12 Results for barcelona

Murray available for times of crisis

Roddy Thomson

...itself - that is sufficient working capital the way football is shaping up. 'We are no different to Barcelona or Bayern Munich in the way we are run - the only net spending league in European football...

Story | July 06, 2002

Toppmoller's troops win the fans hearts

Roddy Thomson

...Striker Oliver Neuville was level with the Spaniard on five. Not one of the team that defeated Barcelona in the 1998 UEFA Cup was still in place for Toppmoller. Leverkusen had failed to score in...

Story | May 15, 2002

Don't mistake modesty for a lack of desire

Roddy Thomson

Zinedine Zidane is used to being separated from those he loves in the name of his art. But as he sets about trying to secure the last major prize whi...

Story | May 14, 2002

Toppi tunes up for unlikely tilt at Euro glory

Roddy Thomson

Bayer Leverkusen coach Klaus Toppmoller is fond of turning history on its head - as his pre-match habit of quoting Winston Churchill in big-game tea...

Story | May 13, 2002

Arteta: I'm glad agony has ended

Roddy Thomson

...Fernando Ricksen moving into midfield - but he will arrive soon to begin house-hunting. The on-loan Barcelona youngster was able to open up on the agony he has suffered in France after his replacement...

Story | May 03, 2002

Gough praises former partner 'Amo'

Roddy Thomson

...to point out that the former Fiorentina star - signed after marking Ronaldo out of a game against Barcelona - has not always had to battle to win over Ibrox fans, citing Amo's Park-head debut...

Story | May 01, 2002

Will Arteta still go to Rangers?

Roddy Thomson

...chiefs, despite regular pronouncements from Alex McLeish that he is confident of securing his star buy from Barcelona, after Arteta's loan spell at Paris St-Germain ends. And if the delay was in any...

Story | April 17, 2002

Panther in the hunt for Scotland call

Roddy Thomson

His father is a former middleweight boxing champion from Nigeria and he is quite happy to be known as 'Scotland's Black Panther.' His name is Manny P...

Story | April 15, 2002

Celts' Euro boost - if Bayern lose out

Roddy Thomson

...Bayern, Greek champions Panathinaikos and Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen all now facing tough matches against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Liverpool, respectively. If O'Neill is crossing his fingers for the right sort of first- leg...

Story | March 31, 2002

Arteta can follow in footsteps of Ferguson

Roddy Thomson

...van Bronckhorst and now, surely, Barry Ferguson - three compelling reasons for Mikel Arteta to swap Paris or Barcelona's reserves for the SPL. They are also a trio of incentives to why Alex McLeish should...

Story | March 19, 2002

PSG have first option on Rangers target

Roddy Thomson

Rangers' ambitious bid to sign Barcelona wonderkid Mikel Arteta ground to a standstill yesterday. It emerged that Paris St Germain's bid to...

Story | March 14, 2002

Berti convinces Lambert, now for Big Dunc

Roddy Thomson

...night, McAllister was too wrapped up in his club's preparations for their Champions League tie in Barcelona, which ended 0-0, to indicate whether Lambert' s change of mind could have any bearing on...

Story | March 13, 2002