Barcelona and Spain Colossus
Barcelona are in the market for a new centre back ahead of the January transfer window as they are keen to sign a replacement for the stricken Gerard Pique who won’t play again this year. Gerard Pique has been ruled out until next year after he picked up a serious knee injury last month. Pique, […]
Read MoreThe Saturday La Liga match between Atletico Madrid and Celta Vigo ended in a 2-0 score, all thanks to the partnership between Luis Suarez and Diego Costa. This partnership was able to make Atletico Madrid come out victorious after the goalless back-to-back matches which had followed the team’s opening against Granda ending in a 6-1 […]
Read MoreBarcelona is interested in signing Manchester City defender Eric Garcia. In 2017, he was transferred from the camps of Barca to City’s and now currently he has been doing great in the regular team of Pep Guardiola. He has managed to breakthrough the inhibition and be a part of the team. He has appeared in […]
Read MoreFrench footballer Antonio Griezmann has been praised by Barcelona coach Quique Seiten for doing a good job at the match against Leganes on Tuesday where Barcelona won it for 2–0. The first goal was scored by Ansu Fati and the Spanish youngster was on his best performance throughout the match. The second was scored by […]
Read MoreBarcelona defender Gerard Pique said that his team were made to rue for the missed chances during the opening half of the El Clasico. The Blaugrana had the chance to register a sixth win from seven matches at the Bernabeu but that was not the case with Real Madrid scoring two goals during the second […]
Read MoreAfter a nightmare start to the season where they were thrashed 5-1 on aggregate in the Spanish Super Cup by hated rivals, Real Madrid, and lost Neymar to PSG, Barcelona have fought back in spectacular style. They have blitzed their way through their first six league games with Lionel Messi in typically imperious form. The […]
Read MoreBarcelona defender Gerard Pique has been insulted by Spanish fans in an open training session. Some fans came with banners that described the Barcelona defender as being sickening and asked him to leave the national team. This happened after the incidents around the Catalonia referendum which the Spanish authorities deemed as illegal. Gerard Pique has […]
Read MoreBarcelona manager Luis Enrique decided to give striker Neymar rest after his recent Olympic exertions. Neymar was the face of the Brazilian national team that was chasing Olympic gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics. This was the only medal missing from the Brazilian national team cabinet.
It was especially important given the recent poor performances by the national team at major tournaments like the World Cup and Copa America. Even though this was a tournament for the under 23 team, Neymar was picked as part of the three overage players. Barcelona went along with the wishes of the player so as to give him a great opportunity to win Olympic gold.
Read MoreThe former coach of Aston Villa and Norwich Paul Lambert compares Everton’s John stones to Barcelona defender Gerard Pique. Lambert feels both player have a similar way of playing football.
Gerard Pique’s form might not be as it used to be but the Spain international remains a crucial member of the team. He was part of the World Cup winning squad of 2010 and has lifted the UEFA Champions League three times with Barcelona.
Read MoreLa Liga champions Barcelona are set to face surprise English Premier League champions Leicester City. Javier Mascherano has returned to join the squad as the round up their pre season friendly games ahead of the new season.
Barcelona will face Leicester in Stockholm on Wednesday after previous warm up games against Scottish champions Celtic FC. They defeated them 3-1 with Arda Turan and Munir scoring, then an own goal from Efe Ambrose.
Read More