Barcelona Monday evening confirmed Ernesto Valverde as their new manager. Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu had promised last week that the club would announce Luis Enrique’s successor on May 29. The announcement of Catalan giants’ new coach took place following a board meeting. The 53-year-old Valverde is a former Barca player, helping the club win … Read more
Ernesto Valverde is leading the race to be the next Barcelona boss as the Blaugrana look ahead to a new era in the summer. At the beginning of March, current coach Luis Enrique announced his decision to leave at the end of the season and the Catalan club have been looking at a number of … Read more
Barcelona will honour former player and manager Johan Cruyff with a statue of him at their Nou Camp stadium. The club will also name the new stadium they are building for their B team after the former Dutch international. Barcelona made the announcement a day after the first year anniversary of Cruyff’s death at the … 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
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
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola had no complaints after his team were held to a 0-0 draw in Saturday’s FA Cup clash against Huddersfield. The draw leaves City with a replay to deal with at the Etihad Stadium on the 28th, while they also face a Champions League Round of 16 meeting with Monaco on … Read more
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp praised Manchester City counterpart Pep Guardiola for taking on the challenge of managing in the Premier League. After successful spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich in which they dominated their respective on the road to multiple titles, Guardiola opted to join City ahead of the 2016-17 season. A mixed start to … Read more
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is getting a lot of criticism for the changes he keeps making to his team and formation, especially with them defending as badly as they did against Leicester last weekend. It is true that City are going through a bad time. Even Wednesday’s win over Watford was not a convincing … Read more