Here we have an excerpt of all the player interviews after the game against Valencia as well the quotes of Pep Guardiola and Laporta.

This is what our players had to say about the Champions League game last night against Inter Milan that ended in 0 – 0 draw. Views of Ibrahimovic, Iniesta, Victor Valdes, Dani Alves and Gerad Pique follow –

After a 100 Day gap, Andres Inietsa was finally declared fit to be a part of the squad. This would surely bring a big relief to the squad and Pep. Barca is due to play 7 games in the next 22 days stating away at Getafe. The run-in includes crucial Champions League games against Inter and Dynamo. The inclusion of Iniesta will be a big boost considering the amazing season he had last year where he threatened to and at moments eclipsed even our own Messiah!

The Start of the season is here again. We won everything there was on offer last season in form of the Treble of La Liga, Copa Del Rey and the Holy Grail of Europe – The Champions League. Now we have to do it all over again. We already have one title in the bag in the form of the Spanish Super Copa and are playing for the 2nd tonight. Shakhter stand between Barca and An European Super Cup title. But for everyone the real battle will start only with the start of the La Liga season and The Champions League. Barcelona will be a part of an amazing 6 competitions this year in form of the usual 3 (La Liga, Copa Del Rey and Champions League) and The Spanish SuperCup ( Already Won ), European SuperCup and the World Club Cup.

UEFA announced the Club Football awards for last year’s historic Champions league and Guess what! Out of the 12 shortlisted names, 6 belong to Barcelona!

UEFA announced this morning the names of the players in contention for the UEFA Club Football Awards, which will be presented before the draw for the Champions League group stage at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on August 27.