Victor Sanchez officially presented by Xerez

Spanish first division club Xerez has yesterday officially presented former Barcelona midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) as new player.

The Catalan joins the newly promoted club for free, with Barcelona having the option to sign him back, also for free, next summer (read more here).

Speaking at a press conference, Víctor Sánchez said he hopes to gain some Liga experience next season:

"Last year, I didn't play a lot with Barcelona, so my goal now is to play and gain experience in the first division. I talked with Barcelona goalkeeping coach Unzué who had talked with Xerez manager Ziganda and now I'm here. I like the city, I already was here before since I have family living in the surroundings. I'm looking forward to this and I hope it will be a good season.

This team will have to compete and to give everything. The objective is to stay in the first division. I come here to play as a midfielder. I think I can play all midfield positions. I don't feel a special pressure because I come from Barcelona. I want to enjoy myself playing football and then we'll see what will happen next year.

It's true that I had the chance to join Deportivo in the deal on left back Filipe Luis, but that didn't go through in the end. When they proposed me to come to Xerez, I didn't have to think twice. This club is a good place to be, you feel the enthusiasm of the people."

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Xerez confirms transfer Victor Sanchez

Spanish first division club Xerez has yesterday officially confirmed the transfer of Barcelona midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21).

Barcelona has the right to buy the player back (read more here).

Víctor Sánchez, arrived in Jerez yesterday, passed the medical tests earlier today and will train for the first time with his new team-mates after his official presentaion this afternoon.

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Catalan sports paper El 9 Esportiu claims that the transfer midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) to Xerez is actually a loan.

Barcelona announced yesterday that Víctor Sánchez will leave for newly promoted Spanish first division club Xerez but that Barcelona has the right to sign the Catalan back without having to pay a transfer fee before 30 June 2010 (read more here).

The paper claims that Xerez has serious financial problems and a squad of until now only fifteen first team players. Since a club cannot have more than five players in their squad that are on loan from another club, this operation would allow Xerez, that will pay the full salary of Víctor Sánchez, to sign some more players on loan.

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Victor Sanchez hopes to return next year

Former Barcelona midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21), who has joined newly promoted Spanish first division club Xerez yesterday (read more here), has said in an intrview with the club's official media that he hopes to return next year:

"I leave FC Barcelona with a great feeling, because during the four years I have been here I lived the promotion with Barça B after winning the league title, and last year the treble. I cannot complain.

I think it will be a good year for me. It's a change so I can have more minutes in the first division, adapt to the league, which is the most important thing at my age: to play and to get more confident, so the coach sees that I can return next year. I hope this is a 'goodbye'."

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OFFICIAL: Victor Sanchez to Xerez

OFFICIAL: Victor Sanchez to Xerez

Barcelona has today officially announced the transfer of Barcelona midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) to Xerez.

The Catalan player joins the newly promoted Spanish first division club on a permanent transfer, although Barcelona has the right to sign Víctor Sánchez back without having to pay a transfer fee before 30 June 2010.

Víctor Sánchez joined Barcelona's youth academy in the summer of 2005, arriving from Spanish fourth division club Europa. In 2008, he promoted to the third division with Barcelona Atlètic. Last season, the player was promoted to the first team. With Barcelona, Víctor Sánchez has won one Spanish league, one Spanish cup and one Champions League.

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Paperwork postpones Victor Sanchez loan

Asked about the rumours linking Barcelona midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) with a loan move to Xerez (read more here), the player's agent Eladio Pereiro has again confirmed to Andalusian regional radio station Canal Sur thata deal is close:

"We've already reached a economic agreement with Xerez and now we are still waiting for some burocratic issues, the paperwork to be done by Barcelona.

Once we can get a look at the papers and it's correct, we'll take the player to Jerez. We hope things to be resolved today, so he can arrive in the weekend. If not, it will be for the beginning of next week.

Víctor is just waiting for my call saying that everything has been solved. He's very motivated. He knows it's a newly promoted club, that the whole city is behind this new project and he wants to have more playing time compared to last season in Barcelona."

