Manchester City’s hopes of signing Alexis Sanchez have been dented, after the Barcelona ace said he will be staying at the Camp Nou. The Chilean international has struggled to cement a regular place in the first team under Tito Vilanova, leading to reports linking him with a move to City and Italian giants Juventus. But
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So we come to the end of our Brazil special, in tribute for next year’s World Cup, and in what better way to complete the trilogy than with a Part 3 on a player who could light up the very occasion, Neymar, but is he a player who will live up to the hype? At
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The problems are clear as day, and I’m a little uncomfortable with the notion that the tides are shifting against Barcelona and that all the power in European football is now centralised to Germany. Skimming over Real Madrid will leave them furious at this stage, I’m sure. But Madrid never had a grasp over all
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Manchester United are reportedly plotting a summer move for Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara.
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Barcelona’s 4-2 win at home to Real Betis last Sunday will be remembered for two reasons. The first being that Lionel Messi came off the bench just before the hour-mark and put forward one of his most spectacular performances this season. Were it not for Betis keeper Adrian – and I will point the finger
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If last night’s 3-0 hammering at home to Bayern Munich spelt the end of Barcelona’s ‘cycle,’ as Sky Sports’ Gary Neville has likened it to in recent weeks, then the end of the Catalan side’s time at the top of the game was one of the most brutal imaginable. Be it the 4-0 masterclass that
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It was one of the more unusual images created this season: Barcelona celebrating wildly in the corner of the pitch at the Camp Nou following Jordi Alba’s goal in the 4-0 thumping of AC Milan, only for Alex Song to emerge from the sea of players and coaches. Song has felt the sting of reality
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As I sat, as open-mouthed as the rest of Europe’s football fans, watching Bayern Munich ambush Barcelona in the Allianz Arena tonight, one question flickered through my mind: could this result happen next season? It may seem a little early for pondering the future, but this article wouldn’t have been penned tonight had it not
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