Black Stars midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has paid tribute to Andres Iniesta after the Spanish midfielder announced his departure from Barcelona. The 33-year-old told a press conference on Friday afternoon that he would be leaving the Catalan giants after a 16-year professional career with the club. Following the announcement, tributes have been pouring in for the midfield supremo with Wakaso … Read more
“Watch it or not to watch it? That is the question!”. This sentence mostly sounds like the opening phrase of a soliloquy spoken by Prince Hamlet in the so-called “nunnery scene” of William Shakespeare. But what we are mainly going to talk about doesn’t have anything to deal with comedies or soliloquies: what this modified … Read more
Chelsea’s play and strategy against Barcelona on Tuesday was a true reflection of what Antonio Conte said before the game. The Italian believed his side had to suffer to get the better of Barcelona in the first leg of the Round of 16 clash. So Chelsea did. The Premier League Champions’ display was an inspirational … Read more
Barcelona star Andres Iniesta wants to finish his career at the club, as long as he is considered important. Iniesta, 32, came through Barca’s famed La Masia academy, and has enjoyed a trophy-laden career at the La Liga giants. The Spain international, who is contracted until mid-2018 but is yet to renew, said his desire … Read more
Spanish giants Barcelona booked a place in the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League with an emphatic 6-1 win over French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, March 8. The win overturned a 4-0 first leg loss suffered by the former champions in Paris on February 14. Goals from the Blaugrana striking trio … Read more
One of the world’s biggest and successful football clubs, Barcelona is launching a football academy in Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos. The Football Academy in one of Africa’s largest city is the first of its kind in the continent, the academy is modeled on Barcelona’s flagship la Masia Academy in Spain. La Msia Academy in recent … Read more
One of the world’s biggest and most successful clubs, Barcelona, is launching a football academy in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub. The academy, in Africa’s biggest city, is the first of its kind on the continent. It is modelled on Barcelona’s flagship La Masia Academy in Spain which has produced stars such as Andres Iniesta, Lionel … Read more
The Catalans edged out struggling Leganes in a laboured victory at Camp Nou, and it all seems to be fizzling out for this Blaugrana side. What will the optimists say now? Many fans came out with their chests pumping in the light of Barcelona’s brutal 4-0 defeat at Paris Saint-German and claimed their team would … Read more
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique believes Denis Suarez has what it takes to replace Andres Iniesta as the Catalans’ “Harry Potter” in the long term. Suarez impressed in Barcelona’s 5-2 Copa del Rey win over Real Sociedad on Thursday, scoring twice to fire his side into the semi-final, and Enrique has nothing but praise for the … Read more
No mistake from Barcelona. After Real Madrid missed out on a place in the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey following a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo on Wednesday night, the Blaugrana stayed on course for a third straight title by thrashing Real Sociedad at Camp Nou on Thursday. Having broken their Anoeta curse with … Read more
Barcelona coach Luis Enrique believes Denis Suarez has what it takes to replace Andres Iniesta as the Catalans’ “Harry Potter” in the long term. Suarez impressed in Barcelona’s 5-2 Copa del Rey win over Real Sociedad on Thursday, scoring twice to fire his side into the semi-final, and Enrique has nothing but praise for the … Read more
Luis Suarez scored twice as Barcelona cut Real Madrid’s La Liga lead to two points by thrashing Las Palmas. Suarez turned in an Andre Gomes cut-back for the only goal of the first half, but hosts Barca then scored three quick goals after the break. Lionel Messi tapped in and Suarez then steered a lovely … Read more
Pere Gratacos had said “it was not only Messi” who got them through Copa del Rey Barcelona have punished a club official for expressing a “personal opinion” about forward Lionel Messi “that does not match that of the club”. Pere Gratacos lost his main post at the club after saying “it was not only Messi” … Read more
Lionel Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez and their Barcelona team-mates will NOT be attending Monday’s FIFA’s ‘The Best’ awards ceremony. Messi is one of three finalists for the ‘Best Player’ award, joining Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann and favourite and current Ballon d’Or holder Cristiano Ronaldo on the shortlist. Neymar, Suarez and Andres Iniesta were named among … Read more
The high-profile trio have failed to make the team of the year set to be revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards gala in Zurich on Monday night EXCLUSIVE Paul Pogba, Neymar and Gianluigi Buffon are all absent from the 2016 FIFA FIFPro World 11, Goal can confirm. Manchester United star Pogba became the most … Read more
Lionel Messi struck twice as Barcelona recorded their first win in four La Liga games to close to within three points of Real Madrid at the top of La Liga with a 3-0 win at Osasuna. Barca should have killed the game off in the first half as Luis Suarez and Messi missed two big … Read more
Sergio Ramos’ only contribution to Spain in a World Cup qualifier this weekend will be a pep talk to his teammates. Ramos visited the team’s training camp this week ahead of tomorrow’s match against Macedonia, but the captain won’t be on the field in the southern city of Granada because of an injury — one … Read more
As talk of Lionel Messi ending his career at boyhood club Newell’s Old Boys continues to grow, Barcelona are hoping to ensure the Argentine sees out the rest of his playing days in Catalunya. However, the Spanish side have frozen their plan to offer the Ballon d’Or holder a new contract due to how expensive … Read more
The Catalans are hoping to ensure their star remains at Camp Nou until the end of his career, but they have a few obstacles to overcome As talk of Lionel Messi ending his career at boyhood club Newell’s Old Boys continues to grow, Barcelona are hoping to ensure the Argentine sees out the rest of … Read more
Andres Iniesta was replaced by Ivan Rakitic at the Mestalla after the injury Barcelona captain Andres Iniesta will be out for six to eight weeks after injuring knee ligaments in the dramatic win over Valencia. The midfielder was injured by an Enzo Perez tackle after 14 minutes of the 3-2 win and left on a … Read more