Barcelona reported to pre-season training this week to begin preparations for a highly anticipated 2025–26 season.
Following a trophy-less campaign, Barcelona completed the first domestic treble in club history during Hansi Flick's first season managing the club. For the first time in the post-Lionel Messi era, Barça are a team that inspires fear across Europe and now the expectation is to challenge for every major trophy come the new term.
The summer in Barcelona, though, has been difficult. The club's financial troubles cast a large shadow on their ability to give Flick reinforcements for the new season. Still, this is a team that doesn't lack talent. On the contrary, there's plenty of position battles that are shaping up to be very interesting.
There's obvious starters, but other players must take advantage of the pre-season tour to impress Flick and carve out a prominent role next season. Others, must simply showcase they're worthy of not being shipped out in what remains of the transfer window.
Here are three Barcelona players worth keeping a close eye on during pre-season.
