For the first time in quite a while, neither Real Madrid nor Barcelona placed among the five biggest spenders of the summer according to Transfermarkt. Madrid shelled out just 55 million euros, and a large chunk of that was reserved for Fabio Coentrao. Nuri Sahin, Jose Callejon and Raphael Varane arrived for modest fees, while […]
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Barcelona began their bid for a fourth consecutive La Liga title with a spellbinding 5-0 win against Villarreal at the Nou Camp. Emerging star Thiago started the scoring in the 25th minute before Cesc Fabregas made it 2-0 on his league debut. Fellow newcomer Alexis Sanchez also marked his debut with a goal before Lionel […]
Lionel Messi and Cesc Fàbregas scored late in either half as Barcelona beat nine-man Porto 2-0 to win the UEFA Super Cup for the second time in three years. The was very open from the opening whistle and Hulk had already curled a free-kick over from a promising position before Víctor Valdés dived to his […]
Lionel Messi has been voted the inaugural winner of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. The Barcelona forward finished ahead of club-mate Xavi Hernández and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo in a poll of sports journalists representing each of the UEFA member associations. Messi, the overwhelming winner, collected his prize at the UEFA Champions League […]
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has accused Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho of “wrecking Spanish football” following the European champions’ stormy Spanish Super Cup win. “Mourinho is wrecking Spanish football,” Pique said. “People are looking for culprits but they are in Madrid. Someone needs to get the video, analyse it and say who is to blame. […]
Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho is already in midseason from and has he picked up where he left off last season by calling Barcelona “a small team” after losing in last night’s Supercopa second leg at the Nou Camp. For 88 minutes last night’s match was a fantastic footballing spectacle between arguably the best two […]
Barcelona have won the Spanish Super Cup for the tenth time after a brilliant Lionel Messi scored two goals in a 3-2 home win against Real Madrid, earning the European champions a 5-4 aggregate victory. The game was marred by two red cards to Real Madrid players as the bad blood between the two sides […]
UEFA has announced that a total of €754.1m was distributed to clubs participating in the Champions League last season and that Barcelona and Manchester United received the largest amounts. The €754.1m prize money allotted to the 32 teams who figured from the group stage onwards consisted of €413m in fixed amounts plus €341,100,000 from the […]
Barcelona’s new number four was unveiled at the Camp Nou this afternoon and the headline on the Barcelona web site said it all “Back Home” Eight years after leaving for Arsenal, Cesc (he is no longer Cesc Fabregas, he is just Cesc) has come home to fulfill a dream. Before taking questions from the media […]