Stunning news for FIFA that they have handed FC Barcelona a transfer ban for the next TWO transfer windows (this summer and next winter) for irregularities in the signing of 12 foreign players under the age of 18. The FIFA investigation was reportedly centred on several minors who were registered by the club and participated […]
La Liga
The La Liga title race took another turn on Wednesday as Real Madrid lost for the second time in four days while title contenders Atletico Madrid and Barcelona pulled clear with wins. So in less than a week, Real’s main rivals have picked up six points on them in the standings. Barca’s win appears costly […]
The impressive win against Manchester City in the Champions League has covered up what has been a very up and down season by Barcelona. They have failed to hit the heights of previous season’s and Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at relegation-threatened Valladolid was third defeat in seven league games and their fourth defeat in the league […]
Barcelona have settled with the Spanish tax authorities and will pay the inland revenue £11.2m (13.5m euros) after being charged with tax fraud over the signing of Neymar. Despite making the payment Barca still claim they are innocent of tax evasion and insist that they had not committed any offence. “The aim is to cover […]
It is never a good sign when the tax authorities get involved in a business transaction, and that is the case in Spain where Spain’s tax authorities was launching a case claiming a ‘fraud’ of 9.1 million euros in the complicated 86.2 million euro transfer of Neymar to the club last summer. **Updated** Barcelona have […]
Barcelona defender Dani Alves has slammed the fans at the Camp Nou saying that the lack of atmosphere makes it feels like they are ‘playing away’ at the moment and that the uneasy atmosphere in the stadium is affecting the players. “We feel like we’re playing away from home,” he told Marca. “But losing makes […]
The La Liga title run took an unexpected turn on Saturday when Valencia inflicted Barcelona’s first league defeat at the Camp Nou since April 2012 as they came from behind to win 3-2. Starting the day ahead of Atlético Madrid on goal difference and a point clear of Real Madrid, Barcelona hoped to open up […]
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has resigned as the truth about Neymar’s summer transfer from Santos comes out. Rosell resigned a day after a judge agreed to hear a lawsuit accusing him of allegedly hiding the true cost to acquire Neymar. Barcelona and Rosell had maintained that they paid “just” €57 million to sign Neymar from […]