<!--Article Start--> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>24-year old Spanish midfielder Sergi Guardiola has had his contact terminated by Barcelona mere hours after signing for them because of anti-Catalan statements found on his twitter account.</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Guardiola, who is not related to his more illustrious namesake Pep, had just signed a contract for Barcelona B, before the club discovered tweets that were offensive to the club and to Catalonia. The tweets also contained the slogan <em>'Hala Madrid', </em>which is used to express support for their bitter rivals Real Madrid.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Here are some of the offensive tweets in question.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sergi Guardiola. Signs for Barcelona B. One hour later, club release him after checking those tweets. Legend. <a href="https://t.co/EAM2tTbH8W">pic.twitter.com/EAM2tTbH8W</a></p> . a Ali (@RM_Insider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RM_Insider/status/681583248875507714">December 28, 2015</a></blockquote> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Shortest Barcelona career of all time</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">The midfielder was signed on the afternoon of the 29th of December, but lasted only till the evening before his contract was terminated. He has thus earned himself a record as having the shortest career at Barcelona of all time.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Guardiola spoke out on Spanish Radio Station <em>Cope</em>, saying "I know I made a mistake. I apologise to Catalonia and Barcelona. I understand the decision, Ia d do the same. I want to make clear I didna t write those tweets. A friend took my phone and did it. Ita s a misunderstanding. The tweets are from 2013, a joke from a friend, I didna t even know the tweets existed." [via: <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/29/sergi-guardiola-barcelona-b-cancel-contract-offensive-tweets">The Guardian</a>]</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Well that's that for this Guardiola, and it looks like he won't be having a long and storied career at Camp Nou like his namesake Pep.</p> <!--Article End-->