Football news - #barcelona

How Barcelona turned a La Masia core, a few shrewd loans and a stretched salary budget into consecutive La Liga titles, and where the squad still looks vulnerable.

The first summer window to run straight through a World Cup is already reshaping Europe's elite - from Mourinho's free-transfer Real Madrid to Barcelona's £69m bet on Anthony Gordon and the Premier League's sell-to-buy churn.

Barcelona host Real Madrid at the Spotify Camp Nou knowing a win seals back-to-back La Liga titles - the form, tactics and stakes behind a Clásico with the championship on the line.