Barca young gun Cristian Tello has given Tata Martino an ultimatum. The young player is quite clearly fed up with being sidelined and wants more playing time. Tello was speaking at a new boot presentation and made it clear that he would force his exit if his situation didn’t change. Teammate Martín Montoya has backed up Tello and feels the same way. More on Cristian Tello
Defeat for Barca at new San Mames stadium
December 2, 2013 by
Barcelona saw their unbeaten start in the Primera Division brought to an end as Athletic Bilbao claimed a 1-0 victory at San Mames on Sunday night. And it was Athletic’s Iker Muniain who guided home the only goal of the contest 20 minutes from the end as the Catalans slipped to a second loss in five days following their midweek defeat on Tuesday to Ajax in the Champions League. Match report
Florentino Pérez opens the doors up for Sergio Ramos exit
November 29, 2013 by
According to Spanish sports paper Marca, journalist José Ramón de la Morena said on his radio program “El Larguero” on Cadena Ser, that Real Madrid’s president Florentino Perez told defender Sergio Ramos that he would accept an offer of around 60 million euros for him if he were to receive offers from outside. More on Sergio Ramos
Ajax exploited Barcelona’s weaknesses
November 28, 2013 by
The Catalan giants came away from the Amsterdam Arena on Tuesday night after losing to an Ajax team that had them on the ropes for the first half of the match. The Dutchmen only eased off after Veltman was red carded for bringing down a man in the box. However, with the Dutch team down to ten men, Barcelona was still unable to unlock the door to the Ajax defense. More on Ajax and Barcelona
Barca suffers first defeat of season against Ajax
November 27, 2013 by
After a glorious run of 28 matches, the Catalan giants suffered their first defeat of the season under new manager Tata Martino. Ajax went 2 goals up in the first half with Barca grabbing a goal in the second after Xavi Hernández converted a penalty kick. Barca pressed the Dutch team for an equaliser but it was not to be, and came away from the Amsterdam Arena last night with a 2-1 loss. Match report here
