SearchArchives for: July 2006Belletti's winning goal scoring boots donated to Barca Museum31st July 2006 Brazilian right full back Juliano Belletti, scorer of the wining goal in last season's Champions League final against Arsenal, has donated his goal scoring boots to the Barca Museum.
Belletti scored the 2-1 winner in the final and the original boots are… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Summary of a successful Pre-SeasonTrip to Denmark31st July 2006 FC Barcelona had a successful trip to Denmark. The 5 days training camp gave the coaching staff including Johan Neeskens for the first time, the chance to work on the players fitness and to take 8 Barca youngster to gain experience on the trip. the World… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News You don't get hurt in this sport – play poker, roulette, blackjack and other amazing casino games at 888.com, the world's No.1 online casino, in a safe and established environment. Coming soon to 888 – Sports Betting, so you can turn your hockey passion into profit. The upcoming Sports Betting will be the latest addition to a huge variety of games, from bingo and backgammon to slot machines and video poker. Rijkaard Interview on Barca TV about the Denmark trip31st July 2006 FC Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard has spoken exclusively to Barca TV about the success of the pre-season trip to Aarhus in Denmark. Rijkaard gave his view on the 5 day training camp, the importance for the 8 young, rising Barca stars to gain experience,… more » 3 Barca youngsters Valiente, Jeffren and Calvo win Euro U19 title31st July 2006 3 Barca's youngsters - Marc Valiente, Jeffren and Toni Calvo, as well as former Barca player Gerard Piqué (now Manchester United) won the European U-19 Championship against Scotland in the final on Saturday evening.
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Spain: Adán; Ba… more » 2 Barca players impress on trial at Sunderland31st July 2006 New Sunderland manager Niall Quinn is hoping to sign two Barca players.
Sunderland have taken 20-year-old striker Oriel Riera from FC Barcelona on trial, while 24-year-old Barca B captain Caldentey impressed the Sunderland manager while on trial last we… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Hamburger SV interested in Saviola now31st July 2006 German Bundesliga Club Hamburger SV made inqueries about Barca´s striker Saviola who has no role in coach Frank Rijkaard´s future plans.
Saviola has another year to run on his current contract with FC Barcelona and is expected to leave the club as soon… more » Barca beat Aarhus 3-028th July 2006 The first pre-season match was a success. Barca won easily and confidently 3-0 against AGF Aarhus and will fly back to Barcelona tonight.
Goals have been scored by young sensation Giovanni dos Santos (19 min.), Ezquerro (38 min.) and Schultz (own goal). more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barcelona´s Txiki Begiristain: The squad is complete - No solution for Saviola28th July 2006 FC Barcelona´s director of football Txiki Begiristain believes that the suad for next season ois completed and expressed his delight over the quality signings of Eidur Gudjohnsen, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta. He believes that the team has got th… more » Txiki calm over Dos Santos Attraction28th July 2006 FC Barcelona has taken 8 young reserve team players to Denmark to have a close look at their developments and abilities. Today, some of them will get a chance in a friendly against local team AGF Aarhus. the game will be shown live on Barça TV (20.00).… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barcelona´s Txiki Begiristain: "We have never considered signing Vieira!"28th July 2006 FC Barcelona Blog reported earlier that there are no signs of any move for Patrick Vieira from Juventus Turin. Now, Barcelona's technical secretary Begiristain has publicly ruled out any move for former Arsenal midfielder who is strongly linked to Inter… more » Messi to SPORT: "I love the Club and never thought of leaving"28th July 2006 FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi never thought of leaving Barca for one second.
When Messi´s name was used by candidates during the presidential election campaign young Messi and his father were quick and strongly denying any contact but admited they hav… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Gossip & Talk Barcelona´s Txiki about Real: "Real is starting to get a Team together - We already have a complete Squad!27th July 2006 FC Barcelona´s technical secretary Txiki Begiristain believes that Barca is in a great position to win La Primera Liga this season and thinks that Barca is ahead of the Merengues.
