Today Goal.com brings back the old rumor that the LA Galaxy is after Rafa Marquez, first reported here on MLSR back in 2008.
Here's an excerpt:
MLS outfit LA Galaxy are interested in signing Barcelona defender Rafael Marquez for next season, according to a report in Spanish publication Sport.

CR9 fails with poor attempt at mind games.

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I Would Not Sign Any Barcelona Players For Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo
Barca may have several major stars, but none of them could play for Los Blancos, according to 'CR9′.

Big news on the official Barcelona website today is that Leo Messi has signed a new, improved contract with the Blaugrana. They even have a photo of him putting pen to paper (which I've stolen and embedded to your left) so it must be true. Young Leo (he's still only 22) already had a contract with [.

(nel video potete osservare il talentuoso Chanturia)
Ha solamente 16 anni ma, come potete osservare nel video, possiede gi un talento incredibile. Si chiama Giorgi Chanturia, è georgiano, e dopo aver mostrato le sue doti naturali nel Vake di Tbilisi, è esploso in campo internazionale alla Dana Cup 2006, assicurandosi la palma di miglior giocatore e deliziando il pubblico con giocate e gol pazzeschi.

With Chelsea losing we knew we'd have a new number one team. And with Barcelona winning both games they played last week, we had a pretty good idea who that team would be. Fine, but what about the rest of the top 25? Specifically, where would Manchester City end up? They would be included, right? Only one way to find out folks.

First off, a happy Eid to all who celebrate it, and particularly to Barca's muslim players, Keita, Yaya and Abidal! Right now we're running late and you'll have to excuse us the match report for Barca-Atletico; but we've rounded up all the post-match tidbits:
- This was the fiftieth Liga match for Gerard Pique (having played 27 with Barca, 23 with Zaragoza) and he played hella great.

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Prior to today's match there were talks that both Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique were going to be rested against Santander. Messi would receive rest because of a busy week ahead and Pique for a knock he suffered over the weekend against Athletico Madrid. But when the starting lineups were announced both players appeared.

Albert Riera has dismissed talk that he could have joined Barcelona in the summer, insisting that he wanted to stay at "the biggest club in Europe".
The Catalan winger was linked with a move to Camp Nou as the Blaugrana sought a player to compete with Thierry Henry down the left, but nothing materialised.

Ser aficionado del Levante es un ejercicio de fe. Sabes que el poco valor histórico que tiene ya ser el club decano de la ciudad, de que son muchos años a la sombra del Valencia y que jamás tendremos el apoyo institucional y mediático que merecemos.

Por contra, además de las emociones que te conlleva visitar cada dos semanas el Ciutat de Valencia, ser aficionado del Levante es formar parte de un club con una historia singular llena de desgracias que curten más que nada a la hora de entender el fútbol.

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On Saturday FC Barcelona travel to Madrid to take on Getafe, who had a convincing 1-4 victory over Racing Santander in first week action. Getafe, under new manager Michel, look to improve on a dismal 2008/2009 season which saw them barely escape relegation. For FC Barcelona they cannot take Michel's team lightly.

Is anyone surprised?!

It appears Barcelona will renew their efforts to sign Javier Mascherano and Cesc Fabregas at some stage in the future, after their director of football Txiki Begiristain was quoted by Sport as saying that the pursuit of the two midfielders is "something the club has left for later".

So hey, you catch Barca, man? Shit hasn't changed, I know -- it's great. (Enough to raise a few words up out me, which hopefully precedes a fit of non-dormancy here in the future.)
Sure, they always rip Baby Madrid to shreds at the Camp Nou, and there really couldn't have been a worse game for Abel Resino to debut a raw, inchoate keeper in.

Javier Mascherano is set to leave Liverpool after his advisers agreed on personal terms with Barcelona to line up a move in January or the summer, according to a report.
The Argentinian midfielder is desperate to complete a switch to Camp Nou and now knows he can expect to earn around €120,000-a-week should he join the European champions, the Sunday Express states.

