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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
Real Madrid has finally signed Gareth Bale. The Welshman underwent a medical earlier today and was presented to the masses at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.
Gerard Piqué says that Bale will do really well at Real and says that he’ll succeed in the Spanish League. More on Gerard Piqué’s words
It was a fantastic game at the Mestalla stadium last night where Barca beat Valencia by 3 goals to 1. It was end to end stuff and provided pure entertainment with Messi getting a hat trick and Valencia’s Postiga netting two.
Positive things can be taken away by both teams but without a doubt we are seeing Messi back to his best.More on the match
Barca manager Tata Martino is not using the club’s homegrown stars, it appears. The Argentine manager has not used Montoya, Bartra, Sergi Roberto, Tello, Dos Santos and Oier except for a few “bit parts” and who have only played a total of 22 minutes between them.More on Gerardo Martino
“Teams are very even and well-matched, there are going to be some great matches played,” said Messi.
Argentine Messi believes Barca should win all their games because of what it means and what the club stands for.More on Messi and the draw
It was end to end stuff and totally expected. It was a very physical Supercup final and Barca came off victorious although it ended in a 0-0 draw. Atletico’s Felipe Luis got shown the red card with little over 12 minutes to go for elbowing Dani Alves off the ball and Pedro got brought down in a controversial penalty incident which Messi missed. Read more on the Supercup final
