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Man Utd see Guardiola as ideal Sir Alex successor

Manchester United are ready to make an offer for Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola.<!--break-->Guardiola is off contract in June and yet to open serious talks with Barca about a new deal. He remains among the lowest paid coaches at a Champions League club.Don Balon says United powerbrokers have...

Jeffren: I didn’t want Man City’s Robinho to join Barcelona

Jeffren Suarez is delighted Barcelona have dropped their pursuit of Manchester City winger Robinho.Jeffren admits he would've quit Barca next month, with the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham keen, if Robinho had arrived.The talented winger told Sport: "If he had been signed, it would have made it...

Gabriel Milito returns to Barcelona first-team

Barcelona defender Gabriel Alejandro Milito has made a welcome return to the first-team fold after featuring in a friendly game in Kuwait.

Barcelona star Messi: I never stop learning

EXCLUSIVE: Barcelona ace Lionel Messi talks to tribalfootball.com about his perfect 2009.<!--break-->Messi won both the FIFA World Player of the Year and Ballon d’Or trophies, along with six trophies in an unprecedented clean sweep.Messi is the proud wearer of the current F50i in the McCaw...

Brazilian president Lula has pop at Barcelona star Messi

Brazilian president Lula has had a pop at Barcelona star Lionel Messi over winning the FIFA World Player of the Year.Lula says all Brazilians are happy that Messi is struggling to reproduce his club form with Argentina.He laughed: "Messi deserved the World Player because of all the trophies...

Ibrahimovic: Barcelona can repeat clean sweep in 2010

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says Barcelona are capable of repeating their 2009 trophy clean sweep in 2010.Barca won all six trophies that they competed for this year.And Ibra says: "Before this season, nobody said that a team could be capable of winning it all. It's incredible and it is difficult to believe...

Man Utd and Liverpool have two player's each in FIFA World XI

Manchester United defenders Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra have been named in the prestigious FIFA/FIFPro World XI.<!--break-->England's John Terry and Steven Gerrard were also selected in the XI, voted for by fellow professionals, as was Liverpool striker Fernando Torres and former Red...

Recognising football's heroes and crooks

Click here to subscribeWelcome to the 10th Fiver Christmas Awards. Or is it the 11th? Oh, we don't know, but if you just wait behind that velvet rope while Danielle Lloyd and Jamie O'Hara pose for the paparazzi, then we can get on with the fun.THE MEMORIAL MATT LORENZO IN A DALLAS BUNKER AWARD FOR...