FC Barcelona News: 6 August 2025; Barça return home from Asia tour, Marc-André ter Stegen drama intensifies

Joan Laporta: ‘New Champions League format improving the competition’ – FC Barcelona
As part of the interview that FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta gave to CNN’s Amanda Davies, World Sports Anchor at CNN, the Barça president said he believed that Barça and PSG were the teams in the best form and playing the best football in the competition, adding that it was a “shame we couldn’t face each other in last year’s final” or at the Club World Cup.

The team are back in Barcelona – FC Barcelona
The Asian Tour 2025 is now behind us. After a 13 hour flight from South Korea, the blaugrana party landed at El Prat Airport in Barcelona at 10am on Tuesday morning local time.

Hansi Flick: ‘Great preseason tests’ – FC Barcelona
Three out of three for Barça on the Asian tour. After thrashing Daegu FC in the third and final match before heading back to Barcelona, Hansi Flick gave a very positive assessment of FC Barcelona’s 10-day stay in Asia: “We’re closing one of the most important phases of preseason” he said. “For us, the most important thing is that we’ve been able to train well. We saw what we wanted to see. These have been good tests.”

100% record on tour for the first time in seven years – FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona have wrapped up a successful preseason in Japan and South Korea with a 100% record of three wins in three matches. Hansi Flick’s side looked solid and impressed going forward in the wins over Vissel Kobe, FC Seoul and Daegu FC.

Gavi top scorer in Asia – FC Barcelona
The FC Barcelona tour of Asia is now over after victories against Vissel Kobe, FC Seoul and Daegu FC. The blaugranes head back to Barcelona where on Sunday they will face Como 1907 in the Joan Gamper Trophy game, kick off 9pm CEST. The trip to Asia has been a great success, especially so for midfielder Gavi who ended the tour as top scorer with no less than three goals.

Ter Stegen refuses to sign his medical report, and Barça open disciplinary proceedings against him – Mundo Deportivo
The goalkeeper refuses to give his approval for the club to send his injury report to the LaLiga Medical Committee. His refusal blocks the option of using 80% of his registration at the ‘fair play’ level to make registrations.

Barça remain firm: not one step back with Ter Stegen – Mundo Deportivo
Although FC Barcelona opened disciplinary proceedings against Ter Stegen “with immediate effect” once they learned that the German goalkeeper refused to sign the consent form to submit the medical report for his back surgery to La Liga’s medical commission, the club maintained a conciliatory tone and remained open to a meeting in the hope that he would reconsider.

The AFE is at Ter Stegen’s disposal – Mundo Deportivo
The players’ union has contacted the goalkeeper in the dispute with FC Barcelona, according to SER.

Barça’s plan ahead of the Gamper match – Mundo Deportivo
The Blaugrana will train this Saturday starting at 9:30am while Como’s coach, Cesc Fàbregas, will appear at 6pm, and the Italian team will train at 6:30pm.

License granted to partially open Camp Nou – Mundo Deportivo
The club has received some good news: yhe City Council has approved the modified license. This means the stadium can be opened in zones, meaning it doesn’t have to cover the entire First and Second Tier sections.

Iñaki Peña and Héctor Fort meet with their agents to discuss their futures – Mundo Deportivo
The full-back has doubts about how and where to go and the U-20 World Cup could postpone his departure. The goalkeeper will definitely leave, although he is considering several scenarios, including a loan.

Source: barcablaugranes.com