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LaLiga: Questions surround Lionel Messi's future at Camp Nou amid Barcelona chaos
•Messi, Barcelona's biggest star for more than a decade has a contract with the club until 2021, but he hasn't been hiding his dissatisfaction with the Catalan giants.
LaLiga: Barcelona officials to hold emergency board meeting after 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich, say reports
•Bartomeu on Friday said he would not rule out the elections being moved up following Barcelona's worst-ever defeat in Europe, and the club's first season without silverware since 2007-08.
Premier League: Pep Guardiola quashes talks of Manchester City signing Leo Messi, says he wants to see Argentine finish career at Camp Nou
•Messi has been linked with a move away from the Camp Nou at the end of the season after he caused a stir by criticising the club’s sporting director Eric Abidal over who was responsible for the sacking of Ernesto Valverde last month.
LaLiga: Lionel Messi criticises Barcelona sporting director Eric Abidal for comments about players' work ethic
•Abidal and Messi played together at Barcelona between 2007 and 2013, with the French defender returning to the club after retirement to become sporting director in June 2018
LaLiga: Barcelona officials fly to France for talks with Paris Saint-Germain over Neymar transfer, say reports
•Real Madrid or a return to Barcelona are the most likely destinations for Neymar, won two La Liga titles and the 2015 Champions League in four years with the Catalan side
LaLiga: Prosecutors re-open investigation into Eric Abidal's liver transplant after evidence pointing to trafficked organ surfaces
•The Spanish prosecutor initially reopened investigations into Abidal after Spanish media published tapes of the former Barca president, Sandro Rosell, suggesting that the club had illegally bought a liver for their defender
La Liga: Spanish court rejects reopening probe into former Barcelona star Eric Abidal's liver transplant
•FC Barcelona, Eric Abidal, Sandro Rosell and Spain's National Transplant Organisation have always denied anything illegal took place.
Eric Abidal's cousin denies receiving payment from Barcelona for donating liver to former France defender
•Eric Abidal's cousin has said that he "didn't take a penny" from Barcelona, over allegations the club illegally bought a transplant liver for their former player.
Barcelona deny reports of buying illegal transplant liver for former defender Eric Abidal
•"The club are saddened by the lack of rigour in the spreading of such information about such a sensitive issue,"said the Barcelona statement
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique in hot water with club over Antoine Griezmann's documentary
•Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has spoken to Pique and informed him that his role in making the video had "generated surprise and discomfort within the club and among many of its supporters"