La Manga Club's relationship with FC Barcelona continues to flourish after revealing that the global soccer giants will stage its popular Official Barcelona Junior Football Camp at Spain's flagship resort for the third year running this summer.

With five-time World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi leading the way, the European and Spanish champions continue to set the benchmark in club football, and youngsters can discover what it takes to be the best at the camp, which takes place at La Manga Club from July 25-29.

With the side's style of quick passing and free-flowing attacking football, Barcelona provide the ideal role model to learn from, and children can train using the same methods as its stars, as well as learning the club's core values including leadership, sportsmanship, teamwork and self-control.

Open to girls and boys between the ages of six and 17, the highly sought-after camp includes five hours' daily training from Barcelona's official coaches, recreational activities and lunch.

In addition, those taking part will also receive a diploma for their attendance and two training kits, plus the chance to win signed shirts from the club's star-studded first team and the possibility for the best player during the week to train with the FCBESCOLA, the FC Barcelona Football School.

Prices start at €475 (approx £380) per person for a week-long training programme, while children can attend the football camp on an individual basis including a week's full board accommodation in the resort's four-star Las Lomas Village for €950 (approx £760) per person.

With extensive facilities including eight FIFA-approved grass pitches, La Manga Club has made a name for itself as a first-choice destination for warm-weather football training breaks, with the game's biggest names including FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and, most recently, Newcastle United, among the sides to have stayed at the resort.

Set in 1,400 acres, the award-winning venue is also the official overseas training base of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and boasts unrivalled facilities as a sports and leisure destination including three 18-hole golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than 20 bars and restaurants.

For further details about the Official FC Barcelona Football Club Camp, visit http://www.fcbcamp.cat/lamanga or phone La Manga Club on +34 968 17 50 00.

For further details about La Manga Club, visit www.lamangaclub.com.

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La Manga Club
La Manga Club – www.lamangaclub.com – is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante.

Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three championship golf courses, a new Leadbetter Golf Academy – the only one in mainland Spain – a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars.

As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2016. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.

As a result of more than 40 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades.

La Manga Club was the proud recipient of a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, for the facilities and service on offer at its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe. The resort has been voted 'Best Golf Hotel/Resort in Spain' by UK readers of Today's Golfer magazine for the last four years and was named 'Best Golf Hotel in Spain' at the 2014 and 2015 World Golf Awards. La Manga Club has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.

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For more information on La Manga Club contact Pete Simm on 01730 711920 or email petes@theazaleagroup.com