Raphinha is Barça's King Midas this season. To find similar statistics, one must speak of a certain Lionel Messi. With an exhibition from the Brazilian, the blue and garnet team continues winning and continues scoring goals. And, in this case, in a complicated scenario such as Sevilla's stadium. Barça can now go on vacation now that the League is pausing.

"Dear member, I am pleased to inform you that you have been designated as a delegate of FC Barcelona". This is how the email that a few thousand members received at the beginning of July begins. A few weeks later, they received a physical card in their home mailbox that corroborated their status, with a mandate until 2028, when they will be renewed again by lottery. This September 19, many made their debut in an assembly key to the future of the club: the delegates approved an increase of 300 million in the Camp Nou remodeling project.

Barça's delegate members are called this Saturday to the club's Ordinary General Assembly. This year, very relevant points for the blue and garnet future will be discussed: from the expansion of financing to finish the Espai Barça to the ratification of the members of the new board of directors. Also, the projects to create a luxury real estate complex in Dubai in partnership with an Emirati company (Ohana Real Estate Development and Construction LLC) and the idea of creating an indoor amusement park at the new Camp Nou will have to be put to a vote. This last proposal has been surrounded by controversy due to the links of Babylon Park Spain SL –partner of the project– with Israel.

Barça has exceeded 1 billion euros in revenue for the first time. The return to the Camp Nou, the growth of Barça Licensing & Merchandising, and the strength of the brand confirm its commercial potential. The debate should not be limited to celebrating the turnover. The question is: what remains of these 1 billion and what value are we capable of creating with this money?

Hansi Flick explained to the press gathered at the training camp in Birmingham during the preseason that he did not expect to see his team performing at full capacity until after the international break, which will run from September 24th to October 6th. A summer marked by the World Cup, with more than a dozen blaugranas participating and up to eight playing until the final with the Spanish national team, as well as the arrival of new faces with the adaptation process that this implies, led the coach to express this concern. Mind you, he set a clear goal: to win the first eight matches until the break no matter what. On the verge of achieving the set goal, the blaugrana machinery is performing above expectations.

Barça has overcome Racing de Santander (7-2) with a scandalous rout and continues to count all its matches as victories: six in six matchdays. Below, some quick thoughts:

Karim Adeyemi (Munich, Germany, 2002) has quickly won over the Barcelona fans with his goals. Against Feyenoord, the fans chanted his name after he scored a screamer of the kind that makes you jump out of your seat. Against Levante, he scored the 2-4 when the team was having its worst moment. Today, against Racing (9:30 PM, DAZN) he is expected to start, although he states that Hansi Flick, the architect of his signing, keeps him engaged whether he starts or comes off the bench. Adeyemi also promises to learn Catalan and explains that, due to his origins in the Bavaria region, he has quickly grasped the uniqueness of the blaugrana fans and the people of Catalonia.

Happiness has settled at the Camp Nou. Fans enter with the same excitement that children have when arriving at an amusement park, aware that they have a date with magic. For the older ones, watching this team allows us to forget for a while all the problems that us mortals carry on our shoulders. Seeing this Barça in action is a joy. A treat for the eyes. A team that goes on scoring against rivals with such ease that one might think it is easy. But no, it is not. Only Barça knows how to do it like this. And to think that not long ago, the debate was who would score the goals that Lewandowski used to score. And it turns out that without the Pole, the club has an offensive surplus, Raphinha has statistics worthy of Messi, and even Joao Cancelo scores goals two by two. At the Camp Nou, the goals fall as naturally as the rain, which also made an appearance.

On Monday, in the lead-up to the Real Madrid - Inter Milan Champions League match, Kylian Mbappé was emphatic in stating that he considered he had done more to deserve it than anyone –"I have made history", he said– to take home the Ballon d'Or. The next day, much more cautious, Lamine Yamal stated, on the eve of the clash against Feyenoord, that winning it did not depend on him, despite considering that he had had a good enough season to receive the trophy, and that he does not plan to beg to take home the award that will be granted by the magazine France Footballon October 26th.

Barça continues to score goals, but they had to suffer quite a bit against a daring opponent like Levante (2-4). A perfect start to the season in which Hansi Flick's team does not need to play at their best level to leave rival defenses shredded in their wake. The victory at the Ciutat de València will serve to remind everyone that opponents play after the final scare. It is good to keep that in mind. In football, nobody gives you anything for free.

