Barcelona

Football Club Barcelona today completed their third signing of the summer. Eric Abidal passed his medical examination and has signed for the next four seasons.

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So – Klose is off to Bayern. Henry is off to Barcelona. I don’t quite know why, but these two headlines got me worked up. The thing is – I just don’t get why they’re leaving. On top of that, …

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Let’s make a couple of things clear to begin with. First is that Samuel Eto’o is not going to leave FC Barcelona this summer, the player has no desire to leave and Laporta and Txiki Beguiristain have both stated that …

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Update: It’s confirmed – and the twist is that Henry says he’s leaving because Wenger won’t be extended his contract beyond 2008 at Arsenal. Cue doomsday calls from the media. Arsenal will survive though, and it’ll be interested to see …

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A quick look at recent news coming out of Barcelona, courtesy of our new Barca blog. If you read nothing else, check out the player by player review, which is an excellent piece of work by N.

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Many congratulations to Nig for getting started at his new home for his Barca blog – Nig, if you remember, has written on SL a couple of times and is a crazy Barca fan (is there any other kind?). Check …

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By eleven o’clock this evening we will know who is this season’s La Liga champions.

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Welcome to the rumour busters edition of our transfer news and rumours column Football hacks must be getting bored with Manchester United – Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson (links are to ManUtd.com features, so go have a look) coming in, SAF …

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Leo Messi continues to emulate the great Diego Maradona. However, unlike his wonder-goal in the cup against Getafe, Messi’s effort in scoring his first goal against Espanyol was not so praiseworthy. Messi clearly handled the ball into the net just …

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Barcelona have announced their new 2007/2008 home kit (designed as usual by Nike).

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At the beginning of the season, I wrote an article on the upcoming La Liga campaign, weighing up the chances of Barcelona retaining their crown. I argued that Real Madrid’s increased discipline and organisation under Fabio Capello would present a …

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There’s been plenty of speculation going on about Jose Mourinho’s next move if he leaves Chelsea at the end of this season. With that in mind, let’s look at the list of teams Mourinho could potentially manage next season.

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