Bursting out of the closet and the hospital bed, Barca's Eidur Gudjohnsen quickly asserts his position.


After weeks of speculation about his future, Barca's striker Eidur Gudjohnsen has declared where he stands. The Icelandic star is not yet ready to move anywhere further than where he already is, which is Camp Nou. Eidur, who was injured, and missed a potential transfer to England, is not ready to leave Barca yet. Guddy says:

I’m here and I’m staying here. That’s absolutely clear. I’m not thinking about any other team. I only want to think about my future with Barça. I wouldn’t want to leave feeling the way I do now because I’ve always felt that I have never reached my full potential. I’m just concentrating on the present, working and training hard to get into good shape again. Between me and the other strikers, the only difference is that I haven’t had the opportunity of training at the same level as the rest but I’ve spoken to the fitness trainer about training harder than the rest and reaching the same degree of fitness. I don’t have any discomfort now and I’m another option for the boss. I have to think about my body and about my fitness and demonstrate what I can do.

Feeling more relaxed after his declaration, Gudjohnsen took out time to speak on the impasse between clubs and countries of various international players:

Both club and country are important. The coaches, clubs and international managers have to talk more about each player’s particular situation. That would certainly help to avoid some of the problems that have been coming up.

With both strikers Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi injured, Eidur Gudjohnsen might yet have a clear chance to play for Barca in this weekend's La Liga game against Osasuna.