I have a freidn who lives in Rosario, and supports Central, he keeps me uptodate with the goings on there, shame Central are in the B, but i have confidence they'll come back up.
Newells on the other hand, obviously cos im a Central fan i don't support but a decent club nonetheless.
In Regards to Puyol/Pique.... possibly the best centre back partnership in the world along with Vidic/Ferdinand on their day, but don't forget Pique was bought from Barca, raised at Manure, and then went back to Barca, so personally i credit Manure for him being the way he is today, and thats coming from a man city fan.
Whoever said Xavi/Iniesta/Messi etc would not move if they were offered more money is right, those players are the lifeblood of the team, and wont move for money, Kaka proved this when my team city came in with a megabucks offer.
Edit: I'm sure Messi already has spanish citizenship, which means he doesnt count as one of the non EU players in La Liga, he just cant play for Spain cos of the obvious:
1) Hes Argentine, and their not gonna let their most prized asset since Maradona become Spanish.
2) Hes played for Argentina at most levels anyway, under17's under 20's etc