PETE JENSON: In the big games Messi now seems to cut the same forlorn, powerless figure in the Barça shirt as he does for Argentina. There is an over-reliance on him and no one to give support.

The Catalan giants have been long-term admirers of the Argentine front man and have been linked with him for over 12 months. Barca see Martinez as a replacement for current striker Luis Suarez.

Barcelona forward Martin Braithwaite has addressed his embarrassing attempt at keepie uppies during his unveiling at Camp Nou with a new video from isolation.

Luis Suarez hopes to be back playing football as soon as professional games are allowed to start up again. He has been out of action with a knee injury, but believes he can play when games resume.

Barcelona's players are willing to take a pay cut if asked to, as the club suffers the financial effects of the coronavirus outbreak. The shutdown of the stadium complex is costing a lot of money.

At Barcelona, as reported on Thursday by Sportsmail, the board are risking a potential feud with their star players over mooted wage cuts. Here's how it would affect their enormous salaries.

Barcelona chief Josep Bartomeu explained that the board has been in dialogue with the players for 10 days, trying to come to an agreement to avoid the public war of words which ensued.

Luis Suarez has hit out at the 'hurtful' claims Barcelona players were against taking a 70% pay cut during Spain's state of emergency. 

Luis Suarez could be set for a sensational return to Uruguay, with a former team-mate claiming the striker told him he's open to a move back to Nacional as his Barcelona contract runs down.

The Argentine has become one of the most-sought after players on the planet after shining for Inter Milan this season - scoring 16 goals and providing four assists in just 31 appearances.

Barcelona see the Argentine as the long-term successor to Luis Suarez and he is their priority transfer target this summer but Inter Milan are unwilling to let their prized asset leave the San Siro.

If a move for Lautaro Martinez can't be pulled off, Barcelona will move on to Swedish starlet Isak, who has shown signs of real quality this season and has a buyout clause of £61million.

Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez formed one of the greatest attacking trios to play the game, winning two La Liga titles and the Champions League in 2015 before the Brazilian left for PSG.

Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi would reportedly prefer to rekindle his partnership with Neymar than for the club to sign Lautaro Martinez from Inter Milan in the summer.

Martin Braithwaite has backed himself to be one of the top goalscorers in La Liga following his shock move to Barcelona.

Lionel Messi and Co will return to the club for training on Wednesday where they will receive a medical at the club's Ciutat Esportiva training base following an inspection from LaLiga officials.

The activist, 47, set pulses racing in a daring black dress which left nearly nothing to the imagination. Laverne flaunted her figure in the sheer black number which showed off nearly all of her full chest.

Scott Mitchell, 56, revealed that watching EastEnders helps battle the neurodegenerative disease Barbara Windsor was diagnosed with six years ago.

The Strictly Come Dancing star, 42, told Lorraine Kelly on Wednesday that she doesn't know the reason behind June's surprise exit, but said she and the cast still view her an 'inspiration.'

he former EastEnders actress, 82, is battling Alzheimer's but Christopher says she still manages to make her friends and family laugh.

The Barry Evans star, 54, performs in the new track called Braindead (Heroin Kills) by Italian DJ Piero Pirupa, which laments and shows the downfall of drug use.

Michelle Keegan, 32, showed off her summer style as she flashed her tiny abs in a bardot crop top and tiny white shorts in a stunning Instagram snap.

And Michelle Keegan was displaying her incredible tanned physique in a skimpy white bikini as she enjoyed a relaxing beachside stroll in Barbados on Wednesday.

Michelle Keegan was awkwardly interrupted by her barking dogs during a live This Morning interview filmed from her bedroom on Tuesday.

ESPN's 'College GameDay' host Chris Fowler asked the swimmer who he thought would win today's game between the LSU and Texas A&M. And Lochte chose Auburn, who weren't even playing.

Page Six claims that Roker's on-air rant about Ryan Lochte and the false story he told on the show about being robbed at gunpoint left some people involved with the show 'embarassed.'

Sam Sododeh, 59, and Barzeen Soroudi, 25, were arrested and charged with trespassing after they stormed the stage in protest against Lochte during the show's season premiere on Monday.

The White House published a tweet claiming Scotland is not part of the UK. In a now deleted post, the US President’s official residence said Donald Trump was 'departing the U.K.’.

The bank is building a 470,000 sq ft office complex – the size of eight football pitches – by the River Clyde. There will be no redundancies amid the changes.

The Gart, in Perthshire, dates all the way back to 1835. An original, smaller house was designed on the site by William Burn, and was substantially rebuilt and enlarged after a fire in 1901.

Lindsey Vonn, 30, showed her athletic frame in a backless blue outfit on Thursday at the Kids' Choice Sports Awards in Los Angeles.

The woman was watching the tournament at Kingsbarns, Fife, when she was struck by a ball hit by Ryder Cup star Tyrell Hatton.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Mako Vunipola's unavailability for the rest of the Six Nations leaves me shaking my head at what goes on in the England camp sometimes.

Without the state-of-the-art medical equipment he is used to at Leicester Tigers and the England camp, Jonny May has installed a hyperbaric chamber at his home to help him bounce back from injury.

Barack Obama, the former leader of the free world, and George Clooney, were photographed as they were headed to a formal charity dinner. They were both wearing suits without ties.

In the video Nicola Carragher can be heard shouting 'really' repeatedly, while Carragher walks along with a steward in the VIP section, reportedly struggling to stand on their 14th wedding anniversary.

EXCLUSIVE BY CHRIS FOY: England are talking about Scottish dirty tricks again, ahead of their trip to Murrayfield, but John Barclay has dismissed what he considers to be familiar 'whinging'.

De Jong completed a big-money £65million move to the Spanish giants from Ajax in January and he will be officially unveiled as a Barcelona player on Friday.

Ronald Koeman has once again reiterated his desire to take over as Barcelona manager following Euro 2020 after it emerged this month that he is free to leave his Holland contract after the tournament ends.

When Ronald Koeman was shown the door at Goodison Park back in October 2017, it was difficult to imagine a route back to the top for the Dutchman, but now he is a Barcelona candidate.

Ronald Koeman has revealed he rejected the chance to manage Lionel Messi and Co at Barcelona in order to focus on his job as Holland's head coach.

Ronald Koeman's Barcelona exit clause has been delayed until 2021 after the postponement of the European Championships this summer.

Ronald Koeman was one of the many candidates Barcelona had on their shortlist to replace Ernesto Valverde, but he said he was reluctant to leave the Netherlands so close to Euro 2020.

Barcelona had high hopes for Frenkie de Jong after winning the race to sign him last summer for £65million, but the 22-year-old has so far failed to live up to expectation at the Camp Nou.

Ed Sheeran was celebrating the launch of his new venture alongside a host of his friends, throwing an epic party on Sunday night at his new bar Bertie Blossoms.

Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch took a rare night off from parenting duties as they headed to Ed Sheeran's launch of his new bar Bertie Blossoms on Sunday.

Ed Sheeran drowned his sorrows after England's Rugby World Cup final defeat by singing in a Pokémon onsie at a Japanese karaoke bar on Sunday.

The Bucket List, where celebrities such as Ed Sheeran have frequented, is believed to be letting it's July lease go until the multi-million dollar refurbishment of the Bondi Pavilion is complete.

The Libertarian firebrand has his eyes focused on the presidency and aims to organize voters by branding NSA snooping as 'precisely the kind of overreach we fought a revolution over.'

The South Carolina senator has told multiple donors he'd start his presidential campaign, which he has been testing the waters for since late February, on that day, according to a report.