Barça B - Official: Solano to Ecija

Spanish third division club Ecija has yesterday officially announced the transfer of former Barcelona Atlètic central defender José Antonio Solano (23).

Solano, who joined Barcelona Altètic last year arriving from Ecija (read more here), has signed a one-year contract with his former club.

Because of injuries, Solano didn't play an offical game with Barcelona's second team last season. Barcelona had officially announced two weeks ago that the contract of the Spanish player, that expired at the end of next season, had been rescinded and that the player was free to negotiate with interested clubs (read more here).

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Barça B - Official: Solano will leave

Barcelona has yesterday officially announced that Barcelona Atlètic central defender José Antonio Solano (23) will leave the club this summer.

The contract of the Spanish player, that expired at the end of next season, has been rescinded. Solano joined Barcelona last year, arriving from Ecija (read more here). Because of injuries, Solano didn't play an offical game with Barcelona's second team.

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Barça B: Contract of Solano rescinded

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that the contract of Barcelona Atlètic central defender José Antonio Solano (23 - picture, in the middle) has been rescinded.

Barcelona would this week have found a deal with the player, who arrived last summer from Spanish third division club Ecija, to put an end to the contract that expired in 2010. Solano didn't start the pre-season with Barcelona Atlètic and is now free to negotiate with other clubs.

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Suspended Marquez not in Bayern list

Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola announced earlier today a list of 19 players for the return game of the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Bayern Munich Tuesday evening at 8:45 pm.

The list:
Valdés, Pinto,
Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Cáceres, Abidal, Sylvinho,
Xavi, Touré, Busquets, Keita, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta,
Messi, Eto'o, Bojan, Henry, Hleb

Márquez is suspended due to three yellow cards. Jorquera, Víctor Sánchez and Pedro are not included in the list. Milito is still recovering from his injury. One player will have to fall off before the game. Barcelona Atlètic players Gai, Thiago, Córcoles, Botía, Xavi Torres, Solano and Rayo meanwhile trained with the first team today.

At 10:00 am the team leaves the Camp Nou for the trip to Munich, where they are scheduled to arrive at 1:15 pm. At 7 pm on Monday the group will train in the stadium of Bayern Munich.

Calm training week in Barcelona

Due to the international matchs coming up in the next days, few first team players were present in Barcelona to take part in the training sessions.

On Tuesday, nine players (Valdés, Jorquera, Pinto, Márquez, Gudjohnsen, Sylvinho, Bojan, Pedro and Víctor Sánchez) trained together with Barcelona Atlètic.

On Wednesday, seven players (Valdés, Jorquera, Pinto, Márquez, Gudjohnsen, Sylvinho and Bojan) trained with three Barcelona Atlètic players (Gai, Solano and Rayo) and four Juvenil players (Muniesa, Dos Santos, Rochina and Bolaños). Pedro and Victor Sánchez played that day a game with Barcelona Atlètic.

On Thuesday, six players (Valdés, Jorquera, Pinto, Márquez, Sylvinho and Bojan) trained with six Barcelona Atlètic players (Nolito, Verdés, Maric, Rayo, Gai and Solano) and two Juvenil players (Romeu and Rochina). Gudjohnsen didn't take part because of stomach problems. The next training session is only planned for Tuesday.

In the meantime, the injured players (Milito, Abidal, Puyol and Iniesta) continued their recovery, while Touré travelled to Ivory Coast where the medical staff of the national team performed some medical tests. The defensive midfielder is expected back in Barcelona tomorrow.

Barça B - Official: Solano

Barcelona has officially announced the transfer of Ecija central defender José Antonio Solano (23), who will play for Barcelona Atlètic (previously known as Barcelona B) next season.

Solano, who has played over the last two seasons for third division team Ecija and had a contract for one more year with that club, has signed a two-year contract with Barcelona. The Spanish centre back is the second signing of Barcelona Atlètic that was looking for an experienced central defender.

In a first reaction to the club's official website, Solano describes the player he is: "I'm a central defender or a defensive midfielder who has good heading abilities and a good pass. For me a defender needs to be agressive and make sure that the forward is never on his ease.

I know that I will have to change my way of playing this season. At my former club I was more used to direct play with long balls but I'm aware that everything will be very different here and that the Barcelona style is based upon the passing game. I've already talked briefly with coach Luis Enrique, who basically just congratulated me with the transfer."

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