This week in La Liga
All is to play for at the top of the table in La Liga. Real Madrid remain in first place despite a 1-1 draw against neighbouring Atlético Madrid last weekend,…
Xavi to leave Barcelona at end of this season
On January 27th, Barcelona manager Xavi Hernández announced his plan to leave the club at the end of the season. Following a frustrating 5-3 loss to Villareal at home, Xavi…
Made in La Masia: Barcelona’s talent factory keeps delivering
In the year 2000, a teenage football prodigy moved halfway across the world from Argentina to Spain, after signing a contract on a napkin with FC Barcelona’s development academy. Twelve…
Glasgow to become UK’s first ‘feminist city’
Councillors at Glasgow City Council have backed a motion from Green Cllr Holly Bruce which will see Glasgow putting women at the centre of all aspects of planning and design.…
Xavi Becomes Barcelona Manager
A Nou camp legend, Xavi Hernandez, 41, represented Barcelona as a player for 17 years. The Spaniard captained the team alongside winning eight La Liga titles and four champions leagues.…
Champions League Roundup
Koeman’s time is surely up A Barcelona team in name alone, Ronald Koeman’s side suffered an embarrassing 3-0 loss, as a fluent Benfica’s perfect game plan has surely confirmed that…
Barcelona on the brink amid arrests and elections
Embarrassing Champions League defeats, calamities contingency planning, an ageing core, and now a disgraced ex-president in custody; you might as well rename the club Barcewoena. However, this is not a…
Setién appointed as Barcelona fall out of love with Valverde’s pragmatism
A club sits top of the league at the halfway point, having won the two previous titles at a canter. For the casual observer, it would seem inconceivable that the…