Barcelona Drool For Lyon

In the United States col­le­giate sports sys­tem, the biggest tool to recruit some of the best pos­si­ble tal­ent in the land they use recruit­ing trips as a pri­mary tool.  Kids from all over the coun­try come to a par­tic­u­lar uni­ver­sity to see how school life will be.

In some way, Barcelona are look­ing as that col­lege try­ing to snag that spe­cial recruit and move on to the next round of the Cham­pi­ons League in the process.

A Mundo Deportivo  poll shows the seven-time Ligue 1 champs atop the list with a whop­ping 46% over clubs like Chelsea (20%), Arse­nal (17%) , Inter (16%).  Many think that this is the team that Barcelona matchup bet­ter against and might look at the French as the weak link of the four.

In addi­tion to the Cham­pi­ons League, they would like to get one last oppor­tu­nity to impress that spe­cial player– Karim Ben­zema.   The French inter­na­tional might have already declared his inten­tions as far as play­ing for Real Madrid, but for a player like him to see the emi­nence of the Nou Camp could make him do a 180.

If Barcelona do get Lyon for the knock­out stage, expect the Nou Camp to dressed to the nines in order to intim­i­date as well as woo a player of this