A lot has been said and written about Manchester United´s star striker R… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Gossip & Talk AUDI new official sponsor of FC Barcelona27th July 2006 The German car manufacturer AUDI has become official sponsor and the official car of FC Barcelona.
The agreement has been signed for 2 seasons and will expire at the end of the season 2007/2008. The German car manufacturer AUDI already collaborates wit… more » Final of Catalonia Cup against Espanyol will be played on Sep, 527th July 2006 FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol will play the final of the Catalonia Cup of the season 2005/06 on 5th of September. The match will be played at 10:00pm in Montilivi (Girona).
Barça eliminated newly promoted Primera Liga team Nàstic de Tarragona in the s… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Announcement of the members of Barca´s caretaker commission27th July 2006 In common agreement, Jordi Roche, president of the Catalan Football Federation and Xavier Room i Martín, president of the managing Commission, have presented the members of the caretaker Commission, that will manage the affairs of FC Barcelona until the… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barca´s new presidential elections are to be held on September, 327th July 2006 Xavier Room i Martín, president of the caretaker commission of FC Barcelona, has announced that the electoral process will start today with the publication of the call for new elections. The new elections are scheduled for the 3rd of September.
FC Barce… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Giuly surprised about Henry not joining FC Barcelona27th July 2006 FC Barcelona´s French winger Ludovic Giuly, who recently extended his contract with the European Champions until 2008 was very surprised about Thierry Henry not joining FC Barcelona from Arsenal.
Barca´s Giuly fully expected Henry to play for Barca bec… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Gossip & Talk FC Barcelona President and Board resigned as expected27th July 2006 FC Abrcelona Blog already reported that the FC Barcelona board of directors together with President Joan Laporta will step down formally on Wednesday after their final board meeting. Now it is official and the resignation will give way for new elections.… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Laporta FC Barcelona working out hard in Denmark26th July 2006 Aarhus in Denmark seems the perfect plaace for the second part of the fitness training. Beautiful weather but acceptable temperatures, away from the heatwave in Spain. The players are working hard on their fitness to build up their strength and stamina.… more » Laporta will not be banned - Way clear for another 4 years25th July 2006 The Sports Court of Catalonia has paved the way for another 4 year period of Joan Laporta as president of FC Barcelona.
The sports tribunal decided not to take the case any further. Joan Laporta has not been punished in any way or being banned to stand… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Samuel Eto'o Interview: "We can win all"25th July 2006 Barca´s Cameroon international striker Samuel Eto'o has returned from his summer holidays prolongued with Barca´s permission by 1 week and is ready to challenge for glory.
In an exclusive interview with Barca´s official website, La Liga´s topscorer and… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Eto´o FC Barcelona Team arrived in Denmark25th July 2006 The FC Barcelona has arrived at Denmark for the second week of pre-season training.
New signings former Chelsea forward Gudjohnsen and assitant coach Neeskens along with Barca topstriker Samuel Etó'o joined the team on their trip to Scandinavia.
The… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barca´s Thuram: "To play for Barca is the best thing that happen to me"25th July 2006 French international defender Lilian Thuram has passed his medical and signed his 2-year contract yesterday. Thuram, a former Monaco, Parma and Juventus player will join his former team mate at Juve, Gianluca Zambrotta and revealed that joining FC Barce… more » President Laporta back in August? Also Rosell denies candidacy25th July 2006 After the 3 M´s (Majó, Medina and Minguella) not likely to challenge current president Joan Laporta and one of his bitter rivals, Sandro Rosell denied he would step up as a candidate for election, there is the possibility that Laporta could be re-install… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Laporta Oleguer extends contract with FC Barcelona until 201024th July 2006 Oleguer Presas has signed an extension to his current contract with FC Barcelona. The catalan defender Oleguer signed until 2010 and his release clause is set at 60 mill. Euros. Oleguer joined Barca´s B team in the season 2001-02 from Gramenet and his co… more » Lilian Thuram passed medical and signed contrat in Barcelona24th July 2006 Lilian Thuram arrived in a private jet in Barcelona this morning. He arrived at 10:30 am at Barcelona´s Airport El Prat for his medical check and to sign his 2 year contract with FC Barcelona. Once he landed, he already signed his first autographs as a B… more » Former Barca striker Larsson in Helsingborg still without goal24th July 2006 Former Barca striker Henrik "Henke" Larsson did not score so far in the Swedish Championship. Swedish goalgetter Larsson, an idol in Barcelona and Celtic Glasgow, due to his professionalism and goal scoring abilities has not scored in 3 matches.
