Oleguer Presas will be out of action for six weeks after X-rays confirmed an oblique fracture of the third metacarpal bone in his left hand. I understand this is the second bone of his middle finger but I’m no anatomist. Apparantly Oleguer received the injury in the first half, and perhaps this might help to explain his […]

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. […]

International friendlies are not usually my cup of tea especially when I was really getting into the Copa del Rey games. But with Bojan supposedly making his debut for Spain, and England playing their first game under Capello I decided to set the video for one game, the DVD recorder for the other game, go out […]

Bad news for Barça as doctors have confirmed that Carles Puyol has a slight muscle tear in his leg. Puyol had to be substituted at half time of yesterday’s game with Villarreal and today’s scans have shown the tear is about two centimetres long. Puyol has been told that he will need three to four […]

After taking part in a training match for 60 minutes this afternoon Ronaldinho has received medical clearance to play again. Ronnie hasn’t played since Dec 23 due to a tendon problem in his left knee which has seen him on the sidelines missing eight matches. He will probably appear at some point during Thursday’s Copa […]

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 […]

After undergoing a scan this morning it was confirmed that Jose Edmilson has a torn adductor muscle in his left thigh. However, doctors were cautious as to how long he will be out, preferring to wait to see how the injury evolves in the next few days.

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.

Frank Rijkaard has named a list of 16 players for tomorrow’s second leg cup game with Alcoyano (kick off 6pm local time), and there is no place for Ronaldinho who has tendonitis is his left leg. Also missing are Thierry Henry who has been suffering with migraine and Gianluca Zambrotta who has flu. Leo Messi and Oleguer Presas are […]

Albert Jorquera will miss the rest of the season after getting injured early in tonight’s match between Euskal Herria and Catalunya. Jorquera twisted his right knee and is believed to have torn ligaments. It is the same injury that forced Xavi to miss most of the 2005/2006 season.