On Saturday FC Barcelona announced that they have reached an agreement with Rafael Marquez to terminate the players contract with the club. The 31 year old Mexican defender has been with the club since 2003, making 242 appearances (eighth all time or a foreign player). During his run he won four league titles, two Champions [...]
On Tuesday the Spanish Football Federation announced the official schedule for the upcoming 2010/2011 La Liga Season. FC Barcelona will begin their defense of the La Liga title on August 29 when they will travel to Racing Santander. Meanwhile Real Madrid will be traveling to take on Mallorca. The El Clasico will take place on [...]
On Monday Adriano Correia was presented to the pubic becoming the first player signed by new president Sandro Rosell. The presentation took place in front of the media only at Sala Paris due to the construction currently taking place to renovate the Camp Nou. Adriano signed with FC Barcelona on Saturday for four years with [...]
Though the players who participated in the World Cup did not attend, ten players from the first team (Pinto, Maxwell, Milito, Adriano, Víctor Sánchez, Keita, Hleb, Bojan, Ibrahimovic and Jeffren) along with eighteen from Barça B (Oier, Miño, Masip, Dalmau, Sergi Gómez, Armando, Fontàs, Muniesa, Martí Riverola, Ilie, Víctor Vázquez, Sergi Roberto, Jonathan dos Santos, [...]
After returning from holiday, head coach Pep Guardiola today sat down with new president Sandro Rosell to sign a one year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed but the contract insures that Guardiola and his assistant Tito Villanova will remain with the club until June 30, 2011. This upcoming season will be Guariola’s third in [...]
This past weekend FC Barcelona president Sandro Rosell traveled to South Africa to take in the World Cup and also try to meet with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. The agenda was of course to push forward the transfer of Cesc Fabregas. Both Wenger and director Ivan Gazidis held firm in their stance that Fabregas is [...]
Following months of rumors the worst kept secret in the MLS will finally come to a close as Thierry Henry will make his move to the United States. Henry will bypass the final year of his contract to join the MLS’s New York Red Bulls in a ceremony on Thursday. Henry looks to revitalize his [...]
On Tuesday, July 13 fans who want to catch FC Barcelona during their 2010 Asia Tour will be able to buy tickets for the teams match against the K-League All-Stars on August 4 at Seoul World Cup Stadium. Tickets will be available via the internet at ticket.interpark.com, tickets will not be available at the stadium.
I had only planned to see the Barcelona/Osasuna game while I was in Spain, but circumstances dictated otherwise. I caught a second division match between Levante and Huesca while I was in Valencia, and then made my way to Madrid. Several people had suggested that I ought to see a game in Madrid, and the [...]
On Tuesday FC Barcelona announced that 23 year old Dmytro Chygrynskiy has been sold back to his former club Shakhtar Donetsk for 15 millions euros. Chygrynskiy had a turbulent time at Barcelona receiving criticism over his play in the backfield for the blaugrana by fans. He appeared in only 14 matches for the club after [...]