On Satur… more » Rodri joins Deportivo with buy-back clause24th July 2006 Barca´s Rodri has joined Deportivo La Coruna last week. After the signing of Thuram and Zambrotta, the technicl staff of Barca allowed Rodri to join Deportivo La Coruna to gain experience in La Liga. But Barca and Rodri left a door open for the future.… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Thuram for medical in Barcelona today24th July 2006 Barca´s new signing Lilian Thuram is coming to Barcelona today. He will undergo the medical check. Thereafter he will travel to Guadeloupe for the second part of his holiday before he joins the Barca first team on their pre-season tour to Mexico and USA. more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Thuram Presidential Elections: Triple M have not decided for candidacy24th July 2006 A judge ruled that Barca´s president already served his 4 year term considering Barca´s statutes. The court decided that FC Barcelona has to call for new elections.
But who are the candidates who will challenge Joan Laporta?
No other candidate has expres… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Today Barca travels to Aarhus, Denmark24th July 2006 Today, FC Barcelona´s first team squad will travel to Aarhus, Denmark for its pre-season training. After for five days of hard work out in the heat of the spanish summer sun, Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard takes the Barca squad to Danmark for further fit… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News FIFA Club World Cup starts 10th of December 2006: Barca plays winner America/Auckland on Dec, 1424th July 2006 The FIFA Club World Cup in Yokohama takes place from 10-17th of December 2006 and FC Barcelona, as winner of the Champions League will go straight to the semifinals. Barça will play the winner of Mexico's Club América and New Zealand's Auckland City.
FC… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barca in for Vieira? Transfer doubtful!23rd July 2006 Several newspapers and online news services reorted that Barça is being linked with a shock bid for Patrick Vieira and Italian/Brazilian Thiago Motta going the other way.
Former Arsenal star Patrick Vieira has been linked with Manchester Untied and Inte… more » Gianluca Zambrotta: "Barça have played the most spectacular football in the world in recent years !23rd July 2006 The world Cup winner and ex-Juventus player Gianlucca Zambrotta has broken his silence through FC Barcelona´s oficial website and highlighted the strong potential of the Barça squad going into the 2006-07 season.
Gianluca Zambrotta is enjoying his f… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barcelona´s Thiago Motta: "Team is good enough to win all 6 trophies!"23rd July 2006 FC Barcelona midfielder Thiago Motta believes that the current Barca team, including new boys Gudjohnsen, Thuram and Zambrotta are capable of winning all 6 tropies at stake this season, although this will be a very big task to fullfil.
Motta revealed in… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Sylvinho: FC Barcelona´s new presidential elections will not affect players22nd July 2006 Sylvinho does not believe that the elections for the new board at FC Barcelona will affect the players or the pre-season preparation. Joan Laporta announced that he and all board memebers will step down to pave the way for new elections. Sylvinho believe… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Sylvinho Sylvinho interview with Barca TV: "Barca one of best squads in the world"22nd July 2006 In an exclusive interview with Barca TV, Brazilian left full back claims that FC Barcelona has one of the best squads in the world and can improve on the outstanding performances from last season.
Barca TV: Are you Eidur Gudjohnsen's chaperone?