"Toni Gros is one of us". This is one of the messages that Barça shared on its social media for the Diada. It refers to Anthony Gordon, the English winger who has amazed Hansi Flick and all of Barcelona with only a handful of months in Barcelona. Already at his presentation, at the end of May, Gordon dared to say "I am very happy" in Catalan while signing some autographs for the fans who were asking him for goals. For the moment, the goals are still awaited, but he has already provided four assists in five matches, all four in La Liga, and has earned the affection of a good part of the fans, who chanted his name at the Camp Nou after the 5-2 thrashing against Rayo Vallecano a couple of matchdays ago.

If the bright side of Barça's final days in the transfer market was Gabriel Jesus –the emergency solution that Deco found after the repeated rejections from Atlético de Madrid for Julián Álvarez–, the dark side was Marc Casadó. Highly regarded by the Barça fans after two seasons in the first team during which he clearly went from more to less, the midfielder from Sant Pere de Vilamajor ended up leaving through the back door just hours before the deadline for registering new players in La Liga.

A rout to start the Champions League with a smile (5-1). Barça swept past Feyenoord with a performance in line with the formidable start to the season they are currently having. Below, some quick notes.

It is the Cup that everyone desires. The one that the 'barcelonistas' dream of, be it Lamine Yamal or an anonymous member. After two years of winning the League, the challenge is the big-eared cup and the final at the Metropolitano. The League is magnificent, but it does not quite fill the belly of a hungry team that, to debut in this edition, signed an offensive festival turned into a statement of intent. The competition is long, but Barça already commands respect after thrashing a Feyenoord that ended up drenched at the Camp Nou (5-1). They were hit by a downpour from the sky and a downpour on the grass led by Raphinha, who scores goals in twos. For the Dutch, it was a day to forget: they found neither the sun they thought they would find in Barcelona. Quite the opposite. The sky fell on top of them.

The same week that José Mourinho, coinciding with the first defeat of his Real Madrid, has opened the jar of excuses, the very powerful merengue media loudspeaker has turned up the volume to find fault with Rodrigo Hernández. After making his debut as a starter in the thrashing at Mestalla, it occurred to the blue and garnet star signing to comment to his teammates on the ease granted by Valencia.

Lamine Yamal has been the public spokesperson for the dressing room at the Champions League debut this Wednesday, against Feyenoord, at the Camp Nou (6:45 PM, Movistar). The Blaugrana star has said that the Champions League is his great motivation because it is the only title that, at 19 years old, he has not yet won.

Hansi Flick left Mestalla with a smile from ear to ear. The German coach was satisfied because his team put in a "fantastic performance at Mestalla." He emphasized this during the post-match press conference. The Blaugrana steamroller demolished (0-5) a disgraced Valencia in the midst of a social and sporting crisis. Flick celebrated that his pupils balanced "control with verticality." Barça dominated possession overwhelmingly (27%-73%) in the debut of the pair formed by Pedri and Rodri, which worked delightfully. As for verticality, it is explained by the constant runs of Raphinha, Gordon, and Fermín, and the finishing precision of Lamine Yamal, who prefers to receive the ball at his feet.

Barça has closed the 2025/26 season with net losses of 18 million euros, moving away from the net profit of 4 million that had been originally budgeted. This result represents a final deviation of 22 million. The numbers audited by Crowe are now available for consultation, with less than three weeks left until the assembly where the delegate members must approve the management of Joan Laporta's board of directors and give the green light to the increase in debt to finish the Camp Nou works, among other things.

Scandalous victory for Barça in their latest La Liga visit to Mestalla that we all know (0-5). The 'culers' imposed their law from the first minute against a Valencia side that looks very poor. Below, some hot takes:

Gabriel Jesus is the big news for the visit to a struggling Valencia at Mestalla (4:15 PM, Movistar) in a squad list that also sees the return of Gavi, who had missed the last two matches due to injury. The expectation is that the Brazilian could make his debut with Barça in the second half. This was detailed by Hansi Flick in the press conference, where he said he was satisfied with how the former Arsenal player had trained, even though he is not yet at 100%. Jesus landed in Barcelona on Monday, was presented on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, since the team had the day off, he trained alone. On Thursday he took part in part of the training with the group, and on Friday and Saturday – with a lower workload because it was the day before the match – he did complete both full sessions with his teammates. His compatriot Raphinha is acting as his master of ceremonies. He also knows Cancelo, Rodri, and Eric Garcia from his time at City.