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It's always difficult to face Barcelona. They always have top-quality players.
Spain started to generate a very good playing style from Pep Guardiola's arrival at Barcelona.
When Ronaldinho arrived at Barcelona, they did not win anything. After my arrival, we won it all.
I played for Barcelona, for Ajax, where it's important to develop and integrate young talent.
I will aim to become a No. 10 who can score goals. Just like Lionel Messi does for Barcelona.
Carles Puyol is a Barcelona legend. He could have been playing every two weeks but he has shown dignity until the end.
It wasn't easy to leave Barcelona. I fulfilled a dream when I moved there - to play in Spain and for the champions - but very few players stay in the same club all their life. To leave is normal.
I live between Barcelona and Berlin. Staying in Spain over the winter and Berlin for spring and summer is an ideal combination.
The architecture in Barcelona is very unique, and I think it's something to truly spend some time getting to know all the cool places.
If you want to measure yourself with Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United, you, as Bayern Munich, need a philosophy. That must be the aim of the club.
What I have learnt from my time at Barcelona is the invisible work that goes on off the pitch. It's about the fine details.
I would like Ajax to be people's favourite second team. Like in Spain, if you are a Real Madrid fan, then you can't be a Barcelona supporter. It's the same in Italy. But you can be an Ajax fan.
I never wanted to or expected to make a film outside of New York. New York became very, very expensive. The same $18 million spent in Barcelona or Rome goes much further there.
It motivates me, being a parakeet and living for so many years in Barcelona. Going back to the city is always something nice, and playing against Barca, too.
When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.
I've known Mark Hughes for half a lifetime. We joined Barcelona in the same summer of 1986, played together under Terry Venables and Luis Aragones, and have kept in touch ever since.
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain.
One day I won't play for Barcelona. I'll go and play somewhere else, and I'm sure I'll do so as a central midfielder. That's what I'll try to do because it's the position I like.
I don't think people can imagine a Liverpool team without Gerrard. It is like Raul at Real Madrid and Puyol at Barcelona. They are a rare breed, these types of players.
Maybe one small regret is that I never got to play with Paul Scholes - but I was never going to leave Barcelona and he was never going to leave Manchester United.
I have big dreams, but if God would've told me that I had to sing in a local bar in Barcelona, and that that would be my life, that would be my life, I would've done it with the same passion.
I am happy at Everton, but the only team I want to play for is Barcelona.
I signed a five-year contract with Barcelona. I'll be here for a long time.
I would've coached Barcelona for free. Well, maybe not for free, but in almost any circumstance.
Everyone knows I have a relationship with Barcelona.
Most of the clubs who have had success against Barcelona have relied on a highly organised and disciplined defence.
Barcelona is my life, and I do not plan to leave.
Barcelona is the best club in the world, there's no other place like this.
Playing for Barcelona's academy was a very important time for me and my career, as I learned a great deal here.
I already watched Barcelona as a kid, and then, when I was a bit more aware of the game, you had the Guardiola era with all their successes. That turned me into an even bigger fan.
It seems Barcelona are expected to win every title, but it is not always like this. People think Barca win automatically, but that's not the case.
I have the advantage of having worked with Messi and Mascherano at Barcelona.
Barcelona is one of the best teams in the world... so far, nothing has come to me, because if anything comes, it comes to my manager.
Barcelona has always had issues with Brazilian players: Neymar, Romario, Ronaldinho, and me. We were all treated badly by the club in the end, despite all our contributions and dedication.
To play for Barcelona will help me show my best qualities to the world.
I believe Philippe Coutinho is a player who would totally fit in Barcelona.
Obviously, I grew up in Barcelona, and when I watch them play I want them to win. The team are always going to be in my heart.
I have always wanted to play at clubs like Barcelona. It's a great club. Any player would be happy for them to show an interest.
I am very happy that a great club like Barcelona is interested in me, as that is priceless.
For the last decade, the last 50 years, Barcelona dominate football matches. I love the way they play.
Having grown up watching Barcelona, Elen gets a bit annoyed watching me if I don't do flicks and tricks like Ronaldinho. I have to explain you can't do that all the time in a game!
If I would have had the absolute will, I would have been a starting XI player at Barcelona or would have played 10 years for Real Madrid or Manchester United.
Decisions are for the brave, and I am the bravest, deciding to leave Barcelona and Juventus.
I don't think it's fair comparing Barcelona's style with that of Roma.
For me, Barcelona are the biggest club in the world, and naturally, I wanted to come here.
I have always said there are just two people who could make me change my decision to stay at Barcelona. One of those two people is my wife.
It is possible to stop Messi. Teams do it when he plays for Argentina. But the Barcelona Messi is different.
I don't want to leave Barcelona. I'm very happy here, and I want to stay on.
I think that everyone expects Xavi to be a coach, and he has the profile to be at Barcelona or wherever he is.
I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write.