Sylvin… more » Effects of the new presidential election: UNICEF and Basketball22nd July 2006 The Barça president, Joan Laporta, warned that the judgement of the court and the consequence to step down will have an influence on the club: "The judgement will have consequences in the running of the club. The agreement to place the INICEF Logo on the… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News FC Barcelona president Laporta´s official statement about new elections22nd July 2006 After the extraordinary board meeting of the FC Barcelona, president Joan Laporta announced that the club will respect the orders handed down by the judge and will resign to pave the way for elections to be held.
Soon after the extraodinary bord meeting… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barca TV Interview with coach Rijkaard about new signings Zambrotta and Thuram21st July 2006 In an exclusive interview with Barça TV, coach Frank Rijkaard, expressed his delight about the new signings of french veteran Lilian Thuram and Italy´s world champion Gianluca Zambrotta. He thinks they are the ideal reinforcements for his team that is ai… more » Categories: About FC Barcelona Blog FC Barcelona president Laporta steps down - paves way for new elections21st July 2006 FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta has accepted the decision of the judge Roberto Garcia Ceniceros and stepped down after an extraodinary board to pave the way for new elections as soon as possible. FC Bacelona´s board took the decision at an emergency… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barcelona coach Rijkaard may want more signings21st July 2006 FC Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard has revealed that Juventus duo Gianluca Zambrotta and Lilian Thuram may not be the last signings for the upcoming season.
The European and Spanish back-to-back champions spent around 31 mill. Euros on Gudjohnsen, Zambrot… more » Barca´s Maxi Lopez scores twice for Mallorca21st July 2006 Maxi López, on loan from Brac to RCD Mallorca scored twice for the Balearic Islanders against a third division team from Germany. Real Mallorca won 15-0 in their first pre-season match against amateur team TSV Siegsdorf, Germany.
Maxi López did not scor… more » Barca´s Thuram and Zambrotta join Team on US-Tour21st July 2006 Following Eidur Gudjohnsen's move from Chelsea earlier in the summer, Italian world champion Gianluca Zambrotta and French finalist Lilian Thuram became the second and third additions to the FC Barcelona squad.
The former Juventus duo will join the team… more » Barca President Laporta talks about Presidential Elections21st July 2006 FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta has spoken publicly for the first time about the possibility for new elections soon. A court decision demanded that FC Barcelona has to hold call new presidential elections immediately due to the fact that the mandate… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Gossip & Talk Barca defender Mario Álvarez signs for 1 year at Recreativo21st July 2006 Barca´s talented central defender Mario will leave the Camp Nou for one year to join Primera new boys Recreatio de Huelva. After spending last year on loan to Valladolid, Mario who is considered as an option for the future by Barca coach Frank Rijkaard,… more » Zambrotta and Thuram sign for FC Barcelona: Two juwels complete the best squad in the world!21st July 2006 Thanks to our loyal readers FC Barcelona Blog was the first who break the fantastic news after the official statement of FC Barcelona was made yesterday night:
Finally, we signed Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta.
Thanks to the professional approac… more » Now it is official: Thuram signs for 2 years - Zambrotta for 4 years20th July 2006 FC Barcelona´s official website reported the signing of Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta from Juventus Turin. Here is the official statement:
FC Barcelona has reached an agreement with Juventus for the transfer of Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrott… more » First La Liga match for Barca Away at Celta de Vigo20th July 2006 Today, the official match schedule for the season 2006-07 has been released. FC Barcelona will start the new season with an away match against Celta de Vigo at the stadium Balaídos.
This should be a good sign for the upcoming season because FC Barcelon… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barca defender Rodri signs for Deportivo La Coruna20th July 2006 FC Barcelona defender Rodri has signed a 4-year contract with Deportivo La Coruna.
