FC Barcelona News: 8 June 2016; Four Feature in Spain Loss, Lionel Messi Continues to Train Alone

Spain vs. Georgia - Football Match Report - June 7, 2016 - ESPN
Spain will head into Euro 2016 on the back of an embarrassing defeat as Vicente del Bosque's side were beaten 1-0 at home to Georgia. The 2010 world champions are one of the favourites to lift the title in France but their final warm-up match ended in humiliation after Tornike Okriashvili fired Georgia to a shock victory in Madrid.

Injury keeps Messi out of Argentina training again - Goal.com
Lionel Messi was subjected to individual exercises once more on Tuesday as he continues his recovery from the back injury that ruled him out of Argentina's 2-1 Copa America win over Chile. The Barcelona star sustained the problem during his country's friendly against Honduras on May 28 and has since been working towards a comeback.

Sergio Busquets talks about how childhood shaped who he is today | FC Barcelona
He calls Badia del Vallès home and takes every opportunity to help it grow. The last major event there was the inauguration of a 'Cruyff Court' bearing his name. Sergio BusquetsBurgos, the boy from Badia, is the best sponsor this new social project could have. Launched by the Cruyff Foundation, La Caixa, and the FC Barcelona Foundation, it aims to promote sport and its values among local children.

Alves to choose between PSG and Juventus - Eurosport
Alves is leaving Camp Nou for free this summer due to a clause in his contract, and Mundo Deportivo reports a deal with Juve was almost complete before he had second thoughts. PSG remain in pursuit of the right-back, having tried to get Alves to France in the past, and the presence of a number of compatriots and friends at the club - including Thiago Silva, David Luiz and Lucas Moura - has thrown the defender’s decision into doubt.

Barca, Sevilla to swap right-backs? | Football Espana
A right-back exchange between Barcelona and Sevilla involving Douglas and Mariano has been mooted and both clubs could be keen. Catalonia’s Mundo Deportivo cites Seville’s Estadio Deportivo as saying Barca are again looking to Nervion for summer signings, having in recent years taken Aleix Vidal and Ivan Rakitic, and Dani Alves before them, with Mariano now on the agenda.

FC Barcelona to begin preseason on 19 July

The team will open with daily workouts at the Ciutat Esportiva followed by a training camp at St. Georges Park in England 

FC Barcelona’s 2016/17 preseason officially opens on 19 July, when the players will be at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper for physicals and orientation. Training will begin the following day.

Players taking part in the Copa América, the Euro 2016 and the Summer Olympics will gradually rejoin the team afterwards.

Trip to England

From 25–30 July, the team will hold a preseason training camp at St. George’s Park, the same complex where they trained in the summer of 2014, Luis Enrique’s first as Barça manager.

From there, Barça will fly to Dublin for a 30 July friendly with Celtic as part of the International Champions Cup.

More friendlies confirmed

Besides the game to be played in Dublin on 30 July, two more games are already confirmed: one againstLeicester at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on 3 August, and another against Liverpool atWembley Stadium on 6 August.

The date of the Joan Gamper Trophy, which once again will be the official presentation of the team for the 2016/17 season, as well, as the two legs of the Spanish Super Cup versus Sevilla, have yet to be confirmed.

Tickets sold out for Liverpool v FC Barcelona at Wembley in the International Champions Cup

Wembley stadium will be sold out for the visit of FC Barcelona. Every single ticket has been snapped up for the game with Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool on August 6 in one of the summer’s biggest events, theInternational Champions Cup.

The 90,000 seats in the London stadium went on sale last Friday and sold out in the first hour.

Barça’s other summer friendlies are attracting similar attention. Two thirds of the 51,700 seats in the Avia Stadium, Dublin have already been claimed for the game with Glasgow Celtic on July 30, and sales are also exceptionally fast for the meeting with Premier League champions Leicester City on August 3 in Stockholm. Half of the places in the 50,000 Friends Arena are already booked.