Barcelona coach Hansi Flick remains confident his club will register key players including new signings Joan Garcia and Marcus Rashford in time for Saturday's LaLiga opener at Mallorca, despite ongoing financial fair play complications.

Deco says Barcelona could have made a major sale this summer, in a bid to comply with financial fair play regulations, but simply didn’t want to sell a key player.

All our updates, including post-match reaction, from our live text commentary stream of Barcelona’s win in Mallorca.

Raphinha scored Barcelona’s first goal of the season early in the contest. Ferran Torres doubled the lead as he continues to be a more than serviceable backup to an absent Robert Lewandowski. With the game under control, Lamine Yamal put the exclamation point on the victory with a wonderful strike in stoppage time.

Although Barcelona had won 13 of their previous 16 opening day fixtures (drawing two and losing just one), it shouldn’t have been a foregone conclusion that they would go on to make it 15 from 18 against a stubborn Mallorca side featuring ex-Barca midfield Pablo Torre.

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Barcelona coach Hansi Flick was unimpressed with how the Spanish champions took their foot off the gas in an opening 3-0 win at nine-man Mallorca.

Flick is heading into his second season at Barca with an exciting team with plenty of quality. But how do they set up tactically?

Barcelona boss Hansi Flick surprised a few with his starting XI for Saturday’s La Liga clash with Mallorca as he started Eric Garcia over Jules Kounde. The Frenchman agreed a new long-term contract at Barcelona this week but had to settle for a place on the bench at Son Moix,