Rodri, captain of Barca B, made 6 first team appearances last season, will once again team up with Barca B team-mate Cristian Hodalgo, who joined Deportivo from Barça la… more » Delighted Thuram to sign for FC Barcelona soon20th July 2006 Barcelona based football newspaper El Mundo Deportivo reported that French veteran defender Lilian Thuram was delighted with the transfer to FC Barcelona and is hoping that the final details will be sorted out soon.
He revealed that the signing of the c… more » Sensational News: Barca agree 19 mill. fee with Juventus for Thuram and Zambrotta19th July 2006 Both football newspapers EL MUNDO DEPORTIVO and SPORT reported that FC Barcelona have reached an agreement with Juventus Turin for international defenders Gianluca Zambrotta and Lilian Thuram.
These newspapes reported in their online editions reported… more » Barca´s Pre-Season Trip to Denmark: Here are the details!19th July 2006 FC BArcelona Blog releases the details of the pre-season trip to Aarhus, Denmark. The training camp will be held from 24th to 28th July without the players that had been on world cup duty for their countries in Germany. On Friday 28th, before returning t… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Judge Roberto Garcia Ceniceros order FC Barcelona to hold an immediate presidential election !19th July 2006 The Audience of Barcelona through his Judge Roberto Garcia Ceniceros upheld a complaint from three Barça members that Joan Laporta had already served four years.
The Judge ruled that according to the FC Barcelona's statutes the year ran from July to Jun… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Great news: Barca in talks with Juventus Turin! Chelsea and Real Madrid nervous19th July 2006 FC Barcelona officials are ready for the big coup! Director of Football Txiki Begiristain and Vice-President Ferran Soriano have landed in Turin and held a summit with Juventus directors yesterday.
Barca has taken pole position in the chase for Italian… more » Barça keeper Valdés: "We can do better than last season"18th July 2006 All Barça players that did not take part in the World Cup, except topscorer Samuel Eto'o, are back at training. The new season has started and the Barca players already seem to be fired up for the new challenges. FC Barcelona goalkeeper Víctor Valdés bel… more » FC Barcelona Coach Rijkaard looking forward to battle with Capello18th July 2006 FC Barcelona´s Dutch coach Frank Rijkaard is excited about the prospect of battling with his former boss, Real Madrid´s new Italian manager, Fabio Capello.
Frank Rijkaard was still playing for AC Milan when Capello took over from Arrigo Sacchi. Rijkaard… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Rijkaard Barça new signing Gudjohnsen: "This Year will be great for Barca"18th July 2006 The Iceland international Eirdur Gudjohnsen, Barca´s only new signing so far this season, has reported for his first official training for the club yesterday. He was very happy and vowed to work hard and fight to win a place in the starting line-up. Here… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News, Gudjohnsen Barca´s Edmilson back in Training: "I felt good!"18th July 2006 The Spanish and European champions FC Barcelona returned to pre-season training yesterday. After the first day of training, FC Barcelona and Brazil midfielder Edmilson reported back fully fit for the new season and the Brazil star revealed that he felt n… more » Categories: About FC Barcelona Blog Former Barca star Henrik Larsson quits Sweden18th July 2006 Swedish international striker Henrik Larsson has again retired from international football after 13 years. The 34-year-old former Barca star has previously ended his international career but could be persuaded to a comeback. Now, he assured publicly on… more » Asia Expansion goes on: Rakuten Deal signed17th July 2006 FC Barcelona Blog already reported about the successful South East Asia trip of FC Barcelona´s marketing department. We reported about the conclusion of the marketing contracts with Tiger Beer, Eurosoccer, Sports CN and Titan Sports last week. Now, FC Ba… more » Pre-Season Training starts today with 4 Barca Youngsters17th July 2006 FC Barcelona's pre-season training for the 2006-07 campaign has started today with the obligatory medical check-up. Barca coach Frank Rijkaard will have only 11 first team players available but the Dutch manager's faith in the youth team structure at the… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News FC Barcelona: Thuram Deal closer14th July 2006 FC Barcelona are getting closer and closer to signing Frank Rijkaard´s transfer target, veteran defender Lilian Thuram from Juventus Turin.
