I’ve been walking everywhere for the last few weeks as I need to lose a couple of kilos, but this morning I took a taxi home from Badalona cos it’s miles away. The taxi driver, who incidentally bore an uncanny resemblance to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, told me a remarkable story about Samuel Eto’o.

I was coming home from the fiestas in Poble Sec tonight when the taxi driver told me a very strange story. Apparently, the driver’s sister-in-law works as a cleaner in one of those posh hotels on the Costa Brava and one of the guests last week was none other than the hero of the Rambo and […]

I was coming back from Gracia this evening and the taxi driver told me a story about Victor Valdes that will have Frank Rijkaard more than a little concerned. Apparently the driver’s daughter goes to one of those fancy posh hair salons of the type that footballers go to.

This morning I got a taxi home from the Ramblas and the driver told me that Terry Venables is coming back to Barça as first team coach. Apparently the taxi driver’s son got done for speeding the other day, I think I now know who taught him to drive.

I was coming back from Barceloneta this afternoon and the taxi-driver told me a pretty worrying story. The other day his wife was out shopping and she only sees Eidur Gudjohnsen in Iceland (the supermarket not his native land).

I was in a taxi coming back from the Sagrada Familia this afternoon, and the driver was telling me that Samuel Eto’o will definitely be leaving Barça this summer. The driver reckoned that his brother worked in a key cutting shop, and that once in a while Frank Rijkaard came in to get his chubb […]

I was coming back from Parc Güell this afternoon and the taxi driver told me that “one of the best kept secrets at Barça is that Leo Messi is going to leave this summer to sign for West Ham.”
He reckoned that one of his sister’s mates  goes to the same dry cleaners as Messi. Apparently this friend coincided […]