FC Barcelona News: 25 May 2013
On a day when it remains unclear who Santos' Neymar will join, FC Barcelona or Real Madrid, Barça began preparations for the second to last La Liga game, against city rivals RCD Espanyol.
On a day when it remains unclear who Santos' Neymar will join, FC Barcelona or Real Madrid, Barça began preparations for the second to last La Liga game, against city rivals RCD Espanyol.
In the midst of rumors of Thiago being chased by several teams Xavi urged his teammate to be patient, assuring him he has a bright future in Blaugrana colors. Meanwhile, it appears the Neymar saga has reached an impasse.
Barça have yesterday confirmed that an agreement was reached with Adriano Correia to extends the full-back's stay in Catalonia. The new deal ties the Brazilian to the club until 2017.
LFP have announced that FC Barcelona will play their final La Liga game of the season on June 1 against Malaga.
Without much fanfare FC Barcelona have revealed their kits for next season, with the home version looking more "classic", with Blaugrana vertical stripes, while the away kit will sport the colors of the Catalonia flag.
FC Barcelona yesterday celebrated their 2012-13 La Liga title after they beat Real Valladolid in front of only 55 thousand fans at the rainy Camp Nou.
In a press conference yesterday Tito Vilanova revealed that he will be traveling back to New York next week where he will receive more treatment.
It appears that FC Barcelona's quest for Neymar has hit a snag named Neymar Sr. The player's father apparently wishes to wait until the end of the Confederations Cup before allowing his son to change clubs.
After missing the last two La Liga games, FC Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has returned to the training grounds, beginning preparations for the second to last league game at the Camp Nou.
FC Barcelona have added another date to their preseason friendly list, this one in Poland. At this point, however, it is unknown who the opponent will be and where the game will be played.
In an interview Jordi Alba said that FC Barcelona will give their best to equal Real Madrid for the best La Liga season in history, reaching 100 points.
After yesterdays title celebrations Barcelona carried out more tests on Lionel Messi, and it was confirmed that the Argentine might miss the remainder of the season.
Even though FC Barcelona were crowned La Liga champions on Saturday, the Catalans mounted yet another comeback, this one against Atlético Madrid.
Yesterday FC Barcelona were crowned the La Liga Champions without playing a game. Real Madrid failed to beat RCD Espanyol which meant they can't catch Barça anymore this season.
FC Barcelona received some bad news during the team's final training session before traveling to Madrid as both Victor Valdes and Eric Abidal picked up injuries that have ruled them out of the potential title-winning game against Atletico.
After missing the game against Real Betis on Sunday, Pedro has been given the green light by the medical staff. Also, it appears that FC Barcelona have set their sights on Valdes' long-term replacement, Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
It appears that FC Barcelona will be getting some reinforcements for the remainder of the season as Pedro Rodriguez returned to full training, while Javier Mascherano took part of the session with the team.
After rumors began flying in yesterday, saying that Carles Puyol will leave FC Barcelona at the end of the season and join AC Milan, the Blaugrana captain has today said that there is no truth to that.
Lionel Messi's brace on Sunday meant that the Argentine equaled his compatriot and one of the all-time greats, Diego Maradona, in terms of goals scored for club and country.
FC Barcelona took another steep closer to securing the 2012-13 La Liga title yesterday when they twice fought back from a goal down to beat Real Betis.
FC Barcelona will today try to take the next step to securing their fourth title in the last five seasons, when they take on Real Betis. With Real Madrid's win yesterday Barça can't secure the title today.
Depending on the result of tonight's match between Real Madrid and Real Valladolid, FC Barcelona could secure the La Liga title tomorrow night at the Camp Nou, but they will be without Victor Valdes, who misses out with a foot injury
LFP have announced that the kickoff date for the game between FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol has been moved forward for three days, and will be played during the weekend instead of midweek.
FC Barcelona have been eliminated from the UEFA Champions League by the hands of Bayern Munich, who with the win set up the first ever all-German Champions League Final.
FC Barcelona will try to make a miracle comeback against Bayern Munich, but they will have to do that without the services of Sergio Busquets and Eric Abidal, who will miss the game through injury.
Lionel Messi's climb on Barcelona's record tables continued against Athletic Bilbao. The Argentine equaled Josep Samitier for second place on the club's all-time goalscoring list.