Barça have confirmed today that Gerard Pique is the second signing of the summer. Barça have paid a reported fee of €5 million and Pique has signed for four years with a release clause set at €50 million. Pique who is the grandson of ex-Barça director Amador Bernabeu, was born in Barcelona on 2 February 1987 and grew up in […]

Barça officially announced the first signing of the summer at lunchtime today. There were no surprises as the man is Mali midfielder Seydou Keita who has signed for four years. Keita communicated to his ex-team Sevilla that he would effectively be buying himself out of his contract which is another way of saying Barça have coughed up […]

Only the final details remain to be sorted out before Seydou Keita signs for four years. Keita passed a medical yesterday and then sat down with his agent and Txiki Begiristain and Marc Ingla to agree on Keita’s personal terms. All that is left is for Barça to arrive at an agreement with Sevilla on […]

Jose Edmilson whose contract comes to an end on June 30th gave a press conference at lunchtime today to say an emotional goodbye after four years at the club. His first words were of thanks to “the supporters, the members and to all the people who have helped me to complete a dream.” Edmilson said […]

According to El Sport Lilian Thuram could receive an offer from Arsenal to continue playing for another year. Thuram, who is 36, was planning to retire at the end of this season, but a chance to join up again with Arsene Wenger may persuade the Frenchman to continue for another season. Wenger gave Thuram his […]

After all the rumours this week it seems that negotiations with three players are in an advanced stage. If transfer fees can be agreed with the clubs, the first signings of the summer could be Dani Alves and Seydou Keita from Sevilla, and Gerard Pique from Manchester United.

With the end of the season drawing close it is no surprise that the Catalan sports press is full of stories of who Barça are going to buy and sell in the summer. El Sport headlined with the story of Kaka being a possible target, seeing as Ronaldinho and Zambrotta could both be on their […]

It’s not official yet but all the Spanish sports press are running the story that the decision was taken in a meeting of the Comision Delegada this afternoon for Pep Guardiola to take over from Frank Rijkaard as Barça’s coach at the end of the season. While I will be reasonably happy with the choice […]

The press have been going a bit crazy this week with non-stop speculation about the comings and goings at Barça. There has been a lot of talk about Jose Mourinho again as next season’s coach but today Marca claim he has not accepted Barça’s proposal to have him as coach with Pep Guardiola as his […]

According to reports in this morning’s papers Jose Edmilson is looking at a possible move to Villarreal. El Sport states that the player underwent a medical at Villarreal on Monday. The player finishes his contract at Barça on June 30 and is therefore free to negotiate with other clubs. Edmilson will be 32 on July […]