Confederations cup offers Neymar a chance to shine on national stage (video)

The Confederations cup kicks off this weekend as Brazil take on Japan in the opening fixture. The tournament offers Brazil a chance to test some of their infrastructure before they host the biggest tournament in the world next summer. This warm up tournament will also allow them to show other teams around the world what they can do and one player who will want to take maximum advantage of this opportunity will be newly signed Barcelona player Neymar.

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Where next for Barcelona youngster? Does the Premier League beckon?

Over the years La Masia, Barcelona's famed youth production line, has churned out some wonderful players. 

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Former Liverpool midfielder sent off for kicking a medic (video)

It's a widely known fact that Argentina's Javier Mascherano doesn't possess the sort of character one might expect of a model professional but, even by his standards, kicking out at a medic is surely a step too far. 

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Eric Abidal says he has options after Barcelona contract ended

With Eric Abidal’s career at Barcelona coming to an end this season, he has said himself he has had offers outside of Spain to help rekindle his career after a somewhat turbulent time recently.

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Everything Chelsea fans need to know about Eliaquim Mangala - Scouting Report (Video)

There aren’t many countries that can rival the French in terms

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3 reasons why Manchester United should sign £40m midfield ace - statistics and video

Barcelona are said to be going through a period of change in order to get their Champions League crown back, and with it there have been plenty of rumours of regarding players who are on their way out of Camp Nou.

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Pretending to be injured - the new football tactic

When a player is injured, the referee will normally stop the game, or wait for the ball to go out of play, before allowing the physios and medical team to come onto the pitch. Generally, most incidents are not serious and end with the player in question gingerly getting to his feet and hobbling off the pitch to receive further treatment. Once he is patched up, he waits for the referee to wave him back onto the field and he can continue playing. However, a new form of tactical cheating is becoming increasingly common during matches, where an apparently injured player will go down, and stay down, to force the referee to blow his whistle and stop the opposition attack. I will look at how this is affecting the game and whether anything can be done to stop it.

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Top 5 Champions League Goal Scorers 2012-13 (Video)

After Bayern Munich ran out Champions League victors beating

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A flaw in Neymar's game (Video)

Barcelona's signing of Brazilian starlet Neymar is certainly a statement of intent from the Catalan giants.

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Brazilian star will shine at Barcelona

Brazilian side Santos has said goodbye to one of the greatest talents in football today, that is Brazilian star Neymar.

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3 Luis Suarez replacements for Liverpool - statistics and videos

It was revealed today that the man we love to hate, Luis Suarez, will be leaving Liverpool in the summer in search of more money, Champions League football, and a more peaceful environment.

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Barcelona preparing £21m offer for Chelsea man

Jose Mourinho could be dealt a huge blow when he arrives as Chelsea boss as David Luiz has refused to rule out a move to the Spanish giants Barcelona, or so say the Daily Star. However, the Portuguese manager is set to hold a meeting with the defender to persuade him to stay in west London.

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Premier League quartet linked with Barcelona star

 

It has become virtually impossible for a day of transfer speculation to go by without one Premier League team or another being linked with a “Barcelona starlet”. A product of the famed La Masia academy, a precocious talent, a “nino prodigio” to give them their correct Spanish name, whilst also demonstrating that I can type “wunderkind in Spanish” into Google search.

The latest apparently set to be tossed onto the conveyor belt

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Former Arsenal midfielder has the two Manchester clubs chasing his signature in £25m deal

Arsenal fans must be in despair right now. Their one-time favourite Cesc Fabregas is on the way out of one of the biggest clubs on the planet and they have next to no chance in getting him back.

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Will Neymar change Barcelona?

It is now official that Brazilian superstar Neymar will join Spanish giants Barcelona this summer and sign a five year contract in the process. Speculation about the Santos striker's future had begun months ago, with most of the biggest clubs in Europe interested. However, in the last few days it became clear that there were only two possible destinations and the choice was between Spain's biggest clubs. The Catalan outfit won the battle, so could this be an attempt at rectifying the lack of a Plan B that they have been so desperately lacking recently?

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