-
Police raid Camp Nou, Bartomeu taken in for questioning
Police in Barcelona have raided the offices of the Camp Nou stadium on Monday morning and took former Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu in for questioning. Former club directors Oscar Grau, Roman Gomez and Jaume Masferrer were also detained in the investigation relating to overpaid contracts to a company hired to monitor the club’s online presence. Bartomeu and his board stepped down in October 2020 with investigations into the club hiring the company i3 Ventures to monitor Barcelona's presence on social media already on-going. An investigation by audit company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) sa...
DPA
-
Police raid Camp Nou, Bartomeu taken in for questioning
Police in Barcelona have raided the offices of the Camp Nou stadium on Monday morning and took former Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu in for questioning. Former club directors Oscar Grau, Roman Gomez and Jaume Masferrer were also detained in the investigation relating to overpaid contracts to a company hired to monitor the club’s online presence. Bartomeu and his board stepped down in October 2020 with investigations into the club hiring the company i3 Ventures to monitor Barcelona's presence on social media already on-going. An investigation by audit company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) sa...
DPA
-
Di Maria’s wife told him to stay on even as chef at PSG if Messi were to join
PSG star Angel Di Maria was told by his wife to remain at the club even if it meant being as the chef should Lionel Messi move to Paris Saint Germain. With Messi fully in the cross-sights of PSG, the other players which are reaching the end of their contracts have slid ever so slightly underneath the radar with the Barca talisman’s Argentine compatriot Angel Di Maria being one of them. Former Real Madrid and Manchester United winger Di Maria is reaching the end of the deal he inked back in 2018 and could leave the French capital. Transfer journalist for Fabrizio Romano has suggested that a num...
Football Tribe Asia
-
Lionel Messi miraculously escapes long ban for slugging opponent
All Cules must surely be thanking their stars and taking to the streets in jubilation as Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has miraculously escaped a multi-match ban for his heavyweight rabbit punch on Athletic Bilbao’s Asier Villalibre in the Supercopa de Espana final. The Blaugrana talisman is set to miss the Copa del Rey tie against Cornell and La Liga fixture against Elche after being suspended for at the chaotic weekend. The Committee could have imposed a ban of up to 12 games nut Messi gott off with just a two-match ban. Apparently the federation’s competition committee did not deem the inc...
Football Tribe Asia
-
“He is impossible to predict” – Jan Oblak on how difficult it is playing against Lionel Messi
Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak has more reason than most other footballers to provide an invaluable insight into what an immense pain in the butt it is to face Lionel Messi when he’s on a goal-scoring stampede – and that’s coming direct from one of the best on the planet. Oblak, known only to a few prior to his emergence at Atletico, quickly developed into one of the world’s finest goalkeepers during his time under Diego Simeone. Ably protected by one of the sturdiest back-lines in world football, Oblak has unquestionably proven himself to be nothing less than world-class with acts of ph...
Football Tribe Asia
-
Messi not in talks with Barça, PSG or other clubs despite alleged intention to leave
When PSG star Neymar recently made it known that he’d like to play again with former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi, all eyes again instantly shifted to the diminutive 33-year-old Argentine wizard, pondering what his decision would be as his contract expiry comes up at the end of the season. Barça, now fifth in the La Liga table, will be taking on Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. This has led to another fresh batch of rumors headlining Messi heading to the French capital as topic number one with the match-up inching closer. However, despite all the frenzied buzz c...
Football Tribe Asia
-
Neymar’s confirmed returning to Barcelona to share the pitch with old buddy Lionel Messi!
Yes, you read right, Neymar is certainly getting his wish to return to the Blaugrana to romp on the pitch together with his best bosom buddy and former strike-mate, Lionel Messi – but only in the fixture between PSG and Barcelona in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. The UCL draw has been finalised and match-ups for the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League round of 16 have been decided, with one fixture in particular headlining the upcoming stage – Barcelona vs PSG. After finishing second in their group, the Blaugrana headed into the knockout stage unseeded, meaning they were bound to face tou...
Football Tribe Asia
-
Former Barca president Laporta keen to replace Coutinho and Griezmann with Erling Haaland
Another frontrunning presidential candidate has spoken in earnest about his project. Cuatro’s report allegedly claims that the former Barcelona chief Joan Laporta wants to do some serious, ambitious transfer business. Former Blaugrana president Laporta had a successful tenure in his term as the chief at Camp Nou and has purposed to sell Philippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann to help facilitate the signing of sizzling hot Borussia Dortmund star forward, Erling Braut Haaland, who has been ramping up the headlines with his dazzling goal-scoring exploits that do not look anywhere near like slowin...
Football Tribe Asia
-
Atletico Madrid favourites to win La Liga, says Zidane
The Madrid derby is looming large and in close proximity with Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane admitting on Friday that current La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid looked promising to win the title. Atletico last won the Spanish title in 2014, and came a close third last season as Real Madrid won it with Barcelona trailing awkwardly in second place. “They are favourites and they demonstrate that every time they take the pitch,” Zidane said on the eve of his match against Diego Simeone’s side. “They have always been highly competitive, and right now they are top of the pile.” Zidane’s side trail A...
Football Tribe Asia