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FC Barcelona News: 28 August 2024; Barça beat Rayo Vallecano, Dani Olmo shines on debut

A round-up of the latest Barcelona news and rumors

Rayo Vallecano v FC Barcelona - LaLiga EA Sports Photo by Rico Brouwer/Soccrates/Getty Images

Rayo Vallecano 1-2 FC Barcelona: Top of the league - FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona have made it three wins out of three, and all by the same 2-1 scoreline, meaning that whatever happens in this third round of Liga matches, they will be sitting pretty at the top of the table going into next weekend's matches.

Barcelona fear key midfielder Marc Bernal has suffered ACL injury - Football España
Barcelona’s victory over Rayo Vallecano on Tuesday night, which made it three wins from three at the start of the season, has been overshadowed by a potential-serious injury suffered by Marc Bernal. The 17-year-old was in serious pain following an incident during the dying stages of the encounter at Vallecas.

"It doesn't look good" - Hansi Flick delivers concerning injury update on Barcelona star Marc Bernal - Football España
Hansi Flick would have been delighted with the victory over Rayo, had it not been for a late injury suffered by Marc Bernal. The 17-year-old was in serious pain following an incident in the final stages of the match, and Flick confirmed to Movistar+ (via Diario AS) that Barcelona are concerned about their latest teenage star.

Barcelona miss out on signing of former defender João Cancelo as €25m deal agreed with Saudi Arabia - Football España
Earlier in the summer, it seemed somewhat inevitable that Barcelona would end up re-signing two players that they had on loan last season: Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo. However, it’s not almost certain that neither will return to Catalonia – not only this summer, but any time in the near future.

Barcelona set to lose out on another target in Kingsley Coman to Saudi Arabia - Football España
Earlier on Tuesday, it was announced that Joao Cancelo had joined Al Hilal from Manchester City. Throughout the summer, the Portuguese full-back had been strongly linked with a return to Barcelona, and until recently, there still seemed to be a somewhat realistic chance that a deal could be done. Instead, it was not to be.

Barcelona youngster Álex Valle signs one-year contract extension ahead of loan move to Celtic - Football España
Barcelona continue to organise exits for those players not in the plans of head coach Hansi Flick. The next player to be departing will be Alex Valle, who despite featuring throughout pre-season, has been behind Alejandro Balde and Gerard Martin in the pecking order at left-back during the opening two matches of the campaign.

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