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    Barcelona agree fee for Sevilla star Adriano:

    Barcelona are in talks with Sevilla wing-back Adriano after the two clubs reached a preliminary agreement on a transfer fee of €13.5 million



    The 25-year-old Brazilian, who can operate at left-back and on the left side of midfield, is discussing personal terms with the Spanish champions and is poised to become the second new arrival at Camp Nou this summer following David Villa's switch from Valencia.
    "The deal is practically done,'' Sevilla president Jose Maria Del Nido told the club's official website. "On Saturday I received a call from (Barcelona president) Sandro Rosell and negotiations started.
    "Adriano is negotiating with the club but between Barcelona and Sevilla there is a preliminary agreement in place.'
    "It's a very good offer considering the years that Adriano has been with us and his performance in the past two seasons. The player also wanted to open a new chapter in his career.
    "The offer was accepted because it was good and because the player wanted to leave. He leaves the club on a high note having won six trophies out of seven finals played. We are eternally grateful to him.''
    Meanwhile, Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not leave Barcelona this summer, according to Rosell. The Sweden international has been linked with a return to Serie A with AC Milan and Juventus reportedly keen to acquire the services of the 28-year-old striker.
    "He is our player until our coaching staff says otherwise,'' said Rosell on the club's official website. "For the time being they have said they want him.''
    The arrival of Spanish striker David Villa at Barca from Valencia earlier this summer, increased claims Ibrahimovic could be on his way out of Camp Nou.
    Ibrahimovic joined Barca last season from Inter Milan and is under contract with the Spanish champions until June 2014.

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    Barcelona Home Kit 2010/11


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    La Liga Fixtures for the 2010/11 season announced ;

    Barca's important match date's

    Sept 18/19 , 2010 vs Atletico Madrid (A)
    Oct 17/18 , 2010 vs Valencia (H)
    Oct 31/Nov 1 , 2010 vs Sevilla (H)
    Nov 28/29 , 2010 vs REAL MADRID (H)
    Dec 19/20 , 2010 vs Espanyol (A)

    Feb 06/07 , 2011 vs Atletico Madrid (H)
    Mar 02/03 , 2011 vs Valencia (A)
    Mar 13/14 , 2011 vs Sevilla (A)
    Apr 16/17 , 2011 vs REAL MADRID (A)
    May 08/09 , 2011 vs Espanyol (H)



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    Extent of Barcelona's debt revealed by fresh audit


    A new audit into Barcelona's finances have revealed the club's debt is 442m euros (£369.5m) after a loss of more than 77m euros (£64.36m) last season.
    The previous board, led by Joan Laporta, had announced the club was 11m euros in the black at the end of June.



    But a new audit carried out by Deloitte for new president Sandro Rosell's team reveals a far less healthy scenario.
    The news comes as Barca spokesman Toni Freixa said Arsenal are still refusing to negotiate the sale of Cesc Fabregas.


    Fabregas has been the subject of a transfer saga which has run all summer, with departed Barca president Laporta and Rosell both left frustrated by Arsenal's tough stance.
    Since having a 35m euro (£29m) bid turned down earlier this summer, Barca have made several attempts to speak to Arsenal, but Freixa says the Londoners are unwilling to budge.


    "Arsenal don't want to sit down and negotiate with us. It's not a problem with the wishes of Cesc or of Barca - they simply don't want to negotiate," he said.


    Fabregas, who still has five years to run on his Arsenal contract, has stated he would like to play for Barcelona, while Barca players such as Andres Iniesta, Xavi and David Villa have all publicly urged the 23-year-old to leave London for the Catalan giants this summer.


    Still, along with Arsenal's unwillingness to enter negotiations, it remains uncertain whether Barcelona could afford what would almost certainly be a weighty fee for the Gunners playmaker.


    The audit shows that Barca's costs in the 2009-10 season rose to £400m, with their income at £341.7m.


    Barca also had to recently take out a loan of around £125m after falling behind with the payment of player wages at the end of June, while central defender Dymtro Chygrynskiy was hastily sold to Shakhtar Donetsk to raise much-needed funds for the club.


    Nevertheless, Barca have already signed striker Villa this summer for £33.4m and are willing to spend as much or even more to bring Arsenal midfielder Fabregas to the Nou Camp, Rossell said earlier this month.

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    Spanish Super Cup 2010

    BARCELONA 4-0 SEVILLA

    13' Abdulla Konko (OG)
    24' Lionel Messi
    44' Lionel Messi
    90' Lionel Messi

