cisse7575:

culeans, do we really need cesc at all?

Barça ended the campaign on 96 points and with a record 14 away wins, a record in La Liga.

khanye:

@Ajanlekoko

Gregory Van Der Wiel plays at RB for Ajax, he's not a GK.

Stealthy:

Congrats to CR7 for his 40 goal record- it's phenomenal. The only issue is that with the way teams defended against RM in the last few weeks, it's difficult for la liga to claim to be the best league in europe. Seasoned teams like valencia & sevilla were shipping goals like 2nd division teams. There have been too many easy games for the big 2, a far cry from tight encounters in years past.

AjanleKoko:

Welcome back Stealthy.

You could also argue that a lot of those teams (Sevilla, Villareal) had precious little left in the tank when they faced a rapacious Madrid that was bitter about going out in the CL semis. Also, Madrid's play is more direct and physical, they run faster, and can slice through these teams easily, while Barca take time to break down the opposition. Whatever the case, if it was easy to score 40(41?) goals in a La Liga season, everybody'll be doing it. Congrats to CR7, we cules respect his game, though we prefer Messi (understandably ).

holydante:

BTWX, i really doff my hat for Los Blanco signing Nuri Sahin from B.Dortmond, that guy was the engine room of that team, he is a Xavi look alike in performance.

AjanleKoko:

Welcome back Stealthy.

You could also argue that a lot of those teams (Sevilla, Villareal) had precious little left in the tank when they faced a rapacious Madrid that was bitter about going out in the CL semis. Also, Madrid's play is more direct and physical, they run faster, and can slice through these teams easily, while Barca take time to break down the opposition.

holydante:


Stealthy, you left your secluded comfort zone and came to town and experienced lasgidi traffick maze, now you appreciate how we race home after work trying to catch up with 7:45pm slated matches

AjanleKoko:

That signing kind of mystifies me. I hope it's not that Madrid are trying to sell shirts in Turkey, with the signing of Altintorp as well.
Sahin is good, but I was expecting a bigger midfield signing from the Whites. If I'm right, Oezil, Kaka, and Sahin will now contend for central midfield roles. Altintorp will probably replace Diarra.

Interesting, maybe Jose is abandoning his big-guy philosophy after all

Barcelona set to sign Sporting Gijon's Jose Angel - report

Young defender Jose Angel appears to be on his way out of La Liga side Sporting Gijon as Champions League finalists Barcelona are keen to add the left-back to their squad this summer, Cadena Ser reports.

The Spanish champions are looking to bring some depth to their back-line and they allegedly see the 21-year-old as the perfect addition to their squad.

Angel is a product of the Sporting Gijon youth academy and has developed into an important first team member since his official debut in February 2009, as well as making appearances for the Spanish under-21 side.

Barca have been keeping tabs on the emerging stopper for some time, and now appear to be close to completing the signing. Gijon club president Manuel Vega-Arango is expected to travel to Catalunya on Monday to complete the deal.

The Camp Nou giants are willing to pay a fee in the region of €4 million for the player, who will sign a four-year contract upon completion of his medical.

Stealthy:

I hate to say this but madrid is smarter than Barca when it comes to transfers. They either do expensive marquee signings for commercial purposes or get good players for sensible amounts. Look at Oezil- he was almost begging for Barca to get him, but we let him go to real for peanuts & he's now one of their most dangerous assets. We lost out similarly on arshavin after euro 2008. Thank God we were smart with Afellay. We usually pay too high for players, from Alves to Masch to Ibra to Keirrison to Villa, prob because we go to transfer negotiations looking desperate. Now the rumours are out that we want to pay 30m euros for Rossi, again too much for a good, but back-up player.

AjanleKoko:

Well . . . it's not that Madrid are smarter, else we wouldn't have won the league more times than they have in the last 21 years (1990-2011) than they have (11 La Liga titles since 1990, while they have 6).  

usbcable:

olojoro nie
why not say since 2000
where you have won 5(this last one inclusive) and real 4. which gives it a not so wide difference as you want to paint it.
or in the last 31 years
where barsa has 12 as against real's 11.

owa dogbon mu eyi to je ki odabi wipe eyin nikan lokan nwin sha.

tortoise sense.