Local dailys like "Marca, As & Sport"give the news that French Champions OLYMPIQUE LYON are thinking about FC BARCELONA forward SAMUEL ETO´O. It´s published that Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas will make an offer if his Coach Claude Puel asks for the player. The only doubt is Eto´o´s high salary, which may unbalance the dressing room equilibruim. However, Barcelona based paper "Sport" goes further & asks: What about BENZEMA then? The paper speculates that a "swap... Read Full Story
Spanish Sports daily "AS" has put together an interesting theory that stipulates that European Football is stalled & awaiting a conclusion to the REAL MADRID - CRISTIANO RONALDO "Operation". The daily comments that if Ronaldo goes to Madrid, the effect will unleash a "chain reaction" ( dominio effect) of transfers throughout European Football. Here is the "AS" theory: If Cristiano Ronaldo signs for Real Madrid, Manchester United will need a forward. The forward that... Read Full Story
FC BARCELONA started "officially" its pre-season match scheduleagainst Scottish Club HIBERNIAN tonight with a 0-6 victory. The Scottish side - with all due respects - was a "sparring" partner for the powerful Barça team. The Barça starting lineup had 4 Barça-B players, plus new comersPique & Dani Alves, as seen in the below picture: (Valdés; Alves, Márquez, Piqué, Córcoles; Víctor Vázquez, Busquets, Pedrito; Messi, Henry & Gudjohnsen) The first half was an exhibition for... Read Full Story
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has denied the club want to sign Samuel Eto'o and claims they are now passive observers of Cristiano Ronaldo's next move. Los Merengues' supremo was quizzed on Eto'o after rumours in the Spanish media linking the Cameroon striker with a return to the Spanish capital. But, just as was the case when the Barcelona were linked with Robinho, the 'non-aggression' pact between the two sides stands. "There is no Eto'o case. I do not know where this has come... Read Full Story
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is desperate to play for Argentina at the Beijing Olympics but the decision to attend the Games is out of the player's hands, according to his father. "I told the club two months ago about Leo's intentions and the club knew he wanted to attend the Games," Jorge Messi was quoted as saying in Barcelona sports daily El Mundo Deportivo. "Leo was really keen to go because wearing the blue and white is a wonderful thing. The club told me that of course he could go... Read Full Story
