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Spanish giants Barcelona are quite confident that they would agree a contract with Spanish international Andres Iniesta to cover his deal at the club before Christmas in Spain and art the same time end linkups to Manchester United.

The Catalan team has been locked in dialogues as they bid to sway the midfielder to commit his future to Barcelona as rumors earlier suggested that he might leave the club. Iniesta have been strongly linked with English Premier League champs Manchester United as they might offer him a brand new adventure, but the Catalan club believe that they would fend off any interest from other clubs.

According to reports, sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta said a leading radio station that they are close to a new contract with Andres Iniesta. The deal could happen before Christmas break.

Barcelona are weighing up a move for Dimitar Berbatov, the Fulham striker. With Argentine playmaker Lionel Messi ruled out till the New Year, Barca boss Gerardo Martino now wants to tot up cover in his attacking squad.

A leading United Kingdom based tabloid claimed that Dimitar Berbatov, the former Manchester United player, is not happy with his current club Fulham’s perilous league position and the enigmatic Bulgarian could really be Barca’a man. Dimitar’s contract at Fulham ends at the season’s end and if he refuses a new deal with them, then they could get his services for a little fee.

Cristian Tello is regarded as one of the upcoming superstars for Barcelona. He played 34 matches for the club last season and has scored eight goals in those matches. He was expected to kick on even more this season, but so far his only league start has come against Sevilla.

In the previous two matches, he was used as a substitute only, but this does not worry the youngster. He has said that his relationship with the manager Gerardo Martino, who took over the club only in the summer, is excellent. He is looking forward to making more starts in the future.

Barcelona managed a 3-2 victory in the match, which helped them maintain the 100% start to the season. However, they could have easily lost two points in the match had it not been for the injury time winner. Sevilla stunned the home fans by coming back from a two-goal deficit to equalise the match in the late minutes, but Barcelona went ahead and scored with only a few minutes remaining. Cristian Tello has a lot of competition for his place given that the club only recently signed Neymar for £ 50 million. The likes of Alex Sanchez and Pedro are some of the other players competing for his position.

“Martino is adding facets to our game that perhaps we lacked, so as not to be predictable. My relationship with him is very good, it is very close. He asked me to be focused all year and that I would not drop down if I do not play every minute that I would like. For now I have the confidence of the coach and I do not plan on leaving. The coach knows what we need and I believe that we are doing very well. Alexis [Sanchez], Pedro, Neymar and myself are all working for a place,” said Tello.

Celta de Vigo manager Luis Enrique has revealed that the rumours linking him with a move to Barcelona are untrue. Enrique has been linked with the Barcelona managerial job after the Catalan club recently lost manager Tito Vilanova, who decided to step down due to health concerns.

Vilanova has been undergoing cancer treatment in the last few months, and it is believed that the recurrence of the problem has made him step down after just one year in charge of the club. During this period, he managed to lead Barcelona to a league title.

Enrique recently confirmed that he will be staying at Celta at least for the coming season. Enrique has extensive connections with Barcelona after having represented them in the playing days for more than eight years. He was also the manager of the Barcelona B team for three years as well. After the resignation of Vilanova, Barcelona have been linked with several managers in the last few days. Enrique has been one of the most talked about managers, but the former Roma manager has ruled out any chance of him taking over the managerial job at the camp Nou by saying that these are all just rumours.

Enrique recently promised Celta that he will stay at the club for one season at any situation.

“Either from the club or by me, there has been no contact, it is simply hearsay. These are things which from within the club we have been oblivious all week. I’ve been continuing with the same idea of preparing for pre-season. With Barca, I will be eternally grateful because I played there for eight years and they were the first to trust me as a coach. He’s a natural fighter. I hope the recovery goes as well as possible. We are all with him,” said Enrique.

Chelsea midfielder Oscar has said that the England national team players should be warned enough about the threat posed by new Barcelona signing Neymar. The Santos striker recently sealed a spectacular move to Barcelona after agreeing a contract for five years.

The 21-year-old is widely regarded as one of the best young players in the world. Even though he has not been at his best in recent international matches with Brazil, Oscar believes that he will be able to show his true form against England.

Oscar himself only recently moved to England. He had just completed his first season with Chelsea, which has been a relative success after the team managed to win the Europa league and qualify for the Champions League group stages.

