Tag Archives: Barca

Barcelona are readying a new bid to sign Liverpool play-maker Philippe Coutinho in the January window, with an offer of £133 million set to be made to the Anfield club. Last summer, the Catalans submitted three bids, with the highest in excess of £114 million, to lure the Brazilian to the Nou Camp, but were all were rejected by Liverpool, ...

Barcelona have emerged as surprise candidates to sign Manchester United’s Daley Blind. The Dutch defender is under contract at Old Trafford until June 2018, but appears to have fallen out of favour with Jose Mourinho, making just 12 appearances for United in all competitions this year. Former Barcelona and Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal, who has worked with Blind ...

Andres Iniesta is one of the most loved footballers of all time. The diminutive Spaniard stays clear of controversy and does all his talking on the pitch. He is one of the very few players who is appreciated by teammates and opponents alike. The 2010 World Cup winner has received standing ovation from Juve fans at the Juventus Stadium as ...

“We had a great time when Pep was here (Barcelona). We won a lot of titles and I grew a lot – that was the time when I grew most as a footballer. We had a fantastic relationship when he was here.” – Lionel Messi “If Pep told me to throw myself off the second tier at the Camp Nou, I’d think: ...

Jean-Michel Seri, currently playing for Nice in Ligue 1, is expected to be a man in demand come January, with clubs across Europe keen to acquire a player with a wide range of passing and the ability to dictate the tempo of a game. The 26-year old Ivory Coast midfielder, who has 16 full international caps to his name, almost ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has refused to rule out the possibility of Philippe Coutinho leaving the club in January as Barcelona are set to make another bid to prize the 25-year old Brazilian away from Anfield. The Catalan club had 3 offers for the player turned down in the summer, including a bid of £119 million, but, although Coutinho is ...

According to the French media, PSG are planning to steal Liverpool’s Philippe Countinho from under the noses of Barcelona, having made the Brazilian their number one transfer target next summer, with Telefoot reporting a meeting in London last week between PSG’s Sporting Director, Antero Henrique, and the player’s agent, Kia Joorabahlan. This will alarm Barcelona who made three unsuccessful bids ...

Barcelona are said to be closely tracking Liverpool’s teenage striker Ben Woodman. The young forward became the youngest player to score for Liverpool when he netted in the EFL Cup against Leeds last season, and recently burst on to the international stage with a goal and assist for Wales against Austria at Cardiff in September. Now Don Ballon reports that ...

Manchester City and Barcelona are said to be in a straight fight for the signature of Borussia Dortmund holding midfielder Julian Weigl next summer. With Yaya Toure and Fernandinho both out of contract at the Etihad, the young German, who is regarded as one of the most sought-after players in Europe, is regarded as a natural replacement by Pep Guardiola. ...

Liverpool and Barcelona fell out in a big way over the Catalan club’s attempts to sign Philippe Countinho in the summer. Now the ill-feeling between the two clubs may be set to intensify with news that Barcelona may try and beat the Anfield team to the signature of Dutch centre-half Virgil van Dijk. The Southampton defender was heavily pursued by ...