Barcelona have confirmed that they will be using the Qatar Airways logo on the front of their shirts, breaking a 113 year tradition of having no corporate sponsors there. In a lucrative €35.4 million per year deal, club president Sandro Rosell said the airline will replace charity Qatar Foundation as its shirt sponsor from 1st […]
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Real Madrid and Manchester United warmed up for their showdown at Old Trafford on Tuesday with impressive wins this weekend, while Juventus took another step towards retaining theor Serie A crown. La Liga For the second time in a week Real Madrid beat Barcelona as both clubs seems to be going in opposite directions. After […]
One reason for Barcelona’s disappointing form recently has been the play of Cesc Fabregas and Andrés Iniesta and how Barcelona manager Jordo Roura continues to struggle to find a way to play them together. The chart below from WhoScored.com shows the average position on the field for the Barcelona players during last night’s El Clasico. […]
Barcelona striker David Villa has been admitted to hospital this evening with kidney stones, the La Liga leaders have confirmed. A club statement said: “The Club’s Medical Services have announced that David Villa was admitted to hospital due to a nephritic colic infection. The player will undergo kidney stone treatment in the coming hours. At […]
Lionel Messi has signed a two-year contract extension with Barcelona which will tie him to the Spanish club until June 2018. The Argentina international enjoyed a record-breaking year for club and country, scoring 91 goals in 2012. Messi put pen to paper on his new deal on Thursday afternoon and follows Carles Puyol and Xavi, […]
Real Madrid have requested to move their “El Clasico” league match against Barcelona forward to Friday March 1 from Saturday March 2. The reason is that Jose Mourinho’s side want an extra day to recover for the Champions League last 16 second-leg tie against United at Old Trafford on the 5th. If the league game […]
Real Madrid retained its title as the biggest club financially in the world as a new Deloitte report showed that the combined revenues of Europe’s top 20 clubs exceeded €4.8b in 2011-12, a 10% rise from the previous season’s top 20. In a clear indication that Uefa’s Financial Fair Play rules will not work, the […]
Pepe Reina’s father has today commented that the goalkeeper would be ‘more than delighted to return to Barcelona’ should the opportunity arise. Reina has been linked with a return to the Camp Nou in light of Victor Valdes’ confirmed desire not to renew his contract with Barca beyond June 2014. According to the Liverpool goalkeeper’s father, the opportunity […]
Víctor Valdés’ representatives have dropped a bombshell on Barcelona by telling the club that the goalkeeper will not be renewing his existing contract and will instead leave when it expires on 30th June 2014. “The agents of Victor Valdes have communicated to Barcelona in a meeting held this afternoon the irrevocable decision of the player […]