Barcelona
Barcelona’s indifferent start to the season continued on Saturday as they lost 2-1 to Sevilla in a riveting game at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Michael Krohn-Delhi gave the hosts the lead after 52 minutes and Vicente Iborra increased the advantage six minutes later, capitalising on awful defending from the Catalans. Neymar pulled one back for […]
Lionel Messi will be out for up to eight weeks after suffering knee ligament damage in Barcelona’s 2-1 win over Las Palmas on Saturday, the Catalan giants confirmed. “Tests have confirmed that Leo Messi suffered a torn internal collateral knee ligament. The estimated time out will be seven to eight weeks,” Barcelona said in a […]
Not a big surprise to see Barcelona’s Lionel Messi be named the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award on Thursday ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suárez. This is the second time that Messi has won the award. Messi, speaking after the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, said: “We’re a unified squad who worked […]
Barcelona have for the most part thumbed their noses at FIFA over their transfer ban,signing both Arda Turan and Aleix Vidal this summer, despite them not being able to play until the new year. While these are two quality signings that will undoubtably help the European Champions in the second half of the season, there […]
Manchester United bound Pedro was the hero as Barcelona added the UEFA Super Cup to their treble win of trophies last season with a stunning 5-4 win over Sevilla. Two magnificent free-kicks from Lionel Messi plus goals from Rafinha and Luis Suarez looked to have Barça well on course to claim their fourth trophy of […]
European and Spanish champions Barcelona will “fight” to stop the best players joining the Premier League, says the club’s president Josep Maria Bartomeu. The Premier League’s new £5.1bn television deal will give English clubs huge financial power from the 2016-17 season. But European champions Barcelona feel they can combat the threat. “We are going to […]
According to Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu, the Spanish champions are not buying new players for this summer after completing the purchases of Aleix Vidal and Arda Turan Spain defender Vidal signed for Barca last month following his transfer from Sevilla and Turkey international midfielder Turan recently joined the Catalan giants from Atletico Madrid. “We’ve made […]
The Mirror is reporting that Manchester United are plotting a £22 million swoop for Barcelona forward Pedro to boost Louis van Gaal’s attacking options. Van Gaal has allowed Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao to leave United this summer, leaving his only striking options Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez and James Wilson. Hernandez, who is recovering […]