Barcelona players are reportedly angry and suspicious about their tough opening to the La Liga season following the recent publication of the fixture list.
The Catalan giants face Athletic Bilbao away on the opening day of the season, following two legs of the Spanish Super Cup against the same opposition in the preceding few days.
The Blaugrana's first home match is then against Malaga on the second weekend, a team they claimed just a single point off in their title-winning 2014-15 campaign.
According to Sport's Javier Miguel, players at the Barca training ground were heard saying: "It seems they want us to lose the league.