One of the great things about Football Club Barcelona is the fact that it is a club owned by its members. Every four years the members can vote for one of the members to be president of the club. In the club’s statutes there also exists the right to challenge the current president with a vote of no […]

Joan Laporta gave a press conference this evening to confirm what had been so disgracefully leaked to the press on Monday. Pep Guardiola will take over from Frank Rijkaard as first team coach at the end of the season.

FC Barcelona have reported the theft of president Joan Laporta’s computer. The theft took place on Wednesday night during the game with Manchester United. The thief was caught on security camaras climbing into Laporta’s office through a window. The club found out on Thursday morning and immediately reported the theft to the police.
Any guesses as […]

Joan Laporta made an emotional speech this afternoon to a group of Barça fans, asking the fans to ignore the criticisms that have been made recently. At times Laporta’s voice was raised to a shout as he accused some in the press of hypocrisy as they say they are with Barça but it reality they […]

Barça president Joan Laporta has reportedly offered the players a special bonus to beat Valencia tomorrow night. Laporta talked to the players for twenty minutes with the agreement of Frank Rijkaard and Txiki Begiristain, and asked for unity and that the players should isolate themselves from external comments. Laporta is supposedly worried that a failure to reach […]

I know this is yesterday’s news but I didn’t have time to comment on the board of directors’ decision to stand by Frank Rijkaard at least until the end of this season. Firstly, I am pleased with the decision, I have stated many times that changing the coach mid-season is rarely the solution. Things would […]

You have probably already heard about the new organization set up to represent the interests of the clubs. The G14 is to be disbanded and replaced by the European Clubs Association (ECA) which will represent 103 clubs from 53 different football associations.

According to the Catalan TV station TV3, Joan Laporta has given Frank Rijkaard a type of ultimatum to get the team working in line with the quality of the players. The report suggested that Rijkaard has until October 7th to turn things around.

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