Lionel Messi, Carles Puyol and Xavi have all signed new contracts with Barcelona. Messi, 25, will ink a new deal until 2018 "in the coming weeks", ...

Paul Scholes once said "I am not a man of many words, but I can honestly say playing football is all I have ever wanted to do." That was when he annou...

Height is no doubt important in certain positions on the pitch, for goalkeepers, centre-backs and even holding midfielders. But when it comes to creative players, whose primary aim should be to use the ball well, analysis shows that height is about as relevant as taste in music.

Call them 'boring' if you want, but this Spanish side is the greatest the world has ever seen. And the scary thing is, they're not even done yet...

He is one half of Barcelona's passing carousel, as Sir Alex Ferguson called it. He is the glue that binds the World's best club team and the World's best team together. Standing at 5"7 one wouldn't have thought that Xavi Hernandez would be the supreme footballer that he is.

Some would have you believe that defence is the most important part of a football team, mentioning that if you don't lose goals then you can't be beaten. Others think that scoring goals is the most vital aspect, Pep Guardiola included "The most difficult thing in football is to put it into the net. Scoring goals is the hardest thing there is."