Dreadful news for Gabi Milito and Barça as doctors confirmed he will need an operation on the cruciate ligaments in his right knee. Milito noticed discomfort after the Champions League game at Old Trafford and tests have now shown the extent of the damage. The recovery time is expected to be six months.

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Barça’s striker and one of the best players in the world hopes that coach Frank Rijakaard will stay at Camp Nou.”If you ask me, there’s nobody better than him and next season he would have a chance to start from the beginning again”, Messi stated.
With Barcelona, Rijakaard has won two national titles (2005 and 2006) [...]

Rijakaard could be replaced by Mourinho or Guardiola. At the exit are also Ronaldinho, Henry, Deco, Thuram, Zambrotta… Wanted are Alves, Coloccini, Lahm, Fabregas and Benzema.

Barça director of football Txiki Begiristain confirmed that players bought last summer didn’t bring wanted advance. With that, he clearly acknowledged that there will be a tremendous team cleaning at [...]

Despite having more possession and more shots in both legs Barça was unable to score a goal in 180 minutes. Manchester United go on to the final in Moscow thanks to a cracking early goal from Paul Scholes. Barça are left to lick their wounds and to contemplate on where it all went wrong in [...]