FC Barcelona’s hotly anticipated pre-season tour of Scotland is to be broadcast live on Setanta. The Catalan club visit Scotland for the second year in a row this summer as newly appointed head coach Josep Guardiola prepares for his side's forthcoming season in La Liga.
Barcelona kick off their tour on Thursday 24th July when they play Hibs at Murrayfield Stadium, closely followed by a visit to Tannadice two days later.
The matches in full are:
Hibernian v Barcelona Thurs 24th July 2008
Dundee Utd v Barcelona Sat 26th July 2008
The confirmed line-up of pre season friendlies is as follows:
FC LUZERN V MANCHESTER CITY- SUNDAY, July 8th
FC BASEL V MANCHESTER CITY, Tuesday, July 10th
KAIZER CHIEFS V MANCHESTER UNITED – Saturday, July 19th
SPORTING LISBON V SUNDERLAND - Sunday, July 20th
ORLANDO PIRATES V MANCHESTER UNITED - Monday, July 21st
VITORIA DE SETUBAL V SUNDERLAND - Wednesday, July 23rd
HIBS V BARCELONA- Thursday, July 24th
DUNDEE UTD V BARCELONA- Saturday, July 26th
VODACOM CHALLENGE FINAL (featuring MANCHESTER UNITED V KAIZER CHIEFS or ORLANDO PIRATES) – Saturday, July 26th
COBH RAMBLERS V SUNDERLAND – Monday, July 28th
NORWICH V TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR – Monday, July 28th
NOTTINGHAM FOREST V SUNDERLAND – Wednesday, July 30th
SHAMROCK ROVERS V SUNDERLAND – Saturday, August 9th
Setanta will be announcing more matches over the next few weeks as the build up to the new season continues so watch this space!