The price of meet

Guillem tells you about Real's Mourinho-less meeting and if Alba, Muniain and Luiz are on the move...

Guillem gives you the inside take on Spanish football

Barcelona looked sharp again during their victory at Mallorca. They look physically strong, which means they can defend high and pressure their opponents in the way that they did last season. That's something they've done only every now and again this year. When Thiago was sent off they defended with a lot of discipline; using two lines of four to keep Mallorca at bay. In fact, Pep Guardiola probably made a mistake by playing with three at the back at the start of the game, but he quickly changed to a back four. Sometimes he thinks too much about things and gets it wrong, but he showed against Mallorca that one of his great assets is that he can read a game and he's the kind of manager who will change things. It was relatively easy to see that Mallorca boast a lot of pace in Michael Pereira and Chori Castro and it was too easy for them to run into the spaces left behind the centre-backs at the start of the game. However, that was corrected and it was a solid performance from Barcelona. As for Real Madrid, it was time to relax a bit and get three points - and that's what they did. After their draw with Villarreal there were insults directed towards the referee from the Real Madrid players in the tunnel and, as a result, Pepe was given a two-match ban. Jose Mourinho and Mesut Ozil were also given one-match bans after being sent off in that match. Real Sociedad didn't put up much opposition this weekend and Real got back to winning ways, but it was interesting to hear that Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos called a meeting without the manager and the staff. They wanted to talk among themselves about the team's situation after two draws. The impression that has emerged from that meeting is that the players don't want to get involved in any more controversy and want to focus on their football. But Mourinho has different ideas. He needs the controversy and the pressure on referees to try and get more doubtful calls going in Madrid's favour - and also to get those calls going against Barcelona in their games! That's one of his strategies. The Spanish players think one way over refereeing controversies and Mourinho thinks another - and that's a clash that has always been there at Real Madrid.

Guillem answers your questions...

Got a question for Guillem? Then send it in here or use the feedback form below, and then look out for his answer next week. JORDI SURE?
Hi Guillem. I hear reports circulating this week that Barcelona have a pre-contract agreement with Santos to sign Neymar. I also wanted to ask you if you had any news on a potential deal for Jordi Alba? With the sad news of Abidal having to undergo a transplant, will Barca be looking to step up their interest? Keep up the good work, Steven Broadbent GUILLEM SAYS: I'm glad everybody has come to the conclusion that Neymar is going to Barcelona because that's a story that I broke on Revista de la Liga and in my paper AS about two months ago. I did say that Barcelona have already made a payment to Santos and everybody now seems to be coming around to that idea (so remember to keep watching Revista for the big stories!) We also explained on Revista several months ago that Jordi Alba has a pre-contract agreement with Barcelona and while he