- Xavi Hernandez is going to be the face of the upcoming Fifa 2010 video game. He's excited about it, too: "For me it's an honor and I am very grateful for the opportunity to represent the new release of FIFA 2010 in Spain and be the image of the World Cup campaign."- The picture is Xavi with his dog Tro (Catalan for thunder) that he got following Barca's treble victory.
- Reportedly, Rafael Marquez has reached a contract agreement with the club, and will soon be signing an extension until 2012. Comforting news, yes?
- The La Liga fixtures for the 2009-2010 season have been released! Some details: Barca's first opponent will be Sporting Gijon, and we face them at home; that's easy enough, Barca should have a good start to the season. The first Classico will be on matchday 12, November 29th, and Barca will play at home. See the full match schedule - including preseason games - here.
- Of course exact match times have yet to be set, however Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has proposed having the matches in the afternoon instead of at night. This way the timing will be more favorable to viewers in Asia, thus increasing the Liga's market in that area.
- Apparently Manchester City have given up on Eto'o. To quote City chief executive, Garry Cook: "The circumstances surrounding him were such that a deal couldn’t be completed." We're not sure quite where this leaves Barca, especially with the all but confirmed deal with David Villa, but whatever. We're not going to let the Eto'o story give us anymore headaches.
- Speaking of Villa, the lad claims that if he weren't a footballer, he'd be an air conditioning installer. And a hell of a hot one, too.
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