Juventus have been relegated to Serie B and Thuram is not expected to finish his career in a lower league. The F… more » FC Barcelona and Unicef have signed an agreement to work together over the next 5 years14th July 2006 As FC Barcelona Blog published some days ago, the idea of a solidary "sponsor" has been finally signed for FC Barcelona. UNICEF has been the humanitarian foundation choosen by FC Barcelona.
All the Spanish media reflects in the last editions the just si… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barca closes 3 more Marketing Deals in China14th July 2006 FC Barcelona Blog already reported about the South East Asia Trip of Barca´s marketing departement, headed by Esteve Calzada. We already reported about the conclusion of the marketing deal with Singapore based multinational beer brewer Tiger. Now FC Barc… more » 10% more Members than last Year - Total 144,892 Members!13th July 2006 FC Barcelona have increased memberships by a stunning amount of 13,885 new members during the season 2005-06. This is an increase of 10% to a total of 144,892 memberships.
77% of all members are men and 23% women.
12% of all members are foreigners.
42%… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News FC Barcelona starts Training on Monday13th July 2006 FC Barçelona´s first team training will officially start training at La Masia next Monday. All players that did not appear at the World Cup in Germany will be welcomed back by Barca coach Frank Rijkaard for the obligatory medical test on Monday. From Tu… more » Another Title for FC Barcelona - Not only Champions but also fairest Team13th July 2006 The Spanish Football Federation will honour FC Barcelona with the Fair Play Award for the 2005-2006 season on July, 20. After winning both, the Spanish Primera Liga and Champions league, the Football Federation (RFEF) will also recognise the club's fair… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Spanish Super Cup Woes partially resolved - Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta and Gudjohnsen play13th July 2006 FC Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard will be able to count on his Spanish international stars Carles Puyol, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta as well as new-signing Icelandic international Gudjohnsen for the Spanish Super Cup Final first leg against Espanyo… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Betis agreed with Damia and Barca - Problem is Racing Santander12th July 2006 Betis Sevilla has agreed personal terms with Damià Abella and FC Barcelona over his transfer to the Andalucian club.
Yesterday, Damià went to Sevilla for his medical and the final negotiations of his personal terms. He passed the medical examination an… more » Zambrotta´s Agent: FC Barcelona is acting correctly!12th July 2006 Juventus player, Gianluca Zambrotta's agent confirmed that FC Barcelona has acted correctly in having contacted Juventus Turin first before they made their offer to the player.
Zambrotta consulted his advisers about several offers from Barca, Real Madr… more » Thuram or Heinze? Today´s Names in the Newspapers12th July 2006 According to Barcelona based football newspapers El Mundo Deportivo and SPORT, FC Barcelona have their eye on two central defenders, that could potentially bolster the Barca squad for the next season: Lilian Thuram (Juventus Turin) and Gabriel Heinze (Ma… more » FC Barcelona's Asia Expansion Continues12th July 2006 FC Barcelona has concluded a marketing deal with "Tiger", the most important Asian beer brewery.
Barca signed the first of 7 marketing contracts in Singapore with the multinational beer brand. The commercial agreement allows Barca to expand its brand n… more » UNICEF Shirt Logo Agreement with Barca on 11 Aug in New York12th July 2006 Sources within UNICEF have confirmed on Cadena SER "La Graderia" yesterday that the presentation of the agreement between Barça and the humanitarian organization UNICEF will be presented on the 11th of August in New York.
