MARCUS REUS | REAL MADRID HAS COMPETITION

The FIFA imposed prohibition of signing players until 2016 - ractified by the CAS - on FC Barcelona has eliminated a serious competitor from the Marcus Reus signing race. The Borussia Dortmund & German International is the hottest property on the Football Market that everyone wants, including Spanish Club Real Madrid. With FC Barcelona totally out of the picture, Real Madrid has it a "little"

WORLD SOCCER | CRISTIANO RONALDO WINS BEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2014

The Soccer Magazine "World Soccer" has Awarded Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo their "Best Football Player of the Year 2014". CR7 was voted by 100 journalists & other World Soccer experts, ahead of Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer & FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi.

Traditionally, the winner of the "World Soccer" Player of the Year coincides with the soon to be announced France

VALENCIA CF SIGNS MIDFIELDER ENZO PEREZ

Valencia CF has reached an agreement with Portuguese Football Club Benfica for the transfer of Argentine International player Enzo Perez. The agreement is obviously conditioned by the corresponding medical exam - which should be OK - & this procedure should sealed the signing on January 2nd 2015.




It is expected that the player will arrive sometime today at Valencia. Valencia CF already showed

FERNANDO TORRES GOES ON LOAN TO ATLETICO DE MADRID

Back from the Xmas break & the big news is that Fernando Torres has returned to the Club that put him on the World Football stage, Atletico de Madrid. The return of the "prodigal son" has been made official by the Spanish Football Club. 





Complicate negotiation between three Clubs & another player involved, Atletico de Madrid Italian winger Cerci. In the end the mutual interests of all

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS

Taking some days off from posting & grabbing some Christmas time with the family. 





I wish all the regular readers of Spanish Football Sports - & visitors -  a very Merry Christmas. Enjoy this special time of the year with your loved ones. 

Will be back real soon! Cheers.

THE MANCHESTER UNITED INTEREST FOR GARETH BALE

The news travelling out of England that Manchester United is willing to make a 150M€ offer for Real Madrid & Welsh international Gareth Bale apparently has truth according to local media sources.




However, the Premier League Club has two big obstacle:


the 1,270 M€ contract release clause, seeing that Real Madrid does not wish to sell,
the "NO" from the player who is reported to be happy at

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 16 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

The remaining four games - & last for 2014 - of the Spanish Football Liga Round 16 were played with the following final results & goalscorers.




Villarreal are "on fire" notching up another win & jumping into 5th place of the Liga table with eyes firmly on Champions League positions. Villarreal won 3 - 0 Deportivo A Coruña, a team in the opposite extreme with a horrific season so far. The goals

REAL MADRID 2 SAN LORENZO 0 | WINS 2014 FIFA WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Spanish Football Club REAL MADRID finishes their incredible year with another Title, the FIFA World Clubs Champions 2014, after defeating Argentine Club San Lorenzo 2 - 0 in tonights Final.





Fairly comfortable game for Real Madrid with San Lorenzo showing very little Football & more their attempts at "physical distraction". Their input was the amount of fouls committed & their at times "

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 16 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Last Spanish Football Liga weekend for 2014 with Round 16 games scheduled & before the Christmas break. Following are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Celta de Vigo started the season well but have lost steam in a worrying manner. Another loss 0 - 1 to Almeria yesterday - Friday Night game - with a victory for new Coach Juan Ignacio Martinez (JIM). The winner came in the 16th

SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY THURSDAY GAMES RESULTS

The last four remaining Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey 2º leg games were played tonight with the following final results & goalscorers.




Atletico de Madrid drew 2 - 2 with L´Hospitalet going into the next stage of the Kings Cup after having done the hard work in the 1º leg winning 0 - 3. Small attendance with At. Madrid giving a run to the players that aren't getting the minutes. 

Mandzukic

BEST GOALKEEPERS FOR 2014

UK paper "Daily Mail" has published their list of "The Best Goalkeepers for 2014". Bayern Munich Neuer tops the list, but Spanish International & Manchester United goalie David De Gea flys the Spanish flag high in the Nº 2 spot. Iker Casillas is ranked 7th while the other Real Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas is Nº 10. 

A sightly "Premier League biased" ranking, with Joe Hart of Man City perhaps

COPA DEL REY - SPANISH CUP WEDNESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey 2º leg return matches continued tonight with the following final results & goalscorers.




Eibar lost 1 - 2 to Madrid Club Getafe & was eliminated from the Spanish Kings Cup. The goals fell in this order:

Vigaray 22nd min, 0 - 1
Diego Castro 34th min, 0 - 2
Piovaccari (penalty) 55th min, 1 - 2


Getafe go through.




RCD Espanyol won 1 - 0 Alaves with the 64th min

SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY TUESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

While the World Soccer audience had their eyes on the TV watching Spanish Football Club Real Madrid win 0 - 4 Cruz Azul in the FIFA World Clubs semis, in Spain four return 2º leg games were being played of the Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey. Here are tonights final results with the goalscorers. 




Celta de Vigo eliminated 2º Division Club Las Palmas winning 3 - 1. The goals fell in this order:

REAL MADRID WINS 0 - 4 CRUZ AZUL IN FIFA WORLD CLUBS SEMI-FINAL

Real Madrid defeated Mexican Club Cruz Azul 0 - 4 in the first semi-final of the FIFA World Clubs Championships being held on Morocco. The Spanish Football Club goes into the final next Saturday against the winner of the other semi-final between San Lorenzo & Auckland to be played tomorrow.




Real Madrid had a fairly comfortable match except for a penalty that fortunately Iker Casillas stopped

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAWS | SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS

UEFA drew the match-ups of the last 16 Clubs in Champions League this midday with the following results for the three Spanish Football Clubs involved:



Manchester City - FC Barcelona
Schalke 04 - Real Madrid
Bayern Leverkusen - Atletico de Madrid


These are the playing dates:

17/18 - 24/25 February 2015
10/11 - 17/18 March 2015


All three Spanish Clubs were Group leaders so they won the

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 15 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Four games of Spanish Football Liga scheduled today of Round 15. Here are the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Exciting clash between RCD Espanyol & Granada with the home team winning at the end with a 2 - 1 final result. Espanyol got themselves ahead first through Caicedo in the 33rd min, to then see Granada equalize through El-Arabi in the 60th min. But Stuani was to be the

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 15 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga Round 15 continued today with four scheduled games. Following are all of the final results, along with todays goalscorers.




FC Barcelona travelled to Madrid to play Getafe. The final result was a 0 - 0 draw which opens up a 4 point gap with Liga leaders Real Madrid. Getafe also put in their bit making the game difficult & awkward for the visitors frustrating them as time

ALMERIA 1 - REAL MADRID 4 | ROUND 15 SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA RESULT

Spanish Football Liga Round 15 kicked off tonight with Almeria hosting Real Madrid. The latter plays on a Friday due to their participation next Week in the "FIFA World Clubs Championships" currently happening in Morocco.




The final result was a 1 - 4 win for Real Madrid in their last Liga match for 2014. The victory by Real Madrid gives them their 20th straight victory, thus pushing the

FERNANDO TORRES BACK TO ATLETICO DE MADRID ?

