Jose Manuel Pinto has been officially presented as a Barça player this evening (Friday) at Camp Nou. Pinto passed his medical this morning and signed this afternoon. Frank Rijkaard said that Pinto “is here to play and not just to train.” Pinto will train with the first team tomorrow and almost definitely be on the list […]

Barça and Celta have reached an agreement which will see 32-year-old goalkeeper Jose Manuel Pinto move to Barcelona on a loan deal until the end of the season. Barça will pay Celta €500,000 for the services of Pinto and have also secured an option to keep him until 2010 if they confirm this before May […]

There is a lot of speculation this morning in the English press about Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and a possible summer transfer to Barça. Drogba was quoted as desiring a move to Barça and he especially expressed a wish to partner Samuel Eto’o -  ”Any striker in my situation would be really happy to get […]

As expected Marc Crosas has signed a loan deal with Lyon until the end of the season. Before leaving Crosas admitted that he didn’t speak French. From Fcbnews, I’d like to wish him bonne chance and let’s hope he improves in order to return to Camp Nou this summer.

Marc Crosas flew to Lyon today to finalize a deal which will see him loaned to the French club until June. With the deal more or less agreed it will just depend on Crosas passing the medical. Originally, Real Sociedad were favourites to sign the midfielder, but they wanted an option to buy him at […]

First team doctor Ricard Pruna has confirmed that Ronaldinho will not be fit in time to make the trip to Mallorca for Saturday’s game. The Brazilian who is suffering from an inflamed tendon in the left knee will continue his particular recuperation plan in the hope of being fit next week.

The search for a subtitute goalkeeper may prove to be more complicated than I had first thought. Santi Cañizares is a non-starter as he would not be eligible to play for Barça in either La Liga or the Champions League this season. Barça need to find a goalkeeper who could play in both tournaments and […]

The rumours about Ronaldinho’s future continue to fill the sports pages. Chelsea magnate Roman Abramovich is once again cited as being keen on signing the Brazilian star. Meanwhile Ronaldinho’s brother and agent Roberto de Assis denied any contact with Chelsea.

As we all know the press struggle to find credible stories during the international break, do you remember the nonsense about the Barça-Madrid game being brought forward to a Friday - http://fcbnews.com/barca-madrid-on-friday-21st-december/. This week we are back to the old favourite of the offers that are being prepared for Barça’s biggest stars.

Since the unexpected news on Wednesday night that Jose Mourinho was leaving Chelsea there has been a lot of speculation in the press as to where he will go next. Coupled with the rumours that Frank Rijkaard’s job may be on the line, it is hardly surprising that there are some who suggest that Mourinho will be Barça’s […]