Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique has confirmed Luis Suarez will play in the pre-season clash on Monday. The head coach says he has been impressed by the Uruguayan in training this weekend and will give him some playing time in the Gamper Trophy The Uruguayan returned to training this weekend after the Court of Arbitration […]
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport have upheld Luis Suarez’s four-month ban for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini during this summer’s World Cup. Suarez’s lawyers argued that Fifa’s decision to suspend him from all “football-related activity” for biting Chiellini was excessive. While the Cas did not reduce Suarez’s ban, they have ruled that the Uruguay striker […]
In a move that really smells of desperation, Barcelona have paid a reported £15 million for Arsenal defender, and signed the 28-year-old to a five-year contract. This was followed on Sunday by a statement on Barcelona’s website. “Thomas Vermaelen is now officially an FC Barcelona player. A few minutes past 11:15am, the player signed a […]
The tax courts have not been very favorable to Barcelona and there players this year. First the club was hit with the “Neymar Affair”a and then today a Spanish judge rejected a prosecutor’s request to drop charges of tax fraud against Lionel Messi and ordered the investigation into three cases of suspected unpaid taxes to […]
Louis Suarez’s dream of being presented in front of a stadium full of adoring Barcelona fans has been stopped by FIFA, which have basically told Barcelona to have Suarez sign his new contract in a back room somewhere. Barca had wanted to roll out the red carpet for their record breaking summer signing from Liverpool. […]
Barcelona have officially announced the signing of Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez from English side Liverpool. The Catalan club’s website made the following statement: “FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of Luis Suárez. The Uruguayan will be travelling to Barcelona next week for a medical, to sign his five-year contract […]
I am a little surpassed that Fifa today rejected Uruguay and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez’s appeal against a four-month ban from all football-related activities for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini. The Uruguayan FA had described Fifa’s ruling as an “excessive decision” for which “there was not enough evidence”. A statement on the FIFA website said: The […]
Monaco have taken back a contract offer to former Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes after he failed a medical at the club. Valdes was expected to join the Ligue 1 outfit this summer after leaving Barcelona upon the end of his contract, but Mundo Deportivo has reported Vadim Vasilyev as telling a Press conference that the […]
So far they have made their moves via the press, but on Wednesday in London Barcelona are set to officially begin their bid to buy Luis Suarez when a club delegation meets Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre in London on Wednesday. As usual, Barcelona have used the Spanish media to begin their tapping up process. […]