The vice president for sport, Josep Maria Bartomeu, has said that the Board is working on their contract with Pep Guardiola, who should sign when he returns from South Africa. Now officially in their positions, the team led by Sandro Rosell would like it if Pep Guardiola and Tito Vilanova were to stay at the [...]
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Zubizarreta, new technical director
Andoni Zubizarreta, one of the finest goalkeepers in FC Barcelona history, will be the new technical director of the professional football department. His former team-mate, Guillermo Amor, will be the technical director of the youth teams. FC Barcelona’s organigram is set to be restructured into professional and youth departments. The former’s technical director will be [...]
Toure Yaya joins Man City
Toure Yaya has left FC Barcelona. The club has sold him to English side Manchester City for 30 million euros plus variables of 0.5 million euros depending on whether City qualify for the Champions League. Of these 30 million, 24 will go to FC Barcelona and six go to Toure’s agent, who holds the economic [...]
Holland end Dani Alves’ World Cup dream (2-1)
The South Africa 2010 adventure is over for FC Barcelona’s Dani Alves. Losing 1-0 at half time, Holland produced unexpected brilliance in the second half and sent Brazil crashing out of the tournament. Alves may have started the tournament on the bench, but he earned himself a place in Dunga’s starting line-up thanks to some [...]
Commitment, skill, versatility…Touré Yaya
Touré Yaya, one of the lynchpins of the treble-winning team, is leaving Barca after three seasons marked by his commitment and versatility. The first player from the Ivory Coast to defend the Barca colours has left a deep impression on the Club. In three seasons, (2007-10), Touré Yaya was one of the mainstays of perhaps [...]
Alves aiming for World Cup semi final
FC Barcelona’s Daniel Alves is set to appear for Brazil in a tantalising World Cup quarter final against the Netherlands on Friday afternoon in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The Blaugrana right-back has been employed further up field by Dunga in the tournament so far as Maicon plays in the same position, but both players have [...]
Barca dominates quarterfinals
Players from FC Barcelona are leading the way in the World Cup. Of the 14 players who started the competition, 10 still have a chance of winning the Cup and are making a huge contribution to there respective teams. Now that the tournament is down to the last 8, Barca not only has more players [...]
Villa sends Spain to quarterfinals (1-0)
Spain are through to the quarterfinals of the World Cup after a narrow win over Portugal. The only goal of the match came from David Villa and no fewer than six Barca players featured in the starting line-up. Puyol and Piqué lined up in the heart of Del Bosque’s defence while Busquets and Xavi took [...]
Txiki: “I feel proud of the job I’ve done”
Txiki Begiristain believes that appointing Pep Guardiola has coach was his best decision as technical secretary of FC Barcelona, but does not believe that trainer has yet surpassed Johan Cruyff’s achievements. The outgoing Begiristain spoke candidly with Barça TV and www.fcbarcelona.cat about his seven years working upstairs, after a glittering career as a player at [...]