The agreement between Barça an… more » Newcastele join Saviola hunt - Arsenal still favourites12th July 2006 Newcastle United have joined English Premiership rivals Arsenal and Bolton Wanderers in trying to sign Argentine international Javier Saviola. Striker Saviola was told by FC Barcelona´s technical secretary Txiki Begiristain and Barca coach Frank Rijkaard… more » Barca´s Stars of the Future: Jeffren Suárez11th July 2006 Today, FC Barcelona Blog, presents another future Barca star: Jeffren Suárez. Like Bojan Krkic and Givanni Dos Santos, Jeffren plays for the Juvenile A who won Championship and Copa del Rey in 2006.
Jeffren, born in Venezuela, emigrated to Tenerife, C… more » Barca close 7 Business Agreements in South East Asia, China and Japan11th July 2006 FC Barcelona´s official website reported that shortly FC Barcelona will close seven business agreements with major companies in Southeast Asia, China and Japan as part of the club's international business expansion programme.
These agreements include me… more » Deco No Figo - Barca star snubs Real Madrid11th July 2006 FC Barcelona star Deco has revealed that Real Madrid wanted him to follow the example of Luis Figo in 2000, by joining the Merengues after the presidential election.
Deco believed that Real wanted to repeat the trick and take advantage of the Lampard ru… more » World Cup Winner Zambrotta admits Offer from FC Barcelona11th July 2006 FC Barcelona Blog already reported since week that Italian World Cup winner Gianluca Zambrotta is a target of FC Barcelona´s coach Frank Rijkaard and technical secretary Txiki Begiristain.
Now, after the World Cup in Germany full-back Gianluca Zambrotta… more » Portuguese Ronaldo soon a Barca player?10th July 2006 El Mundo Deprotivo, Barcelona based daily sport newspaper, reported today that young Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo, could be out of his way from Manchester United to FC Barcelona.
The Portuguese international winger Ronaldo has publicly declared t… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Barca TV broadcasts in more than 50 countries10th July 2006 Barça TV is now being broadcast to 53 countries around the world as the international expansion of FC Barcelona continues.
The first international distribution agreements to expand Barça TV worldwide were first signed with Japan and France in the summe… more » Betis in transfer talks over FC Barcelona´s Damia Abella10th July 2006 Betis Sevilla is interested in signing Barca player Damià Abella and started talks.
Also Espanyol had been in contact with Barca directors over a possible switch of Damià to their city rivals, but Espanyol officials stopped negotiations due to Barca´s h… more » Discussions about Spanish Super Cup dates07th July 2006 To the surprise of FC Barcelona, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) set August 17 and August 20 to be the dates when both legs of the Spanish Super Cup have to be played.
In an interview with Barça TV, FC Barcelona´s technical secretary Txiki Begi… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Many offers for FC Barcelona Supertalent Bojan07th July 2006 FC Barcelona young supertalent Bojan Krkic will stay with Barca despite having many offers already on the table. Bojan will not go the same route as Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Fran Merida (Arsenal) or Gerard Piqué (Manchester United) who all followed the b… more » Categories: About FC Barcelona Blog Larssons wins in debut for Helsingborg IF07th July 2006 Former Barca and Celtic idol Henrik Larsson made his debut with his new hometown club Helsingborg IF.
He started the new Swedish campaign with a 3-1 away win over club Hammarby. Goalgetter Larsson played for 65 minutes but did not score for his new clu… more » Barca´s Juliano Beletti interviewed: "I am already missing Camp Nou!"06th July 2006 Barca right full back Juliano Belletti, hero and goal scorer in the Paris Champions League Final defeating Arsenal 2-1 has been spending his holidays in his native Brazil.
Shortly he will return for Barca´s preseason preparation and the first tour to D… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Deco last Barca player out of World Cup06th July 2006 The dream is over for Barca?s only survivor, Deco, at the World Cup in Germany. France won against Portugal 1-0 thanks to a Zidane penalty. France will meet Italy in the World Cup Final on Sunday night.
