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Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has commented that Barca was a slave to Pep Guardiola’s famous tiki taka system. The defender was talking to Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport and made the comments in an interview in their supplement “Extra Time”.
Piqué now thinks that new manager Tata Martino has given the club a breather from the system popularised by Guardiola and carried on by Vilanova. Continue reading
Barca midfielder Cesc Fabregas has said that he feels more and more important within the Spain team setup Fabregas feels proud to be part of Del Bosque’s team and wants to continue in the same vein.
Cesc was speaking ahead of the clash between Spain and Chile tonight in Geneva.Continue reading
Barcelona’s Neymar Jr lead the goal fest against Australia where Brazil won by 6 goals to nil in a friendly match at the estadio Nacional Mané Garrincha in Brasilia.
Apart from his own goal, Neymar participated in three other goals. Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari had said that he wanted to use the friendly to test out alternatives and came away pleased with the performance. Continue reading
Thiago Silva has asked why he was supposed to earn less at Barcelona. The PSG star’s comments were captured by The Guardian newspaper and says that “It was a difficult decision to say no twice to Barcelona”.
Thiago Silva says “life is full of tough decisions that sometimes go against what you dream.” Continue reading
Brazilian Dani Alves has one foot out of the Nou Camp’s door. The 30 year old Barcelona wingback will be put on sale next summer according to ESPN’s official website.
This will save around 7.5M euros in wages and the club would look to Montoya to fill his spot. Continue reading
Barca have Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois firmly in their sights to replace Victor Valdes when he leaves.
However, it may provide to be a very complicated operation because although he plays for AtleticoMadrid, Courtois is owned by Mourinho’s Chelsea and is under contract until 2016.Continue reading
FC Barcelona will offer Barca midfielder Andrés Iniesta an excellent package to keep him at the Catalan club. Iniesta will earn around 12M euros per year plus add-ons that could take him past the 15M or 16M euros wage bracket.
The Catalan club want to tie up the midfield and last season saw the renewals of Messi, Xavi and Puyol. Continue reading
FC Barcelona have decided to give squad numbers to Ibrahim Afellay and Isaac Cuenca even though they won’t be called on by the coach. The board has decided to give them numbers as they haven’t been able to loan them out, transfer them or let them go on free transfers. Barcelona will keep them looking ahead to the winter transfer market. Both players are still injured which has impaired their pre-season preparations with the rest of the squad. More on Afellay & Cuenca