    Magic Messi wins Supercopa for Barca




    Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Barcelona turned around a 3-1 first-leg deficit to claim the Supercopa with an impressive win over an under-par Sevilla side at the Nou Camp on Saturday
    David Villa came on to make his debut late on and new president Sandro Rosell was in his box seat for the first time in a night of celebrations.
    Rosell was to win his first trophy as Barca chief, but the Catalans were also presented with the league trophy they won last season and welcomed back their World Cup winners too.
    Five of Barca's eight Spain stars started this match, with Villa, Carles Puyol and Andres Iniesta on the bench. But it was the youngest of them all, Pedro, who set Barca on their way after 14 minutes as Abdoulay Konko scored an own goal.
    The Tenerife-born forward beat two Sevilla players on the right wing, advanced into the area and saw his low cross deflected into the net by Konko. It was a soft goal from Sevilla's point of view and a bad time to concede as well.
    The Andalusians, with one eye on Tuesday's Champions League qualifier against Braga, began without their two star strikers, Luis Fabiano and Frederic Kanoute.
    Alvaro Negredo and Alejandro Alfaro began in their place, but were feeding off scraps up front. The Catalans were dominating almost effortlessly and a second goal appeared only a matter of time.
    Bojan Krkic and Maxwell both came close before Messi ran on to Xavi's perfectly-weighted slide-rule pass to slot home after 25 minutes.
    A 2-0 win was all that Barca needed to reclaim the Supercopa, but there was still more than an hour to go. And Messi was in the mood.
    The 24-year-old latched on to Dani Alves' pass in the area a minute before half-time and beat Andres Palop with a fierce angled shot which gave the keeper no chance.
    Messi could have completed his hat-trick five minutes after the break, but dragged his shot side of the target.
    Villa came on for his debut short of the hour mark and showed some moments of inspiration, but it was another Barca substitute, Iniesta, who created the fourth goal.
    Spain's World Cup hero charged into the area in the last minute after playing a one-two with Villa and unselfishly laid the ball back for Messi, who slotted home to complete his hat-trick and round off a perfect night for the Catalan club.
    It was a first title for Rosell, but an eighth for Guardiola in what is the beginning of only his third season in charge.
    Captain Puyol, who sat out the whole 90 minutes, came on to lift the trophy after the match on a happy night at the Nou Camp, and a welcome return to form for Messi following his World Cup disappointment with Argentina

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    Masch bound for Barcelona

    Liverpool agree terms for sale of Argentina captain



    Javier Mascherano has been given permission to open talks with Barcelona after Liverpool agreed terms with the Spanish giants.
    The Argentina captain has been linked with a move away from Anfield for much of the summer with Barca and Inter Milan both keen on his services.
    Midfielder Mascherano was not included in the Reds' squad for Monday's 3-0 Premier League defeat at Manchester City after informing Hodgson he did not want to be considered for selection.
    New Reds boss Hodgson has always maintained that the 26-year-old would remain on Merseyside unless the club's valuation of the player was met.
    The former Fulham manager revealed after the Reds secured their place in the group stages of the Europa League that the club had rejected an initial offer from Inter, who have ex-Anfield boss Rafa Benitez at the helm.

    Permission

    And Barca have moved to the front of the queue for the tough-tackling Mascherano's services with their offer accepted and the player now due to open discussions with the Camp Nou outfit.
    A statement on the club's official website read: "Liverpool Football Club have agreed terms for the transfer of Javier Mascherano to FC Barcelona.
    "The Spanish club have now been given permission to speak to the Argentina midfielder."
    Sky Sports' Guillem Balague understands that Barca will pay Liverpool an initial £16million for Mascherano, with a further £6million depending on performances and future success.
    Pep Guardiola's side have revealed that Mascherano is expected to put pen to paper on a four-year contract this weekend.

    Agreement

    A statement on the Barcelona's official website read: "FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached an agreement in principle for the transfer of Javier Mascherano to the club for the next four seasons.
    "The deal was closed after intensive efforts made by the club in the final hours and through the player himself in the negotiations.
    "Barcelona will report the details of the operation once the player passes the medical and the transfer is concluded.
    "It is hoped Javier Mascherano will arrive in Barcelona this weekend."

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    Only 5 left from last Real Societat clash

    Jordi Clos


    Of the 19 members of the first team squad, only five have ever faced Real Sociedad as Barça players, with eight of the squad never having played against the Basque team.

    The big changes in the Barça squad over the last few years is evidenced in the fact that there are only five players left in the squad from the team that last played Real Sociedad in the 2006/07 season in which the Basque team were relegated - Valdés, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi.

    Three years since last Barça-Real game

    That game took place on May 5th 2007 at Anoeta in week 33 of the season, Barça led the title race and won that game 0-2 with goals from Iniesta (min 47) and Eto’o (min 8. In the corresponding game from the first half of the season, Barça won 1-0 thanks to a Ronaldinho goal in the last game before the World Club Cup and all five survivors also played that day, except for the injured Messi.

    Eight ‘debutants’

    With Real not getting back into the top fligh till this season, there are eight players from the squad have never faced them: Abidal, Bojan, Jeffren, Mascherano, Keita, Busquets, Pedro and Maxwell.

    Experience with other teams

    Six of the squad have never faced Real with Barça, but have done so with their previous clubs: Alves (9 games with Seville), Piqué (1 with Zaragoza), Pinto (7 with Celta), Adriano (4 with Seville), Milito (8 with Zaragoza) i Villa (8 with Zaragoza and Valencia). Villa has also scored six times in those games against Real.
    Xavi, 15 games and 2 goals


    The squad member who has faced Real most times is Xavi Hernández, who’s played in 15 games and also scored twice –both in 2001.




