Barça's Joan Gamper trophy opponents this year will be Sampdoria on either August 8 or 9. The choice hasn't been easy, with the Blaugrana initially wanting to play Ajax to commemorate the passing of Johan Cruyff on March 24.
Barça's away kit for the 2016/17 season has ditched the Catalan senyera design of the last campaign in favour of a more understated - but still interesting - choice by Nike.
Bartomeu last week sent general manager Raul Sanllehi to Brazil to speak directly with Neymar and his representatives as he was concerned over the delay to finalising the player’s renewal and Sanllehi’s presence has reportedly brought the sides closer, ‘millimetre by millimetre.