The Philippe Coutinho dilemma: Winger or midfielder?
Ever since Philippe Coutinho first joined Barcelona in January, breaking the Catalan’s transfer record, he was dubbed to be the foundation of the club’s future…
Player Analysis
The birth of Arthur Melo
Barcelona have finally done it – after three successive games without a win for a much flawed Catalan side, the Blaugrana has once again reigned…
The reasons behind Gerard Pique’s sudden decline
Gerard Pique has had a horrible start to the new Barcelona season. The main man in defense was the direct culprit in most of the…
Analysis of Arturo Vidal’s first La Liga start
Arturo Vidal finally got his start for Barcelona in La Liga. The big Chilean was given a nod in front of Ivan Rakitić as Barca…
Andres Iniesta: Vissel Kobe’s Galatico
This analysis of Andres Iniesta in Japan originally appeared on totalfootballanalysis.com We have already looked at how Barcelona can adapt without Andres Iniesta. We are…
Philippe Coutinho: Barcelona’s New Number 7
Philippe Coutinho’s second-half performance against Huesca on the weekend showed that even though the former Liverpool star does not produce regular goals, he does contribute…
Analysis of Arthur’s La Liga Debut
The recent midfield signing, Arthur, has finally debuted his appearance for F.C Barcelona substituting in the last quarter of the club’s first league game against…
Gerard Pique: His tactical evolution
Another international retirement from Spain’s squad within a year – Gerard Pique, who has been the face of the current generation of Spain’s central defence. The 31-year-old…
Malcom: Has he got the X factor?
It’s not often nowadays that we see a bidding war as we saw between AS Roma and Barcelona, but if there’s one thing that’s certain,…