El delantero del Barcelona Zlatan Ibrahimovic se estrenó ayer lunes anotando un gol en la liga de las estrellas de España. Lo mejor de esto aparte del gol es que el sueco jugó el partido completo con el Barza ya que en sus anteriores encuentros (SuperCopa de Europa, SuperCopa de España), Zlatan no lograba terminar el partido completo.

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FC Barcelona defender Gabriel Milito arrived in El Prat Airport on Wednesday after spending four months in Argentina recovering from a right knee injury suffered back in April 2008. Since joining Barcelona from Zaragoza in July 2007 Milito has only appeared in 27 matches for the blaugrana.

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FC Barcelona arrived in Madrid just hours before their match on Saturday against Getafe. With Getafe coming off a strong performance in week one manager Pep Guardiola was aware that his team must not show up unprepared.

The first half started off slow for the blaugrana as the team struggled on offense with Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Andres Iniesta and Dani Alves all starting on the bench.

Two weeks into this early season and the top dogs in Spain are looking the part. Barcelona has started their defence of their crown with two solid performances; a much brighter start than last year when they lost and tied their first two games. The Blaugrana's back line has impressed me and their mega-signing Dmytro Chigrynskiy has added some much needed stability in front of Victor Valdes.

The European calendar resumes after an exciting break featuring World Cup qualifiers all over the world. Week 2 of La Liga witnessed the two powers playing on Saturday to give them an extra days rest before their midweek Champions League matches. Barcelona defeated Getafe on the road 2-0 with goals by Zlatan Ibrahimovic and 2nd half sub Lionel Messi.

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Lionel Messi is ready to sign a seven year contract extension at FC Barcelona making him not only the top paid in Europe but keeping with the blaugrana for years to come.

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has been in negotiations with Lionel's father and agent Jorge and according to Laporta an agreement is "now close to being concluded.

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There was much build up around the Inter vs Barcelona match up, aka. Eto'o vs Ibrahimovic, but in the end the two teams battled to a draw at the San Siro. For FC Barcelona the emotions were mixed heading back to the Camp Nou as the team left Milan unscathed but should have walked away with a win having many opportunities on goal.

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FC Barcelona today secured the best player in the world until 2016 when Lionel Messi signed a two year contract extension. The new deal will see that the Argentine international play what will likely be his most productive years at the Nou Camp.

Messi was under contract with the blaugrana until 2014 with a large 150 million euro buyout clause on his contract.

(video gol e highlights di Racing Santander-Barcellona)
Ancora Ibra-Messi. Ancora spettacolo e gol e il Barcellona conferma la leadership, in attesa di vedere cosa combiner il Real Madrid impegnato nell'insidiosa trasferta contro il Villareal di Giuseppe Rossi.

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has urged the club's owners to make funds available in order to secure the transfer of David Villa from Spanish Primera Division side Valencia.
Villa was courted by both Barcelona and Real Madrid during the summer but while the Blaugrana eventually opted to sign Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Inter Milan, Los Blancos signed Karim Benzema from Lyon.

They are at it again...Part 12th!

Xavi Hernandez has declared his desire to team up with international team-mate Cesc Fabregas at Barcelona.

The pair helped steer Spain to Euro 2008 glory and Xavi wants to rekindle their midfield partnership at Camp Nou.

This is another segment I will do every weekend after a Champions League round. I will name the best starting line-up from this week's games.

Goalkeeper: Oleksandr Shovkovskiy (Dynamo Kiev)

Dynamo Kiev's keeper didn't get much help from his teammates but he single-handedly stopped Barca from running rampant on the score sheet.

Robinho to join the Catalan giants?

Robinho has found himself in the middle of yet more speculation about his future this week. The latest rumours have him heading to Barcelona, which was previously talked about at the end of the summer.

The deal that is being discussed would be a £80 million swap which includes cash and players.

Supongo que quizá si habláramos de una derrota del Barcelona ante el Real Madrid, el Sevilla o algún otro equipo, digamos, grande, no nos sorprenderíamos pese a lo bien que vienen jugando los blaugranas. Pero no; esta vez no fue así. El equipo de Catalunya perdió este martes en partido correspondiente a la Champions League con el Rubin Kazan de la Liga Rusa, y con esto perdió su chance de clasificarse esta fecha a octavos.

Catalan giants try to annoy Gunners in a whole new way.

