As already mentioned in a previous comments section Leo Messi has been included in the squad for tomorrow evening’s match in Huelva against Recreativo (kick off 10pm). Messi has trained normally with the group this week but his inclusion is still a bit of a surprise and slightly sooner than the six weeks that was […]

Xavier Sala Martin who is the President of Barça’s economic commission made some highly revealing statements this morning on Radio Catalunya. Sala Matin suggested that some players are not really injured but that they have been separated and isolated from the team.

Frank Rijkaard has named the same 18-man squad that travelled to Germany, for tomorrow evening’s league game at home to Getafe (kick off 9pm). With Ronaldinho out for six weeks and Deco still not recovered from his injury problems there were only 19 first team players fit, and Santi Ezquerro was the player Rijkaard chose […]

If you have visited Barcelona in the last 20 years you may well have seen this guy juggling a football at the top end of the Ramblas. His name is Joan Sabaté and he is known as El Maradona de La Rambla, today is his 65th birthday and he is going to retire, though he […]

The Comité Español de Disciplina Deportiva (CEDD) have agreed to suspend the closure of Betis’s ground. This means that tomorrow’s match will take place at Betis’s Ruiz Lopera stadium after all, but Betis will still have to play two matches somewhere else at a later date. I have to admit I didn’t think the punishment was the […]

Carles Puyol has recovered in time from the injury he received playing for Spain on Wednesday, and has been included in Barça’s 18-man squad for tomorrow evening’s match against Betis (kick off 8pm). Giovani dos Santos and Santi Ezquerro return to the squad after injury. Giovani hasn’t played since the Villarreal game on March 9th […]

Barça have agreed to play a friendly match with Fiorentina in Florence on July 30th. The match is being held to honour the ex-president of Uefa Artemio Franchi who died in a traffic accident 25 years ago. Franchi was also president of the Italian Football Federation and vice-president of Fifa. The last time Barça played […]

 
Barça’s under-11 team proved that at least one thing works at the club, and that is the youth scheme which continues to produce some fantastic players. In a tournament played in  San Pedro del Pinatar the boys restored some pride for Barça by beating Real Madrid 1-0 in the semi final and Valencia 1-0 in the […]

Ronaldinho has once again been left out of the squad for tomorrow afternoon’s game at home to Valladolid (kick off 5pm Spanish time). The official version is that he is still suffering discomfort in the adductor muscle in his right leg, but no doubt there will be many questions asked about the truth of this. […]

Barça travel to Almeria without Ronaldinho with a groin strain and Giovani dos Santos who has an ankle injury. This makes a total of nine first team absentees as Messi, Toure, Deco, Marquez, Ezquerro and Jorquera are all out injured and Zambrotta is serving a one-match suspension. Oleguer Presas is fit and back in the squad […]