Barca Talk

With the job done against Villareal, FC Barcelona are headed to Madrid for the weekend match against Getafe, looking to get their first win on the road of the season. This is part of the episode we put out for our supporters on Patreon today, which included our match review of the win in the Camp Nou against Villareal. That’ll be on Monday’s episode of the podcast, but if you don’t want to wait fo...

FC Barcelona’s pitiful performance and loss to Granada CF has the supporters shaken, some calling for the sacking of Ernesto Valverde, again, but the situation will have to get even worse than it is now for the current board to take such a step. We have full match reviews of that loss, and the Champions League draw with Borussia Dortmund. While the Barca camp are struggling to find answers, the le...

It’s Friday, and we’re gearing up for the weekend match in La Liga. We have the full scouting report on Granada CF and compare it to FC Barcelona’s. // PATREON: http://bit.ly/2Mh2ZVx // WEBSITE: https://www.barcatalk.net Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Valencia CF lost their manager and their La Liga match against FC Barcelona in the Camp Nou. We have a full match review, and we’re looking ahead to the first Champions League clash with Borussia Dortmund this Tuesday, on the road, and that got us to thinking: Barca’s away form hasn’t been great recently. We crunched the numbers to figure out just how not great it’s been. // SUBSCRIBE ON ANY APP:...

The Valencia match this weekend has a lot of question marks around it, with the potential for Luis Suarez to return for FC Barcelona and the sacking of Valencia CF manager, Marcelino. This is a sample from our Thursday episode. If you want to hear the whole episode, and support the show, you can do that through Patreon. In that full episode, you’ll hear Gabriel and I talk about Lionel Messi’s cont...

While the UEFA European Championship qualifying rounds are under way, La Liga has little going on. We took the opportunity to speak to sportswriter and author Andy West (https://twitter.com/andywest01) about how FC Barcelona have started the season, considering the loss of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez, and Ousmane Dembélé to injury, and he has a life lesson for you taken from the book of Messi. BECOM...

We have tactics on the brain today, proposing different Barca lineups for different tactical strategies. This is a sample of our Thursday episode for our supporters on Patreon. Become a patron and listen to the full episode that includes talk about Rafinha moving to Celta de Vigo and the Paris Saint-German - Real Madrid goalkeeper swap. BECOME A PATRON: http://bit.ly/2Mh2ZVx Learn more about your...

The Champions League has officially begun with the group stage draw, and FC Barcelona are in a tough group. La Liga is proving to be a competitive field this year. Some of the Barcelona B stars are getting time on the first team, but their teammates aren’t missing them too much. Ansu Fati has become the youngest player ever to score for Barca in La Liga, but two goals from him and Arthur were not...

Yesterday on Patreon, we covered the news about Ivan Rakitic and Ousmane Dembélé being part of a package to bring Neymar back from Paris Saint-Germain. The dedication of the Johann Cruyff Stadium and the demise of the Miniestadi was our second topic, and we closed out with a discussion of Lionel Messi’s lingering calf injury. JOIN PATREON to support the show begin enjoying the Patron Experience: h...

Ousmane Dembélé has been fined by FC Barcelona, and sort of publicly shamed, for issues surrounding his hamstring injury. Barcelona B won their first match in the Segunda B division, and FCB Femení are the champions of the Catalan Cup for the sixth consecutive year. The men’s team put some points on the table in La Liga, defeating Real Betis 5:2.RECEIVE THE GUARD OF HONOR. Support the show on Patr...

FC Barcelona lost their opening match in La Liga to Athletic Bilbao. We have a full match review. The Spanish Supercup will not be played until next January, and we’ll debate the pros and cons of the new format. And our team of correspondents reviews the summer transfer business of FCB Femení and Barcelona B.RECEIVE THE GUARD OF HONOR. Support the show on Patreon (http://bit.ly/2Mh2ZVx) for $5 a m...

THIS EPISODE OF BARCA TALK is the first in a series of three that looks back at FC Barcelona’s 2018-19 season. To hear the other two, support the show at Patreon (http://bit.ly/2Mh2ZVx) for just $5 a month.⁣ THE FC BARCELONA 2018-19 campaign brought another La Liga trophy to the Camp Nou, made it to their second consecutive appearance in the Copa del Rey final, and left the Champions League in the...