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Victor Sanchez agent confirms Xerez loan

Asked about the rumours linking Barcelona midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) with a loan move to Xerez (read more here), the player's agent Eladio Pereiro has confirmed the loan in an interview with Jerez local newspaper La Voz de Jerez:

"There's a total agreement between the two clubs. The contract with Xerez has been drawn up, so the operation will be closed once the player can go to the club and sign the papers. If the plans of Txiki Begiristain allow it, this will happen today."

Asked about the Víctor Sánchez, Xerez manager Cuco Ziganda said at a press conference yesterday that he would be happy if the Catalan could join his team: "It's a player who can add dynamism and hard work to our team. It's someone who's very motivated to show what he can in the first division. If I would have to wait for one more week, I will wait. I won't sign other players just to sign someone."

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Victor Sanchez confirms loan talks with Xerez

Asked about the rumours linking him with a loan move to Xerez (read more here), Barcelona midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) has said in an interview with Jerez local newspaper La Voz de Jerez that he's holding talks with newly promoted Spanish first division club:

"I know there are contacts. The club has talked to Xerez and has advised me to leave. But we're still negotiating, there's nothing signed yet.

My intention is to play in the Spanish first division next sason. A decision will be made this week, we don't want to postpone things any longer. Xerez is an option we're seriously looking at, although I repeat that there's no deal yet."

Catalan sports papers El 9 Esportiu and Sport meanwhile claim that Víctor Sánchez and Xerez have reached an agreement. El 9 Esportiu reports that Xerez will pay the full salary of the player, whose contract with Barcelona expires in 2012, and that no buyout option will be included. Sport says that the clubs are now finalizing the last details. Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that the deal will be closed later today.

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Deal with Xerez on Victor Sanchez loan

Catalan sports paper El 9 Esportiu claims that Barcelona midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) is close to leaving for newly promoted first division club Xerez.

Xerez would have asked Barcelona about loaning the player next season and after Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola has given his authorization, Barcelona yesterday informed Xerez about the club's positive answer.

Everything will now depend on the decision of Víctor Sánchez although the Catalan player would seem to be willing to join Xerez in order to get more playing minutes. The loan deal could be made official later today. Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo confirms the news saying that a deal between the clubs has been found yesterday.

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Victor Sanchez still unaware of future

Asked about the rumours linking him with a loan exit (read more here), Barcelona midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) has said in an interview with Catalan sports paper El 9 Esportiu that a decision on his future hasn't yet been made:

"There has indeed been talk about a loan but I don't really know what the best option is. Everybody wants to play and it's possible that if you stay here, you won't have a lot of chances. But it's also possible you leave for another team and it's even worse...

Guardiola told me that I would start the pre-season here and that I should be relaxed. He already knows me from Barcelona B and I know he believes in me.

So it's true that there's some uncertainty but when you go out on the pitch, you forget about all that and you only think about playing alongside the best players in the world. I feel better than last season, when I had some injury problems. I'm more confident now, I feel more secure. I found the rhythm quickly during the first games and I feel well-integrated in the team."

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Barcelona's wage structure

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona's wage scale has six levels:



GROUP A
Messi

GROUP B
Henry
Ibrahimovic

GROUP C
Alves
Xavi
Iniesta
Puyol

GROUP D
Valdés
Touré
Márquez
Keita

GROUP E
Bojan
Piqué
Jorquera
Pinto
Busquets

GROUP F
Pedro
Víctor Sánchez
Muniesa
Jeffren

Official players' pictures (part 2)

Seydou Keita

Víctor Sánchez

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Aliaksandr Hleb

Pedro

Lionel Messi

Thierry Henry

Bojan

Zaragoza offer for Victor Sanchez rejected

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona has rejected a loan offer by newly promoted Spanish first division club Zaragoza for Barcelona polyvalent defender and midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21).

Zaragoza reportedly wanted to sign Víctor Sánchez as full-back, while Barcelona wants the player to get more experience as midfielder.

Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristian would yesterday have been in contact with the player's agent to discuss his future.

