On Sunday night, Barcelona welcome Levante to the Camp Nou in a match that they must win if they want to be anywhere near the top 4 by the end of the day. They will be looking to snap up all three points and bounce back from the home defeat to a Cristiano Ronaldo-led Juventus in the UEFA Champions League in midweek.

The Spanish giant Barcelona is facing deep distress as they have initiated a drastic change in the team line up. They have just released the Uruguay striker Luis Suarez just after their awful result in the recent past. Lionel Messi who is the icon of Barcelona also had to think about his career after the miserable results in some of the matches in the recent past. But now someone has appeared in front to speak out for the players and that’s Gerard Pique. He kept his silence intact for long and hadn’t spent a single word on these circumstances. Finally, he has broken his silence and has brought his thoughts on the matter in front of the management as well as the supporters.

Barcelona manager Quique Seiten is not bothered by the downfall of Messi’s number of goals when compared to other seasons. He says that the Argentinian is contributingmore to the club than merely scoring goals. Even though he is the top goalscorer in the current season with 22 goalsthis is the least number of goals scored by the player than in any other season.

Ivan Rakitic has said that he will be staying in Barcelona for another yearas there has been speculation that he will be leaving the club. In the 2019–2020 season, his playing time in the regular team has been reduced which has brought a bit of frustration upon him. He was transferred from Sevilla in 2014 for £16 million.

Former Liverpool star Stan Collymore believes Chelsea boss Frank Lampard should avoid signing Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona during the summer transfer window. The Brazil international is presently on a season-long loan at Bayern Munich but he is expected to return to the Camp Nou at the end of the campaign.

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Barcelona will struggle to win this season’s Champions League, given they don’t have the required creativity from the centre of the park. The Catalan giants recently picked up a 1-1 draw from the away leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Napoli but their performance was not overly impressive despite their dominant possession stats.

Speaking on BeIN Sports, Wenger acknowledged that the Blaugrana are not well placed in the pursuit of the Champions League title and believes they can be exploited in the midfield department, where they have lacked regular goalscorers, he told: “I would agree (that they aren’t good enough to win it. This Barcelona side on average since the start of the season has similar numbers to Napoli.

Barcelona defender Nelson Semedo has said that the Blaugrana must improve with their overall performances in order to win the Champions League title this season. The Blaugrana previously won the elite competition in 2015 and they have since failed at the quarter-final stage on three occasions while missing out on the final to eventual champions Liverpool last term.

Speaking in a press conference, Semedo said that there is room for improvement in the defensive point of view following a shock 3-1 defeat to Levante at the weekend. He added that the Blaugrana were previously on a seven-match winning run prior to the defeat but they have set standards whereby they can’t afford any setbacks in between.