Interesting piece of news coming out of Spanish Sports press concerning Atletico de Madrid & the soon to open "Winter Transfer Season". According to Sports paper "AS" the Spanish Football Club has 3 names on the table: Fernando Torres, Shaqiri & Podolski. Atletico de Madrid is thinking of signing a forward to complement Mandzukic & give the Croatian some needed rest with so many games scheduled

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WEDNESDAY GAMES RESULTS

UEFA Champions League Group match action continued tonight with the last two Spanish Football representatives on show. Here are the final results with all the goalscorers.






FC Barcelona hosted Paris St Germain for their Group F match. Plenty in play, the top spot of the Group, pride & "revenge" for Barça who lost the Paris encounter. The final result was 3 - 1 to FC Barcelona in an

UEFA CHMPIONS LEAGUE TUESDAY GROUP GAMES RESULTS

UEFA Champions League Group matches tonight with two Spanish Football Clubs down for action. Here are the final results from both games along with the goalscorers.




Very intense & fought out game at Juventus with their Group A match against Atletico de Madrid. The Italians needed to win or draw in case Olympiakos won their match against Malmo, while Atletico wanted to win to secure the top

TOP 100 PLAYERS IN WORLD FOOTBALL 2014 | FOUR FOUR TWO MAGAZINE

The prestigious UK Football Magazine "Four Four Two" has given its list of the "Top 100 Players in World Soccer". The top 4 names are:

Nº1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF)
Nº2 Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Nº3 Manuel Neur (Bayern Munich)
Nº4 Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)

The winner of this particular Top 100 usually goes on to win the FIFA - France Football Golden Ball. Cristiano Ronaldo is 

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 14 MONDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga action tonight with the last two scheduled matches of Round 14. Here are the final results with all the goalscorers. 




Eibar was in 2º Division last season & is currently making a great campaign in Liga this season. Today Eibar defeated 5 - 2 Almeria, the goals came in the following order:

Piovaccari 3rd min, 1 - 0
Berjon 21st min, 2 - 0
Albentosa 31st min, 3 - 0
Soriano

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 14 SUNDAY GAMES RESULT

Spanish Football Liga continued today - Sunday - with 4 games scheduled of Round 14. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano lost 0 - 1 to Sevilla FC. One of their many defensive mistakes lead to the winner in the 8th min. A mix-up between a Rayo defender & goalkeeper allowed Bacca to score. Rayo looked for the equalizer in the latter part of

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 14 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga action today with 4 games scheduled of Round 14. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Elche hosted Atletico de Madrid & lost 0 - 2. The visitors were relatively untroubled with a comfortable match. The first goal came from a Arda pass - possibly off-side - that defender Gimenez fired home. A spectacular goal from the youngster who is taking his

SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY - WEDNESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Cup - Copa de Rey - games continued tonight with 5 matches scheduled. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Sevilla FC played their 2º leg tie with Second Division Club Sabadell & won 5 - 1, taking the overall aggregate to 11-2.

The visitors got ahead first through a penalty that Collantes scored in the 21st min, from here it was a Sevilla Show with goals

SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY - TUESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey - action this week (over the next days) with 6 games tonight played. Here are the final results & the goalscorers.




Real Madrid defeated 2º Division B team Cornella 5 - 0 eliminating the later from the Kings Cup. No surprise, & the final aggregate score finished 9 - 1 to Real Madrid´s favour. 

Real Madrid gave their "reserves" a run & some youngsters from the B team

FIFA FRANCE FOOTBALL GOLDEN BALL 2014 FINAL THREE CANDIDATES

FIFA - France Football has announced the final three candidates for the 2014 Golden Ball Award. No surprises to most Football observers & followers:

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Manuel Neuer (Germany)


I personally would not have included Lionel Messi, but his last few performances has put him back into the frontline.




In fact, the winner will be assured to be

SPANISH LIGA FOOTBALL ROUND 13 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga continued today with Round 13 marked by the tragic events of clashing Club supporters that lead to the eventual death of a 43 year old man. Spanish Football is in shock & grieving the death of a Deportivo A Coruña supporter when Depor visiting fans clashed with local Atletico de Madrid radicals 3 hours before kick-off time.

The brutal violence near the streets of the "

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 13 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga action with Round 13 games played this Saturday. Here are all the final results & all the goalscorers.




Round 13 kicked off with the Friday night game between Real Sociedad & Elche. The final result went the way of the home team with a 3 - 0 victory. Real Sociedad new Coach Moyes seems to have given the team some new ideas & their Football ways as they seem to be finding

LIONEL MESSI TO CHELSEA FC ?

It is becoming media talk & speculation on a nearly daily basis that Lionel Messi will leave FC Barcelona at the end of the season. To add wood to the already burning fire, media "Direct TV" from Argentina announces that Messi has started paving the way, & the Club? CHELSEA FC!!! Yes, you are reading correctly, the Argentine media source even give the reasons.





According to "Direct TV"

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WEDNESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

UEFA Champions League continued tonight with the remaining two Spanish Football Clubs in action. Here are the final results along with the goalscorers.




Atletico de Madrid hosted Olympiakos for their Group A match. Important game for the Spaniards as they needed a win to secure their presence into the next stage of Champions League. The final result went the Spaniards way with a convincing 4 -

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS | TUESDAY GROUP GAMES

UEFA Champions League matches tonight with two Spanish Football representatives with Group obligations. Positive outcomes with the following final results & all the goal scorers.




FC Barcelona travelled to Cyprus to play Apoel in their Group F clash. The final score a comfortable 0 - 4 win to FC Barcelona in a match that had two red cards: Rafinha for Barça in the 69th min & Guiherme for Apoel

UEFA BEST IDEAL XI TEAM 2014 CANDIDATES LIST

UEFA has made public the list of player candidates for the "2014 UEFA IDEAL XI TEAM". The voting is now open for UEFA website visitors, where 8 Real Madrid & 4 Atletico de Madrid players figure. There are 5 Spanish Nationals on the list.







Full list of candidates:



Goalkeepers:

Neuer (Bayern)

Courtois (Chelsea)

Buffon (Juventus)

Beto (Sevilla)



Defenders:

Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

REAL MADRID TOUR AUSTRALIA - CHINA PRE SEASON 2015

Good news for Australian & Chinese Soccer & Real Madrid followers & fans.

Real Madrid will start the next season on July 10. After a few days in "Valdebebas - Madrid", the Spanish Football team will depart for Australia, country where they will play two matches within the "Guiness International Champions Cup" and in which Clubs like Inter Milan and Manchester City have already given their OK.

REAL MADRID SIGNS YOUNG STARS ASENSIO & PEETERS

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid does not stop working, nor stops planning for its long term future in order to guarantee its dominant position in World Soccer. Combing the National & International markets for the best young talents available, Real Madrid announce the signing of two Football pearls.




The first is the Dutch pearl from Ajax of Amsterdam, 16 year old Mink Peeters who is already

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 12 SUNDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga & Round 12 continued today with 4 more schedule matches. Following are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano hosted inform Celta de Vigo & managed a well earned victory 1 - 0. The winning goal came in the 20th min from Bueno to which the game thereafter saw more goal opportunities to both sides. Celta hit the "wood-work" twice:

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 12 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football is back, after the International Games calendar,  with Round 12 of Spanish Liga. Here are the final results of todays matches, along with all the goal scorers.




