This morning FC Barcelona had a training session at Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. Tito Vilanova, who arrived back in Barcelona this morning from New York, had all the available players from the first team at his disposal as well as Juvenil A defender Lucas Gafarot (18).

Both Pedro and Valdés, who missed last week’s clash with Real Betis because of illness and injury respectively, were able to train with the rest of the squad. Forward Pedro Rodríguez (25) has been given the medical green light while goalkeeper Víctor Valdés (31) has yet to receive it.

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Pep Guardiola’s conference before 3,200 people at the Teatro Gran Rex in Buenos Aires was labelled as one of the most important events in sports in Argentina. Contrary to Barcelona’s media, which seems to have rapidly forgotten Pep’s legacy and is working to discredit him, Argentina’s football world stopped for a day to learn and to hear someone they consider an inspiration.

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“Barcelona has always been the team most important to me. It’s an example for all with hardworking and dedicated players like Xavi and Puyol, and also for the supporters. Barça is the best team in the world. I never planned on going to Madrid because I’ve been culé for many years.”

- A small extract of an interview, in which he spoke Catalan, with former FC Barcelona star Yaya Touré.

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Ex-Barcelona midfielder Thiago Motta has not made the Paris Saint-Germain squad list for Tuesday’s encounter and will definitely miss the match. The official team sheet released on Monday for PSG includes the following players: Alex, Areola, Armand, Beckham, Camara, Chantome, Douchez, Gameiro, Ibrahimovic, Jallet, Lavezzi, Lucas, Matuidi, Maxwell, Menez, Pastore, Sakho, Sirigu, Thiago Silva, Tiene, Van der Wiel, and Verratti.

Image: Jacques Brinon  [AP]

Ex-Barça and current Paris Saint-Germain forward Zlatan Ibrahimović will be able to play in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals between PSG and FC Barcelona after the UEFA Appeals Body reduced the player’s suspension to one match this Tuesday.

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“Spain is Barcelona without Messi. The game is in the midfield. Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets”

-Lilian Thuram, retired FC Barcelona defender (2006-2008) and the most capped player in the history of the France national team, in an interview with El Pais.

Picture credit: Lefalher

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Former FC Barcelona defender Gabriel Milito (32) took some time to speak to the media following Barcelona’s incredible comeback against AC Milan. The defender was quoted as saying, “it wouldn’t have been fair for Barcelona to have been left eliminated after one bad game in Milan.” The Argentine drew parallels to the situation as well as praising his compatriots, Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano.

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When Barça and AC Milan face off at the Camp Nou in the return leg of the Champions League round of 16 this evening, it will be Bojan Krkic’s first match at the Camp Nou since he left for Roma on 22 July 2011. This year, however, he’ll don the Rossoneri‘s colours. He joined AC Milan on 29 August 2012. Bojan is graduate of Barcelona’s La Masia academy, who played in FC Barcelona first team from 2007 to 2011, making 104 Liga appearances and scoring 26 goals.

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The picture above is of the 15 players that have conducted their craft both in the colors blaugrana and rossoneri.

Can anyone name all 15?

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Before the Champions League game on Wednesday, ex-Barcelona striker and current AC Milan player Bojan Krkić (22) talked to AC Milan TV.

It will be a special game for the Catalan, who is on loan from Roma, as it will be the first time in his life that he will play against the Club which taught him everything.

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Ahead of tomorrow’s international friendly game between Sweden and Argentina, Swedish captain and Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (31) talked to the press.

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The new coach of Brazil’s national team gave everyone a shock on Tuesday, when he elected to recall some senior members to the 20-man national squad ahead of the February 6 friendly against England. One of the more notable names was none other than ex-Barcelona forward Ronaldinho (32). The former Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Cup winner had not been a part of the national squad since February of last year and Felipe Scolari will be looking to add his experience to the line-up.

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“What Messi does is not normal. I hope everybody is enjoying what he is doing, because it doesn’t happen often.”

Former teammate and current NY Red Bulls star Thierry Henry reminding everyone to appreciate that history is unfolding before their very eyes.

Source: @MessiStuff

FC Bayern Munich’s official site announced a few minutes back that former FC Barcelona manager Josep ‘Pep’ Guardiola (41) will take Jupp Heynckes’ place as coach from the next season.

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Rumors are swirling in Spain about the likelihood that Pep Guardiola will accept a job next season managing a top Premiership team. And while no concrete declarations have emerged from Pep’s camp, some signs point to the man’s impatience to return to the limelight.

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Twenty-two years ago on this day, December 16, Josep (Pep) Guardiola i Sala was handed his official competitive La Liga debut by then manager and later mentor and dear friend Johan Cruyff.  Guardiola was 19 and the game was at the Camp Nou versus Cádiz.  He began his path on the winning side with a 2-0 victory.

Guardiola himself described his sensations before the match in Guillem Balague’s new biography Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning.  ”My palms were sweating and I was really tense,”  is how Pep put it.  Apparently in his younger days Guardiola often became heavily nervous before a game, something Carles Rexach called “living it too much“.  That personal toll never left him as we all know.

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It is a tradition done far too scarcely by football clubs, honouring its former employees for their contributions to its success.  Such a farewell is done often only for local legends but even then a good showing is not guaranteed (see Raúl’s shameful send off from the Bernabeu).  This Sunday, before the exciting match against 2nd place Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona will give thanks to three football players for their years of service and roles during times of victory.

