UEFA Champions League finalists announce Media Open Days

040 - FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC to meet international media

FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC have confirmed the dates of their Media Open Days prior to this season's UEFA Champions League Final to be played at Wembley Stadium in London on Saturday 28 May.

FC Barcelona (for administrative purposes the ‘home' team at Wembley) will hold their Media Open Day on Monday 23 May at the Camp Nou stadium. The day will start at 18:00 with a press conference with head coach Josep Guardiola. A fully open training session will start at 19:00, followed by interview opportunities with the squad of players in a mixed zone set-up.

Media wishing to attend should register by emailing premsa@fcbarcelona.cat. The deadline is 18:00 CET on Wednesday 18 May. Accreditations can be collected from Gate 15 (Porta 15) at the stadium from 16:30 on Monday 23 May.

Photographers should note that while they will be able to cover the full training session and the opening few minutes of the press conference, they will not have access to the mixed zone activity.

Manchester United FC will stage their Media Open Day on Tuesday 24 May at the club's training centre at Carrington. The day will start with a press conference with manager Sir Alex Ferguson at 09:30. This will be followed by a short training session at 10:00, the first 15 minutes of which will be open to the media. After training the squad of players will be available for interview in a mixed zone set-up.

Photographers are advised that while they will be able to cover the opening few minutes of the press conference and the open part of training, they will not have access to the mixed zone activity.

Media wishing to attend should email final@manutd.co.uk by 17:00 (18:00 CET) on Thursday 19 May.

The two teams have also confirmed their pre-match media activity for Friday 27 May at Wembley Stadium.

FC Barcelona will hold their press conference with Josep Guardiola and two players at 18:15. It will be followed by a fully open training session from 19:00 – 20:00.

Manchester United FC will hold their press conference with Sir Alex Ferguson and two players at 16:45. It will be followed by a fully open training session from 17:30 – 18:30.

Media activities at Wembley Stadium are restricted to media accredited to the UEFA Champions League Final itself. Simultaneous translation will be provided for the press conferences.

All times are local unless otherwise stated.