The Lionel Messi will he stay or leave saga threatens to destroy the rest of Barcelona’s season will news breaking on a daily basis about is relationship with the club. On the morning that the news broke that Chelsea had spoken to Messi’s father (and agent) about a possible move this summer, former Barcelona assistant […]
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According to Catalan radio station RAC 1, Chelsea have been in touch with Lionel Messi’s dad to sound him out about a possible move to London in the summer. The exact words used on the airwaves were that the club owned by Roman Abramovich approached the star’s father, Jorge, “to raise the option of playing […]
FC Barcelona is in total disarray at the moment after the firing of sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta and the resignation of his assistant Carles Puyol earlier this week and reports out of Spain suggest that Luis Suarez’s future at the club is in doubt after his £75 million move from Liverpool in the summer. Suarez […]
FC Barcelona is a club in turmoil after sacking sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta, while club legend Carles Puyol has also left his position at the Spanish giants. Puyol was operating as Zubizarreta’s assistant, but announced he had terminated his working contract at the club in the wake of Zubizarreta’s sacking on Monday. Barcelona is still […]
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have upheld FIFA’s decision to punish Barcelona with a ban for two consecutive transfer windows, a decision that has left the Spanish club furious. FIFA issued the ban in April after Barca were found guilty of repeatedly breaching transfer regulations, and world football’s governing body also rejected an […]
The three finalists for this year’s FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the best player of 2014 have been released. As expected the nominees are Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Lionel Messi (Argentina) and Manuel Neuer (Germany). Current holder Ronaldo and Messi have already won the award six times between them and the Real Madrid star is expected […]
Fascinating interview with former Dutch and Barcelona legend Johan Cruyff on Spain’s Radio Cope’s ‘El Partido de las 12’. Last week, while on international duty, Messi hinted that his future might lie away from the Camp Nou, and Cruyff was asked about the relationship between Messi and FC Barcelona Here are some of his answers: […]
Fresh off becoming the all-time leading scoring in La Liga, Barcelona star Lionel Messi on Tuesday became the record goalscorer in Champions League history as he led Barcelona to a 4-0 victory over APOEL Nicosia. After Luis Suarez had opened the scoring with his first goal for Barca, Messi scored for the 72nd time in […]
Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has given the strongest hint yet that he could leave the Spanish giants saying “things can change a lot in soccer ” before appearing to contradict himself by adding “if it was up to me I would stay forever”. The four-times world player of the year, who joined Barça’s academy at […]