Barcelona have retained their La Liga title after defeating Granada 3-0 in their final match of the season. Their sixth league title in the last eight seasons. That means that Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta join Xavi Hernández with eight league titles to their name at the Club Luis Enrique’s men headed into Saturday’s clash […]
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Some drama behind the scenes in Spain as Barcelona are set to lose the biggest sponsorship deal in the club’s history, to their own league. Qatar Airways are coming to the end of a their £28m-a-season deal with the club and Barcelona thought they had a new £47m-a-season deal with Qatar Airways all-but signed but […]
Real Madrid’s comfortable win over Manchester City in the Champions League semi-final on Wednesday was only latest example of La Liga’s dominion over the Premier League. The Premier League might be the most watched league in the world, but when English clubs come up against Spanish sides in European competition, the results have not been […]
Interesting comments by Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu that the planned expansion of the Camp Nou will not take place until the club has reduced its debt by over €100m. Barca’s current debt is about €304, according to last years figures and Bartomeu wants to reduce it to €200m. “There is much work to be […]
Forbes has released its list of the most profitable football club in the world for last season and the list is dominated by Premier League clubs, who occupied 5 of the 10 places. Manchester United might be struggling on the field, but they dominate off it. During the 2014/2015 season, using June 2015 exchange rates, […]
Against Valencia on Sunday, Lionel Messi scored in Barca’s 2- defeat to end one of the worst scoring droughts of his career. The goal was Messi’s 500th in all competitions, 50 for Argentina and 450 for Barcelona in what has been a remarkable career. What is really amazing is that when you look at the […]
Barcelona are level on points with Atletico Madrid and one point ahead of Real Madrid with five games to go after their latest collapse against Valencia. Barcelona can still win La Liga if they win all of their remaining games but they are running on empty. As as usual there are subplots to the end […]
Football Leaks has released details of the most controversial contract in football – the deal between Neymar and Barcelona. Given all the controversy and litigation that has surrounded the Brazilian’s deal with Barcelona, the 12-page document sheds some light on the groundbreaking transfer. Neymar received an €8.5m signing bonus when he signed the contract in […]