The only alternative option would at this moment be a loan to Deportivo La Coruña, although Deportivo president Augusto César Lendoiro wouldn't be willing to include the Catalan in a transfer deal on Deportivo left back Filipe.

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Future of Victor Sanchez still uncertain

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that the future of Barcelona polyvalent defender and midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) is still uncertain.

Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain would have promised earlier this summer to offer the Catalan player a list of Spanish first division teams he could join on loan to have more playing time.

But since Víctor Sánchez, who would be willing to leave on loan, didn't yet hear anything from Begiristain, the player's agent has now planned to meet with the sports director at the beginning of next week to discuss the future of the player.



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Deportivo rejects bid for Filipe

Deportivo La Coruña president Augusto César Lendoiro has said at a press conference that his club has rejected an 8 million euro° bid by Barcelona for Deportivo left back defender Filipe Luis (23):

"There's no deal. I've informed the agent of the player and an intermediary that if the player would decide to leave for another team, this issue should be solved immediately. We don't want to let him go because it's difficult to find a substitute on the market."

Lendoiro had yesterday evening a dinner with the player's agent José Carlos Lages, who had arrived earlier that day from São Paulo, to discuss the situation of the Brazilian left back defender.

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Lendoiro told Lages that he's only willing to let Filipe go for the buyout clause of 20 million euro°. The agent will now reportedly inform Barcelona about the meeting and the two clubs are expected to directly talk with each other from now on. Barcelona would want to offer 10 million euro° plus a player.

A Coruña local newspaper La Opinión A Coruña, that says that intermediary Juan Figer also took part in the meeting, claims that Deportivo wants to hold on to the player and that he will only leave for the buyout clause or a fee close to that. Atlético Madrid, Olympique Lyon and Juventus would also be interested.

Madrid sports paper As claims that Lages made clear that Filipe prefers to join Barcelona. While Deportivo would be willing to drop to 15 million euro°, Barcelona would have offered 10 million euro°. A deal could be found around 12-13 million euro°. Deportivo would have offered to include Barcelona players Pedro (21) or Víctor Sánchez (21) but Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola would count on the players, especially on Pedro, for next season.

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that it's Figer, one of the two agents of Filipe, who is most involved in the talks since Deportivo still has to pay him 700 000 euro from Filipe's transfer. Barcelona would have offered 8 million euro°, while Deportivo has asked for 10 million euro° plus the loan of one player. Catalan television channel TV3 claims that Barcelona has put a limit of 9 million euro°.

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Victor Sanchez will leave on loan

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona has decided to let Barcelona polyvalent defender and midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) leave on loan to a Spanish first division club this summer.

Barcelona will now gather the information with the interested clubs and will then make a decision together with the player’s agent.

Until now, only the interest of Deportivo La Coruña has been made public (read more here) and this would be an option liked by both Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain and Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola. The coach would like the polyvalent player to specialize in one or two positions.

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Deportivo interested in several Barcelona players

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Deportivo La Coruña is interested to sign several Barcelona players on a loan or a permanent deal.

Deportivo president Augusto César Lendoiro would have asked about the situation of Barcelona forward Pedro (21), Barcelona Atlètic defensive midfielder Xavi Torres (22) and Barcelona Atlètic midfielder Abraham (23) during Saturday's official dinner before the league game.

The three players, who also have attracted the interest of several other first division teams, could be included in the deal on Deportivo left back defender Filipe (read more here). The clubs are expected to meet again in the coming days to try to reach an agreement.

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo also adds the names of Barcelona polyvalent defender and midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) and Barcelona Atlètic wing attacker Jeffren (21 - picture) to the list of possible candidates to join Deportivo on loan or permanently this summer.

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Deportivo interested in Pedro and Victor Sanchez

Spanish radio station Onda Cero claims that Deportivo La Coruña is interested in Barcelona wing attacker and Spanish youth international Pedro (21) and Barcelona polyvalent defender and midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21 - picture).

A possible transfer of both players could have been discussed during confirmed talks between Deportivo and Barcelona in the past weeks (read more here).



