FC Barcelona news

L’escut del Bara

Barcelona Offside — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:34:30 +0000

A day or two ago, reader Andrew asked what was going on with Atletico Madrid’s crest (a bear and a strawberry tree? Say what?) and Anthony Al over on the Atletico blog kindly responded with a full post explaining el Oso y el Madroo. Reader Ursus checked in with some ursine links of his own [...]

Toure happy at Barca

SkySports — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:42:46 +0000

Yaya Toure claims he spoke to Arsene Wenger in the summer, but insists he is happy at Barcelona.

Number of the day: 11313

FCBTransfers — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:13:00 +0000

11.313 the record number of metres run by Barcelona player Eidur Gudjohnsen during last week's Champions League game against Sporting more numbers

Player of the Month: October

FCBTransfers — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:49:00 +0000

1. Lionel Messi 2. Samuel Eto'o 3. The whole team Player of the month September: *Andrs Iniesta* (read more here) Man of the match poll results during the month October: Shakhtar-Barcelona 1. Messi 91% 2. Guardiola 1% 2. Marquez 1% Barcelona-Atletico 1. Messi 37% 2. The whole team 24% 3. Xavi 13% Athletic-Barcelona 1. Valdes 30% 2. Eto'o 27% 3. Iniesta 16% Basel-Barcelona 1. Bojan

Barcelona wants to renew Victor Sanchez

FCBTransfers — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:59:00 +0000

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona will soon start talking on the contract renewal of Barcelona polyvalent defender and midfielder Vctor Snchez (21) (read more here). A scheduled meeting last Thursday between the player's agent and Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain was cancelled for personal reasons but the renewal negotiations should start in the coming days. A rapid

Barcelona star Messi doesn’t envy Man Utd’s Ronaldo

Tribal Football — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:42:53 +0000

Barcelona star Lionel Messi insists he doesn't envy new Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. read more

Agent of Barcelona’s Sylvinho leaves Celtic door open

Tribal Football — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:41:36 +0000

The agent of Barcelona wing-back Sylvinho has left the door open to a January move to Celtic. Hans Lamberz said: "Nothing can be discounted. read more

REAL MADRID, Eto’o in 2010?

TransferMarketWeb — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:57:41 +0000

According to Sportrivela, Real Madrid are preparing a great strike on the market for 2010, when the elections for the new chairman will be held. It seems in fact that...

ARSENAL, Wenger comments on Flamini and Hleb

TransferMarketWeb — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:19:11 +0000

Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger had the following to say about two former Gunners : midfielders Mathieu Flamini (now with AC Milan) and Alexander...

Copa Round of 16 draw: Atltico Madrid - Bara

Barcelona Offside — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:13:58 +0000

The draw for the Copa del Rey round of 16 occurred today and Barcelona drew Atltico Madrid, with Barcelona as home team. That means the January 7 game will be played at the Vicente Calderon and the January 14 return leg will be played at the Camp Nou. While these games seem far off, they’re not. [...]