Here we go:

• City closing in on David Bentley?
  
• Fergie rules out late moves.
  
• Juve signs Grosso.
  
• Gudjohnsen and Monaco.
  
• Interest in DaMarcus Beasley?
  
• Earthquakes are buying.
  
• Tottenham eyes Kranjcar.
  
• Here's an extensive roundup.

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Tonight the transfer deadline passed with FC Barcelona making three moves, all of which were no surprise.

Since the end of last season there had been talk that Eidur Gudjohnsen would be leaving the club because he was unhappy with the amount of playing time he was receiving under Pep Guardiola.

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As the transfer window deadline looms, here are top ten transfers that I would like to see happen.
The Flat Back Four's Top ten transfers
1. Hernanes to Liverpool
2. Eidur Gudjohnsen to West Ham
3. Rafael Van der Vaart to Manchester United
4. Yasuhito Endo to Arsenal
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Athletic Bilbao vs Barca Preview
In contrast to the other major leagues in Europe, the Spanish Super Cup is a two legged affair. The first leg will be held tonight at San Mamés ; the second leg will held at the Camp Nou next sunday. Guardiola has announced the squad which is travelling to face Athletic Bilbao - Valdés, Pinto, Alves, Maxwell, Abidal, Puyol, Piqué, Fontà s, Muniesa, Touré, Keita, Xavi, Gudjohnsen, Busquets, Bojan, Pedro, Jeffren, Henry and Jonathan Dos Santos. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...

Gallery, images, photos and pictures of FC Barcelona's match v CD Guadalajara Pre-Season Friendly match, August 2009. Includes Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jeffren Suarez, Daniel Alves, Jonathan Dos Santos, Bojan Krkic, Julio Nava, Maxwell, Yaya Touré, Sergio Busquets, Seydou Keita, Gerard Pique and Marc Muniesa images, photos and pictures. Click to continue reading...

Geri and Cescy aren't wasting any time, now are they? Pique is back on the Spanish NT along with Puyol, Xavi and Busquets for their country's friendly against Macedonia; while several other Barca players have also left to join their national teams...
In other freindlies, Gudjohnsen and Iceland will face Slovakia; Messi and his country Argentina are up against Russia; Dani Alves joins Brazil for their meet with Estonia; Keita will participate in Mali's match with Burkina Faso; while Yaya Toure takes on Tunisia with his team, Ivory Coast. Click to continue reading...

Spanish full back wants Premier League move.

Michel Salgado is keen on trying his luck in England with West Ham United after leaving Real Madrid, and he could potentially replace Lucas Neill at Upton Park, according to a report in The People.

The 33-year-old left the Santiago Bernabeu after more than a decade last week, stating that he feels he still has something to offer at the highest level.

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Thierry Henry misses a pretty easy chance in the 28' minute after being put through by Messi. Chivas come back strongly with a goal as Ramon Morales was on target to forcefully head the ball past Victor Valdes in the 50th minute from a pass by Xavier Baez. Barca were able to force a draw 14 minutes later as Dani Alves looped a dipping cross across goal that took the defense by surprise but found Bojan Krkic on the left.

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London rivals battle over accomplished striker.

Harry Redknapp is ready to hijack West Ham's bid for Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni after missing out on Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
Italy international Toni is friends with Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola and is keen to link up with his fellow Italian at Upton Park according to his agent.

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Lionel Messi put on a performance in front of a sold out Qwest Field in Seattle on Wednesday night. The Argentine had to battle the bad pitch with the grass being overgrown and hindering ball movement but it took him 20 minutes to get the hang of things. He beat the Seattle keeper Keller in the 20th with a shot from the corner of the box, just after Keller had denied him just minutes earlier.

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FC Barcelona started their tour of the North Americas with a tough 2-1 victory against Los Angeles Galaxy. Again as expected Guardiola experimeneted with the team giving ample amount of oppurtunities to the young players. And to Guardiola's credit it was two of the younger players who scored for Barca - Pedro and Jeffren. Click to continue reading...

Head coach Pep Guardiola announced the 26 players that will be making the trip to the United States for the US Tour. Two names missing from the list are Alexander Hleb and Martín Cáceres both who are rumored to be going out on loan for next season.

The 26 players are:
Valdés, Jorquera, Jorquera, Puyol, Alves, Sánchez, Piqué, Márquez, Henrique, Abidal, Maxwell, Xavi, Touré, Keita, Busquets, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta, Henry, Pedro, Messi, Bojan, Ibrahimovic, Muniesa, Fontà s, Jonathan dos Santos and Jeffren.

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An under strength FC Barcelona side was held to a 1-1 draw by Totenham in their first pre-season friendly in the Wembley Cup. Bojan Krikic gave FC Barcelona the lead in the 32nd minute but Totenham equalised in the 82nd minute through Livermore's header. Guardiola decided to rest majority of stars from the squad who made it to London. Click to continue reading...

FC Barcelona website has reported that Zlatan Ibrahmovic will be arriving at Barcelona on Sunday for Medical. At the same time FC Barcelona has given permission for Samuel Eto and Hleb to got to Milan for Inter Medical. In the end of the deal the only team which could be smiling has to be Inter as they got a quality striker and a good player plus some around 48 million Euros of cash to play with. Click to continue reading...