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Former Barcelona player (1988-95) and sporting director (2003-10) Txiki Begiristain has been appointed as the sporting director of Manchester City.

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“Everyone likes Barça’s football because when you watch it, it’s art. In my opinion, football is an art, it’s just like artists that put on shows. Also, Barça gives football a good image and that’s important. For many people, the best is who wins the most. But I like Barça because when you watch a game, you think that’s truly football. I was lucky to be here 2 years and the most important thing at Barcelona is ‘mes que un club’ because football has to be more than a game, it has to help change the way we see one another.”

Ex-Barça and record capped French international Lilian Thuram at a press conference in the Camp Nou yesterday. He was there to promote his book “My Black Stars” in which he presents the story of 50 of his personal heroes and their contributions to confronting racism in the areas of history, sports, culture, and politics. The event was a function of the partnership between the Lilian Thuram Foundation and the FC Barcelona Foundation.

Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira, better known simply as Rivaldo (40), was a genuinely excellent player for FC Barcelona during the late 90s and early years of the new millennium (1997-2002), one of the few fans could always look to for something special during volatile seasons at the club. He was signed, as a replacement for Ronaldo, from Deportivo la Coruña for 26 million US Dollars, a massive fee at that time. He was worth it.

With 136 goals in 253 games and many assists, Rivaldo was a critical component in the 2 league crowns (1998, 1999) and 1 Copa del Rey (1998) the Brazilian won while at the club.  So good was he that in 1999 he won both the FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or. He was the first player I had every seen slide a free-kick underneath the predictable jumping wall, and then there is ‘the goal’ that will forever define his time at Barça.

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I bet many of you were wondering why it has taken Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho so long to make headlines for something other than getting results. Spanish and Catalan media watched with bated breath during the Spanish Supercup for any sort of sequel to the eye-poking action that typified the Real Madrid-FC Barcelona rivalry of last season. Yet, somehow, the lead-up to the first leg was met with atypical composure and respect from the Portuguese coach.

And for only the third time at the helm of Los Blancos, Mourinho came away with a trophy at the expense of Barcelona. I bet you were also wondering if he had turned over a new leaf, allowing his ranting and off-stage presence to take a back seat to professionalism and churning out results.

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Former FC Barcelona striker Javier Saviola (31), who was with the club from 2001 to 2007, has joined Málaga from Portuguese club SL Benfica.

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Gerard Piqué tweeted earlier this evening words of congratulations to his best bud Bojan Krkic on his move to Italian club AC Milan.  Bojan, celebrating his 22nd birthday as well, himself announced this on his Facebook page today, “I’m already in Milan, tomorrow I will be presented [as a] footballer of AC Milan!!  I’m ready for everything and cannot wait to play the first game. Thank you all for the welcome and for the birthday wishes. See you tomorrow, Forza Milan“.

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Ex-Barcelona player Simão Sabrosa (32), who was with the Catalan club from 1999 to 2001, has moved to Espanyol from Turkish club Beşiktaş.

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Josep Maria Orobitg, Pep Guardiola’s representative, recently rejected speculation about possible negotiations between the coach and the Brazilian national team, a rumor that has been circulating for weeks by the media and through social networks. “There has never been any contact with the Brazilian Football Federation (Confederación Brasileña de Fútbol – CBF),” underlined Orobitg in an interview published by Brasilian sports daily Lance.

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Speaking after FC Barcelona’s match against Manchester United in Gothenburg on Wednesday, former Barça and Sweden striker Henrik Larsson (40) admitted that it’s a pleasure to watch Barça in action.

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Ludovic Giuly, now 36 years old, will spend one of the last sesaons of his professional career at French club FC Lorient.  Lorient, located in North West France, barely survived last season, finishing on 39 points, just 1 place above relegation.

Giuly was a well liked player at FC Barcelona during his 3 year tenure under Frank Rijkaard from 2004 to 2007, specifically for his quickness and uncompromising effort.  His most memorable contribution was the lone goal at the San Siro in April 2006 that eventually secured FC Barcelona’s place in the 2006 final in Paris against Arsenal.  Giuly scored in that final on the ball Eto’o put past Jens Lehmann, but the referee annulled the goal in the process of sending Lehmann off.  Thankfully that match turned out just fine for FC Barcelona and Giuly, who won his one and only Champions League medal after defeat in 2004′s final against Jose Mourinho’s FC Porto.

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Barça are scheduled to face Paris Saint-Germain tonight at 19:45 CET and three former Barça players could be in the squad for the Paris-based team.

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Former FC Barcelona player and prolific Dutch striker Patrick Kluivert (36) has been appointed as assistant coach to Louis van Gaal for the Netherlands national team.

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Alexander Hleb (31) will play his football next season with BATE Borisov, the club Hleb first played with as a professional in the 1999/2000 season.  His talent was immediately spotted and the next year he was in Germany with Stuttgart, where he made his name before then making his first big move to Arsenal in 2005.  FC Barcelona paid an amount of 17 million for the Belarusian back in 2008, but in frank terms he was a total bust.  He played in 26 games, scored no goals, and never earned the respect of the Camp Nou.  His contract was terminated in January by mutual consent and he then joined Russian side Krylia Sovetov Samara.
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