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I'll Never Be Barcelona President

... do that.". Guardiola spent 17 years at Barca as a player and returned as manager of the B team in 2007 before taking over from Frank Rijkaard as first team manager the following year. During four years in charge he won 14 titles, including the Treble in his first season, but left in 2012, exhausted by the demands of the job. Speaking while still Bayern Munich coach in 2014, he ruled out ever returning to his boyhood club in a managerial capacity. "In principle I won't coach Barca again," he told Mundo Deportivo at the time. "I think that there are cycles in life and that mine [at the club] finished.". Now, having ruled out returning as president, there will be genuine doubts about whether Guardiola will ever return to the club where he has spent nearly half of his life - as his father, Valenti, suggested earlier this year. Pique, on ...

Barcelona's Lionel Messi To Miss Best Fifa Football Awards Ceremony

... party will be led by president Josep Maria Bartomeu, who will be joined by a number of the club's various directors. A Barca statement read: "With the aim of prioritising preparations for Wednesday's game against Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona have decided that the players recognised in the Gala The Best FIFA Awards, which takes place on Monday in Zurich, will not be travelling to Switzerland for the ceremony. Lionel Messi is tipped to lose out to Cristiano Ronaldo at The Best FIFA Football Awards. "The club's delegation is led by president Josep Maria Bartomeu, sporting vice president Jordi Mestre, director Silvio Elias, CEO Oscar Grau, Albert Soler [director of professional sports], Robert Fernandez [first team technical secretary] and Raul Sanllehi [director of football]. "FC Barcelona thank FIFA, its president Gianni Infantino and the executive structure for the organisation's help in being able to take part in today's gala. The ...

The Day Cristiano Ronaldo Almost Joined Messi At Fc Barcelona

... that missing out on the Portuguese could result in a long period of struggling. “If Barça sign him, we won’t win a trophy for ten years,” said a senior board member. Ronaldo had to join Real Madrid. José Ángel Sánchez asked people close to Boluda to help make him change his mind. ‘It would be a crazy step backwards,’ the president was told. But Boluda insisted that he would not be the ‘crazy man’ who would put the economy of the club in danger with such a brutal expenditure. Tensions reached boiling point. In the end the crisis was resolved in a most unusual fashion. Sánchez convinced Boluda to call Florentino Pérez. Why you may ask? Not only was Perez not yet even President, but he hadn’t even confirmed his intention to stand at that point. In theory, he had nothing to do with the club but the reality was that no one doubted that he had some role in Fernández de Blas’s ...

Fc Barcelona Start 2017 With Defeat At Nine-man Athletic Bilbao In Copa Del Rey

... did come to Barca’s aid just after the break, though, when he adjudged Messi’s free-kick to have crossed the line despite Gorka Iraizoz’s best efforts in the Athletic goal. Iraizoz tipped over a dangerously dipping effort from Neymar as the pressure from the visitors built and the home side were reduced to nine men in their efforts to halt the Brazilian. Garcia and then Iturraspe had few complaints after seeing second yellow cards for late challenges on Neymar. More Messi magic nearly prevented Barca starting the year with defeat as he danced past two defenders before a desperate saving challenge from Mikel San Jose prevented the Argentine getting a shot off. And in the dying seconds Messi smashed a loose ball inside the area off the inside of the post. No side other than Real Madrid has eliminated Barca from the Cup since 2008 and the ...

Villarreal 1-1 Barça

... dynamic; Every time Barcelona carved the yellow submarine open, the opposition retaliated with a dangerous counter-attack. It was only a matter of time before one team broke the dead-lock. Despite both teams taking a proactive approach, the finishing was lacking on both sides. However, neither team was backing down, as they continued to play the game their way, and create a galore of chances. As the half wore on, Villareal settled into a five-man backline. In the final few minutes of the first half, Andres Iniesta found Digne on the overlap, who’s cross sizzled into the box, but Suarez’s strike was straight at the keeper. With no minutes added, the referee blew his whistle to signal half-time. Second Half. Within moments of coming out of the tunnel, Barca began to attack the yellow submarine, as they pushed higher up the pitch to pressure Villareal into their own box. However, like every other attack so ...

