Regular readers will know I’m not one to do too many transfer rumours, we all know that some newspapers and websites will print anything for the sake of selling more. However, this week two top class forwards have once again been offering themselves to Barça. Sometimes, of course, players are just being polite when journalists ask them if they would like to play for such-and-such a team one day. In the case of Didier Drogba it is clear that he is looking to leave Chelsea. Keep reading →

Frank Rijkaard has only fifteen first team players available after Deco and Sylvinho dropped out today. Deco took a knock on the ankle playing for Portugal on Wednesday and Sylvinho has a muscle strain in his right leg. They join Toure, Eto’o, Bojan, Zambrotta, Puyol, Ezquerro and Jorquera on the absentee list. Three players from Barça B (all called Victor!)  have been called up to complete the 18-man squad. Keep reading →

The LFP have announced the kick off times for next weekend’s games. Barça’s game at Zaragoza has been set once again for 10pm on Saturday. This means the game will be televised live on Spanish TV, probably on La Sexta and TV3. Real Madrid will also play on Saturday kicking off their game at Betis at 8pm. You may now organize your lives. 

Barça have announced that they will play a friendly game in Kuwait at the end of May against club side Kazma SC. This will be Barça’s first ever game in Kuwait and no doubt it will be greeted with excitement by Kuwaiti football fans, while for Barça fans the first thought will probably be: how much are we getting paid for this? Kazma play at the Kazma SC stadium which has a capacity for 20,000 spectators. Keep reading →

It was not to be for Ivory Coast and Toure Yaya who were soundly beaten by Egypt in tonight’s second semi final in Kumasi. Egypt will now face Samuel Eto’o and Cameroon who they already beat 4-2 in the first game of the group stage. Egypt took an early lead from Ahmed Fathy’s deflected shot, but it was in the second half that the game really came to life. Keep reading →

Cameroon have upset the host nation Ghana by beating them 1-0 in the first of today’s semi-finals. In the 71st minute Samuel Eto’o played a part in the game’s only goal sending a through ball to substitute Alain N’Kong to score. Cameroon will now play the winner of Egypt and Ivory Coast in Sunday’s final. Congratulations Samuel.

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. Bojan has been set a special treatment programme to help him recover from his gastroenteritis and he is expected to rejoin the group for training next week. Keep reading →

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 to eat and come back and watch both games. Keep reading →

I was pleasantly surprised this morning to discover I have been nominated for the “Best La Liga Blog” in the 2007 Soccerlens Awards. If you like this blog I would very much appreciate your taking a moment to vote for me. Just click here and vote for FC Barcelona News, it will take you less than 20 seconds. This could turn out to be a bigger contest than Hillary versus Obama. Keep reading →

Not the best news for Barça today as the yellow card that Dani Alves received in Sevilla’s win at Recreativo has been overturned by our friends at the Real Federación Española de Fútbol. The card would have meant Alves missing Saturday’s clash with Barça; however, Sevilla’s appeal was successful. Keep reading →