Barcelona

With the club passing through series of torrid times amidst inconsistencies on the pitch birthed by more than £1bn of financial debt, Club legend, Yaya Toure has offered himself to be of assistance to his former home in any capacity. Barcelona's crisis has been a major concern for fans and those who had the privilege of donning her colors in time past. The Blaugrana have been the opposite of who and what they were in years past due to their financial crisis and by extension, the departure of their greatest asset in history, Lionel Messi. The Catalonian highly valued and rated club side are 9th on the Spanish top-flight table – La Liga after three hard-fought wins out of their seven games so far. These conundrums have been feeding the gaffer at the helm to the wolves of criticism a...

Former Spanish and Barcelona legendary footballer, Andreas Iniesta is rooting for his fellow Catalan icon, Xavi Hernandez, to become the next boss of their former club as the crisis at the club continues to linger. Iniesta who plies his trade for Japanese club Vissel Kobe had offered a blanket and defiant message in his press conference on Wednesday. Barcelona this season have been performing below their pedigree under Dutch gaffer Ronald Koeman who took the reins from Quique Setien in August 2020 and since then, the team have been blowing hot and cold. Koeman, from all indications, has been under intense scrutiny and immense pressure as a result of the club’s lackluster performances both in the league and in Europe. Their first 2021/22 UCL match against Bayern Munich was an ey...

Antoine Griezmann has finalized his unexpected return to his former club Atletico Madrid on a season-long loan from Barcelona. The Catalonia-based club had to make that decision because of their current predicament. Expert opinion on this is Clear, letting Antoine go from a footballing point of view is bad but from a financial angle, it’s the best decision. Getting Griezmann's audacious wage off their books should be considered a smart decision. The question now is, are they going to survive the campaign with less capable legs? Antoine Griezmann departed from Atletico Madrid for Barcelona for a deal in the region of £103m two years ago. For obvious reasons, he didn’t live up to the billing and the highest level of performance Barcelona were envisaging from him. The former World Cu...

After joining Barcelona to link up with his Argentine friend Lionel Messi, who ultimately left the club to join Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer, Sergio Agüero has quickly become disillusioned about his future with the Spanish giants. Just to compound the issue, the veteran striker has also suffered an injury setback ahead of the new LaLiga season. Agüero feels deceived by Barcelona When he moved to Barcelona earlier in the summer, leaving Manchester City following ten glittering years in the English Premier League, 33-year-old Agüero finally thought he had the opportunity to achieve one of his greatest professional ambitions. He would now be able to play alongside Messi in a club side, having already enjoyed similar experiences in the past with the Argentina national team. I...