Neymar signed his new five-year contract at Barcelona on Friday with a buy-out clause that will eventually rise to £225m. The 24-year-old sat down with Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu to put pen to paper on an agreement that keeps him at the club until 2021. His buyout clause was set at £171m on his […]
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Barcelona star Gerard Pique has stunned fans in Spain by announcing that he will stop playing for his country after the 2018 World Cup in Russia because he feels he is not wanted in the national team by some. The Barcelona defender made the announcement after Spain’s 2-0 win at Albania on Sunday in European […]
Barcelona have made the signing of Arsenal full back Hector Bellerin their top priority for next summer’s transfer window. The Spaniard left Barca to join Arsene Wenger’s side five years, but could become the latest in a long line to return to the Catalan giants after moving away. The defender has become a first-team fixture […]
According to Marca, Barcelona star Neymar turned down a staggering €50 million contract, access to a private jet and a string of hotels from Paris Saint-Germain this summer. The Barcelona forward was linked with a series of moves over the transfer window, including a possible switch to PSG and Manchester United. Instead, he chose to […]
I have to hope that Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez was misquoted when he said that he has reached a level where he can compete with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Sanchez’s former Barcelona team-mate Messi and his Real Madrid rival Ronaldo are the best players in world football, and collectively have won the Ballon d’Or […]
Last week Inter Milan signed Brazilian forward Gabriel Barbosa,aka Gabigol, for a reported €27 million. The player had the obligatory picture holding an Inter shirt and the deal seemed done and dusted. But now Barcelona have appealed to FIFA over Gabigol transfer, saying that they had secured the right of first refusal on the striker […]
Argentina beat Uruguay 1-0 in their World Cup qualifier in Mendoza last night, with Leo Messi scoring the winner. It was Messi’s first game back with Argentina after he infamously announced he was retiring from international football in the wake of Argentina’s Copa America final defeat to Chile this summer. Having lost three finals with […]
Barcelona’s sporting director Albert Soler has claimed that the club had an agreement to sign Paul Pogba, but the price for the midfielder got too high for them. Soler says that there was an agreement in place between Barca and Juventus due to the two clubs enjoying a strong relationship, where if Pogba became available […]