Edmilson returns to the hospital after just coming out hale and hearty.



The Brazilian was widely seen as the solution for Toure Yaya who has left Camp Nou to be with the Ivorien national team as they prepare for the African Nations Cup. Jose Edmilson has been out for six months, and was no doubt in great form since his return. In the 75th minute against Sevilla, the midfielder limped out and was later diagnosed with a slightly ruptured muscle that will see him out of action till February, as the injury wil take at least 2 weeks to heal. This comes as a big blow to defensive midfield plans in Barca, but the technical guru which Frank Rijkaard is has encouraged hope. The Dutchman will have to re-work his plans and pattern as well as players being fielded in what positions in order to accomodate the change coming after Edmilson's injury. The first test to this new selection will be against Murcia in 2 days time.

The controversy generated by his past interview now forgotten, Edmilson looks ahead to the future of Barca in his new interview.


The Brazilian generated some dust after the famous mention of the black sheep presence some months back. Now back from injury after a six-month lay off, the midfielder is in high spirits and positive that the Catalan giants will still end the year on a bright note. Read the full interview:


FC Barcelona's Jose Edmilson Returns From Injury, Grants Interview.

Iniesta calms the storm on Edmilson's recent statement.


As the storm generated by the infamous Edmilson interview is still trying to settle, the Blaugrana teammates of the injured Brazilian have not been very pleased with the midfielders utterances and actions. Sensing he had offended his friends, Edmilson made efforts to reach out to his colleagues. One person who made himself accessible was Andres Iniesta. After initial discussions, Iniesta has sympathised with his erring teammate, Edmilson, who made asome rather scathing cooments in an interview. Edmilson earlier said that:

There are lots of good people in any team and lots of bad people as well. In ever team, there's a black sheep.

The Brazilian went on to suggest that there were black sheeps in Barca and that most footballers both within and outside Barca were too mindful of fame and fortune rather than on result-oriented soccer. Reacting to the statement, Iniesta said:

Edmilson has apologized and admitted his mistake. He asked to speak to us and apologised. He faced up to us and admitted that he made a mistake. He told us that he hadn’t been right in what he said but that he hadn’t intended to rubbish the squad but simply give a general opinion. It was a very positive meeting.

Barca vice-captain, Xavi had earlier expressed shock at Edmilson's outburst.

Iniesta called for focus not to be broken by non-related matters, as this cost Barca dearly last year:

We have to learn from what happened last year. People talked more about non-sporting issues than football itself and we all know what happened. We have to take note and try not to repeat the situation. We have to forget about all of this and work on improving the team, above all away from the Camp Nou.

The young Spanish international is not happy with FC Barcelona's dismal away form:

We’re not doing things right away from home. I don’t believe it’s down to any specific reason - attitude, tactics, etc. I think it’s a general problem that we have to resolve quickly because otherwise it’ll be difficult to win titles. Right now we’ve got two difficult away games but. They’re a good touchstone to break the bad run.

Iniesta calms the storm on Edmilson's recent statement.


As the storm generated by the infamous Edmilson interview is still trying to settle, the Blaugrana teammates of the injured Brazilian have not been very pleased with the midfielders utterances and actions. Sensing he had offended his friends, Edmilson made efforts to reach out to his colleagues. One person who made himself accessible was Andres Iniesta. After initial discussions, Iniesta has sympathised with his erring teammate, Edmilson, who made asome rather scathing cooments in an interview. Edmilson earlier said that:

There are lots of good people in any team and lots of bad people as well. In ever team, there's a black sheep.

The Brazilian went on to suggest that there were black sheeps in Barca and that most footballers both within and outside Barca were too mindful of fame and fortune rather than on result-oriented soccer. Reacting to the statement, Iniesta said:

Edmilson has apologized and admitted his mistake. He asked to speak to us and apologised. He faced up to us and admitted that he made a mistake. He told us that he hadn’t been right in what he said but that he hadn’t intended to rubbish the squad but simply give a general opinion. It was a very positive meeting.

Barca vice-captain, Xavi had earlier expressed shock at Edmilson's outburst.

Iniesta called for focus not to be broken by non-related matters, as this cost Barca dearly last year:

We have to learn from what happened last year. People talked more about non-sporting issues than football itself and we all know what happened. We have to take note and try not to repeat the situation. We have to forget about all of this and work on improving the team, above all away from the Camp Nou.

The young Spanish international is not happy with FC Barcelona's dismal away form:

We’re not doing things right away from home. I don’t believe it’s down to any specific reason - attitude, tactics, etc. I think it’s a general problem that we have to resolve quickly because otherwise it’ll be difficult to win titles. Right now we’ve got two difficult away games but. They’re a good touchstone to break the bad run.

Barça midfielder Jose Edmilson and the FC Barcelona started the project "Semeandos Sonhos" (Seeding Dreams) in a joint venture to help Brazilian children in Taquaritinga, the home town of Edmilson.


This project in Taquaritinga, 330km from Sao Paulo, will be attended by 150 children aged between 7 and 17 years. The FC Barcelona foundation will help to finance the project over the next four years. The project will help children in unfavourable situations and will provide them with computers, professional and cultural awareness courses, school classes, a library and also football pitches and spaces for other sport and leisure activities.