Much of the coverage of Barcelona’s 2-1 defeat to Sevilla in La Liga on Saturday afternoon focused on the disruption caused by injuries to stars Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta. But blaugrana fans and pundits should really be asking why last season’s treble-winning squad looks so threadbare just a few months later.

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Thiago Silva has pointed the finger at Chelsea's boss after his side's Champions League win.

Kyle Naughton has revealed he left Tottenham for Swansea to play regular first-team football.

Come Sunday the veins under Cedric Abellon’s war paint will be throbbing.

Iker Casillas has admitted he considered leaving Real Madrid and believes Arsenal were interested in securing his services before he decided to stay and fight for his place.

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Fernando Torres was not offended by Jose Mourinho’s criticism of Chelsea’s strikers last season but has admitted he misses being the goal-getter he once was.

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Jose Mourinho insists his relationship with Samuel Eto’o has been unaffected by footage showing him questioning the Chelsea striker’s age.

Jose Mourinho is reportedly annoyed that private, light-hearted comments about Chelsea’s striking options have been made public.

A major price war between private TV services could be on the cards, depending on the outcome of a new EU investigation.

Missing your favourite TV programme just because you are out of the country could become a thing of the past as the EU opens an investigation into restrictions.

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi is set to be sidelined for up to two months with a hamstring injury he sustained during Sunday’s match with Real Betis.

Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas has urged Lionel Messi not to try and rush his recovery after the Argentina superstar suffered another hamstring injury during the victory at Real Betis.

Django Unchained actor Christoph Waltz has has been involved in a security scare during a live TV interview at the Cannes Film Festival.

Patrice Evra has welcomed apparent interest from Paris St Germain but insisted he has no plans to leave Manchester United.

Celtic’s memorable Champions League victory over Barcelona on Wednesday received widespread acclaim in Spain.

Barcelona midfielder Xavi hailed the long-awaited return of striker David Villa as the best thing about his side’s season-opening 5-1 mauling of Real Sociedad.

Barcelona director of football Andoni Zubizarreta has denied claims by former president Joan Laporta the club could have done more to ensure Pep Guardiola continued as coach at the Nou Camp next season.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy told TV viewers his youngest son was out of line when he and his friends pelted a policewoman with “vegetables”, but said there was always the risk that children would be children when left unattended.

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez's disciplinary hearing on a charge that he racially abused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra is due to end today.

THE Football Association last night began the disciplinary hearing into claims that Liverpool striker Luis Suarez racially abused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

The Football Association have today begun the disciplinary hearing into claims that Liverpool striker Luis Suarez racially abused Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has issued a robust defence of Luis Suarez after the striker was accused of racism.

Patrice Evra has told Manchester United Alex Ferguson that he wants to pursue his allegation of racism against Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.

PATRICE EVRA is prepared to use video evidence to back up his claims that Luis Suarez racially abused him during Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United on Saturday.

Lille midfielder Yohan Cabaye is set to quit the French champions for Newcastle, according to the French club’s coach Rudi Garcia.

Newcastle winger Hatem Ben Arfa today trained with his team-mates for the first time since suffering an horrific double leg fracture.

CHELSEA goalkeeper Petr Cech has backed Fernando Torres to break his scoring duck for the Blues and warned opponents that once he does, the Spaniard will go on a scoring spree.

RANGERS striker El-Hadji Diouf has hit out at referee Calum Murray for his sending-off in the explosive Scottish Cup tie with Celtic earlier this month.

ARSENAL midfielder Alex Song has conceded that Champions League opponents Barcelona can play football “from a different planet” — but insists the last 20 minutes of the game when the teams met at the Emirates last season has convinced Arsenal they can cause a shock tomorrow night.

LIVERPOOL’S director of football strategy Damien Comolli has blamed the team’s troubled season so far on a lack of confidence and their players’ struggles to recover from last summer’s World Cup.

FLORENT MALOUDA admits his Chelsea team-mates are shell-shocked by a run of form that has produced only two wins in their last nine games, and a loss of confidence is preventing the side from getting back to winning ways.

SPAIN forward Fernando Torres has claimed that the biggest threat to the European champions’ hopes of taking the world title is Spain themselves.

Arsenal’s hopes of domestic and European glory have been dealt another setback as Russian playmaker Andrey Arshavin confirmed he expected to miss up to three weeks with a calf problem suffered in the dramatic 2-2 Champions League quarter-final clash against Barcelona.

CESC FABREGAS fears his season could be over after suffering a suspected broken leg during Arsenal’s dramatic 2-2 Champions League draw against Barcelona at the Emirates Stadium last night.

France have called Dimitri Yachvili into their squad for the RBS 6 Nations clash with Italy after Frederic Michalak was forced out by a knee injury.

Panathinaikos forward Djibril Cisse has been called up to the France squad as cover for injured Everton striker Louis Saha.

Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor knows his return to the Emirates will be “hell” but claims he never wanted to leave Arsenal.

MANCHESTER United captain Patrice Evra, pictured, has reignited his war of words with Arsenal by taunting them for their lack of trophies over the last four years and admitting he gets ‘wound up’ by the references to Arsenal’s attractive style of football.