Messi via IG: '10 years already, we have not forgotten you, Tito.'

Rafa Márquez's contract expires at the end of the season with the second team. The club's intention is to offer him a contract extension for another season so that he continues to grow and have the possibility of one day being Xavi's direct replacement.

— Diario SPORT

Vitor Roque leaving the club on loan is not ruled out.

— Diario SPORT

Zubimendi: 'Clubs interested in me? I am happy at Real Sociedad, it's my home. I can't say that I will play my entire career at Real because perhaps the club doesn't want me to continue in the future. I don't worry about those rumors.'

Barcelona icon Johan Cruyff would have turned 77 years old today.

May he rest in peace.

Before the press conference, president Laporta entered the dressing room and told the players: 'Trust Xavi, trust the project.'

— Diario SPORT

Julio Tous and Raul Martinez are the new members in Xavi's staff. The club wanted a new physiotherapist and fitness coach.

— Mundo Deportivo

Rakitic: 'We lost the Champions League in 2018 and 2019 by ourselves. The opponents deserved it of course, but it felt like we didn't try enough. Perhaps we were bored of winning. When you win so much, you lose focus, you don't pay attention to the details.'

Do you think that pressure is one of the reasons that Barcelona have not won the Champions League since 2015?

Rakitic: 'Yes. And there's additional pressure because Real Madrid has won it a lot.'

Rakitic: 'In one of my first matches for Barcelona, we won 6-0 and I scored a goal. The first question in the post match interview was that we did not play well. That's when I knew that just winning is not enough at Barça. They want to win and play well.'

Rakitic: 'I think we had the best season in Champions League history. We beat the French, English, German and then the Italian champions in the final.'

Rakitic: 'Before the World Cup in Brazil, Barcelona contacted me. It was Zubizarreta who spoke to me, then Luis Enrique. We completed the signing in three days.'

Rakitic: 'Of course I can say that I enjoyed playing with Messi, Neymar and Suarez. Hopefully they say that they enjoyed playing with Rakitic too. They scored 100 goals per season, but they couldn't have done it without the support at the back.'

Rakitic: 'When I joined Barcelona, I knew that I would play with Iniesta, Xavi and Busquets. I knew that I had to change my playing style.'

Renowned physiotherapist Raul Martinez will join Barcelona. He worked with the Spanish national team between 2008-2012, and since the beginning of 2024 he has been working individually with some Barça players.

— Mundo Deportivo

A family.

Laporta: 'Xavi is an undeniable Barcelona fan. My fellow board members understand him in the same way, and analyzing situations, seeing that we have a coach who always looks out for the good of Barça is very important'

Laporta: 'Young players need a reference, and Xavi is one for them. We feel it from up close in training and in the locker room. The board of directors, unanimously, has supported his continuity.'

Xavi: 'I am a Barcelona fan, I am a club man, and the most important thing is to think about the entity. In yesterday's meeting I made the position available to them and I noticed absolute confidence from the entire board.'

Xavi: 'I changed my mind because I really felt total confidence on the part of the president, the board and also the players. This project has not finished yet.'