Things could be about to get even worse for the Catalan giants, however, with recent reports suggesting that as many as five of their biggest stars could be set for
imminent departures from the club, with star player Messi among them:
Despite recovering from a recent thigh injury, Aymen Abdennour is set to sit out AS Monaco's Ligue 1 opener as rumours of
his imminent departure from the club persist.
Between John Terry «s
imminent departure from Chelsea and Kurt Zouma's expected recovery time, Antonio Conte will need to make some big decisions in the centre - back position this summer should Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic not be up to the task.
The 26 - year - old now seems to have spoken about
his imminent departure from Dortmund with some of his fellow players, with a source close to the player quoted as saying: «He is preparing his exit and he gave some of the players signs that his transfer is close.»
According to the report, the Dutchman is keen on capitalising on Jurgen Klopp's
imminent departure from Borussia Dortmund in the summer, and is eyeing a deal for midfielder Ilkay Gundogan.
By the time you saw the first signs of his illness, the battle was already lost and nothing anyone can currently do will prevent
its imminent departure from this World.
Recommended reading In an opinion column for the Guardian, Bob and Roberta Smith warns that Britain's
imminent departure from the European Union may lead to severe cuts to the arts, and even a «dissolution of our museums and galleries comparable in its devastation to that visited on England in the 1530s».
It remains unclear if the change in the retrospective's schedule is related to Deitch's
imminent departure from the museum.
In light of UK's
imminent departure from the European Union, the situation for the EEA nationals living in the UK is uncertain.
Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, marked
his imminent departure from office with a timely conference that had Jack Straw squirming.
Not exact matches
She also said his
departure from the White House was not
imminent.
The Brazilian was left out of the United squad that travelled to the United States for their pre-season tour on Monday and that has further fuelled speculation that his
departure from Old Trafford is
imminent.
Strongly linked with an
imminent # 45m move to Arsenal, Karim Benzema's
departure from the Bernabeu could be completed within the next few days, in a hugely exciting deal for the Gunners.
This might have seemed like a sign that Bill Belichick's
departure from New England is
imminent, and McDaniels was in line to take over.
Arsene Wenger's
departure from Arsenal is
imminent but the question remains when?
The
imminent possibility of Scotland's
departure from the United Kingdom is bound to raise serious questions about the nature of the ties holding the component parts of the UK together.
Blog: Political Editor Gary Gibbon writes: I'm told that Ed Balls»
departure from the leadership race is still «possible though not
imminent».
As with similar systems on many other cars, AEB can apply the Genesis's brakes if it detects an
imminent collision, based on input
from the cruise control radar and the lane -
departure camera.