Madrid: Barcelona announced an extraordinary board meeting Thursday amid reports that president Sandro Rosell may be poised to resign because of a legal wrangle over the signing of Brazilian star Neymar. "Today, Thursday January 23, at 18:00, there will be an extraordinary board meeting at the club offices," Barcelona said in a statement without elaborating.

Pressure mounted on Rosell, 49, after a Spanish judge agreed Wednesday to hear a case made against him by one of the club's own members for alleged misappropriation of funds in the deal which brought Brazilian star Neymar to the club last year.