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Barcelona's copycat chase of two of Arsenal's Under 18 starlets has been stepped up with Barça represenatives making formal offers for both Benik Afobe and Chukwuemeka Aneke to visit their Catalan base for talks.

Barcelona are reportedly preparing a bid for Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano, who the Merseyside club are preparing to offload during the winter transfer window according to Spanish publication El Mundo Deportivo.
The Argentine central midfielder, who holds an Italian passport, was a summer target for the Blaugrana and had showed signs of a desire to make the switch before Reds boss Rafael Benitez insisted he would not be leaving.

Hoy volvía Mourinho al Camp Nou. Mucho más me interesaba este reencuentro, más que el de Eto'o porque, por más que la prensa buscaba vender con las dudas de cómo le iban a recibir, se sabía que la afición culé respondería como lo hizo ante un jugador tan importante como lo ha sido el camerunés en los últimos éxitos del equipo.

Not that there was ever much doubt but once his brilliant header flew past Edwin Van Der Sar in the European Cup final Lionel Messi was always going to be this years recipient of the Balon d'Or. The little genius from Argentina lit up European football throughout season 2008-09, playing an instrumental role in Barcelona becoming the first Spanish club to do the treble.

The final step of Barca's qualification to the Champions League last sixteen has them up against Dynamo Kiev, with a simple draw being sufficient to ensure that the Blaugrana go on to the next round. And we're more than certain that the boys will come off with an even score at the very least!
Pep comes into this match with a nineteen man squad that includes Chygrynskiy even though he's not allowed to participate in Cl matches with Barca this season; it seems he's along to celebrate with the boys upon their qualification.

It's a feature of human nature that we are quick, in the heat of the moment, to see our point of view over another's. However, the mature person is able to see, after some introspection, the extent to which he is culpable.

Professional athletes often lack this maturity.

The lore of Emmanuel Adebayor includes tales of playing football barefoot on dirt fields as a youth in his homeland of Togo.

Partitella infrasettimanale

Una gara soft tra Inter e Barcelona.

Beppe Servegnini a Radio Montecarlo ha detto "un'ora Barcellona, mezz'ora Inter". Probabilmente nel computo dei trenta minuti nerazzurri, il columnist del "corriere della sera" comprendeva anche il quarto d'ora di riposo tra primo e secondo tempo.

Barcelona's win against Atletico may have been celebrated by the fans but Cruyff thinks the Blaugrana must tighten things up at...

Eto'o scatenato e, in questo caso, non parliamo di calcio giocato e di Serie A. Il camerunense mette da parte i sentimenti, da sempre avuti nei confronti del club blaugrana amato per cinque lunghi anni (2004-2009, 108 i gol realizzati), e muove guerra al Barcellona di Laporta per essere stato "scaricato" senza troppi patemi d'animo.

Audaces fortuna iuvat

In attesa di vedere la Juventus questa sera nel difficile macht contro il Genoa a Marassi, l'Inter è tornata prima in classifica.

La squadra di Mourinho rimane il complesso più forte del campionato italiano.

Ma ci si può anche spingere oltre: i nerazzurri si sono rinforzati parecchio anche in chiave champions.

Although it is early, the league is already tight up top and no one will catch Real Madrid and Barcelona. Both sides were once again convincing as the Catalans gave a clinic in Santander, while the Merengues deep sixed the Yellow Submarine in Castellón.

Lionel Messi earned a brace while Cristiano Ronaldo led the pace of his team and neither were able to be stopped.

The Blaugrana beat a brave Almeria side 1-0 win at the Camp Nou on Saturday evening to return to the top of the Spanish La Liga pending Real Madrid's meeting with Sevilla later today. FC Barcelona have now won their first six La Liga matches of the young season. Saturday's win came courtesy of an effort [.

Exhibición blaugrana en El Sardinero. El Barça golea 1-4 al Racing de Santander con un juego brillante, exquisito, extraordinario. Este equipo pasó como un rodillo por encima del equipo cántabro.
Ibrahimovic (no se poner el acento en la "c"), Messi (por partida doble) y Piqué (Piquenbauer) fueron los autores de los goles.