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Barcelona's new coach, Luis Enrique rushed to the hospital for surgery.

Ardent football fans and barcelona fans would understand why this news is super scary. Barcelona’s new coach, Luis Enrique was recently rushed to the hospital after he complained of serious pain, Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo reports. He was later diagnosed with appendicitis and then underwent surgery.
Well, there’s really nothing to worry about as his surgery was successful, the 44-year-old will remain in hospital for a few days.
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi agrees new contract, to become world's best paid footballer.

Barcelona star, Lionel Messi has signed a new contract that would make him the best paid footballer in the world. He will only overtake his Real Madrid nemesis, Cristiano Ronaldo by a very small fraction. While Ronaldo’s salary is put at €20 million per year, Messi will earn

€20.5 million. Despite the new package, Ronaldo will earn more from image rights.

Below is a statement on the club’s site

“FC Barcelona has reached an agreement to adjust the terms in the contract binding Leo Messi to the club as a professional first team player. The revised and updated contract will be signed over the next few days.”

This will also end the rumours making rounds for the past few weeks linking him with one club or the other. In actual fact, over 15 clubs reportedly approached him this season. The Argentine is 8 goals away from becoming the highest goalscorer in the history of the Spanish first division. The new contract will expire in 2019.

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Real Madrid tops Forbes' list of world's most valuable football teams+ Top 5 teams.

The richest football team in the world, Real Madrid has topped Forbes’ list of the most valuable football teams in the world. The nine-time champions of Europe are reportedly worth $3.44 billion. And for the first time since Forbes began ranking, two Spanish teams, Real Madrid and Barcelona, have occupied the top two spots.

Top 5 teams

(1) Real Madrid ($3.44 billion)

(2) Barcelona ($3.28 billion)

(3) Manchester United ($2.81 billion)

(4) Bayern Munich ($1.85 billion)

(5) Arsenal ($1.33 billion)

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FIFA suspends Barcelona's transfer ban

FIFA has suspended the transfer ban imposed on Spanish football club, Barcelona after they were found to have breached rules on the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18. They will now be free to sign players this summer pending the outcome of their appeal.
An official statement from FIFA reads, “The club Barcelona have lodged an appeal before the FIFA Appeal Committee against the decision of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee that sanctioned the club for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18. Together with the appeal, the club requested that its appeal be granted suspensive effect.”
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Mourinho quoted calling Real Madrid stars sons of bitches, the most treacherous squad in new book.

A new book quotes self-acclaimed Special One, Jose Mourinho calling Real Madrid stars ‘sons of bitches’ before a clasico match in 2011. A year after the Portuguese joined the Spanish club in 2010, he had already believed the players were teaming up against him and spilling his plans to their opponents. He reportedly asked directors to study the phone records of players and club employees.
The book written by sports journalist, Diego Torres is titled, ‘The Dark Side Of Jose Mourinho’. At the eve of Madrid’s Champions League semi-final clash with Barcelona in 2011, the Chelsea boss stormed the dressing room and accused them of leaking the line-up.
Excerpts from the book reads, ‘You’re traitors. I asked you not to speak with anyone about the team selection but you’ve betrayed me. It shows you’re not on my side. You’re sons of bitches. The only friend I have in this dressing room is Granero… and I’m not even sure I can trust him any more. You’ve left me all on my own. You’re the most treacherous squad I’ve had in my life. Nothing more than sons of bitches.’
Casillas reportedly walked out while he was speaking and went to the bathroom. The 53 year-old took a can of Red Bull, smashed it against the wall, knelt down, insulted them again, wiped tears off his face and told them he was going to speak with Real’s President and Director. Before he left, he said, “If I’m in Vietnam and I see you laugh at a mate, I’d grab a gun with my own hands and kill you. Now it’s you yourselves who have to look for the one that leaked the line-up.”
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FIFA bans Barcelona from signing players for two transfer windows.

Spanish club, Barcelona has been banned by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee from signing players for two transfer windows after breach of transfer regulation rules, relating to registering players under the age of 18. The club along with the ban have also been fined €368, 980.
The implication is that the title defenders will be unable to sign on new players or even replace the outgoing ones, Carles Puyol and Victor Valdes whose contracts expire at the end of this season.
A statement from FIFA reads thus, “The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF) and Spanish club FC Barcelona for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18. The investigations concerned several minor players who were registered and participated in competitions with the club over various periods between 2009 and 2013.”
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Conversation between Messi and Pepe in the last el-clasico revealed.

To those who watched the last elclasico, can you remember the section where Lionel Messi and Pepe were talking with their hands over their mouths? Been eager to know what went down that moment. Well, we finally have the scoop.
The Real Madrid star told Messi:
“You’re always shit against me.”
The Argentine replied, “What are you talking about? i always score against you it’s thanks to me you appear in every photo after the game”.
The dimunitive striker’s reply was epic sha!lol
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Samuel Eto'o opens up on his relationship with former boss. "Pep Guardiola is a coward, he never had the courage to say things in front of me."

Chelsea striker and former Barcelona player, Samuel Eto’o has opened up on his relationship with his former boss, Pep Guardiola while at the spanish club. The Cameroonian revealed that during the 2008/2009 season, the incumbent Bayern Munich coach spoke to him on few occasions and used other players to communicate more.

“I first of all reminded Guardiola that he’d never been a great player. He was a good player, that’s true. I told him. As a coach, he had proven nothing. He came in and didn’t even know the story of the dressing room. Guardiola has never had the courage to say things in front of me. He passed by the players. Xavi told me they wanted me to stay but I had to talk to Pep. I say “never, if you do not respect me, I do not respect you. There were three occasions when he spoke to me that season.

One was when he wanted me to speak to Yaya Toure, who didn’t want to talk to him either. Another was when he told me how to move like a striker. I told him: “You’re not normal!” The true story is that Pep didn’t respect the things in football.

He shook hands with me when I was at Inter and I played against Barca, but this was just for the cameras and TV. Behind the scenes before the match, he did not greet me.’

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Adidas celebrates Lionel Messi's latest milestone

26 year-old Barca star, Lionel Messi’s latest milestone has been acknowledged by giant sportswear company, Adidas. For breaking Pablo Alcantara’s all-time goal scorer record set in 1927 for Barcelona, the company has made a classic, limited edition and sequin-coated football boot for the Argentine player.
“Messi 371″ boots will feature a premium packaging for each of the 371 pairs, including a 20 page commemorative booklet detailing the magnitude of this milestone, selecting five of Messi’s most famous and important goals, with a boot inspired graphical design.” The company stated.
The father of one netted in his 370th career goal in his 452nd match in the 63rd minute of the Catalan’s game with Osasuna. Only 371 pairs of the boot, representing each of his record-breaking goals for Barca have been produced.
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