC Barcelona
No fewer than ten players from Barça B trained today at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper along with the nine available first team players. Like on Wednesday, the session was overseen by assistant coach Jorge Pautasso.

Messi, like Romario and Eto’o | FC Barcelona
It is quite some achievement to score a hat-trick in just 45 minutes, but Messi did just that at Mestalla. The last FCB players to do so in La Liga were Romario and Eto’o, two of the club’s other all-time greatest strikers. The Brazilian did it at the Vicente Calderón in 1993/94, even though Barça ended up losing the match (4-3).

Liga - Messi and father pay €5m in tax fraud case - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
The pair had deposited 5,016,542.27 euros (£4.2 million) last month as a "corrective payment", the court in Gava near Barcelona said. They were still due to appear at a hearing on September 17, although their lawyer had asked for it to be postponed as he had another commitment that day, the statement added.

Chelsea defender David Luiz claims he turned down a move to Barcelona | Sky Sports
Luiz claims he snubbed Barcelona's overtures as he is happy to stay at Stamford Bridge. "There was an official offer [from Barcelona], but I decided to stay at Chelsea," Luiz told Gazeta Esportiva. "I am happy to play for a big club and be in the national team to represent my country."

Madrid reveal 23-man Champions League squad - Goal.com
Real Madrid have named Gareth Bale, Isco and Asier Illarramendi in their 23-man squad for this season's Champions League. The out-of-favour Iker Casillas is also included, as well as younger stars like Alvaro Morata, Casemiro, Dani Carvajal and Jorge Casado.

Report: Real Madrid declined to sign £50m Neymar for £50k - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Neymar, who was the subject of a two-year tug of war between Spain's biggest clubs before joining Barca, would have cost 60,000 euros, or around £50,000, but Real apparently did not want to pay a fee for an unproven schoolboy. This error has been put down to a leadership vacuum, as Real did not have a club president at the time.

Caballero signs new deal at Malaga - Goal.com
Malaga goalkeeper Willy Caballero has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club until June 2017. The 31-year-old arrived at La Rosaleda in 2011 from Elche and has become a key member of the team as they competed in the Champions League for the first time last season.

Javi Gracia appointed new Osasuna coach - ESPN FC
Former Almeria boss Javi Gracia has been appointed Jose Luis Mendilibar's successor at Osasuna, signing a two-year contract with the La Liga club. Osasuna sit bottom of the Primera Division and three losses from as many games to start the season led to Mendilibar being sacked on Tuesday.

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