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Barcelona's record signing Ousmane Dembele has confirmed he will be back in full training two weeks before El Clasico at Real Madrid.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi has chosen Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain as his favourites for the Champions League, but refused to rule out Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Mesut Ozil is wanted by Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, while Barcelona are also interested in signing the German international. He will be a free agent next summer.

Messi's previous deal expired at the end of the current campaign but has finally ended speculation surrounding his future.

Gabriel says he felt that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was using him more as a back-up during his time at the Emirates.

Valencia top scorer Simone Zaza is expected to be fit to lead the attack when Barcelona visit Mestalla on Sunday.

Ozil is currently on his final year in contract and would be available to join any club on a free after the end of the season.

Reports suggest that the Barcelona board will consider offloading up to four players as a priority as they seek to raise funds for further incomings and reduce the wage bill.

Mesut Ozil would be a good signing for Barcelona but will have to come to terms with not being the number one at the Nou Camp, says Martin Keown.

Carles Aleñá, Jose Arnaiz, Oriol Busquets, David Costas and Marc Cucurella trained with the Barcelona first-team on Friday ahead of the Sunday's trip to Valencia.

Schalke 04 contract rebel Leon Goretzka met with two Barcelona officials over the recent international break to discuss a summer move to the Nou Camp.

Antoine Griezmann has been constantly linked with a move to Manchester United. Atletico Madrid's league rivals Barcelona are also now in the race for the Frenchman's signature.

Sporting director Christian Heidel says Schalke have yet to be informed that they have no chance of keeping Leon Goretzka, with the player expected to decide his future shortly.

Monchi says he chose to join AS Roma in the summer over Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain because the Serie A side allowed him to work as he did at Sevilla.

Barcelona midfielder Denis Suarez hopes Lionel Messi will soon put pen to paper on a new deal at the Nou Camp.

Leon Goretzka's impressive display has seen him attract interest from Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona and Juventus.

Mesut Ozil has demanded Barcelona to pay him £329.000-a-week to make a move from Arsenal to the Nou Camp in January.

Paulo Dybala has already scored 12 goals in 13 Serie A appearances for Juventus. The Argentine international is attracting interest from Real Madrid, Barcelona and United.

Eyebrows were inevitably raised when Messi was not included in the starting line-up to face Juve, but Valverde stressed that the Barcelona legend was "fine" with his decision

Lionel Messi will reportedly agree a new deal at Barcelona only if the club leaders agree to his demands. One of which includes bringing PSG's Angel Di Maria to Camp Nou.

Barcelona wanted to sign Naby Keita but evidently did not try as hard as Liverpool, according to RB Leipzig CEO Oliver Mintzlaff.

The move to sign Mesut Ozil is being handled by Raul Sanllehi, who has a good relationship with Arsenal.

Gerard Pique will miss the Sunday's La Liga trip to Valencia after the Barcelona's appeal against his yellow card in the weekend victory over Leganes was rejected.

Barcelona need a point away to the Serie A Champions to be sure of their place in the last-16 and will be encouraged by their 3-0 victory over Juve in September.

Manchester City are reportedly willing to offer Lionel Messi a five-year deal worth £500,000-a-week and a signing bonus of £40m if he joins them on a free transfer.

Barcelona boss Ernesto Valverde insist that the La Liga leaders are "open" to signing new players during the upcoming January transfer window.

Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann has admitted in his biography that he would be open to the idea of joining Manchester United in the future.

Ivan Rakitic would welcome Mesut Ozil at Barcelona if the Arsenal playmaker moved to the Nou Camp in January.

Valencia centre-back Jeison Murillo is set to miss the La Liga visit of Barcelona on Sunday [26 November] due to a groin injury.

Schalke would be open to a future return to Veltins-Arena for Gelsenkirchen native Mesut Ozil, but claim it will definitely not happen next summer.