“Everything Robert won at Bayern Munich, the goals he scored, it was all with the aim of ending up where he is now: playing for Barcelona.” Robert Lewandowski’s career has been full of targets, but two summers ago he fulfilled what is fair to describe as his ultimate ambition. The
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Napkin used to secure Messi's first contract with FC Barcelona to be sold at auction
The famous napkin is to be offered by Bonhams from March 18 to 27. Bonhams hide caption toggle caption Bonhams The famous napkin is to be offered by Bonhams from March 18 to 27. Bonhams Perhaps one of the most important moments in soccer history was commemorated on a napkin.
Inside Why Xavi Hernandez Decided to Quit Barcelona
“President, I’d like to speak with you.” Barcelona’s traumatic 5-3 home defeat against Villarreal prompted an agitated evening behind the scenes at their temporary home ground on Montjuic on Saturday. Club executives immediately held an urgent meeting after the final whistle at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, just next to
‘Bird Box Barcelona’ Review: Blind Faith
In the mildly entertaining Sandra Bullock vehicle, “Bird Box,” alien invaders were presumed so fearsome to behold that all who gazed upon them immediately offed themselves. Possibly to save audiences from a similar fate, we were never permitted to see these terrors, leaving us as sightless as the movie’s scrabbling
Ilkay Gundogan agrees to join Barcelona on free transfer after seven years with Manchester City
Ilkay Gundogan ended his trophy-laden seven-year stay with Manchester City by agreeing to join Barcelona on a free transfer on Monday. The Germany midfielder’s last act as a City player — and captain — was to lift the Champions League trophy, which completed a treble of major titles for the
Barcelona Spent Its Way Into Crisis. Can It Now Spend Its Way Out?
Joan Laporta’s smile was hard to miss. Staring down from a vast digital billboard last month, the grinning image of the president of the Spanish soccer giant F.C. Barcelona covered almost an entire side of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The billboard scrolled through other images — there
Alves told Messi to leave PSG and return to Barcelona
Lionel Messi has left a long relationship and moved to PSG at the beginning of this season. The Argentine star is taking a little longer to adapt to the new environment, the new club. He has played 28 matches in PSG jersey and has scored a total of eight goals. Which in no
At F.C. Barcelona, a Sensation Worse Than Sadness
They would have expected anger. As Barcelona’s players chased shadows on Tuesday night, as Bayern Munich toyed with them and teased them and tore through them, time and time again, they would almost have been waiting for the fury to come, for the Camp Nou to bare its teeth. That
Lionel Messi Leaves Barcelona for PSG
P.S.G. and City have been investigated by European soccer’s governing body, UEFA, for breaching financial regulations, but each has managed to avoid significant penalties by successfully appealing cases to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Its hand strengthened by those successes, P.S.G.’s influence in the corridors of power has only