Featuring the likes of four-time World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona is the envy of the soccer world with its galaxy of global stars and children have the chance to learn from the club's top coaches at Spain's La Manga Club resort this summer.

Messi and club teammates Andres Iniesta, Xavi, Neymar, Cesc Fabregas, Dani Alves and Alexis Sanchez will be among the Barcelona players putting their full array of skills on display when the 2014 World Cup kicks off in Brazil next month.

With its exciting brand of quick passing and free-flowing attacking football, Barcelona has taken football to a new level in recent years, making the European footballing giant the perfect team to pick up advice from.

The Official FC Barcelona Football Club Camp will take place at La Manga Club for the first time from July 21-25, giving budding stars of the future the chance to learn some of the secrets of the club and emulate their footballing idols, and is open to girls and boys between the ages of seven and 17.

Each day includes five hours' training from Barcelona's official coaches, recreational activities and lunch. In addition, those taking part will also receive a diploma for their attendance and training kit, plus the chance to win signed shirts from the club's star-studded first team.

Prices start at €450 per person for a week-long training programme, while children can attend the sootball camp on an individual basis including a week's full board accommodation in the resort's four-star Las Lomas Village for €950 per person.

Boasting eight international-standard grass pitches, La Manga Club's extensive facilities has made it a popular destination for some of the world's football and sporting elite, while more than 60 teams have stayed at the five-star venue to play and train since the start of the year including the likes of Borussia Dortmund and England's women's side.

Widely regarded as Spain's flagship resort, La Manga Club has been at the forefront of sports and leisure destinations in Europe for more than four decades.

Set in an area three times the size of Monaco, the resort boasts unrivalled facilities as a sport and leisure venue including three 18-hole championship 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, phone La Manga Club on +34 968 17 50 00 or email campusfcb@lamangaclub.com. 

For more information about La Manga Club and to book a break, call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reservas@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com. 

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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 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 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.