Athletic Club Bilbao played & started off Round 12 yesterday, Friday night, against RCD Espanyol gaining a valuable 3 - 1 victory. Top match from the locals as they worked to find their lost Football this season &

REAL MADRID EYES PAUL POGBA TO REPLACE KHEDIRA

Yesterday we posted that Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira may have a pre-contract with Bayern Munich for next season. Plus it was added that Real Madrid was not too happy with the behaviour of their player & will not offer a new contract even if Khedira went back with his apparent desire to stay in Spanish Football.




Real Madrid already has a replacement in mind, French International &

SAMI KHEDIRA HAS A PRE-CONTRACT WITH BAYERN MUNICH ?

Real Madrid & German International midfielder Sami Khedira becomes a free-agent as of the 1st of January, that is, the player can negotiate with any Club & leave free of a transfer fee at the end of the season. The German ends his contract with Real Madrid the 30th of June 2015 & has not renewed with the Club, in fact, Khedira has knocked back offers from Real Madrid all last season.




Spanish

LIONEL MESSI WANTS TO LEAVE FC BARCELONA ?

Alarm bells at FC Barcelona. The front cover of Spanish Sports paper "Sport" reflects it with the headline "Messi Worries". The Argentine opened the doors to a possible exit from FC Barcelona with comments in an interview to Argentine press. When asked about his future, Lionel Messi was "vague" & acknowledged that no one knows their future. A different tone to the past were his statements were

SPAIN 0 - GERMANY 1 RESULT | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY GAME

Lots of hype before the match between Spain & Germany, but the end result was somewhat disappointing. The final result 0 - 1 to Germany with a late goal from Toni Kroos (88th min) that included a mistake from substitute goalie Casilla. The terrible weather conditions & wet turf did not help & Spain may well feel they were unlucky.

The Germans went in with only 4 "regular" names, while Spain gave

SPAIN - GERMANY | SPANISH FOOTBALL FLASHBACKS

Tonight in the Spanish City of Vigo, Spain meets the current FIFA World Champions Germany in an International Friendly. Top match beforehand even though the Germans visit with plenty of the players that won Argentina in the World Cup Final in Brazil out with "injury".  The Spaniards themselves are undergoing a "smooth revolution" with Coach Del Bosque injecting new blood to replace what many

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA | SIGNINGS NOT MAKING THE GRADE

Not much relevant & differing content from Spanish Football these days with the Liga on hold as the Football Calendar makes room for International commitments. However, Spanish Sports daily "Marca" publishes an interesting article worth a post. The paper looks at some of the big name signings for Liga Clubs this last summer & compares their playing time. Some names & their lack of team

FC BARCELONA EYE KOKE & LARS BENDER FOR NEXT SEASON

FIFA has punished Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona with a 1 year signing prohibition over alleged under-aged player signing issues. FC Barcelona has taken the case to the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) & are confident that the FIFA sentence will be lifted or relaxed. With this in mind the Club works looking forward into the future & planning next season. 




According to Spanish Sports

TOP 50 WORLD FOOTBALL WONDERKIDS: FULL LIST

Football website "TEAMtalk" has published their list of the most promising & talented young Football players in World Soccer. Their criteria; 1. players had to be born in or after 1996 to be considered for inclusion & 2. be incredibly talented. 

The Nº1 considered World Football promise is Martin Odegaard from Norway, a 15 year old already with big offers from Real Madrid, FC Barcelona & the big

SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM PHOTO 2014

The Spanish Football National Team is currently preparing itself for their Euro 2016 Group match next Saturday against Belarus, & the International Friendly against the current World Champions Germany the following 18th of November.

For the occasion they did a official team photo that I though I´ll post for all the World follwers. Missing were Diego Costa & Cesc Fabregas both injured, & as can

FC BARCELONA POSSIBLE EXITS

The "Winter Transfer Market 2015" - starts 1st of January - is soon upon us & European Clubs are circling possible objectives already. Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona has a juicy list of "wounded players" that could turn into a feast for the big Clubs "scouting vultures". 

From England,  & Italy,  news is appearing about the interest of Chelsea FC for defender Gerard Pique who is going

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 11 SUNDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga continued today with the four remaining Round 11 games scheduled. Following are all the final results along with all the goalscorers. 




Another missed opportunity for Sevilla FC after drawing 1 - 1 with Levante. A mistake from Sevilla goalkeeper Beto help lead to the 85th min equalizer for Levante through Victor. Earlier Sevilla went ahead through a Vitolo header in the

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 11 SATURDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga Round 11 games tonight with the following final results & goalscorers.

Round 11 got off last night with the Friday game between Cordoba & Deportivo A Coruña which ended with a 0 - 0 final result.




FC Barcelona travelled  to Almeria looking to calm the nerves & reverse the criticism. Instead they finished increasing doubts, nerves & accentuating the speculation that Coach

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM LIST OF PLAYERS FOR BELARUS & GERMANY

Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of players for the upcoming Euro 2016 Group match against Belarus (15 th of November) & Friendly International against current World Champions Germany (18th of November).

Novelties are the call up if Isco (back again), Camacho, Callejon, Nolito & Morata. The last - Morata from Juventus - is a surprise. The

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS WEDNESDAY GROUP GAMES

UEFA Champions League continued tonight with another two Spanish Football Clubs in action. Here are tonights final results with all the goalscorers.




FC Barcelona travelled to Amsterdam to meet Ajax for their Group F match. Important game for Barça to secure the Group & find their lost Football after heavy criticism back home for their recent losses in Liga. Coach Luis Enrique started with

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL RESULTS | TUESDAY GROUP GAMES

UEFA Champions League Group matches tonight with two Spanish Football Clubs in action. Here are the final results along with the goalscorers.




Atletico de Madrid travelled to Malmo to play their Group A clash in the local stronghold. The Group is very even & complicated which made it vital for Atletico to get the 3 points. In the end they managed the objective winning 0 - 2. 

Worked victory

HIGHEST MONEY EARNING SPORTSMEN IN THE WORLD | FORBES

The prestigious American Business magazine "Forbes" has published their list of the "Highest Paid Sportsmen in the Word" in the last year. The highest ranking Spaniard is Tennis Champ Rafael Nadal in 9th place with a cool 44,5M US$. The next Spaniard is F1 driver Fernando Alonso in the 21st place, followed by Basketball player Pau Gasol in 57th position & with Footballer Fernando Torres in 63rd

FC BARCELONA IN CRISIS? WINNING WILL SOLVE THINGS

In Sport the
defeat accentuates & distorts reality & also the emotional states of
those who follow. Football is an emotionally charged Sport that runs smoothly
with victory & goes off the "reality rails" with defeats. Spanish
Football Club FC Barcelona has entered this week a "parallel
Universe" of blackness, pessimism & doom. If three
weeks ago the Club
was steaming ahead for titles & record

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 10 SUNDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Round 10 Liga continued today with the following final results & goalscorers.

Athletic Club Bilbao justly defeated Sevilla FC 1 - 0 thanks to a great goal for Aduriz in the 12th min, & in doing so has avoided that Sevilla FC take the leadership spot of Spanish League classification table. Great work & performance from Bilbao which naturalized a flighty Sevilla FC which was today

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 10 SATURDAY FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga in motion today with Round 10 matches. Here are all the final results with all the goalscorers.




