I have a son in Barcelona whom I am madly in love with.

- Anthony Quinn

I'd love to be popular in Barcelona. That sounds like a fun job.

- Bobby Heenan

I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write.

- Colm Toibin

'One Minus One' and 'Barcelona, 1975' are more or less autobiographical.

- Colm Toibin

Barcelona are my favourite team in Spain, let's put it that way.

- Frank Lampard

The best managers out there at the moment are Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho but they are at other clubs - Real Madrid and Barcelona.

- Gary Neville

People travel north from Barcelona, not south.

- Jose Andres

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.

- Jermain Defoe

Barcelona are always a candidate to win the Champions League.

- Luis Suarez

Barcelona is one of my favourite cities in the world. The fashion and people are just so effortlessly cool.

- Leigh Lezark

Legend has it that when Franco's troops crushed Catalonia in 1939, relegating it for the next thirty-five years to abuse and neglect, one of his generals was asked what more he could possibly want now that he had Barcelona.

- Michael Paterniti