Despite his team falling at the group stages, Croatia’s midfield maestro Ivan Rakitic has been one of the standout performers of this World Cup so far. And signs are good for fans of Barcelona,...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2014/07/rakitic-in-spanish-switch/
Until the final day of August last year, most Premier League fans would dismiss the overflow of transfer speculation surrounding their club, as many football journalists today will write articles...
Watching Barcelona pass their way to nowhere and struggle to break down a stubborn Real Madrid defence last Wednesday night, we could have been forgiven for thinking we’d seen this all before. ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2014/04/time-for-a-change-at-barca/
Last month saw FIFA hit FC Barcelona with a 14-month transfer ban for their improper recruitment of ten overseas youngsters. It has been well documented that this could signal the beginning of th...
On Wednesday night the eyes of the footballing world will fall upon the Mestalla stadium in Valencia as ‘El Clasico’ dishes up its third offering of the season as the two giants of Spanish fo...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2014/04/barcelona-v-real-madrid-copa-del-rey-final-2014/
Martin Montoya the young Barcelona right back has recently put pen to paper by tying down a contract extension with the club, amid recent transfer speculation linking him with a move to English P...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2014/04/could-montoya-be-a-part-of-barcas-defence-for-years-to-come/
Friday’s draw for the quarter-final stage of the Champions League has produced an intriguing all Spanish affair between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Arguably the toughest tie to call, Atletic...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2014/03/barca-atletico-and-real-and-their-champions-league-fate/
The end of an era. El Centrocampista analyses the Puyol-Barca relationship and what lies ahead for both club and captain. After 19 years of wearing his heart on the sleeve of his Blaugrana shirt,...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2014/03/why-puyols-retirement-proves-barca-to-be-mes-que-un-club/
Last Sunday night Atlético Madrid lost grip on the La Liga title with a 3-0 away defeat to Osasuna. After going two thirds of the season neck and neck with Barcelona and Real Madrid, is one loss...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2014/02/do-atletico-have-enough-to-break-up-the-la-liga-duopoly/
The eagerly anticipated clash between Atletico & Barcelona last night, ended in stalemate as the contrasting styles of both sides failed to produce a goal. On a night where clear chances were at ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2014/01/barca-and-atleticos-stalemate-in-madrid/
In 2013’s closing feature, El Centrocampista takes a look at how Barcelona, Atletico, and Real Madrid are positioned to battle it out to the finish line The winter break has arrived in La Lig...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/12/winning-la-liga-three-way-fight-to-finish/
After getting fined last week by UD Almeria for sleeping in after watching ‘The Voice’ and subsequently arriving late for training, it is fair to say that Suso has endured an eventful couple ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/12/loan-raiders-suso-and-deulofeu-make-an-impression/
The total football of Barcelona may have disappeared, but has there been a conscious change in style? Not according to Jorge Pautasso, Tata Martino’s right hand man. He claimed in a recent pres...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/11/barca-direct-not-dead/
With the managerial merry-go-round in full flow during these summer months, it is easy for football clubs to move swiftly from one employee to another with little regard to the past and an intens...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/08/tito-time-the-secrets-of-barcas-success-under-vilanova/
When Everton agreed a loan deal for Spanish youth star Gerard Deulofeu last month, barely anyone in England batted an eyelid. Whether this is because people simply don’t know him, as probably m...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/08/gerard-deulofeu-the-case-of-an-unknown-quality/
When Guus Hiddink stepped down this week as manager of Russian giants Anzhi Makhachkala, many assumed it a sign of him being crowned the next Barcelona manager. The Catalan club are in shock due ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/07/gerardo-martino-who-is-barcelonas-new-manager/
New Manchester United manager David Moyes is seemingly, a man on a mission. Not only has his tenure at one of the biggest clubs in the world been marred by the Wayne Rooney scandal, but nervousne...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/07/sorry-moyes-but-barca-cant-sell-cesc/
Barcelona have announced the signing of Brazilian superstar Neymar, ending a protracted transfer saga surrounding the South American forward. The attacker’s signature is the first of a number...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/05/where-will-neymar-fit-into-the-new-barcelona/
Cesc Fabregas was the most talked about midfielder in world football by the time he re-joined Barcelona in 2011. Dubbed the new Paul Scholes in England, the young Spaniard’s dazzling creativity...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/05/the-curious-case-of-cesc-a-talent-underappreciated/
A league of ‘campeones’ FC Barcelona were crowned the champions of Spain yesterday, and despite their European ‘fiasco’ and the sensation of an unfulfilled Champions Leauge campaign, Tito...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/05/fc-barcelona-a-team-of-campeones/
Very rarely has one player’s potential future destination caused such a stir in the footballing world. But for one very talented Brazilian, it seems every week there is a new link from somewher...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/05/neymar-real-to-steal-march-of-rivals-barca/
In the first of his articles for El Centrocampista, Atletico Madrid youth team coach Jose Gomez takes a tactical look at last weeks Champions League games and what to expect in the return fixture...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/04/german-efficency-to-finish-off-spanish-hopefuls/
After last nights destruction at the hands of Bayern Munich, feature writer Joe Jessup lends his opinion to the debate as to whether the dominant Barcelona era is over. In no way do I believe Bar...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/04/has-the-great-barcelona-dynasty-finally-come-to-an-end/
Over the last 2 weeks Messidependencia has been the buzz word in the Spanish press. This is after his 62nd minute introduction appeared to save a previously abject Barcelona from crashing out of ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/04/messisubsidiado-do-barca-over-rely-on-lionel/
Cesc Fabregas, to be exact. The former Arsenal skipper is playing his second full season back “home” after one the most publicized transfers saw him go from London to CampNou. Frances Fabrega...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/04/lets-talk-about-cesc/
Barcelona are preparing a summer bid for Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, according to theMail on Sunday. The Spanish champions elect have highlighted the central defence position as thei...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/04/barcelona-target-premier-league-captain/