La Liga - Puyol to stay at Barca until 2013

Barcelona captain Carles Puyol has agreed a contract extension until 2013 with the European champions. The 31-year-old Spain star's current deal was due to expire next June. The defender, who sat out the Catalan giants' shock 2-1 home defeat to Russian minnows Rubin Kazan in the Champions League on Tuesday, will sign the new...

La Liga - Barcelona pair to miss out

Injured Barcelona pair Andres Iniesta and Rafael Marquez have not made sufficient progress to be available for the champions' opening La Liga match against Sporting Gijon. Spain midfielder Iniesta (pictured) is recovering from a thigh injury and Mexico defender Marquez has been out with a calf problem, although the club said both...

Statistics: Higher attendances than last season

The average attendance at the Nou Camp so far this season has been 12,000 higher than last year, with an average of 75,000 at each game. The average attendance at the stadium so far this season after six games is 74.254, 12.256 more than for the first six games of last season, when the average was 61.998. This year’s figures are pretty much...

Laporta called Extremadura president an “imbecile”

According to Catalan press, FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta threatened the president of Extremadura and called him an “imbecile” during a phone call after being accused of using FC Barcelona as a stepping stone towards his political ambitions. In his column in Spanish newspaper “Marca”, Guillermo Fernandez Vara asked Laporta to stop...

Cultural Leonesa – first Barca opponent in Copa del Rey

Fans of Cultural Leonesa may look forward to hosting Copa del Rey champions – FC Barcelona. The draw for the knockout phase took place this morning in Madrid and Barca are scheduled to travel to Leon on 28th of October and will be hosting the minnows in return leg on 10th of November at Camp Nou. Full draw: Alcorcón – Real MadridCultural...

Laporta still to endorse his candidate

FC Barcelona president, Joan Laporta is still keeping cards close to his chest regarding the endorsement of presidential candidate that is to represent the current Barca board. 6 months ago, vice-president, Alfons Godall, looked as a possible candidate but after he gave up the run there was only 2 names that were left on the list. The eccentric...

Iniesta:”New contracts aren’t important, it’s being valued that counts”

FC Barcelona midfielder, Andres Iniesta, attended a press conference after a training session with the Spanish national team. “I never asked anything from Barca. It’s the club that reached out to me regarding new contracts. If the club feels that I need a new contract then I can only hope it’s a fair one. I don’t know if I’ll sign a new...

Rosell wants Guardiola as Barca’s Alex Ferguson

Sandro Rosell is finalizing the details of his 2010 Barca presidential bid. Speaking for “Esport Club”, Rosell revealed some of the key points of his project. Rosell said that above all he would like to preserve the good image of FC Barcelona, include the ethical code for directors and to give Guardiola more power to decide on the transfer...

Pedro: “Guardiola gives me confidence”

FC Barcelona winger Pedro Rodriguez has come along leaps and bounds over the past several months, and the Tenerife-born youngster explained that this is due to the confidence he is getting from coach Pep Guardiola.“I have more confidence because of the opportunities the coach is giving me, the minutes I am getting [on the pitch], and I’m...

Keirrison loan turning raw

Sending the young Brazilian starlet, Keirrison, to Benfica in order to gain experience in Europe could turn out as a bad deal for Barcelona. Out of nine of ficial Benfica matches this season, Keirrison featured in starting eleven only once, three times came from the bench and in the rest he didn’t even play.With so few chances to play, the...

Marquez wants to stay at Barca

Mexican international and FC Barcelona defender, Rafael Marquez, is keen to sign a new contract with Barca and likely see out his career at Camp Nou. Rafa Marquez (30) will be out of contract in 8 months but the club already expressed their desire to keep the Mexican after 6 years of loyalty to Blaugrana shirt. The defender was lin ked...