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Spain’s Club-obsessed press ignores the national team

The front cover of Spain’s leading sports paper, last Sunday featured Gareth Bale of Wales. Page 2: Bale. Page 3: Bale. Page 4 Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal. Plus a bit of Lucas Silva, Brazil. Page 5: Luka Modric, Croatia. Toni Kroos, Germany. And Raphael Varane and Karim Benzema, France (neither of whom played). Page 6: Marcos

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Barca set to extend Enrique’s contract

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu is going to offer coach Luis Enrique a contract extension until 2017, according to Catalan daily Sport on Tuesday. Luis Enrique, 44, has a contract until 2016 but Bartomeu is keen to extend it for another season, said Sport. Luis Enrique took over at Barca from Gerardo Martino nine months

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Barcelona storm league top-rung

March 8, 2015

Barcelona moved to the top of La Liga for the first time since early November as Lionel Messi struck his 32nd hat-trick for the club in a 6-1 thrashing of ten-man Rayo Vallecano on Sunday. Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat at Athletic Bilbao on Saturday handed Barça the chance to overtake the European champions, and Luis

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Messi For Chelsea? R-e-a-l-l-y?

Chelsea and Barcelona (and adidas!!!) are locked in negotiations over a £250-million transfer for world superstar Lionel Messi. We know this to be absolute fact because “Proof” of this blockbuster deal can be found within Messi’s recent Instagram activity, as the Argentinian followed @chelseafc on Instagram, a duplicitous act spotted by many of his 8.7

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ACHEAMPONG TO REPLACE ANDRE AYEW?

Les Phoceens are ready to sign the Ghanaian winger from Anderlecht as a replacement for Ayew who is on his way out Olympique Marseille manager Marcelo Bielsa has set his eyes on Anderlecht winger Frank Acheampong as a replacement for Andre Ayew. The Black Stars midfielder is set to leave the Ligue 1 next summer,

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Seung-Woo Lee fever breaks out in South Korea

There is a new local hero among football fans in South Korea. He goes by the name of Seung-Woo Lee. Lee is at the Barcelona academy and has generated huge amounts of hype with his performances in the AFC Under-16 Championship. South Korea will face Australia in the final of the tournament after crushing Syria

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