This is a sample of the first episode in our patron-only series called Barca Talk Legends. In these episodes, we’ll talk about some of the most revered, and sometimes the most controversial, players and managers in Barcelona’s history. This episode was about The Dagger, Hristo Stoichkov. When you become a patron of Barca Talk, you get even more value than you do from the weekly podcast. You’ll two...

We’re giving you another sample of the bonus episode we put out for our Patreon supporters last Thursday. Gabriel and Brien talked about the return and immediate departure of Marc Cucurella, the appointment of Patrick Kluivert as youth academy boss, Xavi Simons leaving La Masia for PSG, and Xavi Hernandez’s managerial debut at Al Sadd SC.Today’s sneak peek is our top story from the episode: a quic...

We’re giving you another sample of the bonus episode we put out for our Patreon supporters last Thursday. Gabriel and Brien talked about the protracted speculation that Neymar might be coming back to FC Barcelona, just as we did in the last two bonus episodes, but we weren’t going to give Neymar the headline again. This episode was focused more on Antoine Griezmann, and we got lucky in doing that....

Today we’re giving you another sample of the bonus episode we put out for our Patreon supporters last Thursday. Gabriel and I talked about the news that FC Barcelona will be playing in the USA in August. We talked about transfer news and rumors, including the continuing Neymar story, the full transfer of Andres Gomes to Everton, and the interest that Bayern Munich are showing in Ousmane Dembélé. W...

This is a sample from last week's Patreon bonus episode. FULL EPISODE SUMMARYWe're giving you the temperature in Madrid about Neymar, Real Madrid signings, Antoine Griezmann and Filipe Luís coming to FC Barcelona, a developing match-fixing scandal, La Liga spying on people, and the FCB Femení player Asisat Oshoala scoring a great goal for Nigeria in the FIFA Women's World Cup. Join Patreon and sup...

FC Barcelona’s season has ended with a defeat with a passive performance in the Copa del Rey final at the hands of Valencia. Now the discussion of which players might leave this summer can move into full swing, and the future of Ernesto Valverde remains in question. Support The Show:Support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and discounts in the Barca Talk Store. You can also support t...

FC Barcelona ended La Liga with a 2:2 draw against Eibar. Lionel Messi scored two goals, winning his sixth Pichichi award and gained some ground on Kylian Mbappe for the Golden Boot. FCB Femení lost the Women’s Champions League final in Budapest to Olympique Lyon 4:1. And the response of the Barca dressing room to the prospect of signing Antoine Griezmann is, “We don’t want him.”Support The Show:S...

For the second year in a row, FC Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League after taking the lead in the first leg. With La Liga already won, the weekend match with Getafe was barely worth watching, despite the two-goal win. And FC Barcelona B suffered a two-goal loss to Hercules in Segunda B. Support The Show:Support the show at Patreon and receive bonus podcasts and discounts in the Barc...

In the hours after, yet again, giving up a lead and getting eliminated from the Champions League, we get raw with our reaction to the sporting crisis at FC Barcelona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Already La Liga champions, FC Barcelona lost an inconsequential match against Celta Vigo, but lost Ousmane Dembélé to injury yet again, while the Champions League campaign continued with a 3:0 win over Liverpool in the first leg of the semi final at the Camp Nou. Liverpool fans have started a petition to ban Lionel Messi for punching one of their players. FCB Femení lost in the final matchday of L...

FC Barcelona have won La Liga with a goal from Leo Messi against Levante, after a midweek win over Alavés. FCB Femení have advanced to the UEFA Women’s Champions League final in Budapest with a crucial victory over Bayern Munich in front of a record crowd in the Miniestadi. There are rumors of Malcom and Jasper Cillessen leaving Barcelona in the summer. FC Barcelona B suffered an unfair defeat to...

Lionel Messi and Company are on to the Champions League semi-final, having dispatched Manchester United 4:0 on aggregate. They’ll face Liverpool FC in the semi-final tie. FC Barcelona is also one step closer to clinching La Liga, winning matchday 33 against Real Sociedad 2:1 with goals from two of our defenders. The Barca Women’s team are in the thick of Champions League action too, having started...

FC Barcelona had a day of debuts in a scoreless draw with Huesca, while they got a so-so result in Manchester in the first leg of the Champions League quarter final. FC Barcelona B lent several players to the Huesca match, but also had a 3:2 win over Levante in Segunda B. And Valverde has spoken out about Umtiti: he’ll have to work hard to reclaim a spot in the starting lineup. Additional Notes:Su...