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	<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com</link>
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		<title>Cesc is Barca&#8217;s prime target</title>
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According to Catalan press, FC Barcelona has set out to make Cesc Fabregas as their prime target this summer.
Despite the high priority of maintaining the current excellent team, Barca coach Pep Guardiola and Txiki Begiristain are working on potential new transfers for the next season on the assumption that the club only requires three players [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/cesc-is-barcas-prime-target/</link>
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		<title>Iniesta trusts the Cantera</title>
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With FC Barcelona facing Copa del Rey finalists Atletico Madrid this Sunday in La Liga, Barca midfielder Andres Iniesta spoke about recent injury problems.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a difficult situation because so many players (Piqué, Chygrynskiy, Marquez, Alves and Abidal) are all unavailable but this is part of football.  So we will throw what we have and look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/iniesta-trusts-the-cantera/</link>
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		<title>Guadiola critical despite 5 goals scored at Tenerife</title>
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FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola was critical after his team trounced Tenerife 0-5.
Leo Messi produced another of his world class performances by scoring a hat-trick assisted by Barca prodigy Bojan Krkic. Captain Carles Puyol netted a header and late sub Pedro cooked the 5th to close the scoresheet.
However, Guardiola wasn&#8217;t happy with Barca performance and the way his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/guardiola-critical-despite-5-goals-scored-at-tenerife/</link>
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		<title>Cruyff:&#8221;Support Chygrynskiy if you want Pep to stay&#8221;</title>
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Former FC Barcelona coach, Johan Cruyff, defended the Ukrainian central defender Chygrynskiy following recent criticism during and after the Cup match against Sevilla.
In his weekly article Cruyff said: &#8220;If people criticize Chygrynskiy, they are also criticizing the coach&#8221; and claimed that it&#8217;s a no win situation for the club.
The Dutchman further underlined his claims by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/cruyff-support-chygrynskiy-if-you-want-pep-to-stay/</link>
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		<title>Messi close to recovering for El Clasico</title>
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Catalan sports newspapers report that FC Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi, is close to recovering for upcoming clash with Real Madrid.
Ivorian international Yaya Toure, recovered from swine flu and attended the latest training session. Lionel Messi was also present but he was practicing alone as he is still undergoing his special recovery treatment.
Messi, Ibrahimovic and Dani Alves missed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/messi-close-to-recovering-for-el-clasico/</link>
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		<title>Cruyff is Catalunya&#8217;s New Manager</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barça&#8217;s former manager Johann Cruyff has been appointed as the new coach of the Catalan national team after Pere Gratacòs stepped down earlier this year. The Dutch football icon will be officially unveiled as the side&#8217;s new coach in a ceremony at the Catalan parliament next Monday, according to Barcelona newspaper Sport.
In a move that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/cruyff-is-catalunyas-new-manager/</link>
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		<title>Statistics: Higher attendances than last season</title>
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The average attendance at the Nou Camp so far this season has been 12,000 higher than last year, with an average of 75,000 at each game.
The average attendance at the stadium so far this season after six games is 74.254, 12.256 more than for the first six games of last season, when the average was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/statistics-higher-attendances-than-last-season/</link>
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		<title>Jonathan:&#8221;I will improve&#8221;</title>
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In an interview after Barca B in over Sabadell (3-0), Barca Atlètic midfielder and Mexican Jonathan Dos Santos (19) repeated his willingness to continue growing, either in Barca B or the first team: &#8220;My goal is to do my best at Barça Atlètic, gaining valuable playing time and helping the team win the points. If God [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/jonathan-i-will-improve/</link>
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		<title>Laporta called Extremadura president an &#8220;imbecile&#8221;</title>
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According to Catalan press, FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta threatened the president of Extremadura and called him an &#8220;imbecile&#8221; during a phone call after being accused of using FC Barcelona as a stepping stone towards his political ambitions.
In his column in Spanish newspaper &#8220;Marca&#8221;, Guillermo Fernandez Vara asked Laporta to stop talking about Catalan independence. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fcbarcelonanews.com/laporta-called-extremadura-president-an-imbecile/</link>
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		<title>Pique:&#8221;Our opponents are ready to try anything&#8221;</title>
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FC Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique, thinks that it will be impossible for his team to repeat last year&#8217;s success and thinks that Barca needs to remain humble.
&#8220;We have to try win it all again, but the coach (Guardiola) is right when he said that it&#8217;s hard to improve and that we&#8217;ll have to forget about [...]]]></description>
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