The Round 10 fixture started on Friday night with the Deportivo A Coruña & Getafe match. Both teams needed the victory but the 3 points went to Getafe with a 1 - 2 final result. Th two goals for Getafe came through Yoda in the 34th min & Lafita in the 45th min. The only Depor

REAL MADRID | WINTER MARKET 2015 RUMOURS

Double news coming out of Portugal & England from their local press with reference to Spanish Football Club Real Madrid speculating about the possible future of two key players. 

The defensive problems facing Manchester City this season has resulted in the English Club seeking a signing of importance for the month of January 2015 in the "Winter Market". According to the Portuguese newspaper "A

SPANISH CUP | COPA DEL REY | FINAL RESULTS WEDNESDAY

Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey - action tonight with the bigger Clubs joining the competition. Two scheduled games with the following final results & goalscorers.





Real Madrid travelled to Barcelona to play UE Cornella, a 2 Division B Club in their 1ºst leg tie. The final result was a 1 - 4 win for Real Madrid & Coach Anceleotti gave some of their big names a rest. Cornella played an admirable 

FIFA - FRANCE FOOTBALL 2014 GOLDEN BALL AWARD LIST 23 CANDIDATES

FIFA & France Football published this morning the list of 23 candidates up for the "2014 FIFA Golden Ball Award". As expected Spanish Football is represented well with Real Madrid having 6 players: Sergio Ramos, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez, Toni Kroos & Cristiano Ronaldo , while FC Barcelona has 4 players: Neymar, Iniesta, Mascherano & Messi.

It is now up to the National Teams

GOLDEN BOY 2014 LIST 40 CANDIDATES

Italian Football media "Tuttosport" has let known the list of 40 candidates for the "2014 Golden Boy Award". Italian & prestigious European journalist vote who they believe is the "Best U-21 Football Player of the Year". Last year Pogba (Juventus ) with past winners Isco (Real Madrid), Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabragas, Sergio Aguero & Mario Balotelli




Spanish Football has the following youngsters

ARSENAL FC TO TARGET PEDRO FROM FC BARCELONA

News out of England, concretely "Daily Mirror", suggests that Premier League Club Arsenal FC is preparing a move on Spanish International & FC Barcelona 27 year old winger Pedro Rodriguez. Not surprising as rumours were hot this last summer that the winger was studying offers from elsewhere, Arsenal FC included.




The news further cites that Arsenal is preparing a 30M€ offer that perhaps may

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 9 SUNDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga continued today with the last 4 matches of Round 9 scheduled. Here are the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Malaga FC played Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano this midday & bulldozed them over with a 4-0 victory. The goals came in the following manner :

Samuel 5th min, 1-0
Darder 20th min, 2-0
Juanmi 44th min, 3-0
Amrabat (p) 48th min, 4-0


Both teams currently

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 9 SATURDAY - EL CLASICO - GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga put on its best cloths today for the World with the all eclipsing Round 9 match between Real Madrid & FC Barcelona. The "Clasico" did not disappoint but there were more Liga games scheduled which will be shown below with the final results & all the goalscorers.




Real Madrid hosted FC Barcelona & won convincingly 3 - 1 in a fabulous game of Football. 

The starting

VERONICA BOQUETE MAKES SPANISH FEMALE FOOTBALL HISTORY

FIFA has made public the list of 10 female names up for the 2014 Golden Ball.

The full list of 10 female candidates for the FIFA Golden Ball 2014 is:

Nadine Angerer (GER), Veronica Boquete (SP), Nilla Fischer (SWE), Nahomi Kawasumi (JAP), Nadine Kessler (GER), Marta (BRA), Aya Miyama (JAP), Louisa Necib (FRA), Lotta Schelin (SWE) & Abby Wambach (USA).

For Spanish Female Football it is a

FIFA RANKINGS | SPAIN IN 10TH POSITION

FIFA has released its monthly Football Nations World Rankings, in this case for the month of October. In the case of SPAIN they drop to Nº10 from Nº8 position, with the defeat against Slovakia 2 - 1 in their Euro 2016 Group match a prime cause. 

Current World Champs Germany remains on top & Nations like Colombia & Belguim are enjoying some unprecedented high positions. Portugal gets back into

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP RESULTS

UEFA Champions League continued tonight with the last two Spanish Football representatives in action. Here are the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Atletico de Madrid hosted the Swedish Club Malmo to win 5 - 0 in their Group A match. The goals all came in the 2º half after the Swedes held off defensively all
the Spanish attacks in the first 45 minutes. 

Atletico de Madrid

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP RESULTS | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS

UEFA Champions League Group matches tonight with participation of FC Barcelona at home & Athletic Club Bilbao away. Here are the final results of tonights games with all the goalscorers.



FC Barcelona team photo, Champions League vs Ajax


FC Barcelona hosted Ajax Amsterdam in their Group F match & won 3 - 1. The result could have been higher for Barça but they failed to convert their numerous

MANCHESTER UNITED TARGETS GERARD PIQUE ?

According
to Spanish Sports daily "Sport", English Premier League Club
Manchester United is firmly intent in making a bid for FC Barcelona defender
Gerard Pique. The English team managed & Coached by Louis Van Gaal wants to have
the services of the Spanish International central defender, & from England
the news is that the Club is willing to offer 25M € for the player.




The English
paper the

THE RETURN OF LUIS SUAREZ | FC BARECLONA

The term, "seeing the light at the end of the tunnel", has never been so true for Uruguayan & FC Barcelona forward Luis Suarez. The player ends his 4 month ban from playing football - official games - next Friday. Consequently, the next day Saturday, the first Spanish Football season "Clasico" between Real Madrid & FC Barcelona is scheduled, thus allowing Suarez to be available for Barça Coach

ATLETICO DE MADRID TARGETING SEMIH KAYA OF GALATASARAY?

From Spanish Sports daily "Marca" comes the news that Atletico de Madrid is close to reaching an agreement with Turkish Football Club Galatasaray for their central defender Semih Kaya, news apparently also backed by Turkish television NTV. According to NTV, Atletico de Madrid owner Miguel Angel Gil was recently in Istanbul & meet with representatives of Kaya & Galatasaray. Does this indicate that

REAL MADRID EYES LUCAS SILVA TO REPLACE KHEDIRA

German International midfielder Sami Khedira is widely tipped to have his future next season elsewhere from Real Madrid. The player has not renewed his contract & as a "free agent" as of the 1st of January 2015 will leave without the need of a transfer fee. Rumours are that the player has a possible agreement with English Club Arsenal FC, while others speculate it could be Chelsea FC. The more

SPAIN LOSES 1 - 2 SERBIA | U-21 EURO | ELIMINATED FROM EURO 2015 & 2016 RIO OLYMPIC GAMES

It was a must winner encounter. Spain had to defeat Serbia today to qualify for the Euro 2015 Championships & the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The final result was a hard blow for the current U-21 European Champions after losing at home 1 - 2.

Same story as the away match at Serbia that finished 0 - 0, solid Serbian defence that waited patiently as Spain made mistakes under their frustration & 

ANDRES INIESTA WINS 2014 GOLDEN FOOT AWARD

FC Barcelona & Spanish International Andres Iniesta has been awarded the 2014 "Golden Foot" as the Best over 28 years of age Football Player in Monaco. The player received the prize along with his family & Barça representative.