After some long much deserved rest, FC Barcelona has started their pre-season tour. FC Barcelona will be first seen competing in the Wembley Cup against Totenham on friday 24th July. Guardiola has picked a 28 man squad for the trip to London. The squad contains 17 from senior squad and 11 from the youth and reserve teams. Click to continue reading...

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Head coach Pep Guardiola and his team arrived in London today in preparation for their match Friday against Tottenham in the first of two matches at Wembley. 17 players from the first squad and 11 from the youth academy and reserve team made the trip. The biggest surprise for fans coming out to see Barcelona play in London will be Lionel Messi.

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Akshat Divatia of Penya Barcelonista NY sat down to speak with Snippet Soccer on his involvement with the Penya as well as his love for the Blaugrana. How did you become a Barcelona fan? Akshat with Eidur Gudjohnsen during F.C. Barcelona's 2006 U.S. Tour Well, I was destined to become a Barça fan from the day I was [. Click to continue reading...

Here we go again:

• Barcelona's bid for David Villa failed.
  
• Lucio goes from Bayern Munich to Inter Milan.
  
• Some other Valencia striker in high demand.
  
• Tevez wants you to know he rejected Real Madrid.
  
• Some unknown American and Millwall?
  
• Chelsea and Ashley Young?

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Remember the days when it looked as though Chelsea's reign would last forever more? They were an efficient machine, powered by the mighty captaincy of John Terry with all the arrogance in the world provided by Jose Mourinho. When we beat them 1-0 in 2005, during a season where they would go on to finish eight points above us in the league, we had Richardson, Bardsley and Rossi on the bench, whilst they had Gudjohnsen, Carvalho and Wright-Phillips.

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West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has hinted that he could be considering an offer for Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen as he looks to increase his attacking options. The Iceland international is thought to be close to leaving Camp Nou and it has been claimed that Aston Villa, Everton and Fulham are monitoring the situation. Click to continue reading...

The former Chelsea star Eidur Gudjohnsen could be heading for a Premier League return. Martin O'Neill could unveil a major coup this summer with the acquisition of Barcelona forward Eidur Gudjohnsen, as Aston Villa is the likeliest destination for the Icelandic international, according to Sport. Gudjohnsen still has a number of admirers in the Premier League after [. Click to continue reading...

1. Manchester United are in danger of being priced out of a move for Gremio's 18-year-old midfielder Douglas Costa, who has been called the new Cristiano Ronaldo, with his agent saying there is a £13.5m get-out clause in his contract and he will be worth double his current price by the end of the Brazilian season (Daily Telegraph). Click to continue reading...

After winning the historic treble last season, Barcelona will try to repeat the feat this term and they have already started looking for ways to further reinforce the team. One player who definitely won't be at Camp Nou is Eidur Gudjohnsen, who has been made available by Barca, with asking price thought to be in the region of €5 million.

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Skysports.com website has published a story today to confirm that Eidur Gudjohnsen has made made available for transfer from Barcelona as he no longer features in his plans. His is reported to be available for as little as 5 million Euros!So I say forget Ibrahimovic, Torres, Pato, Aguero & Tevez and bring Eidur back "Home". Click to continue reading...

The Barcelona web site says that Chivas Guadalajara will be Barcelona's third opponent on their tour U.S. tour this summer. The two teams will meet on August 9 at the San Francisco 49ers stadium.

Guadalajara, known to their fans as ‘Chivas Rayadas', has the most Mexican League titles having racked up 11.

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The Barcelona web site says that Chivas Guadalajara will be Barcelona's third opponent on their tour U.S. tour this summer. The two teams will meet on August 9 at the San Francisco 49ers stadium.

Guadalajara, known to their fans as ‘Chivas Rayadas', has the most Mexican League titles having racked up 11.

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FC Barcelona will be having a along and much tougher next season. We will be fighting for six trophies altogether as I explained in my previous post. Guardiola has already asked for a larger squad that means we will be going to the market looking to buy good re-inforcement. Guardiola has also said that he don't want injuries to hamper his team selection like the way it did in Rome. Click to continue reading...

The team's celebration in Rome stretched on till morning, three o'clock in fact for most of the players, and Messi, Puyol, Pique, Bojan, Botia and Muniesa partying on until five.
The team was on their flight back to Barcelona the next day, where they landed at the El Pratt airport in Barcelona at five in the afternoon following the Champions League victory. Click to continue reading...

Following their training session on Monday, Pep and the boys went out for their final dinner together at the Solo restaurant in Barcelona. While Pep showed up with Catalan rock stars David and José Muñoz, pictured with him here, the rest of the players mostly brought thier WAGs along with them. Click to continue reading...

Before moving on the match of the moment, the Champions League final in Roma, Barca still have to face Osasuna in the Liga. On one hand, the title is already secured and so Pep may again be playing the youngsters, while on the other, Pep might field the starters in preparation for Roma. Either way, we're looking for a great match, as the team will have their postponed Liga celebrations after this match. Click to continue reading...

Oier Olazabal - 6.5 - I liked him. He did look susceptible at times and should have done better for the first goal. But his coming off his line was excellent. Definitely a nice back-up for Valdes in future.
Alves - 6.5 - Did well defensively but as in last matches was not into his usual self in attack. Click to continue reading...