Catalan sports paper Sport claims that the renewal of Barcelona midfielder and Spanish youth international Sergio Busquets (20) will be closed soon.
Busquets, whose current contract expires at the end of the season, will sign a renewal that will link him to the club for the next five seasons.
A deal has principally been agreed upon (read more here) and now Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain and Josep Maria Orobitg, the agent of the player, will meet a last time to sort out the remaining details and to approve the final version of the contract. The renewal will probably be finalized before the end of this month.
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Busquets will sign a five-year contract that has a rather low fixed salary and high incentives based on criteria like the number of matches played.
A new meeting between both parties could be scheduled for next week. Asked about the progress made, Josep Maria Orobitg is quoted by the paper as saying an agreement is imminent: "We're close. With one meeting or two, we could wind it up."
British tabloid The Daily Mail meanwhile claims that English Premier League club Arsenal is ready to make a move for Busquets if the player would still fail to agree a new contract at Barcelona.
After seeing Mathieu Flamini and Alexander Hleb leave his club during the summer, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger is keen to strengthen his midfield and wouldn't doubt if given the chance to sign the Catalan midfielder, who has attracted the interest from several clubs in England and Italy (read more here).
Read more:
Thursday, 13 November 2008
Last meeting to seal Busquets renewal coming up
Statistics 2008-2009: Goals, assists, cards
goals
16 Eto'o (13 + 3 + 0)
11 Messi (6 + 4 + 1)
6 Xavi (3 + 3 + 0)
5 Henry (4 + 1 + 0)
3 Gudjohnsen (3 + 0 + 0)
3 Bojan (0 + 2 + 1)
2 Márquez (1 + 1 + 0)
1 Alves (1 + 0 + 0)
1 Busquets (0 + 1 + 0)
1 Iniesta (1 + 0 + 0)
2 own-goals opponent (2 + 0 + 0)
assists
11 Messi (9 + 2 + 0)
10 Xavi (7 + 3 + 0)
6 Henry (4 + 2 + 0)
5 Iniesta (3 + 2 + 0)
4 Alves (3 + 1 + 0)
4 Eto'o (2 + 2 + 0)
3 Bojan (1 + 1 + 1)
1 Hleb (1 + 0 + 0)
1 Víctor Sánchez (0 + 0 + 1)
1 Touré (1 + 0 + 0)
1 Busquets (0 + 1 + 0)
1 Puyol (1 + 0 + 0)
1 Márquez (0 + 1 + 0)
yellow cards
4 Busquets (4 + 0 + 0)
3 Touré (3 + 0 + 0)
3 Márquez (2 + 1 + 0)
2 Eto'o (2 + 0 + 0)
2 Henry (1 + 1 + 0)
2 Iniesta (1 + 1 + 0)
1 Alves (1 + 0 + 0)
1 Abidal (0 + 0 + 1)
1 Cáceres (0 + 0 + 1)
1 Keita (0 + 1 + 0)
1 Xavi (0 + 1 + 0)
1 Valdés (1 + 0 + 0)
1 Puyol (1 + 0 + 0)
1 Piqué (0 + 1 + 0)
total (Liga + Champions League + Copa)
Barcelona has played 18 official games (10 in the Liga, 6 in the Champions League and 2 in the Copa)
[Crosas] Celtic Glasgow-Kilmarnock
Celtic played yesterday their thirteenth league game of the season. The Scottish champions defeated Kilmarnock 3-0.
Former Barcelona midfielder Marc Crosas (20) was not available due to a hamstring injury he suffered mid-October.
Marc Crosas joined Celtic Glasgow in 2008. Since Barcelona can buy Crosas back in the summer of 2010 for two million euro (read more here), this blog will follow the performances of the midfielder over the next two years.
Sunday 10 August - League game 1: Celtic Glasgow-St Mirren 1-0
Non-selectable. Crosas has signed his contract and is presented to the fans before the match.
Sunday 17 August - League game 2: Dundee United-Celtic Glasgow 1-1
Bench.
Saturday 23 August - League game 3: Celtic Glasgow-Falkirk 3-0
Substitute. Crosas replaces Brown in the 73rd minute (3-0).
Sunday 31 August - League game 4: Celtic Glasgow-Rangers 2-4
Bench.
Sunday 14 September - League game 5: Motherwell-Celtic Glasgow 2-4
Starter. Crosas starts the game and is replaced by Nakamura in the 80th minute (2-4).
Wednesday 17 September - Champions League group stage game 1: Celtic Glasgow-Aalborg 0-0
Bench.
Sunday 21 September - League game 6: Kilmarnock-Celtic Glasgow 1-3
Starter. Crosas starts the game and is replaced by Hartley in the 74th minute (0-2).
Tuesday 23 September - League Cup 1/8 finals: Celtic Glasgow-Livingston 4-0
Not selected.
Saturday 27 September - League game 7: Celtic Glasgow-Aberdeen 3-2
Starter. Crosas starts the game and is replaced by McDonald in the 72nd minute (1-2).
Tuesday 30 September - Champions League group stage game 2: Villareal-Celtic Glasgow 1-0
Bench.
Saturday 4 October - League game 8: Celtic Glasgow-Hamilton 4-0
Starter. Crosas starts the game and plays for 90 minutes.
Saturday 18 October - League game 9: Inverness-Celtic Glasgow 1-2
Starter. Crosas starts the game and is replaced by Hartley in the 95th minute (1-2). Yellow card.
Tuesday 21 October - Champions League group stage game 3: Manchester United-Celtic Glasgow 3-0
Injured. Crosas has a hamstring injury.
Saturday 25 October - League game 10: Celtic Glasgow-Hibernian 4-2
Injured. Crosas has a hamstring injury.
Wednesday 29 October - League Cup 1/4 finals: Kilmarnock-Celtic Glasgow 1-3
Injured. Crosas has a hamstring injury.
Sunday 2 November - League game 11: Hearts-Celtic Glasgow-Hibernian 0-2
Injured. Crosas has a hamstring injury.
Wednesday 5 November - Champions League group stage game 4: Celtic Glasgow-Manchester United 1-1
Injured. Crosas has a hamstring injury.
Sunday 9 November - League game 12: Celtic Glasgow-Motherwell 0-2
Injured. Crosas has a hamstring injury.
Wednesday 12 November - League game 13: Celtic Glasgow-Kilmarnock 3-0
Injured. Crosas has a hamstring injury.
Table
1. Celtic 34
2. Rangers 30
3. Dundee United 22
4. Hearts 20
5. Aberdeen 17
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Copa 1/16, 2nd leg: Barcelona-Benidorm 1-0
Pinto
Alves
Puyol
Cáceres
Sylvinho
Gudjohnsen (61 Xavi)
Busquets
Keita
Messi (87 Pedro)
Bojan
Hleb (69 Eto'o)
86 Messi (pen) 1-0
assist
Bojan
yellow cards
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bench
Jorquera
Víctor Sánchez
out of match squad
Valdés
Márquez
Piqué
Touré
Henry
injured
Milito
Abidal
Iniesta
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