PORTUGAL v FRANCE 0-1
Portugal: Ricardo; Miguel… more » Laporta´s personal message to new Real president Calderón06th July 2006 FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta took in an interview with the media the opportunity to congratulate the newly elected Merengue president Ramon Calderón and added his clear personal message: "Congratulations to Ramon Calderón. I hope he can manage t… more » FC Barcelona President Laporta: "Iniesta victim of election process"06th July 2006 The president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, has defended the commitment of Andrés Iniesta to the club and categorically denied reports linking the young midfielder to one of the candidates in the Real Madrid presidential elections.
Jose Antonio Camach… more » Barca Stars of the Future: Bojan Krkic and Giovanni Dos Santos05th July 2006 FC Barcelona Blog are proud to present some shining stars that are the future of FC Barcelona.
Top of the list is Bojan Krkic, who despite being a mere 15 years of age, has been promoted to Barca B for next season. When running with the ball at his feet… more » Koeman wants Saviola now05th July 2006 Former Barca hero Ronald Koeman, now manager of PSV Eindhoven talked to the Barca board about the transfer of Argentine international Javier Saviola.
Barça wants €6 mill. for the pacey striker, whose nickname is the "Rabbit". This is a bargain-basement… more » Now official! Giuly extends contract until 200805th July 2006 FC Barcelona Blog already reported it but now it is official!
FC Barcelona and Barca´s French winger Ludovic Giuly have reached an agreement to extend the French international's contract until 30th June 2008. A statement by the Barcelona board was publi… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Round 2 of Real Madrid´s Election Farce: Calderon declared as President04th July 2006 Real Madrid have announced that Ramon Calderón is the club's new president.
Former Board Member Ramon Calderón received just 346 more votes than second placed Juan Palacios and 1,642 more than third placed candidate Juan Manuel Villar Mir, but has been d… more » FC Barcelona - No. 3 in FIFA Team World Ranking04th July 2006 FC Barcelona, Spanish back-to-back Champions and Champions' League Winner in 2006 is in 3rd position in FIFA´s World Ranking for Clubs in June 2006.
Liverpool and Inter hold the first and second spots. Inter held onto 2nd place because they defended ther… more » Categories: FC Barcelona News Giuly will extend his contract with FC Barcelona04th July 2006 FC Barcelona´s french winger Ludovic Giuly has revealed he is ready to sign a new deal at Barcelona. 29-year old Giuly, who turns 30 next Monday, is expected to sign a 1-year extension to his current contract that expires in summer 2007. His new contract… more » Portuguese Deco - The last Barca star left in World Cup Semi Finals03rd July 2006 Portugal international Deco is the last Barca star left in the World Cup. All 11 Barca players taking part in the World Cup in Germany made it through the first round with their teams. In the second round of the last 16, Germany knocked out Larsson's Swe… more » World Cup Semi Finals: Saviola, Messi and Ronadinho out03rd July 2006 Barca players Messi, Saviola (both Argentina) and Ronaldinho Gaucho have lost their quarterfinal match and are heading for their holidays after their elimination from the World cup in Germany. Argentina lost on penalties to host Germany and Brazil lost t… more » Saviola leaving for Arsenal?03rd July 2006 Last week it was reported that Javier Saviola´s future lies with Panathinaikos of Athens but it seems that Arsene Wenger, coach of Champions League finalist Arsenal, has stepped up his interest to sign the "Rabbit". Saviola, who was told that he has no f… more » Barcelona´s coach Rijkaard believes in youngster Valiente03rd July 2006 Football internet website Goal.com reported yesterday that Barca youngster Marc Valiente is the reason why Dutch coach Frank Rijkaard is not looking to sign another centre back.
The 'Mini-Estadi', where Valiente currently plays his football
The 19-year… more » Chaos at the White House - Real Madrid´s election farce goes on!03rd July 2006 Real Madrid´s election farce continues and there is no end in sight to the chaos that currently shrouds the club.
The pantomime that surrounds the "Casa Blanca" has reached a new low after the results of the presidential election were postponed. The Me… more » Categories: Gossip & Talk |
