Tag: Fc Barcelona

Messi enjoyed tremendous success at Camp Nou, winning 10 La Liga titles, four Champions League crowns and the Ballon d'Or six times.

Barcelona: Spanish football giants FC Barcelona on Friday named Argentine superstar Lionel Messi as their captain, replacing Andres Iniesta, for the new season. Iniesta, who had led the Catalan giants since 2015, moved to Japanese side Vissel Kobe earlier this summer. Messi, 31, has previously led Barca in Iniesta’s absence but will now begin the […]

Barcelona: New manager Ernesto Valverde deserves credit for FC Barcelona’s improved performance, Lionel Messi has said. Under Valverde, who joined the club last summer, Barça have built a 11-point lead at the top of La Liga, reached the Champions League round of 16 and qualified for the semifinals of the Copa del Rey, Efe news […]

Madrid: Lionel Messi will become the third most capped player for European football giant FC Barcelona when he makes his 600th official appearance for the club at the Camp Nou Stadium on Saturday against Sevilla. Only Xavi Hernandez (767) and Andres Iniesta (642) have played more games for Barca than the 30-year-old who made his […]

Barcelona: Catalan football giants FC Barcelona on Wednesday presented an estimated budget of 897 million euros ($1.63 billion) for the next fiscal year, the biggest for a sports club in history. The Spanish club is set to present the budget forecast during its next general assembly, scheduled for October 21, reports Efe. “The club has […]

Barcelona: Veteran midfielder Andres Iniesta on Friday signed a lifetime contract with Catalan football giants FC Barcelona, ending the speculation that surrounded his future with the club he joined when he was 12 years old. “This is a very special day for me, simply because it means I’m staying at my home, where I can […]

Barcelona: FC Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has said his squad will face Girona this weekend determined to maintain its perfect record. At the pre-match press conference on Friday, Valverde said he wanted his charges to “extend the winning streak” for as long as possible, Efe news reported. “Tomorrow’s match is very important to us, and […]

Barcelona: Lionel Messi’s four goals led FC Barcelona to a 6-1 victory here over Eibar to leave the Catalan club in sole possession of first place in La Liga, with 15 points from five matches. Barca, with plenty of substitutes in the line-up, were not quite themselves in the opening minutes during the match on […]

Madrid: The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Monday imposed a five-match ban on Real Madrid star forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who had lightly pushed the referee after being shown a red card during the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup against FC Barcelona. RFEF banned Ronaldo for one match due to him being dismissed […]

Barcelona: FC Barcelona star forward Lionel Messi on Wednesday bid farewell to teammate and “friend” Neymar after the Catalan giants confirmed that the Brazil star is set to leave. “It was an enormous pleasure to have shared these years with you Neymar, friend. I wish you a lot of luck in the next stage of […]

Madrid: FC Barcelona have renewed the contract of promising young midfielder Carles Alena until the end of June 2020, the Spanish football giants confirmed on their official website on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Alena is considered to be one of the ‘pearls’ of the Barca youth system and this season formed a regular part of the […]

Madrid: Argentine Lionel Messi and Brazilian Neymar, with one goal each against Alaves, were responsible for winning FC Barcelona’s third straight Copa del Rey tourney 3-1. The two unstoppable players wrapped up the match just before halftime. After failing to win the La Liga championship and eliminated in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, the Barcelona squad […]

Madrid: Neymar scored a hat-trick for FC Barcelona as the La Liga leaders won 4-1 in Las Palmas to ensure that the race for the title will go into the last weekend of the football season. Barca remain level on points with Real Madrid, but Madrid’s 4-1 win at home to Sevilla means that if […]

Beirut: A team comprising former star footballers of multiple European champions FC Barcelona beat ex-players of fellow Spanish giants Real Madrid 3-2 here in a game billed as the “Classico of Legends”. In front of over 30,000 spectators at the Cite Sportive on Friday evening, 36 former Barcelona and Real Madrid players entertained their overseas […]

Rio de Janeiro: Brazil football great Ronaldinho has revealed he was “very close” to joining Manchester United instead of FC Barcelona. Ronaldinho was pursued by the English Premier League club but eventually signed with the Spanish giants from Paris Saint-Germain for a reported fee of 30 million euros ($32.17 million), reports Xinhua news agency. “When I […]