Barça have announced this lunchtime that as expected Giovani dos Santos has signed for Tottenham Hotspur for the next five seasons. A fee of €6 million has been agreed with a possible furthur €5 million to be paid in accordance with the number of games the Mexican plays.

Due to being out all day yesterday I was unable to bring you the latest news. First, in case you haven’t seen it, here is a link to Xavi’s fantastic goal for Spain against the USA on Wednesday, and also you can see Messi’s goal in Argentina’s 4-1 win over Mexico. Of the transfer stories the big news […]

I’ve had to look at a few dictionary definitions this evening: first to check what they say for “imminent” which I always understood to mean very soon, about to happen, or before you can say Jack Robinson. Then after finding the cute photo above I found myself wondering whether “ownage” is really a word or […]

I take pride in trying to bring you a decent blog here so it is with great embarrassment that I have to admit I made a cock-up of the May player of the month award (see previous post). Regular readers will remember I couldn’t see the Barça-Valencia game and therefore there is no corresponding match […]

Giovani dos Santos underwent a simple operation on his ankle today. Giovani has had problems with the bone in his ankle which have caused him bother all season but he preferred to wait until now to have the operation. He will be out of action for approximately four weeks. Hopefully he will be raring to […]

Frank Rijkaard’s job has become that little bit more difficult with the news that neither Zambrotta nor Bojan will be fit for Saturday’s tough match at Sevilla. Zambrotta suffered an injury to his middle adductor muscle in his right leg in Italy’s 3-1 victory over Portugal and is likely to be out for a week. […]

The injury that Giovani dos Santos picked up in the cup game at Alcoyano is proving to be more complicated than at first thought. Doctors originally estimated that he would need one week to return to action and he has now been 18 days on the sidelines. Today the news is that he will need […]

Positive news for Barça today when it was revealed that Giovani’s injury is less serious than feared. The Mexican was stretchered off in yesterday’s cup game at Alcoyano after a strong challenge from Carrion. Tests today have revealed that the injury is just a slightly strained ankle, Giovani should be back in training next week […]

Ronaldinho has been left out of the squad for tomorrow night’s game against Villarreal. Ronnie did not arrive in time to train with the team this morning after his long journey back from playing for Brazil, and Frank Rijkaard has decided it is better to let him rest in order to be fully fit for […]

FC Barcelona doctors have announced that Leo Messi is doudtful for Sunday evening’s game against Osasuna. Messi picked up a calf strain in his right leg in Argentina to a 1-0 victory over Australia in Melbourne.