The Italian Olympic Committee is about to reexamine the case against Pep Guardiola over alleged drug use during his time as a player at Brescia.
In 2001 Guardiola was fined and suspended for four months for alleged nandrolone use and his sentence was upheld by the appeal court of the Italian football federation (FIGC).
Guardiola, now the [...]
FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola and squad captain Carles Puyol gave a press conference today during the club’s preseason tour in the United States.
Guardiola spoke about what the team needs to do next season in order to retain the three trophies that they won last season.
“Last year we did things that were good,” Guardiola said. [...]
Sir Bobby Robson (1933-2009), former FC Barcelona and England`s coach, died at the age of 76.
Robson, a true ‘gentleman’, played for Fulham and West Bromwich Albion during the 50s and 60s. After marking 20 caps for England, his career flourished as the Ipswich coach where he managed to bring Ipswich to a runners up position [...]
Transfer rumors
According to Catalan news daily “Sport” FC Barcelona will be looking to add a midfielder to their squad before the summer transfer window closes.
Reportedly, Barca coach would like to bolster the midfield and considers it as a priority for the next season.
The two front-runners are still the Arsenal creative midfielder Cesc Fabregas and [...]
Bobby Robson on Barcelona
“You have to understand that Barcelona is a nation without a state, and Barça is its army.” -Sir Bobby Robson
Barca training session in LA
FC Barcelona official website reported that Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be getting back to training in 3 or 4 days.
Barca physio Paco Seirullo was quoted saying: “Ibrahimovic will stay three or four more days without doing anything until the injury has stabilized. After that, he’ll start doing exercises that don’t carry any risk of contacts [...]
According to Spanish news daily “El Mundo Deportivo” FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has postponed all negotiations on the renewal and extension of his contract.
FC Barcelona were looking to renew Guardiola`s contract since the winter but despite the fact his contract runs out in 12 months, Guardiola believes that the focus should only be [...]
Catalan sports daily “El Mundo Deportivo” claims that FC Barcelona midfielder and Iceland international Eidur Gudjohnsen (30) is close to joining West Ham.
Reportedly, West Ham representatives Gianluca Nani and Scott Duxbury visited Gudjohnsen while FC Barcelona was visiting London for the Wembley Cup and negotiated terms with the player.
According to the source, two sides [...]
Guardiola doesn`t want to renew his contract