It is quite normal in soccer fraternity that if a player has been laid out for a long period of time, rumors start prevailing suggesting his probable transfer to various clubs. In case of Barca’s David Villa, similar theory goes on when he returned after almost nine months coz of his knee injury, and in his absence, many speculated about his probable transfer to either his old club Valencia or any of the other interested clubs. Now, January transfer window is coming nearer, so speculations about his transfer have also been heated up. Out of various offers, he reportedly has in his kitty; Arsenal interest is more surprising and looks happening. Everybody knows that Arsene Wenger is a great fan of Spanish international ever since the days when he was not even associated with Barcelona. Secondly, atmosphere in the team has changed considerably for the striker in Tito Vilanova’s mentorship. If there would still be Pep Guardiola reign, chances of Villa to even think about leaving Catalan … [Read more...]
Messi and Villa: No conflict between them
La Liga 2012-13 has shown us many surprises and one of them is recent infield spat between FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and David Villa where, apparently, Lionel Messi was yelling on David Villa over some issue. Actually, everybody saw what happened on the ground and everybody is surprised to see a cool player like Messi is behaving like this. Basically, there could be several reasons for such loss of control on the field: one could be, that match between Barcelona and Granada brought many shocks like Messi’s inability to score a goal even after getting so many chances. Perhaps, after the brilliant display of soccer, Barcelona could not fire a goal until 87th minute, this delay and frustration could be the reason for uncontrolled behavior of Messi. Otherwise, we have seen him showing great level of comfort even during many embracing situations, like in the last match when referee dismissed a penalty, we saw him smiling on that decision. So, how comes a 25 years old start footballer … [Read more...]