Barça Talk (fc Barcelona)

Hosts: Brien Henderson & Gabriel QuirogaDownload or subscribe to this show at https://www.barcatalk.net News (1:48): Iniesta announces he will leave Barça at the end of this season. Community (14:15): The FCB Camp Scholarship fund is growing, and we have some new information for you about it. Barça B/Femení (18:25): Barça B are on their way to relegation and the manager has been replaced, while Femeni beat Espanyol 3-1 to keep the pressure on Atletico. La Liga (30:06): A win in La Coruña has made us champions with four games to spare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hosts: Brien Henderson & Gabriel QuirogaDownload or subscribe to this show at https://www.barcatalk.netSupport at https://www.patreon.com/barcatalkpodNews (2:13): Iniesta appears to be on his way out, while Xavi begins the journey that might bring him back in. La Liga (10:44): Barcelona continued to break the undefeated record in La Liga with a B Squad. Community (34:30): The FCB Camp Scholarship Fund is growing, but it still needs your help. Also, Michael Miller (Montreal Penya) pays us a visit. Copa del Rey (51:10): Barça lift the Copa del Rey for the fourth consecutive year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Show Notes Hosts: Brien Henderson (https://www.instagram.com/barcatalkpod/) & Gabriel Quiroga (https://twitter.com/BarcaTalkPod) Download or subscribe to this show at https://www.barcatalk.netChampions League (4:11) Every fan has had a response to the loss in the Champions League, and we are letting your voices be heard. Community (34:22) We’re moving forward with our fundraising project to sponsor a young player at FCB Camp this summer. News (42:27) Iniesta has decided his future, but he hasn’t told the world yet. La Liga (48:55) FC Barcelona’s first team are still undefeated and several points clear with the league championship well in sight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

News & Notes (1:51): Zidane says Real Madrid will not give Barcelona the guard of honor at the next Clasico, and FCB fired back at La Liga chief Javier Tebas. Community (9:26): We’re ramping up our effort to send a kid to FCB Camp this summer, with an update from our man in Houston. Barça B/Femení (15:32): The women were off club duty, and Barça B took another bad loss. Champions League (16:09): The first are are off to a good start in the Champions League quarterfinal. (La Liga) And the undefeated streak in La Liga has now matched the previous record (46:35). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Umtiti is looking to triple his salary (2:02). One listener responds to Griezmann rumors (7:49). The Femení are out of the Champions League, but staying competitive in the league (17:51). The first team is gearing up for another round of Champions League against Roma, and Messi pulled the team out of the fire on Saturday to continue the unbeaten streak (25:32). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gerard Piqué has given us some inside information (3:53). We have some exciting community news (17:44). FCB Femení took a loss in Lyon, but they’re keeping their Champions League run competitive (35:24). The international friendlies are getting us excited for the world cup this summer (45:11). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gomes is sad, Busquets is injured, but Rakitic fills in nicely (2:12). We have a question from Norway and an interview Vicente Chavez of FCB Fresno (13:28). Both the Femení and Barça B drew (40:36), while the first team is going ahead in the Champions League (53:43) and maintaining the undefeated streak in La Liga (1:15:54). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leo Messi’s family just got a little bit bigger; Denis Suarez suffered an injury to his groin, meanwhile he’s hamstrung by the club’s deal with Manchester City; and the club has confirmed an option to bring in Arthur from Gremio next summer (2:25). A majority Barça B side made a good show in the Catalan Super Cup (18:36). We’re getting fired up for the Chelsea match this week (36:03). The undefeated streak in La Liga continued with a win in Malaga (47:13). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re continuing to grow our stable of interviews with Penya Presidents, and this week we have Victor Valencheck of the Penya FCB Houston (10:10). FCB Femeni were on break, but Barça B got a draw and are continuing a good run of form (38:41). Barcelona took a draw in the Canary Islands and a win over Atletico Madrid in the Camp Nou to get 8 points clear and remain undefeated in La Liga (50:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sergi is in for four more years! Semedo is out for five weeks. And the team has set a new club record (2:48). One of our listeners asks why we aren’t seeing many players from La Masia lately (8:36). Barça B took a draw and FCB Femení defeated Valencia (21:46). And the first team are in a good position over Chelsea after the first leg of their Champions League tie (29:16), and a decisive victory over Girona at the Camp Nou kept them undefeated in La Liga (53:54). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Wanda in Madrid will host the Copa del Rey Final. That wasn’t so hard, was it? (5:48) And you’ll be seeing a lot more of the Beko logo on the Barça jerseys in the near future. If you’ve ever wondered if there are cules in Montreal, we have the answer for you in our community segment (13:33). Barça B won, FCB Femeni lost (47:46). The first team are looking ahead to Chelsea in the Champions League (53:26) and they’re still undefeated in the league after beating Eibar, with Girona to come (63:48). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re almost out of centerbacks: Gerard Pique and Thomas Vermaelen are both injured, Samuel Umtiti had to miss a match with a suspension, so Lucas Digne stepped in to help out, and the league is not as tough on racism as it claims to be (5:17). Barça B saw the end of their best winning streak of the year and FCB Femení bulldozed Santa Teresa to stay 2 points ahead of Atletico Madrid and on top of the Liga Femenina Iberdrola (19:18). The first team are into their fifth consecutive Copa del Rey final (29:23), and Yerry Mina was the shining star of an otherwise uninspired performance against Getafe (1:03:28). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Deulofeu is off to England and there’s talk of an animated Barça movie (6:25). We have news from another Penya, this time in Montreal (21:17). Barça B got three points and FCB Femení took a draw (28:57). We’re off to a good start in the Copa del Rey semifinal (35:05), and we nearly had our first loss in La Liga, but we pulled a draw out of a wet, soppy match with Espanyol (52:45). Barça is still at the top of the table, and still undefeated in La Liga. ¡Visca Barça! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We say goodbye to Mascherano and "hasta luego" to Rafinha (9:35). Congratulations to Houston Culés for their new official Penya status (25:40). Barça B got three crucial points and FCB Femení are still on top of Liga Femenina (27:32). We're in to the semifinal of the Copa del Rey (40:25) and still undefeated in La Liga (1:03:58). We also have scouting reports on Valencia and Espanyol (1:32:32). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Come to Barcelona in April and see the Valencia match with us. We've teamed up with XL Sports Tours to offer a cool tour package. A new spate of injuries, including Vermaelen and Demble...again (15:10). The community segment asks if La Masia is all it's cracked up to be (29:06). Barça B got a win in Tenerife and Femení are on international break (39:38), and the first team had a hiccup in the Copa del Rey against Espanyol, but came back hard in La Liga against Betis (44:04). Barça will play Espanyol again and Alavés in the Camp Nou (1:42:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big news of Yerry Mina signing with Barcelona, Arda Turan leaving, and discussing Coutinho's arrival some more (4:35). The community segment deals with how to pronounce "Gomes" (25:14). We have updates on Barça B and Femení (28:59), and reviews of Celta in the Copa del Rey and Real Sociedad in La Liga (39:42). We close things up with a preview of the next match with Betis in La Liga (1:28:48). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big news of Coutinho signing with Barcelona, Victor Valdes retiring, and picking up on our transfer talk from Ep. 59. (1:55). The community segment asks the question: how do I deal with negative cules? (19:43). We have updates on Barça B and Femení (28:38), and reviews of Celta in the Copa del Rey and Levante in La Liga (34:09). We close things up with previews of the next Copa leg with Celta and Sociedad in La Liga (1:08:34). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A bit of a short episode for the holiday break, we run down the potential incoming transfers Coutinho and Yerry Mina and the players we want, or can expect, to see off-loaded this January, including Rafinha, Deulofeu, Vidal, Arda Turan, and Mascherano (02:25). Our other story charts the rise of Paulinho, both on the pitch and in our estimation of him (28:05). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FCB gave us a present in their victory in El Clásico in Madrid. Before spending most of the episode talking about the game, your hosts Brien Henderson and Gabriel Quiroga update you on FCB Femení and Barça B (8:04) and Brien interviewed Matt Manson and Joe Dixon from the San Francisco Penya (13:56). The Clásico review fills out the rest of the episode (36:04). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gabriel and Brien talk about their Christmas plans before getting into Barcelona’s Champions League draw with Chelsea and the other matchups, as well as a freshly injured Deulofeu (5:56). We respond to a listener suggestion that Riyad Mahrez would be good for FCB (17:03). The big feature this week is the countdown to El Clásico, where we revisit Messi’s first Clásico hat trick from 2007 (22:17). As always, we keep you up to speed with Barça B and Femení (58:37) and recap La Liga (64:33), and we end by reviewing the Deportivo match in La Liga (69:18) and preview the big match next week, El Clásico! (95:53). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices