May 2009 - Posts

• Forlan to Barca this summer?

  Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan has been strongly linked with a move to Barcelona this summer to reinforce the forward line. Having finished the season on 32 goals, Forlan has shown once again his quality and would be a welcome addition to the Barca squad and surely would be a better signing than Ibrahimovic who has shown himself to be moody and lazy at Inter Milan. Ibrahimovic has said that he would like a move away from Inter and look for new challenges but while he has undoubted ability, his temperament leaves a lot to be desired. Another striker Benzema is also linked once again and he has expressed an interest in coming to Spain, a deal for him could also likely see either Gudjohnsen or Hleb go in the other direction to Lyon. Defence is one of the areas were the team needs to strengthen, especially at left-back and there is talk that Barca are ready to make a move for Chelsea defender Ashley Cole Posted May 31 2009, 04:33 AM by Tim with 2 comment(s)

• Who should start for Barca against Man Utd?

  With so many players suspended and injured it is going to create a selection headache for coach Pep Guardiola. At the moment it looks as though Iniesta and Henry are going to be fit to start but there is also the worry that they are not a 100 per cent. The Catalan papers think that the most likely starting line-up will be a backline of Puyol, Pique, Toure and Sylvinho; then Iniesta, Xavi and Busquets in the midfield and in attack Henry, Eto'o and Messi. I would have thought that it would be better to play Kieta in midfield ahead of Busquets who isn't really that experienced at this level yet and he didn't do too well against Chelsea when he started with him in midfield at Stamford Bridge. I think that Sylvinho is the obvious choice for left-back but it is going to be a worry to see him up against Ronaldo as he isn't that defensively strong and he is in his mid-30s now. The key for Barca is that Xavi and Iniesta can run the midfield and out-play the United players, likely to be Anderson, Carrick, Park and Giggs. If United have one weak point I would say it is the midfield as Giggs is now 35 and Anderson is very inconsistent. It will be a very difficult game but Barca manage to keep possession we should win. Posted May 26 2009, 07:24 AM by Tim with 2 comment(s)