Barcelona watching FC Basel keeper Yann Sommer

January 28, 2013



Barcelona are eyeing FC Basel goalkeeper Yann Sommer.

The Swiss is under consideration at Barca as they prepare to farewell No1 Victor Valdes at the end of the season.

Punto Pelota says 24 year-old Sommer's name features on a seven-man shortlist at Barca and has been scouted extensively this season.

Barca coaching staff believe his ability to play out from the back fits the club's style and Basel's €5 million asking price is also a positive.

Messi hits amazing four goals in Barcelona triumph

January 28, 2013



Lionel Messi hit a stunning four goals as Barcelona thrashed lowly Osasuna.

Messi celebrated another goalscoring milestone with four more goals as Barcelona demolished 10-man Osasuna at the Nou Camp.

The Argentinian went one better than great rival Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick earlier in the evening as he was part of a Barca side who utterly outclassed woefully inferior opposition.

His second was his 200th goal in the Primera Division, another landmark feat in his ever-growing list of achievements.

The fourth brought his total in the league this term to 33 and he is on track to match last season's barely-believable 50. Seventeen more are needed from 17 games; only for Messi would that be considered simple.

And next up for him, albeit in the Copa Del Rey semi-finals: Real Madrid at the Bernabeu on Wednesday.

Pedro was also on target for the Catalans, while Raoul Loe briefly levelled for Osasuna before Alejandro Arribas' sending-off after 27 minutes made their task an almost impossible one.