Laporta:”Barca unlikely to sign more players in the winter”

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“We do not think of the winter transfer window. The seasons are planned from the beginning to end and if there are not obstacles or injuries, we want to finish with what we have started”, said Joan Laporta. The FC Barcelona president still left the possibility open: “if Guardiola asks us to add [...]

Chygrynskiy arrives in Barcelona

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At around 11AM this morning the Ukrainian defender Dmytro Chygrynskiy has arrived in Barcelona to sign a contract with the Catalan club.
Chygrynskiy is set to undergo his medical on Monday morning and is expected to be officially presented at around 1:30 PM.
FC Barcelona, reportedly, agreed to meet Shaktar`s demands and will be paying [...]

Chygrynskiy to be presented on Saturday

Catalan news daily “Sport” claims that FC Barcelona will sign Shaktar´s central defender Dmytro Chygrynskiy this Saturday.
According to the source, Chygrynskiy would be joining FC Barcelona for a fee of 25 million euros. Barca, reportedly, initially offered a one year loan with 3 million euros to be paid to Shaktar + 22 million for the [...]

Racing Santander to sign Jeffren

Catalan news daily “Sport” claims that Barca B midfielder Jeffren Suarez is close to signing a contract with Racing Santander.
Racing is looking to offer a 4 year deal to the youngster while Barca would be offered a buy-back clause.
The transfer is still awaiting an approval of FC Barcelona coach, Josep Guardiola, and Barca sports director [...]

Guardiola:”Chygrynskiy has the qualities we need”

FC Barcelona manager, Pep Guardiola, asserted again that Chygrynskiy is the signing that his team needs for the upcoming season.
Pep Guardiola stressed the importance of signing the Ukrainian international and valued the defender`s qualities: “Chygrynskiy has certain qualities that are hard to find in a central defender and which Barca needs for our style of [...]

FC Barcelona close to signing Chygrynskiy

Catalan newspaper “Sport” claims that FC Barcelona are close to signing Shakhtar`s defender and Ukraine international Dmytro Chygrynskiy. According to the the source the deal could be closed in next few days, for a fee close to 25 million euros.
Reportedly, FC Barcelona coach, brushed off critics who pointed out that Chygrynskiy won`t be able [...]

Barca could sign Poulsen this winter

According to Italian sports newspaper “Tuttomercato” Juventus defensive midfielder and Danish international Christian Poulsen (29) could sign for FC Barcelona this winter.
Danish international was linked with a move to Barcelona but the Catalans opted not to strenghten their midfield this summer. However, Barca will still consider purchasing Poulsen whis winter when they`ll have a clearer [...]

FC Barcelona still looking for a left winger

Since Cesc Fabregas transfer to FC Barcelona looks unlikely to materialize this summer, the Catalans are shifting their interest into signing a left winger. Spanish newspaper “Marca” reports that Valencia attacking midfielder and Spanish international Juan Mata (21) could be next on the list of Barca new signings.
Reportedly, Valencia are still going through financial problems [...]

Caceres set to join Juventus

FC Barcelona defender Martin Caceres is a few hours away from becoming a new player of Juventus. The Uruguayan defender will undergo medical tests tomorrow before signing a one year loan deal.
Yesterday afternoon, the agent of Caceres, Daniel Fonseca, met with Barca sports director Txiki Begiristain to close the agreement. The deal with [...]

Stuttgart close to signing Hleb

Catalan news daily “Sport” claims that Inter is no longer interested in signing the FC Barcelona midfielder and Belarus international Alexander Hleb.
The club from Milan reportedly turned their interest to Deco and Cassano after learning that Alexander Hleb is about to sign for Stuttgart, the club he played in from 2000 to 2005.
Should the [...]