Fc Barcelona Vs. Athletic Bilbao

... Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar jokes with his son Davi Lucca before the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) round of 16 second leg football match FC Barcelona vs Athletic Club de Bilbao at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on January 11, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENELLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images. (Credit: EPA / Quique Garcia). epa 05711785 FC Barcelona's Argentinian striker Leo Messi jubilates his 3-1 goal against Athletic Bilbao during the King's Cup round of 16 second leg match at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 11 January 2017. EPA/Quique Garcia. (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, celebrates after scoring with his teammate Neymar during a Copa del Rey, 16 round, second leg, between FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez). ADVERTISE HERE. (Credit: AP / Manu Fernandez). FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi kicks the ball to scores during a Copa del Rey, 16 ...

Cristiano Ronaldo Taunts Lionel Messi & Absent Fc Barcelona Stars

... praised his teammates, coaches and family for helping him achieve his dreams in 2016. "This achievement is incredible on a personal level. Unbelievable, I will never forget this year. I am very happy," Ronaldo added. "Thank you everyone, I don't really have anything else to add. The awards I think speak for themselves. "It's incredible, it's not the first time but it's the first of this. "First and foremost I must thank my teammates of Real Madrid and the coach. Thank you for everything you have done for me. "I've also got to thank my family, my brothers, my mum, my whole staff 100% for everything they've given me. "2016 was the best year of my career. I had a lot of doubts but at the end I think the trophies speak for themselves. "I achieved the best I could in the competitions and after I won what I did.". Read: FIFA Announce 2016 World Team Of The Year. After picking up his fourth FIFA best player award, Ronaldo is now only ...

Fc Barcelona Ivan Rakitic Joining Manchester City Very Soon

... Enrique has favored summer signings Andre Gomes and Denis Suarez over the 28-year-old midfielder. It has led Rakitic to make his fondness with Guardiola public. He claimed last November that he wore the No. 4 jersey because of the former Barcelona player and manager, per The Sun. Local newspapers in Croatia have been hinting that Rakitic will move to Manchester City soon. And to add fuel to the transfer rumors, Enrique benched Rakitic in their game against Villarreal on Sunday because of "technical reasons.". However, the Barcelona manager played down the transfer rumors about Rakitic. He told the media after the Villarreal game that only 25 percent of rumors are true. And as for benching the midfielder, he exclaimed that it's part of his job. "It's up to me to decide the squads and the teams. That's my job. 'What's been published has nothing to do with that. Only 25 percent of things are true, be it in the Croatian, Spanish, England, Italian media," Enrique said, via The Daily Mail. Besides Manchester City, Rakitic has been linked with big teams such as Juventus, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United. On the other hand, Barcelona would like ...

Fc Barcelona Reveals Training Tracks, Player Faves Via Deezer

... Portuguese player André Gomes that includes Red Hot Chili Peppers ’ “Californication.”. It appears soccer superstar Lionel Messi has been too busy scoring goals to participate in the fledgling playlist project, which premiered Dec. 15 on Deezer. His list had included only one song - Andrés Calamaro’s “Maradona” - and has since been removed from the page. According to the club’s Deezer profile, the team has only one favorite artist. Not surprisingly, it’s Shakira , partner of center-back Gerard Piqué. “The Sound of Barça” team playlists will be played over the PA system both before and during games played at Barcelona’s Camp Nou. Deezer promotion will appear on the LED screens in the stadium. “Not only will the partnership allow us to give football and music fans a more personal way of accessing exclusive content but it will bring both sets of fans much closer to one of the world’s most popular sports: football,” Deezer chief commercial officer Golan Shaked said in a statement. Deezer, which seems poised to take further advantage of the long-established ties between soccer and music, announced a similar partnership with ...

Fcbarcelona Photo Awards Submission Period Extended

... Period Extended. New Deadline: February 28 th, 2017. News provided by. Dec 19, 2016, 09:05 ET. Share this article. BARCELONA, Spain, Dec. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ - FC Barcelona extends the period of participation of the FCBARCELONA PHOTO AWARDS until 28/02/2017, to allow a maximum dissemination in the first edition of the Awards. The FCBARCELONA PHOTO AWARDS have been promoted during different events in Perpignan, London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid and New York. The Club has decided to take into consideration the high interest generated after these events, as well as the numerous requests about extending the deadline. FCBarcelona Photo Awards - Celebrating the Art in Sport. AWARDS THEME: THE POSITIVE VALUES OF SPORT • APPLY NOW. The FCBARCELONA PHOTO AWARDS are sports-themed awards, created by the Futbol Club Barcelona, aimed at artists who use photography as a creative vehicle, as well as professional photographers and photojournalists who see sports as a way of artistic expression. Intended to support the development of high-level projects, the Awards ...