The other candidates were:

Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Manuel Neuer, Andrea Pirlo, Thiago Silva, Franck Ribéry, Toure Yaya & Thierry Henry.

Although I am an

SPAIN WINS 0 - 4 LUXEMBOURG | EURO 2016 GROUP QUALIFIER

After heavy local criticism after losing against Slovakia earlier in the week, Spain got back to winning ways defeating away Luxembourg 0 - 4 in their Euro 2016 Group qualifier. The Spanish Football Team Coach Vicente del Bosque made changes to the side leaving out Iker Casillas, Juanfran, Albiol & Cesc Fábregas, while starting with the following 11 players:



De Gea, Carvajal, Piqué, Bartra,

SPAIN DRAWS 0 - 0 WITH SERBIA | U-21 EURO 2015 QUALIFIER

The Spanish U-21 National Team drew away 0 - 0 to Serbia in their Group U-21 Euro 2015 match. The result puts qualification on hold as the decider will be played by both again next Tuesday here in Spain (Cadiz).

Spain dominated the encounter but found the uneven & difficult turf not to their Football liking, while Serbia put up a defensive wall which saw how Spain kept bouncing off. However,

SPAIN LOSE 2 - 1 TO SLOVAKIA IN GROUP C EURO 2016 QUALIFIER

Slovakia take the top spot of Group C after defeating Spain at home 2 - 1 in the Euro 2016 qualifier. Surprise result after Spain had ball domination between 65 - 70 % with Slovakia defending & looking for the counter-attack. 
Spain has the same problem that seems to have no solution from Coach Vicente Del Bosque, the inability to score goals. Plus the "Diego Costa option" is not working at all,

FC BARCELONA EYES YOUNG NORWEGIAN FOOTBALL TALENT

Who is
Martin Odegaard? He is a young Norwegian Football talent that with 13
years of age was already training with the first team of Strømsgodset IF (the big
boys), the same Club he made his League debut with just 15 years. This fact made
Martin the youngest player to ever debut in the Norway Football League.







Spanish
Football Club FC Barcelona has already put its eyes on the talented

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA CURRENT TOP GOALSCORERS AFTER 7 ROUNDS

The Spanish Football Liga season 2014-2015 has already celebrated 7 Rounds. Thought it will be a good moment to see how the current leading goalscorer table looks like at this early stage. 

Currently leading the Liga goalscorers table is Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo with 13 goals from 6 games. Second is FC Barcelona player Neymar with 7 goals followed by team-mate Lionel Messi with 6

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM | FULL LIST OF 23 PLAYERS FOR EURO QUALIFIERS

Spanish Football National Team Coach & Selector Vicente del Bosque has handed in his list of 23 players that will make up the Spanish squad for the upcoming Euro 2016 Group qualifying matches. Spain is scheduled to play Slovenia & Luxembourg.

The novelty is Valencia CF forward Rodrigo, while Gerard Pique & Bernat are called back. Those dropped are young Barça player Muñir & Isco.  




Full list

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WEDNESDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

The last two Spanish Football Clubs with UEFA Champions League Group duties played their games tonight with positive outcomes, but hard worked by but sides. Here are the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Atletico de Madrid hosted Juventus FC in their Group A clash with the following starting 11:

Moya; Juanfran, Miranda, Godín, Ansaldi; Tiago, Koke, Saúl, Arda Turan; Raul García &

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TUESDAY NIGHT FINAL RESULTS

Bad night for the two Spanish Football Clubs with UEFA Chaampions League duties tonight. Here are the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Paris St Germain hosted FC Barcelona for their Group F match & won 3 - 2 in a fantastic game of European Football. Barça lost its goal-defensive "virginity" this season receiving 3 goals & notching up its first official defeat. Barça Coach Luis

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA SUNDAY ROUND 6 GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga action continued today with the remaining scheduled games of Round 6 . Here is a brief summary with all the final results & all the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Getafe got themselves some needed oxygen with their 1 - 0 victory over Malaga FC in today s midday match. The winner came in the 24th min through Herrero.




Deportivo A Coruña lost 0 - 1 to Almeria in the most

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 6 SATURDAY FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga Round 6 action today with all the Champions League Clubs scheduled. Following are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Round 6 of Liga kicked off last night with the Elche & Celta de Vigo match. The encounter was settled when Celta forward Nolito scored in the 89th min. 




Villarreal hosted Real Madrid & lost 0 - 2. The visitors started with Casillas &

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 5 THURSDAY NIGHT GAMES FINAL RESULTS

The last two remaining Spanish Football Liga Round 5 mid-week games were played tonight with the following final results & goalscorers.




RCD Espanyol hosted Madrid Club Getafe & both needed a win to stay in touch with the strong Clubs. The home team managed to solve the match & win this first season game 2 - 0 thus grabbing the three important points. Getafe sits sadly in the bottom places of

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 5 WEDNESDAY NIGHT FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football & mid-week Liga continued tonight with 6 matches scheduled of Round 5. Here are all the final results & all the goalscorers.




Almeria hosted Atletico de Madrid & lost 0 - 1 to a corner header which Atletico de Madrid defender Godin converted for the winner. However, Almeria was sticky & disruptive the earlier part of the game & during the latter were dangerous when they

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 5 TUESDAY NIGHT FINAL RESULTS

Two matches scheduled tonight to kick-off Round 5 mid-week Spanish Football Liga action. Quick resume of events, the goalscorers & the final results.




Real Madrid hosted Elche & started with goalkeeper Keylor Navas, Illaramendi & Isco. Obviously Casillas, Modric & Benzema were given a rest but this did not change the fact that Real Madrid dominated proceedings with a 5 - 1 final result & win.

SPANISH FOOTBALL RUMOURS | MUNIR & SAMI KHEDIRA

Interesting news coming out of Spain in reference to possible signing interests for players from Spain s two biggest Football Clubs, FC Barcelona & Real Madrid.




The first news piece comes from France - "Le10Sport1" - picked up locally by Spanish Sports media. According to the French source Paris St Germain & Bayern Munich have set their aim & target on young Barça sensation Muñir. Apparently

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 4 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga continued today with 4 matches scheduled of Round 4. Here are all the final results along with all the goalscorers.




Real Sociedad played Almeria this midday & lost 1 - 2. Deserved win for Almeria which put in a good performance against an irregular Real Sociedad. The goals for Almeria came from De la Bella (own goal) in the 29th min & Maura Dos Santos in the 50th min. 

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 4 SATURDAY FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga action today with Round 4 games scheduled. Here are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Round 4 of Liga started with the Friday night match between Elche & Eibar. The game & final result went to the visitors 0 - 2 with goals from Dani Garcia in the 2nd min & Albentosa in the 41st min. Eibar strong so early in the season.




Real Madrid travelled to

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS WEDNESDAY FINAL RESULTS | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

The two last remaining Spanish Football Clubs with UEFA Champions League duties played tonight with the following final results & goalscorers.








FC Barcelona hosted Apoel Nicosia in their Group F opener. The final result was a 1 - 0 victory to Barça & more importantly, the three points. Barça Coach Luis Enrique changed his team around & started with:

Ter Stegen; Alves, Pique, Bartra,

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAMS FINAL RESULTS | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE kicked off this season with Group matches & two of the four Spanish Football representatives in action tonight. Here is a brief summary of events, with final results & goalscorers.




Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid travelled to Greece to meet Olympiakos in their Group A match. An unexpected result with Olympiakos winning 3 - 2 At. Madrid & complicating things for

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA | ROUND 3 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

Last scheduled game of Round 3 Spanish Football Liga was played tonight with the following final result & goalscorer.




Eibar hosted Deportivo A Coruña & lost 0 - 1. The only goal came from a Eibar defensive mistake which Juan Dominguez converted in a 16th min goal. The eventual winner as the visitors held out the Eibar attacks to take the valuable three points. 

Tomorrow more Spanish Football

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA SUNDAY ROUND 3 FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Liga Football continued today with four Round 3 games scheduled. Following are all the final results along with the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano hosted Elche & went down 2 - 3 in an entertaining match with the visitors deserving their well earned win. Their three goals came from Albacer in the 36th min, Jonathas in the 54th min & Mosquera in the 68th min. For Rayo Vallecano

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA ROUND 3 SATURDAY NIGHT RESULTS

Big day of Spanish Football with Round 3 Saturday Liga matches scheduled with the main Clubs on show due to Champions League mid-week appearances. Here are all the final results & all the goalscorers.

Yesterday night Liga kicked off with Almeria drawing 1-1 with Cordoba. The goalscorers were for Almeria Mendez in the 11th min & the equalizer for the visitors through Fede in the 18th min.

EURO U-21 QUALIFIERS | SPAIN TO FACE SERBIA

The Euro U-21 2015 qualifiers have been settled today with Spain matched up with the very difficult Serbia. The upcoming qualifiers will be in home & away format scheduled the 9th & the 14th of Octobre.

The winners of the Groups will qualify to go into the 2015 Euro U-21 Champions Finals to be held in the Czech Republic. The Top 4 European Nations of this tournament will also qualify for the

FIRST REAL MADRID vs FC BARCELONA DATE & TIME | 2014-2015 SEASON

The Spanish Football League - Liga - has just commenced but already World Soccer fans are asking when will the first big "Clasico" be played. Well, it has just been made official, the game between Real Madrid & FC Barcelona is scheduled for Round 9 of Liga at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium". Real Madrid will host Barça the Saturday 25th of October at 6.00pm (18:00 hrs). 




What is significant

SPAIN 1 - AUSTRIA 1 | EURO U-21 GROUP RESULT

Spain U-21 National Football Team has finished top of its Euro classification Group to join England, Denmark, Slovania, Croatia, Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Italy, France, Ukraine, Holland, Island & Serbia, as series head for next Friday home & away play-off match draws (to be played 9th & 14th Oct) to be held at the UEFA HQ. 

Spain drew 1 - 1 with Austria tonight with the visitors equalizing in

CHRISTOPH KRAMER LINKED TO REAL MADRID

News out of Italy, which was picked up in Spain, mentions that Real Madrid is following very closely Christoph Kramer 23 year old midfielder of Borussia Monchengladbach (on loan from Bayern Leverkusen). The source goes further & says that Real Madrid has made a 15M€ offer & would want to get the German over for the "Winter Market". Kramer is seen as the "midfielder" to complement Toni Kroos &

SPAIN 5 - MACEDONIA 1 | EURO 2016 GROUP C QUALIFIER

Spain began its Euro 2016 campaign with tonights Group C qualifier match against Macedonia in the City of Valencia (Spain). An important game as the Spanish Football National Team was under the microscope after their disastrous World Cup in Brazil, the exit of key veteran & historically irreplaceable players & a loss last week against France in a friendly. However this was official & the players

WHO IS MUNIR EL HADDADI ?

Who is MUNIR EL HADDADI? Three months back the only people who could have answered this were those involved with FC Barcelona & its "B Team". Today the 19 year old Football player is known all over Spain, branded a new Football promise & has been called up by Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque to fill the place left vacant by "injured" Diego Costa.




But who is

SPAIN LOSES 1 - 0 TO FRANCE | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

Spain lost 1 - 0 to France in their International Friendly in Paris tonight with a "new look" team which begins its reconstruction to attempt to get back to the dizzy heights the Spanish Football Team maintained themselves the last 8 years.



The Spanish starting 11 had new faces as the photo shows above:David de Gea, Sergio Ramos, San José, Busquets, Raul Garcia, Diego Costa, Azpilicueta,

SPAIN SECURES PLACE IN UEFA U-21 EURO 2015 DEFEATING HUNGARY 0 - 1

The UEFA European U-21 Finals will be held in the Czech Republic in 2015 between the 15th & 30th of June, & Spain needed just 1 point to mathematically secure their presence & place in the Championship.

This afternoon the U-21 Spain Football Team defeated 0 - 1 Hungary & got more than the needed point, but three.Less than entertaining match of Football with Spanish Team dominance. The Hungarians

ANGEL DI MARIA & RADAMEL FALCAO SHATTERED REAL MADRID DREAMS

The names Radamel Falcao & Angel Di Maria have sounded heavily all summer within the Spanish Football Sports media & particularly linked with Real Madrid. The first for his "obsessive desire" to play at Real Madrid & the latter for his wish to leave said Club. Connected fates, Real Madrid for both & the some representative Jorge Mendes who will play his part.

The end result, Falcao saw his dream

ATLETICO DE MADRID SPENDS 112 M€ ON NEW SIGNINGS

This post may interest more the Atletico de Madrid fans. But overall it does also reflect well the increase spending on transfers-new signings by the Spanish Liga for the second year running: 471,7M€ between all Clubs.

Atletico de Madrid closed yesterday their transfers-signings for season 2014-2015. The Club spent this new season 112,1 M€ in signings to reinforce their squad after important

SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA | ROUND 2 SUNDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga Round 2 matches played tonight with surprise included. Here are all the final scores along with all the goalscorers.




Villarreal hosted FC Barcelona & lost to a 81st min goal by substitute Sandro from a great Messi pass. Good game of Football with both teams attacking & creating numerous chances along with both goalkeepers very active with some marvellous saves. In the

JAVIER "CHICHARITO" HERNANDEZ LOAN TO REAL MADRID CLOSE

The news now hitting the Spanish Football online sites is that MANCHESTER UNITED & REAL MADRID have come to an agreement for the former to loan their Mexican International forward Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez to the latter. 

According to "Marca" its a one year loan & the player has still to shut the salary conditions with Real Madrid before it all becomes official. 



This way Real Madrid

SPANISH LIGA FOOTBALL ROUND 2 SATURDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Was out of town last night but managed to stay in touch with the Saturday Round 2 games of the Spanish Football Liga. Here are all the final results - better late than never - along with all the goalscorers in a brief summarized format.




Friday Night Round 2 matches & results:

Valencia CF 3 - Malaga FC 0

Paco Alcacer 30th min
Parejo 44th min
Piatti 55 th min


Getafe 1 - Almeria 0


Alvaro

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM LIST OF PLAYERS FOR FRANCE & MACEDONIA

Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in his list of players that will represent Spain in the upcoming Friendly International game against France on the 4th of September & for the Euro 2016 Group qualifier against Macedonia on the 8th of September.




Here is the full list of players:
Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas, David De Gea & Kiko Casilla.

