Koeman rules out that Barcelona will play the classification against Benfica: “It is not decisive”

BARCELONA – Ronald Koeman enjoyed, for the first time in weeks, a press conference free of questions regarding his future on the Barcelona bench. The excellent image of the team against Levante and the significance of Wednesday’s duel in Lisbon centered an appearance in which the Dutch coach rejected that a defeat against Benfica could … Read more

Barcelona begins negotiations to sign Wijnaldum and will discuss Koeman’s future

BARCELONA – Barcelona closed the sports season and immediately opened the steps to start planning the new season. Two days after Pep Guardiola, from Manchester, took for granted the signing of Sergio Agüero by the Barça club, President Joan Laporta, accompanied by the sports director Mateu Alemany, met at the club’s offices with Jan Kabalt, … Read more

Koeman believes that Barcelona can win La Liga: “We are still there”

BARCELONA – Ronald Koeman remains firm in his confidence that Barcelona is in a position to win the League, after a day in which his stumble against Atlético was followed by another draw by Real Madrid that keeps the championship open. Serie A, Copa del Rey, UFC, thousands of live events, exclusive original series and … Read more

Barcelona, ​​hit by injuries and distrust generated by long recoveries

BARCELONA – Barcelona will play many of their options in the League next Saturday against Real Madrid, and five days after the clash Ronald Koeman still does not know if he will be able to count on Gerard Piqué and Sergi Roberto. The latter could be discharged without further delay, but with the central defender … Read more

“I am hopeful, but I am not sure that Messi will stay at Barcelona”

BARCELONA – Ronald Koeman trusts in the continuity of Lionel Messi in Barcelona but does not dare to predict whether the Argentine star will end up renewing his contract. The Dutch coach, in an interview with The Athletic before his contract case broke out, referred to the footballer, with whom he maintains “a great professional … Read more

“Messi’s departure is inevitable, it was a mistake not to sell him”

BARCELONA – Rivaldo, a Brazilian star who belonged to Barcelona between 1997 and 2002, considered that the Barça club made “a mistake” by not transferring Lionel Messi at the end of last season, taking into account the serious economic crisis that the Barça club is going through, comparing his case with Real Madrid, which did … Read more

Barcelona relives another nightmare in Seville

First it was on May 7, 1986 at the Sánchez Pizjuán. Then on May 25, 2019 at Benito Villamarín. And finally on January 17, 2021 at the La Cartuja stadium. Three different fields in the same city and three defeats, hard to accept, that remain in the history of Barcelona. Only once, in 1925, did … Read more

“We only think of the Barcelona partner, and I don’t know if all the candidates can say the same”

BARCELONA – Jordi Farré, 45 years old, tends to joke with his date of birth: it coincided with the day that Francisco Franco, the dictator who ruled Spain between 1939 and that November 20, 1975 died. He was very faithful to Núñez, unlike him, and defends the need to “regain joy” in a Barça that, … Read more

Barcelona announces the arrival of Pjanic

BARCELONA – Barcelona announced on Monday, just 90 minutes apart, the transfer of Arthur Melo to Juventus and the subsequent signing of Miralem Pjanic, from the Italian club and for whom he will pay 60 million fixed euros plus some other variables 5 million. If you want to receive alerts from European football, download the … Read more

Arthur has already announced to the squad that he is leaving for Juve and is not considering stopping

BARCELONA – Arthur Melo returned to Barcelona on Sunday night after undergoing a medical check-up in Turin with Juventus doctors and this Monday he already trained with his teammates from Barcelona, ​​ready to end the season and “totally” discarded and as information from Italy hinted, considering not playing again at Barça, a source close to … Read more