Eventually, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, and Chelsea lifted the trophy once each, before Real Madrid caught up with their favourite competition last season.
Barcelona have found their place in the group of death, matched up against Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, and Victoria Plzen. Of the 18,666 voters (at the time of writing), a whopping 50% (9,333) voted for ‘finals’. Finally, 5% (933) did not think their journey out of the group stages would lost long, succumbing to a Round of 16 exit. Barcelona have got off to a flying start, too, winning three games out of four in the league, scoring 11 goals and conceding one. After etching a 3-0 win in the home leg against Liverpool, Ernesto Valverde’s team fell to defeat 4-0 at Anfield. They won the competition in 2016, despite Barça being the overwhelming favourites given their run of form.
The FC Barcelona aspires to all this season and will try to add the maximum possible titles. But, what say the houses of bets on the campaign of the Barça?
The Real Madrid is the current champion, but remains far of the favourites, to the equal that the big of Germany, the Bayern. The signing of Lewandosky has gone back to situate to the Barça in the highest of the individual prognoses. The exits of important players in the market penalise to the Seville, that falls to the fifth level of favouritism with a very far proportion. The quota of the Athletic situates in 17.00 and surprises the situation of the Villarreal, that scale until the fourth position with a value of 19.00. His triumph in the past edition of LaLiga plants to the Real Madrid like the favourite in the skilled portals of prognoses, with a quota that round the 1.80 points. The FC Barcelona has initiated a season very ilusionante in which, of the hand of Xavi Hernández in the bench, will litigate for winning League and Glass, and position between the best clubs of Europe after a year to forget.
The veteran defender had reportedly been interested in acquiring the 24.5% share of Barça Studios that the Blaugrana were selling as their fourth 'economic ...
And Barcelona have acted quickly to refute the speculations. However, issuing an official statement on the matter, Barcelona have denied all those claims made by ARA, stating that no such talks were held at any stage. However, reports claimed that president Joan Laporta refused such a proposal as it would be against the ethical codes.
Barcelona have been one of the busiest clubs in Europe in the recently concluded summer transfer window, with the club bringing in no less than eight ...
By and large, however, the Bartomeu era signings have proven to be a letdown, which has cost the club dearly in recent years. To put things into perspective, Bartomeu had signed a total of 36 players during his time at Camp Nou. Many have praised club president Joan Laporta for playing a key role in facilitating these deals.
A report in Diari Ara this week claimed that Pique, through his company Kosmos, had wanted to invest in Barca Studios and had been left frustrated that the club ...
Pique, now 35, has not featured for Barca on the pitch this season. [Andreas Christensen](https://www.espn.in/football/player/_/id/186430/Andreas-Christensen) and Kounde in the transfer window. [Lionel Messi](https://www.espn.in/football/player/_/id/45843/Lionel-Messi)‘s debut for [Paris Saint-Germain](https://www.espn.in/football/team?id=160) on Twitch in collaboration with Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos. [Robert Lewandowski](https://www.espn.in/football/player/_/id/125824/Robert-Lewandowski), Raphinha and [Jules Kounde](https://www.espn.in/football/player/_/id/231692/Jules-Koundé). [Barcelona](https://www.espn.in/football/team?id=83) have denied rejecting a bid from defender [Gerard Pique](https://www.espn.in/football/player/_/id/45931/Gerard-Piqué) to buy a stake in Barca Studios. [said in a statement ](https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/club/news/2785295/fc-barcelona-official-announcement)on Wednesday.