Defenders:

CRISTIANO RONALDO WINS UEFA BEST PLAYER SEASON 2013-2014 AWARD

As expected Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded this afternoon the "UEFA Best Player season 2013 - 2014". The Portuguese player won the title over Bayern Munich candidates Manuel Neuer & Arjen Robben.

This award was missing in CR7 "collection" with previous winners being Ribery last year, Lionel Messi & Andres Iniesta.




Cristiano Ronaldo had a fabulous 2013 - 2014 season winning

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUPS 2014 - 2015

The UEFA Champions League Groups for season 2014 - 2015 have been drawn & decided this afternoon with the 4 Spanish Football Clubs relatively pleased with the outcomes. There are no easy Clubs at this level of Football but as with other seasons & previous draws there are no real "Death Groups". Said this, surprises will be assured as with every season. 

Below are the Groups & the Clubs:

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 3 - NAPOLI 1 (4-1 AGG) | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIER FINAL RESULT

Spanish Football Club Athletic Club Bilbao will join Atletico de Madrid, Real Madrid & FC Barcelona in tomorrow UEFA Champions League Groups draw after defeating 3 - 1 Italian Club Napoli in the 2 leg Champions League Qualifier. At Bilbao wins on a 4 - 1 aggregate that was also the perfect way to celebrate the Clubs fabulous new & modern "San Mames Stadium".




The first half already gave us

XABI ALONSO CLOSE TO LEAVING FOR BAYERN MUNICH

Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso is making news today, not only has he announced his retirement from the Spanish National Football Team, but there is a "flash" that Alonso may be close to German giant Bayern Munich. 
Spanish Sports media has picked up this afternoon that Xabi Alonso has full agreement with Bayern Munich & now depends on the negotiations at Club level. Real Madrid is likely to

XAVI ALOSNO LEAVES THE SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM

Surprise - or not - announcement this afternoon from Real Madrid & Spanish International Xabi Alonso. The 32 year old player  & midfielder tweeted that he leaves the Spanish National Football Team.




One of Spains Best Midfielders says goodbye after 114 International games & 16 goals. His long career includes 2 European Nations Cups & the FIFA World Cup of 2010. Xabi Alonso debuted in 2003 at

REAL MADRID ACTIVATES INTEREST OF MARCO REUS ?

German International & Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus continues grabbing Spanish Sports & Football media attention. The player was connected with Atletico de Madrid early last week, which was later rejected by the Club as media hype, & FC Barcelona has been said to be closing in on the player.




However, latest news indicates that Real Madrid has entered the picture. The Spanish

ATLETICO DE MADRID LOOKS FOR "GOAL": SHAQUIRI, CERCI OR LAVEZZI

There is concern at Atletico de Madrid with the lack of goal effectiveness. The pre-season & yesterdays 0-0 result in Round 1 of Spanish Liga against Rayo Vallecano highlighted the lack of "goal punch".

Atletico de Madrid has signed well; Mandzukic, Griezzmann & Raul Jimenez, but they still need time to get into the groove & many still remember Diego Costa & his explosive counter-attack runs

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 1 MONDAY NIGHT FINAL RESULTS

The last two scheduled matches of Round 1 of Spanish Football Liga were played tonight - Monday - with the following final results & all the goalscorers.




Real Madrid hosted newly promoted Cordoba & managed to win with a final 2 - 0 result. A grey & disappointing Real Madrid exhibition which beforehand created much hype & anticipation with their all-star line-up. Xabi Alonso & Carvajal  were

REAL MADRID ANGEL DI MARIA WILL GO TO MANCHESTER UNITED

The future of Argentine & Real Madrid midfielder Angel Di Maria has been settled. English Premier League Club Manchester United will be - awaiting official announcement - the new destination & Football home for the player.

The transfer figures vary between those media sources that say 75M€ plus 15M€ more in variables & others who go higher with a 80M€ figure. In any case it the biggest transfer

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 1 SUNDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football Liga Round 1 games continued today with 4 scheduled clashes. Here are all the final scores & all the goalscorers.




Excellent game & result for Celta de Vigo which won 3 -1 Madrid Club Getafe. Goals for Celta from Nolito in the 19th min, Orellana in the 55th min & Larrivey in the 69th min. The only Getafe goal came from Samir in the the 61 st min.




Newly promoted Eibar

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 1 SATURDAY GAMES FINAL RESULTS

Spanish Football LIGA season 2014-2015 kicked off tonight with 4 matches of Round 1. The other games are scheduled for tomorrow & Monday night. Below is a brief summary of the games played today along with the final results & goalscorers,




Malaga won 1 - 0 Athletic Club Bilbao in controversial circumstances that caused the visitors to leave very angry especially with the referee decisions. The

AT MADRID 1 REAL MADRID 0 | ATLETICO WINS SPANISH SUPER CUP 2 -1 ON AGGREGATE

The winner of the first official title of the new Spanish Football season, the "Spanish Super Cup", goes to Atletico de Madrid after they defeated 1 - 0 Real Madrid in the 2º leg match & claim the title 2-1 on aggregate.




The early 2 min goal by Mario Mandzukic was enough after catching Real Madrid "sleeping" in defence when Griezmann back headed to find the Croatian who kicked the ball passed

ANGEL DI MARIA WANTS TO LEAVE REAL MADRID

Argentine International & Real Madrid midfielder Angel Di Maria is unique in World Soccer. The player has evolved & matured into a "Total Football Player", the type most Coaches dream of having in their squad. Angel Di Maria attacks, passes, scores goal &, here is his speciality, defends with tireless running that keeps the team in equilibrium. A revolutionary that can win a stalemate match in

REAL MADRID 1 - ATLETICO DE MADRID 1 | SPANISH SUPER CUP 1º LEG FINAL RESULT

First big Spanish Football title up for grabs that kicks off the new 2014-2015 season with the 1º leg Spanish Super Cup match that ended in a 1 - 1 draw between Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid. The Spanish Super Cup title is definitely still wide open with both teams with options in next Friday 2º leg away match. 




Very even match with Real Madrid with more initiative & a more attacking drive

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO 1 - NAPOLI 1 | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1º ST LEG PRELIMINARY

Spanish
Football Club Athletic Club Bilbao managed a suffered 1 -1 draw against Napoli in the 1ºst leg of the Champions League
preliminary. Spanish & Bilbao midfielder Muniain put his team ahead first
in the 41st min, while Napoli forward Gonzalo
Higuain equalized in the 69th min. From this moment until the end of the match
Napoli took control & could have increased their advantage, especially

SAMI KHEDIRA STUDYING ARSENAL FC - CHELSEA FC OPTIONS

German International & Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira has one year left of his contract with the Spanish Football Club. The player refuses to renew (extend) his stay & thinks in staying put the remaining season. This way as of the 1st of January 2015 he becomes a free agent & can go to any Club he wishes without a transfer fee but with a very succulent salary package. Real Madrid naturally

ATLETICO DE MADRID TARGETS 16 YEAR OLD LUKA JOVIC

Spanish Football Club & current Liga Champions Atletico de Madrid have set their sights & ambitious on acquiring a young Football talent that promises to be a big name in the future. 

Luka Jovic, 16 year old Serbian forward currently at Red Star Belgrade. A Serbia u-19 International who is making for himself a path to success that has Atletico de Madrid convinced & won. 



