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The Frenchman, who has had Achilles heel problems in both legs in recent days, has trained with his teammates today. Barça are gearing up for the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup though the team’s international players have yet to return. High temperatures meant that today’s training session was held in the evening rather than [...]
August 16, 2009
Ex-Barca star Samuel Eto’o has expressed his gratitude to his ex-team mates as well as to the club’s fans for the way they treated him during his 5-year stint at the Nou Camp. Speaking to the Catalan broadcaster TV3, Eto’o. who’s now at Inter Milan, explained that during his time at the club, in which he [...]
August 16, 2009
Barca are two games away from their eighth Spanish Super Cup- Ahead of the two-legged clash with Athletico Bilbao, Barca boast a 50% record of victories from 14 appearances in the competition. Barca know full well what it is to start the season with a title under their belts having won the traditional pre-season Spanish Super [...]
August 16, 2009
Ibrahimovic and Henrique, who didn’t travel to Bilbao for the Spanish Super Cup, both worked out this morning at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, whilst the rest of the squad look to take the first title of the season. Ibrahimovic, who continues to recover from his broken hand, and Henrique, who Guardiola decided not to take [...]
August 16, 2009
Guardiola’s squad for the team’s first official game of the season has one very noticeable absentee: Messi, who has not recovered from a thigh strain picked up midweek. In contrast, Henry does make the squad, whilst Henrique and Jorquera miss out. Guardiola is taking 19 players to the San Mames: Valdés, Pinto, Alves, Maxwell, Abidal, Puyol, [...]
August 9, 2009
Ibra’ joins Barça in the summer of 2009 from Inter Milan to replace the man who had worn the number 9 shirt for the previous five seasons, Samuel Eto’o, who moves in the other direction to Inter Milan. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was born in Malmö (Sweden) of a Bosnian father and a Croatian mother on 3rd October [...]
August 9, 2009
Lionel Messi is clearly enjoying the trip to the United States and believes that the squad has the same desire and hope as they did last term when the treble was won. After being instrumental in the 0-4 victory against Seattle Sounders, the Argentinian spoke the media and made no secret of the fact that he [...]
August 9, 2009
Barça have completed their thirteenth and final training session in the United States. Shortly before taking on Chivas, the players have had the chance to stretch their legs. The morning session at Candlestick Park put an end to training in the USA for Barça, and after playing Chivas they will start thinking about travelling back. They [...]
August 9, 2009
A skilful and physically imposing footballer, an all-round goal scorer. That would be a quick and concise definition of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Barça’s second signing of the season. Ibracadabra’ is coming to the Camp Nou to continue working his own bra Zlatan Ibrahimovic was born in Malmö (Sweden) of a Bosnian father and a Croatian mother on [...]
August 9, 2009
27 year old Víctor Valdés has extended his contract with Barça until June 30, 2014. The termination clause has been set at 150 million euros. Shortly after 12.00 midday, Victor Valdés signed an extension to his contract with FC Barcelona. As well as president Joan Laporta, Valdés, was also joined for the event by his father [...]

August 16, 2009
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