Barca president Joan Laporta backs embattled head coach Ronald Koeman after speculations in the Spanish media that the Barcelona-Atletico Madrid match could be Koeman's last.
The 34-year-old football superstar has spent all his career at the Spanish club but he had been trying to make an exit since last year.
Spain's top football league announced it has agreed in principle to sell 10 percent of its business to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for $3.2 billion, a welcome boost to clubs whose finances have taken a hit during the pandemic.
Zidane’s departure comes at the end of a disappointing campaign for the 13-time European champions.
Luis Suarez scored in the 58th minute after Angel Correa had equalised Oscar Plano's opener for Real Valladolid.
Spanish media are reporting that Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane informed the players about his exit at the end of the season.
Barca's Lionel Messi put his side ahead in the first half but Granada rallied for a surprise victory with two second-half goals at the Camp Nou Stadium.
Karim Benzema put the champions in charge at a soggy Alfredo di Stefano stadium with a delightful backheel in the 14th minute while a deflected Toni Kroos free-kick doubled their lead in the 28th.
Laporta was last president at Barca between 2003 and 2010, which included overseeing the hugely successful appointment of Pep Guardiola as coach and the iconic treble-winning team of 2008/9.
Barcelona coach Koeman says club image damaged, admitting he was devastated by arrest of former club president Josep Maria Bartomeu as Barca prepares for Copa del Rey semi-final second leg at home to Sevilla.
The 22-year-old Kylian Mbappe's goals in the round of 16 first-leg tie made him the first-ever player to score a hat-trick against Barcelona in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Messi had sat out the previous two games suspended after being sent off in the Spanish Super Cup final defeat by Athletic Bilbao but looked refreshed and ultimately made the difference again.
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