Barcelona are set to face Preston North End in the second pre-season friendly during their planned trip to England this summer.
cadena ser report Barcelona have chosen Preston as their second English rival after Birmingham City.
Preston North End selected
The website reports that Barcelona are set to leave for England on Monday, 27th july. They are set for a short training camp at the St. George's Park training facility in England.
Sport Witness reported on this at the beginning of the summerThat's when they confirmed that a pre-season friendly with Birmingham City was planned. It's going to happen on Friday the 31stscheduled tribe july.
Now the second pre-season match has been confirmed. The Catalan giants take on Preston North End on Monday 3third august. He will return to Barcelona after that game.
Unfortunately for Preston fans, the game is going to take place behind closed doors. In such a situation, there will be no chance to see Barcelona's superstars on this occasion.
world cup issues
Instead, the game has been planned as Barcelona tries to work around the World Cup. Many players are absent from the Catalan team.
For example, they are still waiting to see when Jules Kounde and new signing Anthony Gordon will return. They also have many players in the Spain team.
They have already seen their first game of the La Liga season delayed by a week because of this. This is due to an agreed protocol between La Liga and the Spanish AFE. This guarantees the player three weeks off and three weeks of preparation after participating in the World Cup.
Javier Tebas had already clarified that any team that has at least one player present in the World Cup semi-finals will automatically have the first day of the league postponed to respect the rest deadlines established in the collective agreement.
Since Barcelona is one of the teams with the most players in the World Cup, they have been affected more than others. This led to specific pre-season plans, which now included a behind closed doors friendly against Preston.
Key points on Barcelona friendly
- Preston set to face North End on Friday 31stscheduled tribe july
- Part of the training camp at St George's Park
- Barcelona is facing difficulties in pre-season due to the World Cup
- Players like Raphinha, Frenkie de Jong and Ronald Araujo should be available
- The big disappointment is that it's behind closed doors
🇪🇸 From Spain: Birmingham City get boost as Barcelona stars set to join squad for friendly https://t.co/pr2ODZgz2i #bcfc
- Sports Witness (@Sport_Witness) 7 July 2026
