Well, I’m back from my holidays feeling refreshed and looking forward to tomorrow’s game (I’ll do a preveiw tomorrow). Not much seems to have happened while I was away, but Juliano Belletti has signed for Chelsea and Maxi Lopez has gone to Russia to play for FC Moscow. Neither could be considered among Barça’s greats, but both were charismatic and were popular with fans. Belletti, of course, will always be remembered for the goal against Arsenal in Paris. Good luck to both of them.

In the pre-season games that I missed, Barça beat Mission Hills 4-0 in Hong Kong and Bayern Munich 1-0 with a great volley from Messi. If you haven’t seen it yet watch here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wt_OvOAxrs