Barcelona coach continues to rile up his troops with moderately-paced middle of the road rock

As they cruised to a historic treble last season, Barcelona revealed the secret to their success: a love of Coldplay.

Pep Guardiola is a huge fan of the band, and regularly plays their hits to inspire his players in the dressing room beforebig matches. It clearly worked, and Xavi revealed his particular fondness for unofficial Barca anthem ‘Viva La Vida’, a song that is frequently played through the PA at the Camp Nou:

“Viva La Vida is a sophisticated piece of grandiose orchestration that motivates and gives us luck.”

Despite his considerable ears, teammate Dani Alves wasn’t quite so enthused:

“That song does not motivate me because I do not understand what he says.”

regardless of Mr Alves’ opinions, Spanish paper Sport report that fanboy Guardiola will achieve one of his dreams next Friday, as the Viva La Vida world tour brings Chris Martin and co to Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium. The international break

Future of Arsenal’s best player in the hands of his meddling parents

When Real Madrid came to Arsenal last summer jabbing their heavily bejewelled fingers at a picture of Cesc Fabregas and brandishing 40 million euros, they must have thought they’d done enough to leave with their prize. The word from the Fabregas family, however, was