Good news for Barça as it seems that Toure Yaya will be fit for this Sunday’s game against Almeria. Gianluca Zambrotta could also be included in the squad. With Deco out injured Toure is a vital piece to bring a balance to the midfield. Rafa Marquez is close to returning but it is more likely […]

Samuel Eto’o and Toure Yaya will no longer occupy places as non-European Union players after the Spanish Football Federation took the decision to accept an agreement signed in 2000 between the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific states which affects the players of 77 states.

Samuel Eto’o was involved in a minor traffic accident this afternoon. The player was driving his car into a parking zone in Barcelona when his car hit a passing motorbike. The motorbike was being driven by a 20-year-old woman who suffered a fractured collarbone, while Eto’o was unhurt.

Frank Rijkaard has had to call on 14 players from Barça B for tomorrow night’s Copa Catalunya semi-final match against Girona. With a mass exodus for international duty, only Valdés, Ezquerro, Sylvinho, Jorquera, Oleguer and Marquez are available from the first team squad.

The injury that Samuel Eto’o suffered in last night’s game against Inter Milan is more serious than it seemed at first. He has torn a tendon in his right thigh and is expected to be out for a minimum of eight weeks. Club doctors declared in a statement that Eto’o has a “partial tear of […]

Ronaldinho will no longer occupy a non-european place as today he swore on the Spanish constitution to become officially a Spanish citizen. Giovani dos Santos is also expected to gain Spanish citizenship in the next few days. This means that Barça will have only Eto’o and Touré as non-EU players.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/gabriele_marcotti/article1963015.ece  
This has been on various sites but I thought I’d give it the Barça angle. Five Barça players make the top 21 places which is pretty impressive. Messi should be higher than ninth and perhaps Eto’o is a bit high at fourth. What I can’t understand is there’s no place for Xavi, Iniesta or Deco while […]

Joan Laporta revealed today that Samuel Eto’o will remain at Barça. Laporta also confirmed that Ronaldinho and Frank Rijkaard will also be here.

Stories are appearing every day in the newspapers about the future of Samuel Eto’o, the latest being the interest from AC Milan. When asked about this interest, Barça’s sporting director Txiki Begiristain replied “We have absolutely no doubt: we want Eto’o to stay.” Eto’o himself has not expressed any desire to leave, however, there is […]

It is being suggested in some newspapers that Liverpool have offered 60 million euros for Samuel Eto’o. While I don’t believe for a minute that Eto’o will leave this summer, it got me pondering as to how much would be necessary for me to begin thinking about taking the money.