Messi: “After the party we will prepare the next season”

The Argentine Leo Messi was declared “Man of the Match” by the UEFA Champions League in the final between Barcelona and Manchester United (3-1). He warned that the Camp Nou team was not tired of winning trophies, although the FC Barcelona players have broken many records lately. With the Champions league won last night, the Spanish reached 10 trophies in just three seasons.

"It’s a match to remember. What this team does is huge and we are not yet aware of what we can achieve. However, we want to continue winning trophies, " said Messi.
"Now we just want to celebrate. Barcelona is a team of winners, we all know that. Once we exhaust the immense joy that we live, we’ll think about next season and that you must prepare carefully, " concluded the Catalans superstar.

Messi already has three Champions League trophies in the Blaugrana jersey, the final from last night is the second under the command of Pep Guardiola.

Trophies won by Barcelona in the last 3 years
Primera Division – 3 titles
Spanish Cup – 1 title
Spanish Supercup – 2 titles
UEFA Champions League – 2 titles
European Super Cup – 1 title
Club World Cup – 1 title

The players of Barca and Real are the best paid sportsmen in the world

The Spanish Cup final gathered Wednesday evening in Valencia, the best paid players in the world at this time. This is according to the site sportingintelligence.com and the American magazine ESPN, whose investigation revealed that FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are the biggest clubs in sports and they pay the most.

The two publications have considered the average annual salaries of 272 active teams in 14 leagues in seven sports, the most popular ones in ten countries. The novelty is that Barca and Real have now surpassed the New York Yankees, the leaders of last year. The English Premier League remains the richest league, with Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal in the top 30.

The young Brazilian stars will cost more

Years in a row the big European football clubs had a veritable gold mine in Brazil. But the Brazilian clubs have decided not to sell cheaply anymore. A real talent like Kaka, for which AC Milan paid in 2003 only 8.5 million euros to Sao Paulo, now costs four to five times more. This is the case of Lucas, Neymar or Ganso, the most demanded young stars by the European football clubs.

When Real, Chelsea, Milan and Barcelona will want to buy these players, they will have to negotiate with all parties involved (the clubs, the investments funds and the families of the players). If not, there are enough Russian or Ukrainian billionaires are eager to gain some fain through football.

Here are the most wanted young players from Brazil:

• LUCAS
  Age: 18 years
  Position: attacking midfielder
  Club: Sao Paulo FC
  Market value: 6.5 million
  Contract until: 2015
  Interested clubs: Milan, Benfica, Barcelona, Chelsea, Liverpool
  80 million euros is the release clause that Sao Paulo set for Lucas

• GANSO
  Age: 21 years
  Position: attacking midfielder
  Club: Santos FC
  Market value: 12 million *
  Contract until: 2015
  Interested clubs: Milan, Inter, Juventus, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Tottenham
  53 million euros is the release clause that Santos set for Ganso

• NEYMAR
  Age: 18 years
  Position: striker
  Club: Santos FC
  Market value: 18 million *
  Contract until: 2015
  Interested clubs: Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Juventus
  45 million euros is the release clause that Santos set for Neymar

David Villa is the best goal scorer in the history of Spain

The striker David Villa became the best goal scorer in the history of Spain, surpassing Raul, after he scored in the match against the Czech national team, 2-1, in Group I of Euro-2012 qualifiers, the goals 45 and 46 for Spain.

The FC Barcelona striker, aged 29, has scored in 69 and 73 (penalty) minutes, scoring the equalizer and the victory goal after Spain was led by the Czech team after Plasil scored in the 29th minute.
"MaraVilla" equalized Raul, that has not played for Spain since 2006, scoring the 44 goal on 12 October 2010, in the game against Scotland.
Raul scored 44 goals in 102 selections, while Villa has reached 46 goals after 72 selections.

Mourinho: "From Real I will go to England or Italy"

Accused that he complains about the referees, adversaries and, in general, everything that is not linked to Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho threatens that it is possible to leave . "If I get fired, I will certainly not to go to Malaga, but I will choose a big club in England or Italy" revealed at a press conference before the 26th stage, just before the match against Malaga.

"It is true that last year, Real had more points and was in the top of the league. The fact remains that it was also eliminated from the Champions League and that did not draw with Lyon, but lost. So I see no reason not to do a comparison between the two seasons, only to be a honest one"said The Special One.

After 25 rounds, Real Madrid are second in La Liga with seven points behind Barcelona, has to play the King’s Cup final, also against Barcelona, and is favored to qualify in the quarter final of the Champions League after the 1-1 score against Lyon in the first leg.