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Deal on Victor Sanchez renewal until 2012

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that an agreement has been reached on the contract renewal of Barcelona polyvalent defender and midfielder Víctor Sánchez (21) (read more here).

Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain would have closed a deal on a renewal with the player's agent and Víctor Sánchez will sign his new contract on Monday.

The new contract will be for four years, starting in the summer in 2008 and expiring in 2012. The Catalan player's buyout clause would be 30 million euro°. Víctor Sánchez, whose current contract expires in 2010 and who has this season been switching between the first and the second team, will from now on only play for the first team.

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original source: www.sport.es




The Copa del Rey is a tournament that exists to make a great season even better or to make a bad season acceptable. This point of view that the majority of the supporters hold doesn't seem to be something that the players share in thought. And much less the Barça players, who have gone two years without winning a trophy. However, in the blaugrana roster, there are three players who are especially hopefull for the Copa for a simple reason: they've won it before.

Víctor Sánchez, Bojan Krkic and Sergio Busquets won the trophy with the Juvenil team in 2006, which was the last time that the team has won the cup. With a team that consisted of, minus those previously mentioned: Marc Crosas, Jeffren Suarez, Iago Falque, and Giovani dos Santos, it was logical to win the trophy. That's how things went, in both the Copa and the Liga. These three players that are now a part of Pep Guardiola's first team want to repeat the celebration they lived that day in Soria. This time it'll be in Valencia.

The knockout tournament is allowing the coach to give minutes to all of his players, and everybody does what he has to. Bojan has played almost every minute in the Copa and has been important in the reaching of the semi finals, thanks to his goals against Benidorm, Atlético and Espanyol. Busquets had only missed a few minutes, before the game against Mallorca on Thursday. He played in the rest of the matches. Victor Sanchez played the first game of the 1/16 finals, although he didn't make another appearance until the Espanyol game, when he came in for Rafa Márquez, who left the pitch injured.

Feeling important to the team gives these players extra motivation to give everything in this tournament. On one hand, none of them know what it feels like to win a title with the first team. Bojan couldn't do it last season and his fellow players only arrived to the first team last summer. The forward says it clearly: "The Copa is one of the three titles that we can win, one of the three that we're still participating in and it's obvious that I'm hoping to lift the trophy because, although I hope that it's not the only title that we can win, it'll be my first. Also, I'm participating often."

The Linyola native remembers the Copa that he won with the youth team, and especially the final: "In that match Busquets scored a great goal, a cracker." Bojan arrived to Alex Garcia's team with the tournament already started, from the Juvenil B, but was still vital in the final victory: "The fixture against Real Madrid was great."

Sergio Busquets also remembers those games to be special: "Winning that Copa was incredible. Also, we defeated Real Madrid in the semi-finals in a great match at the Mini Estadi." Today, the midfielder is determined to help the first team repeat the feat: "Defeating Espanyol was the first objective and if we reach the final, which I hope to do, I'm certain that it'll be a great match. It must be impressive to see how your supporters occupy half the stadium and the rival team's supporters occupy the other half." In that case, it would also be a great career start for the player: "It would be awesome to win a title in the first year in the senior team."

Victor Sánchez entered the final against Zaragoza in the second half and was an important player during the whole tournament, where he was a key player for the coach, Alex García. The all-around player remembers: "I have great memories about that match. I felt like I was involved because I played many matches and because it was my first title," said the player, who also won the Liga with the team.

Now, three seasons later, Victor Sanchez is a part of both the senior team and Barça Atlètic, where he's doing well: "It's easy because what I like best is to play football and I know that, no matter where it is, I will play." Therefore, he could be the first player in the club's history to win the Copa del Rey and also win promotion to the second division: "It would be great for everyone. Winning a title with the first team must be great."

The next objective would be to win the fixture against Mallorca next month, after the 2-0 home game. After that, there would be one more game for the three players to repeat the moment that they lived on June 24, 2006, a day that is now already distant, even though it's still fresh in the minds of Bojan, Sergio Busquets, and Victor Sanchez. History always repeats itself.


Translated by: Al