Lionel Messi has succeeded Andres Iniesta as captain of Barcelona, after the Spaniard ended his 22-year stay at the club to join Japanese side Vissel Kobe in May.
Sergio Busquets will be the vice-captain, with Gerard Pique and Sergi Roberto the third and fourth captains respectively.
All four captains are graduates of La Masia, Barcelona’s famed youth academy.
Messi, 31, joined the club in 2001 and is their record goalscorer.
Arsenal head coach Unai Emery says he wants “five captains” in his team as he tries to find the “best personalities” in his dressing room.
The Spaniard, who took over from Arsene Wenger in May, said Laurent Koscielny would remain his “first captain”.
“My idea is to know every player and to know, also, the personality of the players,” said Emery, 43.
“We want to keep the respect for these players, to find the captain and choose very well the best player for that.”
France centre-back Koscielny, 32, is expected to be out until December with a ruptured Achilles tendon, which caused him to miss the World Cup.
Full-back Stephan Lichtsteiner, one of Emery’s five summer signings, skippered Switzerland in Russia this summer.
“I think my first idea is to have five captains in the team,” Emery added. “But at the moment, I don’t know the names.
“We are looking at, looking for, who are the players whose personality is the best in the dressing room.”
In addition to Lichtsteiner, Arsenal have signed Germany goalkeeper Bernd Leno and Greece defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos, as well as midfielders Lucas Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi.
Former PSG and Sevilla boss Emery said that could conclude their summer business.
“Maybe we can bring in one if there’s a very good possibility for them to help us, but the club has done a great job of signing new players and I am happy.
“We signed the players who we needed. We will only sign a player in the next month if he’s a big opportunity.”
West Brom captain Jonny Evans is set to leave next month after the club failed to persuade the Northern Ireland defender to sign a new contract.
Evans has 18 months on his present deal and it’s understood he has no intention of extending his stay at the Hawthorns.
Manchester City, Arsenal and Leicester all expressed interest in the former Manchester United man in the summer.
The West Brom boss at the time, Tony Pulis, refused to do business because he did not have a replacement.
Despite the arrival of Alan Pardew, Evans, 29, has still not signed a new deal.
Unless that situation changes, it is understood West Brom will listen to offers, although given Evans’ contract position, it is highly unlikely they will get the £30m fee it was hoped they would receive in the summer.
Pardew said: “I think you have to be realistic in these situations. Jonny is a top player, other clubs were interested in him in the summer. We know that and he knows that, we have to be intelligent and straightforward dealing with it.
“He is under contract for West Brom. He knows he can have those conversations [about a new deal] with us.
“We will give him the best deal we can possibly go to on the financial side and length of contract, but that might not be the whole thing with Jonny.”
West Brom are on a club record 17-game winless run in all competitions and Pulis lost his job in November.
Pardew is yet to win in four matches and has told the players, given their position in the table, they cannot have a Christmas party.
The Baggies did host a squad Christmas lunch at the training ground on Thursday but Pardew is against the idea of a party.
“I said to the players when I arrived I don’t think Christmas parties are appropriate in the position we’re in. So the staff haven’t had a party and the players haven’t had a party,” he said.
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Boko Haram insurgents group has attacked a military location in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital on Saturday, killing five soldiers and a Captain in the process.
According to a report by Daily Post, Soldiers in Damaturu confirmed the development on Sunday, saying they lost the officers after Boko Haram militants attacked the 27 Task Force Brigade located in Buni Yadi, one of the Boko Haram strongholds in that part of the state.
The attack on Saturday evening was second since the Nigerian military claimed it has displaced the Boko Haram insurgents at Camp Zairo, said to be the Boko Haram last stronghold.
Recall that since the claim by the Nigerian military over the destruction of Camp Zairo in the Sambisa Forest, Boko Haram militants have made several attacks particularly in Borno, probably to send a massage that, they a very much on ground.
While confirming the attack which occurred on Saturday at a military location in Buni Yadi, the spokesman of the 27 Task Force Brigade, Lt. George Okupe in a text message to newsmen said the attack was successfully repelled by the troops.
According to Lt. Okupe “Buni Yadi came under attack at about 6:15 pm, but troops have successfully repelled the attack. We cannot confirm casualty figure now but things are under control. Details will be made available to you as soon as we are done with all necessary clearance.”
However, soldiers, who claimed they lost an officer and men in the attack told newsmen that, there is no need to hide what has happened; “The attack was a surprise one, and anyone can be taken unawares. The insurgents came from the eastern side of the brigade in large numbers and launched superior fire power on the military formation before they were repelled,” The Soldiers said.
The casualty on the side of Boko Haram is yet to be disclosed, but another military source disclosed that the insurgents also suffered heavy casualty in the attack as many dead bodies were seen scattered in the bush.
Buni Yadi, the headquarters of Gujba Local Government was taken over by the insurgents for almost a year before it was recaptured by the military in May 2015. However, earlier reports from the area suggested that, men with automatic weapons had been seen in large number since the military claimed victory over the Boko Haram militants in Sambisa Forest, where it claimed it recovered the Boko Haram’s leader’s Holy Book and Flag.