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Eric Abidal returns to Camp Nou

Yes, that’s right! He’s not back in training yet though. He paid a visit to Camp Nou to visit his team mates wearing a jacket with the number 22 on it. That’s an excellent news for Barcelona. It seems he is recovering really well. Hope to see him back in action soon. It has been…

Xavi Hernandez Set To Land His 100th Cap For Spain

Xavi Hernandez Set To Land His 100th Cap For Spain

Xavi Hernandez’s glittering career is set to endure another monumental milestone as he looks set to collect his 100th international cap for Spain against the Czech Republic on Friday night in their Euro 2012 qualifier. The Barcelona midfielder has endured a beautiful career both club and country where he has became a European champion as…

Benzema is rapidly becoming one to count on in Madrid

The Champions Leauge man...

Mission impossible: Getting Benzema to develop into a monster on the field.  That was the case just four months ago and in one press conference after the other, Mourinho was unhappy with the Frenchman, even though Mourinho always had hope. It´s probably unjust against Benzema to say that if Higuaín would not have been injured, then Benzema…

Abidal’s Header: Greatest Header of Recent Times?

During the 1-1 draw against Sevilla, Barcelona’s defender Eric Abidal pulled off one of the greatest headers of recent times when he hurled himself face first into the ground to pass the ball to a defender. Of course, the ball was between Abidal’s face and the ground. Here’s a YouTube video of the incident and…

Eric Abidal Diagnosed With Liver Tumor, Will Undergo Surgery

Eric Abidal Diagnosed With Liver Tumor, Will Undergo Surgery

Barcelona announced the sad news regarding the 31 year old French left-back Eric Abidal that he has been diagnosed with liver tumor and will need to undergo surgery. The La Liga club announced the news via their official Twitter feed. They said: “A liver tumor has been detected in the player Eric Abidal and he…

Guardiola to join Arsenal next season?

Guardiola to join Arsenal next season?

The British tabloid, Daily Star, reported a couple of days ago that Barcelona fear that Pep Guardiola will join Arsenal at the end of next season. We know that Guardiola extended his contract only till the end of 2012. Using that as an excuse, Daily Star writer Paul Hetherington claimed that the reason behind extending…

How a more defensive approach from Barcelona could lay Arsenal low

How a more defensive approach from Barcelona could lay Arsenal low

Yes, you are reading that correctly. Is it madness to alter the winning formation, or madness to not alter things against a side that will be no ordinary opposition at Camp Nou?

The Evolution Of The ‘Target Man’

The Evolution Of The ‘Target Man’

You won’t believe what target men get up to these days…

Premier League struggles to compete with merchandise revenues of Real Madrid & Barcelona

Premier League struggles to compete with merchandise revenues of Real Madrid & Barcelona

The TV income issue in Spain has been well-documented as the rift began to develop between La Liga clubs. Simply put, Real Madrid and Barcelona had individual TV deals making an estimated €1,500 million more than the next club in the last ten years according to Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido. But both the…

Soccerlens’ Top Five Strikers Of The Last 20 Years

Soccerlens’ Top Five Strikers Of The Last 20 Years

As the footballing sphere bids farewell to one of it’s greatest ever patrons, legendary Brazilian forward Ronaldo, we at Soccerlens thought it high time to compile a concise list of our top five ‘strikers in world football’ – with the only stipulation being that any nominee must have played ‘up top’ and have had been in their prime at some point during the last two decades.