After having played more than 70 matches for club and country, Oscar has said that he is looking forward to getting a well-deserved break after the end of the confederations cup. He is expected to be a part of this tournament. Brazil will be taking on England at the new Maracana stadium, which has been completely renovated for the purpose of hosting the World Cup.

After several doubts, the game is finally set to take place at this iconic stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

“Neymar is a big player and his arrival at Barcelona will only increase the level of his game. That will be very good for Brazil in a year’s time. He is a spectacular player and moving to Europe will only help him develop his skill, ability and make him even better. Scolari is preparing this match with every detail. He has made it nearly an official match for us. Brazil needs to improve the image and England is a special test. Our fans deserve to see the best from Brazil before the Confederations Cup,” said Oscar.

Barcelona have been one of the strongest teams in the world over the last few years. They have also been extremely successful since 2005. The success in recent years, though, has been built on a strong foundation of passing and possession football.

However, Barcelona have failed on a few occasions due to conceding a lot of goals. The Barcelona defender Adriano has said that this is one area where the club should improve if they are to be even more successful future. Adriano has seen the club make a spectacular start to the season and then sustain it over the course of the last few months.

Barcelona have been remarkable in the first half of the season in such a way that they only recently suffered their first league defeat of the campaign. The club will be taking on archrivals Real Madrid in the semi-final of the Copa del Rey doing that they can fully concentrate on this competition with the league title almost in the bag. The team will be facing the archrivals in a two legged semi-final match knowing that they can take revenge for the defeat suffered earlier in the season. Due to the fact that Madrid will be giving a lot of attention to this competition, Barcelona need to be awake defensively according to Adriano.

“We have to pay more attention to counterattacks and set pieces, it’s very important to concede very few goals. The Clasicos are very tense matches and the team that’s better on the day usually wins. I really don’t care about how the teams are coming into Wednesday’s game. We shouldn’t pay attention to the controversy, we just need to focus on playing and scoring more goals that our opponents,” said Adriano. The first leg will be taking place at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Real Madrid and Barcelona have been the dominant force in the Spanish la Liga ever since the decline of Valencia. They have been able to win all the league titles for the last eight seasons, which is a source of major concern.

There has even been talk of the la Liga being not very competitive when compared with the likes of the English Premier league and the Italian Serie A. Only this season, there has been a change in the fortunes of the Spanish clubs because Atletico Madrid have been able to get past their arch rivals Real Madrid into the second position.

They are also having a healthy seven-point advantage between them and their arch rivals and are firm favourites to finish in the second position due to the presence of quality players like Radamel Falcao. The club president Enrique Cerezo has said that it is about time other clubs stepped up to the challenge from Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Even though Atletico Madrid may still not be able to win the title this season, Cerezo is confident that the club can only build on the success achieved so far. Atletico Madrid are a massive nine points behind Barcelona on the table, which has led to many believing that Tito Vilanova’s men have already secured 1 hand on the title.

“It is not only important for Atletico, but for football fans in general. La Liga was a two-horse race, but Atletico started well and has now fully cemented its place in the pack challenging for the league title. [I cannot] ask anything else from the team. Maybe the progress made by the team in such a short period of time has been the most notable change at the club. Simeone has given them confidence, self-belief and above all optimism and joy,” said Cerezo.

The Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova has said that he cannot be more delighted following the return of David Villa, who has been one of the impressive goal scorers for Barcelona since arriving from Valencia for more than £ 30 million.

However, he suffered a major injury last season when he was playing for the club in the Club World Cup in Japan. This kept him out of the action for Barcelona until the start of this new season. Even though he has been used sparingly by the manager, Tito Vilanova has said that he is extremely delighted with the way he is approaching full fitness.

David Villa recently scored two goals in the match against the third division club Alaves to help Barcelona progress 6-1 on aggregate. Even though he has already scored eight goals in just 16 matches this season, Vilanova has used sparingly in order to avoid setbacks in his recovery. Vilanova has said that the complicated nature of the injury means that he has had to use him sparingly. David Villa will turn 31 years of age on Monday and the speculation of him leaving the club has always persisted. Yet, Tito Vilanova has confirmed that he remains an integral part of the Barcelona first-team.