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    Last game with World Champions logo

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    Barça will wear the World Club Cup Winners logo on their shirts for the last time –this season at least –on Sunday against Real Sociedad, after holding the title for the last 12 months.

    On December 19th last year, the club won their first ever World Club Cup title when the beta Estudiantes 2-1 in the final in Abu Dhabi . Since then, the team have won the logo World Champions 2009” on their shirts.

    First worn in March

    FIFA authorises the Champions to wear the logo during the 12 months they hold the title and it was for their home game against Valencia in March 2010 that the logo first appeared on the team’s shirts, just between the Nike trademark and the FCB badge. The logo measures 5,8 x 7,8 mm and shows the trophy and the inscription ‘World Champions 2009’.

    New Champions

    Sunday’s will be the last game Barça can wear the logo, as with no midweek match next week, their next game is against Espanyol on Saturday December 18th – the day that the final of this year’s tournament takes place and a new team will take over as World Champions.
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    This is the time for lists, the last day of the year, a time to line up the best and the worst, the highs and the lows, the top tens — and all other kinds of lists. But what follows is none of these. It is merely a celebration of beauty seen through a single pair of human eyes and enacted by a bunch of preternaturally gifted and inventive bunch of footballers playing in the Spanish La Liga
    Welcome the boys of Barcelona FC, a team of footballers who have played as cultured and classically graceful a brand of soccer this year as any team might have ever put on show in the long history of the sport.
    In the year of the football World Cup, a year in which Sachin Tendulkar proved that age is nothing more than a state of mind as he scaled peaks that might have seemed insurmountable even to the great man only a few years ago, during a season when Rafael Nadal became the first male player since the legendary Rod Laver to win three Grand Slam titles in a row in a calendar year, to zero in on the very best objectively is almost impossible.
    In the event, this is not an attempt to pick the Sportsperson of the Year, which could well be Sachin or Rafa, or even the team of the year, which is undoubtedly the Spanish football side that won the World Cup in South Africa.
    On the other hand, this is this column's salute to a team that has authored a style of football that is the very definition of what Tele Santana described as Jogo Bonito (Beautiful Game).
    Beauty in sport, as in life, is not an objectively definable quality, but this much is true: the Barca symphony orchestra has stirred responses that have only rarely been touched by sport. Watching them at their best is an experience quite like savouring the rich lyricism of Rubinstein's Chopin.
    Prosaic into poetic

    Messi, Iniesta, Xavi and Co. have turned the prosaic into the poetic while proving, yet again, that to the finest of sports teams, how they play matters as much as the result. And, for connoisseurs who believe that the journey itself is the destination, Pep Guardiola's boys have offered some of the year's most uplifting moments on the field.
    If beating arch-rivals Real Madrid 5-0 was an operatic performance, then the geometric precision of Barca's short-passing game left many football fans in a dizzy state. And they have played with their customary creativity, passion and brilliance for a good part of the last three years
    Jose Mourinho, the highly accomplished Real Madrid coach, said after that match that the Barcelona attack made his team feel “impotent.” Then again, seldom do we get to see such a potent attack. Barca's inventive midfield and rampaging frontline played with tremendous confidence and panache against the richest football club in the world with a hugely impressive line-up featuring Madrid's poster boy Cristiano Ronaldo.
    In sport, there is always the tension between diametrically competing impulses, not the least when an individual or a team is supremely gifted. Do you follow your instincts or fall back on conservative (read that pragmatic, if you wish) reasoning? This is something that every top player and coach has had to wrestle with.
    And, the beautiful game is fraught with risks, as several great sides, including Johan Cryuff's wonderfully creative World Cup side in 1974 and the Brazilian team featuring Zico and Socrates — which produced moments of sublime football before an inspired Paulo Rossi taught them a lesson in the 1982 World Cup — have found out to their dismay.
    This is precisely why we should celebrate Barca, for they have consistently managed to create awe-inspiring moments on the field while courting success for the most part. They won six major titles in 2009, including a Spanish treble and the Club World Cup.
    Comparisons galore

    Inevitably, there are comparisons to some of the great club sides of the past — the Real Madrid team of 1960 starring Ferenc Puskas and Alfredo di Stefano, Pele's Santos in the early 1960s, Benfica in 1961-62 with Eusebio as its hero, Matt Busby's Manchester United featuring the peerless George Best later that decade, Ajax and Bayern Munich in the early 1970s showcasing the skills of Cryuff and Franz Beckenbauer respectively.
    “The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art,” wrote Leonardo da Vinci, whose own timeless works of art go way beyond what anybody can accomplish with his legs on a football field.
    But all these legendary stars have indeed produced minor works of sporting art while turning their teams into formidable, world-beating club sides. And this Barcelona team should rank right up there with the all-time great club teams.
    “Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports”, wrote David Foster Wallace in an essay on Roger Federer, “but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty.”
    Barca does not consciously aspire to create beauty. Messi and his colleagues embrace it as a matter of habit.
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    Dani Alves contract extended until 2015.
    Every flight begins with a fall.

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