The Dutch technical Frank Rijkaard quoted Mexican players for the first match against English club in the semifinals of the Champions League. The call is also Thierry Henry and Leonel Messi.

French striker Thierry Henry returned to a call after Barcelona lost the last two games and suffer fever in the week, to face Manchester United in the semi-final of the Champions League.

The attacker Gallo, who this day returned to training after feverish absent for a table, was provided by the Dutch strategist Frank Rijkaard for mourning on Wednesday before the "Red Devils" at the Camp Nou.

For their part, Mexican Rafael Marquez, defense, and Giovani dos Santos striker, were also cited by the technician blaugrana for the first game of the series, where culés season will be played after the failure in the League.

The French defence Liliam Thuram was included in the roster of players, which compete with Marquez by the place in the eleven holder vacant following the sanction of captain Carles Puyol.

Marquez, the Argentine Lionel Messi and the Ivorian Yaya Toure must be careful not to be reprimanded at the meeting this Wednesday, as it deprives a yellow card for disputing the "return" from the Old Trafford stadium.

The defense Brazilian Jose Edmilson caused low because it presents discomfort in the back, so it was not included in the list of 18 summoned.

The call them up: Victor Valdes and Jose Pinto as porters, the Argentine Milito, Marquez, Xavi Hernandez, Touré, the French Eric Abidal and Liliam Thuram and Italian Gianluca Zambrota as defenses.

The Icelandic Ediur Gudjohnsen, Andres Iniesta, the Brazilian Sylvinho, the Portuguese Deco and Messi in the midfield and the Cameroonian Samuel Etoo, French Henry, Giovani and Bojan Krkic, in the lead.

The father of the front barcelonista, Zizinho, confirmed the interest of several European teams for his son, especially from Manchester City.

Giovani Dos Santos deck and several bids European teams, so their future could be away from the Camp Nou. Anyway, until the end of season, nothing is definite. This was confirmed by his father, Zizinho, in an interview to the daily newspaper El Universal. And one of the clubs who would be most concerned would be the Manchester City team which plays his compatriot Nery Castillo.

"Yes there is an interest by Manchester City, although we can not say more because the information which is in charge of the issue is the developer, it is we who are watching the negotiation," explained Zizinho, who preferred to let the representative of his son, Pini Zahavi, responsible for the matter.

"There could say whether Giovani is with a new team at the moment. Missing several days and meanwhile only think of Barcelona, until then we can not assure more. "

He added that "we want to finish well and so far we can not say more about their future. We want to move forward. If there is interest, but first has to concentrate with Barcelona. " Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United also asked about him.

The technical secretary has been put down to work to ensure the continuity of the player, whose clause is 30 million euros.

The Barça has already begun to move to extend the contract of one of the young jewels of the quarry as Giovani dos Santos. The technical secretary, Txiki Begiristain, has held some discussions with the representative of the footballer, Pini Zahivi to ensure the renewal and dispel doubts about its continuity arising out of the interest shown by some English clubs such as Chelsea or Manchester United, for its incorporation.

Giovani signed with FC Barcelona until June 2009, with a termination clause of 30 million euros. This contract comes from his period as sub18 and needs an update. The club was waiting to see developments in the first team to submit a proposal for renewal and the technical unit already has agreed to continue to count on the Mexican for many years. Giovani, only 18 years old, aims as a good complement of Leo Messi in the band right and their presence helps reinforce the game for the bands. Technicians have high expectations in its progression and believes it can be a very interesting value for the future. In the market there is not much less a large number of extreme quality and Giovani Dos Santos could meet this profile.

Another factor that greatly appreciates is coming from the quarry and has always shown great involvement with the club. Giovani and Bojan is the best example of the good work that is being conducted in football and the best way to increase it is giving opportunities to young people that aim higher.

The intent of the technical secretariat is to reach an agreement before the end of the season. There is an excessive haste to close the renewal, but it wants to carry out before the month of June when the market can re-shaken.

For now, Pini Zahivi denied in statements made to RAC-1 it had negotiated with Chelsea, one of the clubs that follow more closely during the Christmas holidays, which fell in London. Zahivi is a personal friend of the owner of the blues, Roman Abramovich, and suggested that this good relationship could facilitate the arrival of Giovani the entity from Stamford Bridge. Instead, the Israeli representative who confirmed that it had initiated contacts with Txiki Begiristain and that in the next few weeks to continue the talks outlining the new contract.

Although the price of Mexican forward goes upward and his name rings with the force in England, the agreement seems inevitable as the great football player is the desire to succeed blaugrana shirt and the club is confident that the young footballer has a great future ahead.