Carlos Puyol

May 8, 2012 Filed under Breaking news, Euro 2012, Group C, Spain Posted by admin BARCELONA, Spain   ●   Barcelona defender Carles Puyol will undergo knee surgery, the Spanish league club said Tuesday, ruling the Spain international out of next month’s European Championship. Puyol on Saturday finished Barcelona’s 4-0 victory over Espanyol with discomfort in his right knee, and subsequent medical tests led the 34-year-old to opt for arthroscopic surgery. Barcelona said the surgery...Read Full Story

Carles Puyol Is a great DefenderPuyol in a match against GetafeIn 1999, then-coach Louis van Gaal promoted Puyol to the first team. He made his La Liga debut on 2 October at Real Valladolid, in a 2–0 win. After that, he successfully made another conversion, now to central defender. During the 2003 off-season, as Barcelona was immersed in a financial crisis, Manchester United showed interest in acquiring Puyol's services,but no move ever materialized; two years later, the player extended his...Read Full Story

Barcelona captain and Spanish international centre-back Carles Puyol has said he is not ready to call time on playing for the national team, after a knee injury ruled him out of UEFA EURO 2012.FIFARead Full Story

After Dani Alves and Thiago Alcantara combined to help Barcelona thump Rayo Vallecano they were feeling rather pleased with themselves. So pleased, in fact, that they couldn’t contain the samba rhythm within them. But their impromptu dance class was brought to a premature end when His Curly Highness Carlos Puyol decreed that this was not [...]Read Full Story

Spanish newspaper Sport have been forced to change their front page splash after using a photo that appeared to show Barcelona skipper Carlos Puyol in a very compromising position with midfield star Xavi. A slight change of photo and suddenly the cover isn’t anywhere near as controversial! Via 101GGRead Full Story