Busquets renewal talks to start soon

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona is working on the renewal of Barcelona defensive midfielder and Spanish youth international Sergio Busquets (20), whose contract expires at the end of this season.

It is expected that Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain and Barcelona sports vice president Rafael Yuste will meet with players' agent Josep Maria Orobitg, who has recently been appointed as representative of Busquets (read more here), during the next two weeks to start the renewal negotiations.

Read more:
Busquets renewal is priority for Barcelona
First international call-up for Busquets
Contract renewal for Busquets coming up

Statistics 2008-2009: Goals, assists, cards

goals
8 Eto'o (5 + 3)
7 Messi (5 + 2)
3 Henry (2 + 1)
3 Xavi (1 + 2)
2 Gudjohnsen (2 + 0)
2 Márquez (1 + 1)
1 Iniesta (1 + 0)
1 own-goal opponent (1 + 0)


assists
7 Xavi (5 + 2)
5 Iniesta (3 + 2)
4 Eto'o (2 + 2)
4 Messi (4 + 0)
2 Bojan (1 + 1)
1 Alves (1 + 0)
1 Puyol (1 + 0)
1 Márquez (0 + 1)
1 Henry (0 + 1)


yellow cards
2 Henry (1 + 1)
2 Márquez (1 + 1)
2 Iniesta (1 + 1)
2 Busquets (2 + 0)
1 Keita (0 + 1)
1 Xavi (0 + 1)
1 Valdés (1 + 0)
1 Touré (1 + 0)
1 Puyol (1 + 0)
1 Eto'o (1 + 0)
1 Piqué (0 + 1)





total (Liga + Champions League)

Barcelona has played 10 official games (6 in the Liga and 4 in the Champions League)

Laporta hesitates about asking Espanyol a favour

Laporta:
To calm things down with Espanyol after last weekend's events, I thought it could be a good idea to call their president Sánchez Llibre and ask him if they maybe could help us a hand by defeating Madrid

...but I'm not sure this is the right moment to ask them any favours

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Poll - Man of the Match: Atletico

Liga 6: Barcelona-Atletico 6-1

Valdés

Puyol
Piqué
Márquez
Abidal

Xavi (74 Keita)
Busquets
Gudjohnsen

Messi (69 Bojan)
Eto'o (59 Henry)
Iniesta


3 Márquez 1-0
5 Eto'o (pen) 2-0
8 Messi 3-0
13 Maxi Rodríguez 3-1
17 Eto'o 4-1
28 Gudjohnsen 5-1
73 Henry 6-1


assists
Xavi
Messi
Eto'o
Xavi
Iniesta
Bojan

yellow cards
Márquez
Henry

bench
Pinto
Cáceres
Sylvinho
Touré

out of match squad
Jorquera
Pedro

suspended
Víctor Sánchez

injured/ill
Milito
Hleb
Alves



Table
1. Villarreal 16
2. Barcelona 13
3. Valencia (5) 13
4. Real Madrid (5) 12
5. Sevilla (5) 11
6. Almeria (5) 10
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