Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola confirmed in a press conference that striker Bojan Krkic has
signed a contract extension at the club until 2015.
The young Spanish international has but pen to paper on the improved deal, and when addressing
the media ahead of the Blaugrana's Copa del Rey match against Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday evening,
the tactician confessed he was pleased with his decision.
A fortnight or so ago, debt-saddled (about €430 million at the last count) giants Barcelona
announced that news that, for the first time in their grand 111-year history, the club had been
forced to bow to the pervading market forces and sign a shirt sponsorship deal with the Qatar
Foundation a move that would see the Arab organisation's logo replace that of children's
charity UNICEF atop the famous blaugrana.
David Villa scored a double assisted twice by MessiGoing into El Clasico both Barcelona and Real
Madrid looked dangerous and confident as they swept through La Liga with few difficulties. To say
the truth, Real Madrid was the team which was full of momentum going into El Clasico, especially
considering that they'd won their last seven matches and hadn't lost in La Liga yet before they
travelled to the Camp Nou.
Barcelona's great run of form almost came to a "Messi" end on the weekend after
the Catalan club almost failed to show up against Osasuna! The La
Liga champions had believed that their game had been postponed until Sunday because of the
wildcat strike by Spanish Air Traffic Controllers.
If the story put up by Sport.es is to be believed, FC Barcelona would be sporting a commerial
advertisement on the very much reverred Blaugrana jersey in the near future. Considering the
coziness between Sport.es daily and Sandro Rosell administration, this has to be seen as a definite
indication to the public about the inevitable.