“Every day he looks better. It was a complicated injury and he has worked a great deal over the summer. He is a player who has the scorer’s gift and it is important to have him in the squad. He is a player who has quality and he is perfectly capable of playing with us,” said Tito Vilanova after the 3-1 win. Barcelona have made a spectacular start to the new season overcoming the disappointment of losing the first cup of the season to arch rivals Real Madrid. They currently have a three-point advantage over Atletico Madrid in the table.

A win for FC Barcelona against Atletico Madrid would certainly help the club to further stamp its dominance of La Liga, but it is not very likely that Madrid will make it easy for La Liga’s number one club; when the two top teams in La Liga come together, you can expect some exciting action. The gap between them is currently six points, and Atletico Madrid is determined to reduce it.

Let’s take a look at the clubs. So far this season FC Barcelona has enjoyed 14 wins and has lost just one match. In the club’s history this is the very best start to the season it has ever had and even beats the previous record held by Real Madrid. It seems that Tito Villanova, their newly appointed manager, has cast some sort of spell over them despite the fact that many people had been critical regarding his appointment.

Atletico Madrid has played 15 games from which the club has accumulated 37 points. Sitting 6 points in the table behind FC Barcelona, they are also five points ahead of their nearest rivals Real Madrid. A major asset of the side is their striker Radamel Falcao and from 14 starts he has scored 16 goals with one of them being heralded as the goal of the year. Although Messi with seven goals more is the highest scorer in La Liga, Falcao is still three goals ahead of third place striker Ronaldo.

However, most of Atletico Madrid’s goals have been scored at home with just one third of them scored in away matches, so scoring at FC Barcelona Camp Nou stadium won’t be easy.

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If you can’t resist to place a bet on one of the biggest games in La Liga this year then you might consider that in their last four head to heads Barcelona has beaten Atletico Madrid on every occasion; Atletico has not beaten Barcelona since 2010.

The midfielder of Barcelona, Xavi, has said that Lionel Messi is the best footballer that the game of football has ever seen. Messi has scored 8 goals in the ongoing La Liga so far. Real Madrid’s star striker Cristiano Ronaldo has also scored the same number of goals, but, Xavi believes that Messi is a bit better than Ronaldo.

When asked who is better between Messi and Ronaldo, Xavi said, “Off course it’s Messi. He is the best in the business. I am privileged to have got the opportunity to play alongside him. He is really special. Apart from being a great player, he is a fine human being as well. He is one of those players who don’t like to talk too much in the dressing room, but, if you go to him for a bit of advice, he will be more than happy to help you.”

Barcelona has been performing pretty well in the ongoing La Liga season. The team has played 7 matches and has won 6 of them. Barca is currently at the top of the La Liga table with 19 points. On the other hand, Real Madrid is currently at no. 5 with 11 points in 7 matches. So, there is a difference of 8 points between these two teams.

When asked about Barcelona’s brilliant performance in the ongoing season, Xavi said, “This season has been great for us so far. The guys were a bit disappointed after not being able to win the match against Madrid last Sunday. But, that’s the way it goes. You can’t win every game that you play. It’s wonderful that we are at the top of the table at this stage of the tournament, but, it’s important to keep the momentum going.”

Barcelona will play its next match against Deportivo La Coruna at Riazor on Saturday.

The Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova has said that a 2-2 draw with Real Madrid was probably the ideal result. His comments were also echoed by his Real Madrid counterpart José Mourinho after the match. Barcelona and Real Madrid were facing each other in the league for the first time this season.

Due to the fact that Real Madrid were trailing Barcelona by a massive eight point in the table, José Mourinho said that it was one of the crunch matches of the season. However, Real Madrid could not get the win that they hoped that would reduce the lead for Barcelona at the top of the table.

The match finished as a 2-2 draw with both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo scoring the goals for the either teams. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have been regarded as the two best players in the world. It has been difficult to separate them in terms of the goal scoring prowess over the years. It once again proved to be the case during the weekend as well, as Lionel Messi scored two goals for Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo once again matched the achievement by scoring two goals for Real Madrid as well.

The Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova said that the draw was probably the first result from the match because there was little to separate both teams. “I think that at the start of the season had we known we would be 8 points clear we would have accepted it. We had chances at the end, but we also had four defenders who were first choice last season who were injured. We spoke with the technical staff and I spoke with him ( Adriano) on Friday, we trained with him there on Friday and Saturday, but I wanted him to say he was the man to play there,” said Vilanova after the match.