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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Barcelona Also Interested in Wayne Rooney
It seems Manchester United are trying to fight the rumors about Wayne Rooney handing in a transfer request, but according to his twitter account, he’s no longer a player for them, only a Nike footballer. There have been plenty of teams linked to the star player this season, and according to reports in Spain, Barcelona will be one of those trying to sign him this summer.
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FC Barcelona – Carles Puyol, Blaugrana Forever
Transfer rumors are always easy to create, and they always manage to cause quite a stir, even if they are the furthest thing from the truth. It’s impossible to imagine certain players in a different uniform after getting used to only one set through the years. Carles Puyol might not be the player he once was, with age and injuries taking their toll, but not playing for Barcelona seems like something that’s pure imagination.
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FC Barcelona Present – The Black Jersey for 2013-2014
With transfer announcements being a bit early to announce at this point of the season, declaring new jerseys, kits and shirts brings a lot of excitement with it, as Barcelona uncover another outfit for the 2013-2014 season, this time their third kit, an almost all-black uniform.
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FC Barcelona – Gerard Pique Walking a Thin Line With Tito Vilanova
At Barcelona, drastic changes and dramatic signings aren’t usually part of the method. Planning, long term planning, all interwoven with their footballing philosophy seems to be the guiding light, but sometimes, events change the course of action. Losing 4-0 and 3-0 to Bayern Munich might have implications this summer, which one of them might be Tito Vilanova losing his faith in Gerard Pique, resulting in a massive overhaul to the defensive line.
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Transfer Rumors 2013 – Barcelona Will Sign Pepe Reina From Liverpool
Football Club Barcelona have quite a few needs to address during the off-season according to their exit from the Champions League, and goalkeeper might be one of them if Victor Valdes is actually leaving. If that is true, it seems that bringing back Pepe Reina from Liverpool, a player who grew up at the club and has played for the senior side during his teenage years, is the first thing on the to-do list.
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FC Barcelona – Tito Vilanova Turns Lionel Messi Into a Super Sub
Maybe this is going to be the new thing for Barcelona heading into next season – starting Lionel Messi on the bench, and then throwing him into the match when he’s most needed, just to show his brilliance and scoring ability in a much narrower window of time. Tito Vilanova has used that “trick” more than once this season, and it seems to have worked every time.
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Lionel Messi Scoring 90 Goals a Year Isn’t Good for Barcelona
The one-man team concept blew up in the face of Barcelona and all of its supporters, always sure that any season without them making the Champions League final is just a small bug in the system, instead of a sign that they’re trotting in the same spot of mud for too long a time, and their growing emphasis on Lionel Messi being the only finisher has taken them backwards instead of strengthened their dominance against other European teams.
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FC Barcelona – Lionel Messi Can’t Be the Only Plan for Tito Vilanova
The questions of whether or not such a season, with such an exit from the most prestigious tournament, is a failure or not, will soon come. Lionel Messi spent 90 minutes on the bench, next to a helpless Tito Vilanova, as they watched Barcelona crash and burn at the Camp Nou in what has been their most painful and humbling loss at the biggest stage of all.
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Champions League – Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Predictions
Miracles happen once in a while, and the final minutes of the other semifinal suggests that anything can almost happen, but it seems quite unlikely that Barcelona will be able to turn around the result Bayern Munich bestowed upon them a week earlier, not to mention the Germans being the better team.