Berbatov alternative for Adebayor

Madrid sports tabloid As claims that the complicated negotiations with Arsenal on the transfer of Arsenal forward and Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor (24) have made Barcelona turn its attention again to Tottenham forward and Bulgarian international Dimitar Berbatov (27) (read more here).

The tabloid says that Barcelona is offering 20 million euro° for Adebayor while Arsenal is asking a transfer fee of 35 million euro°, a price that Barcelona will not and cannot pay. If Arsenal doesn't concede, Barcelona will focus on other players.

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona is planning to pay 30 million euro° for Adebayor but that Arsenal doesn't settle for that. A deal would nevertheless be close. Berbatov and Stuttgart forward and German international Mario Gómez (22) are the alternative options in case a deal fails.

The talks with the player would be well-advanced and Adebayor is waiting in his home country for the sign saying he can return to Europe and conclude the deal.

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Deal between Thuram and PSG close

French sports paper L'Equipe claims that Barcelona central defender and French international Lilian Thuram (36) was last night very close to a deal with French club Paris Saint-Germain (read more here). Thuram would sign a one-year contract with an option for a second year.

Asked about the rumours linking the player with his club, PSG president Charles Villeneuve has confirmed in an interview with French football weekly paper France Football that his club is indeed interested:

"I cannot deny that, but I will never launch a name myself. Thuram is a top player who I know very well and who is very capable to play in the French league and be important. Besides that, it's a man with values and someone who can be an excellent mentor for the younger players. But he's not the only one, I'm not obsessed by Thuram's arrival. We have talked but there are also other options."

The contract of Thuram at Barcelona expires at the end of this month and with Barcelona not planning to offer the Frenchman a renewal (read more here), the player is free to negotiate with other clubs.

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Hernanes is not a priority

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona doesn't see São Paulo attacking midfielder and Brazilian international Hernanes (23) as a priority summer signing and is therefore not willing to pay the 25 million euro° buyout clause, which is asked by his club (read more here).

Barcelona has made a first bid of 12 million euro° and the player now hopes that Barcelona will come with a seriously higher offer that could convince his club but at this moment it's not very likely a possible new offer will be a lot higher.

São Paulo manager Muricy Ramalho meanwhile said in an interview with Brazilian radio station Jovem Pan that the case should be resolved soon: "It's not good for the player that they say to him that he can come but that they then don't make a decision. I hope that a firm offer arrives for him to go and play abroad and that they stop driving him crazy by now saying one thing and later another."

Madrid sports tabloid As claims that Hernanes doesn't have an passport of a European Union country, which shouldn't be a problem since Barcelona still has some non-EU spots available.

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Youth: Alain Richard Ebwelle

No transfer news, just a nice goal against Real Madrid.

Infantil B forward Alain Richard Ebwelle (12) plays as a winger, both right and left. The Cameroonian player joined Barcelona in 2006 after he was discovered by scouts at an international tournament in the Spanish city of Arona on the Canary Islands.

Ex-Barça: Víctor Muñoz to Getafe

Former Barcelona defensive midfielder Víctor Muñoz (51) has last week been appointed as new manager of Primera Divisón team Getafe. In february of this year, Muñoz had been dismissed as manager of Recreativo Huelva.

Arriving in 1981 from Real Zaragoza, Víctor Muñoz played seven seasons for Barcelona. In 1988 he left Barcelona for Italian club Sampdoria. With Barcelona, Víctor Muñoz won one Spanish league title in 1985, two Spanish cups in 1983 and 1988, two Spanish league cups in 1983 and 1986, one Spanish super cup in 1983 and one European cup winners' cup in 1982.

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