The Serbian Club has

ALESSIO CERCI CLOSE TO ATLETICO DE MADRID ACCORDING TO ITALIAN PRESS

While the name of German International & Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marco Reus ignited the local Spanish Football scene with the speculation yesterday that Atletico de Madrid may have shut his signing, today that bubble may have burst for another name. A more realist player, Italian International & Torino midfielder 27 year old Alessio Cerci. 



Italian Sports paper "Gazetta dello Sport"

MARCO REUS CLOSE TO ATLETICO DE MADRID ?

The big news doing the Spanish Football circuit today is the speculated negotiations going on between German Club Borussia Dortmund & Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid for German International midfielder Marco Reus. This is what what Spanish Radio has announced along with some Sports media like "Sport" & "Mundo Deportivo".

Atletico de Madrid denies the story & says there is nothing at all

UEFA THREE CANDIDATES FOR BEST EUROPEAN PLAYER 2013-2014

UEFA has just handing in its list of the three final candidates for the soon to be announced "UEFA Best European Player of the Year". The winner will be made official on the 28th of August in Monaco where one of the following names will be prized:


Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid CF)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)





The hot favourite is Real Madrid forward Cristiano

LUIS SUAREZ CAN NOW TRAIN WITH BARÇA TEAM-MATES | CAS DECISION

The "Court of Arbitration for Sport" - CAS -  has just handed in its resolution to the appeal handed in by FC Barcelona for their newly signed player Luis Suarez. The "CAS" maintains the FIFA sanction & the Uruguayan cannot play Football until the 26th of October.





However, the good news is that the "CAS" has eliminated the part were the player cannot train or be present in a Sporting arena.

FC BARCELONA IDEAL 11 FOR SEASON 2014 - 2015

The Spanish Liga season starts the 24th of August, & yesterday one of the big Clubs Real Madrid gave us an insight to what their ideal 11 for the new season may well look after playing in the UEFA Super Cup Final. However, what about their arch rivales FC Barcelona, how will their ideal 11 for season 2014-2015 shape up ?




Spanish Sports paper based in Barcelona, "Mundo Deportivo", have put

REAL MADRID 2 SEVILLA FC 0 | UEFA SUPER CUP FINAL RESULT

First mayor European Football title for the new 2014 - 2015 season, the UEFA SUPER CUP, goes to Real Madrid CF after defeating fellow country Club Sevilla FC 2 - 0 in tonights Final played in the city of Cardiff (Wales, UK).

Real Madrid started the match with all its big guns including newly incorporated signings like Toni Kroos & James Rodriguez as seen in the below team photo:




Sevilla FC

ATLETICO DE MADRID SIGNS MEXICAN RAUL JIMENEZ

Its official, Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid has signed 23 year old Mexican International & America de Mexico forward Raul Jimenez. This in theory finishes off the Spanish Clubs reorganization of its Liga Championship winning  squad after important & key players have left this summer to other Clubs.




The terms of the transfer is a 10,5M€ fee to America de Mexico while the player

POSSIBLE REAL MADRID STARTING 11 IN UEFA SUPER CUP FINAL

European Football kicks off tomorrow with the Final of the UEFA Super Cup between the Champions League winners, Real Madrid, & the winner of the Europa League, Sevilla FC. An all Spanish Football affair to be played in the city of Cardiff (Wales, UK) with Real Madrid being slightly favourite beforehand. However, Sevilla FC come in extra motivated & have worked hard all pre-season with this title,

DIEGO LOPEZ TO GO TO AC MILAN

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid - while the bad tongues say Captain Iker Casillas - have got their way & pushed aside goalkeeper Diego Lopez to another Club. The pressure by "both" has been fierce & embarrassing the last few days that Diego Lopez has come to an agreement to sign with Italian Club AC Milan.




The deal between Clubs & Diego Lopez is not official as yet, but AC Milan Chief

FC BARCELONA TIES VERMAELEN FROM ARSENAL FC

FC Barcelona continue signing players & securing up their defence for the upcoming season. The Spanish Football Club has come to an agreement with English Premier League Club Arsenal FC to transfer Belgium defender Tomas Vermaelen.

Local media sources comment that the player could be arriving over to Barcelona in the next hours, while other media sources say that Barça still has to shut terms

ATLETICO DE MADRID RETHINKS ROBERTO SOLDADO OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS

News this afternoon doing the local Spanish Sports online editions circuit mentions that Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid has again focused its "eyes" on Spanish International & Tottenham Hotspurs forward Roberto Soldado.

Recent Friendly matches has alerted Atletico de Madrid that they could be short in the forward line resource area. Although the Spanish Club has signed Mandzukic &

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO TO FACE NAPOLI IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PRELIMINARY QUALIFIER

Spanish Football Club Athletic Club Bilbao has been matched with Italian Club Napoli for the upcoming Champions League preliminary qualifier. The winner of this home & away game will go directly into the Champions League competition while the loser goes into the Europa League competition.




The dates are the following:


20th of August - Napoli vs At Club Bilbao
27th of August - At Club Bilbao

REAL SOCIEDAD WINS ABERDEEN 2 - 3 TO QUALIFY FOR THE EUROPA LEAGUE

Spanish Football Club Real Sociedad took a 1º leg Europa League Preliminary qualifying scoreline to Scotland to face Aberdeen for the return 2º leg clash. The end result of tonight s match was a 2 - 3 win to Real Sociedad giving the Spaniards a 2 - 5 aggregate score to take them into tomorrows Europa League season 2014 - 2015 draw.




The goals came in the following manner:


Xabi Prieto, 27th

FC BARCELONA PLAYERS NUMBERS FOR SEASON 2014-2015

Barcelona based Spanish Sports daily "Sport" publish today the FC Barcelona Players numbers for season 2014-2015. Handy piece of information for all the many local & overseas fans who wish to follow their favourite players.



courtesy of "Sport"


Players like Sergi Roberto, Rafinha & Deulofeu have not been formally assigned numbers as yet while the Club awaits the exit of players like Song (17)

ATLETICO DE MADRID EYES ANDRE SCHURRLE

Interesting piece of news appearing in Spanish Sports press, concretely "AS", this evening. According to the source Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid are seriously thinking about & may even have placed as a signing priority German International & Chelsea FC striker Andre Schurrle. The 24 year old is considered the perfect complement upfront to join Mandzukic & Griezmann next season. The

XAVI HERNANDEZ ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE SPANISH FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAM

FC Barcelona & Spanish International XAVI HERNANDEZ gave his first pre-season Press Conference this afternoon. The big news was the announcement that he will no longer be available for the Spanish National Football Team. The player believes that his time is up & will move aside leaving his position for younger talent. 

Most media expected answers to why he decided to continue at FC Barcelona

FC BARCELONA EYES JEROME BOATENG ?

Just been announced on Spanish Sports radio that Bayern Munich & German International defender Jerome Boateng is said to be on the list of possible candidates for FC Barcelona. The Spanish Football Club is having difficulties finding "suitable" Central Defenders within the "Barça profile" on the market & has placed its eye on Boateng.




It has been mentioned (always by the said local source)

REAL MADRID ANNOUNCES KEYLOR NAVAS SIGNING

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid CF has officially announced via their Website that they have signed Costa Rica International & Levante goalkeeper Keylor Navas. Real Madrid pays Levante the 10M€ contract release clause & summons the player to Madrid to be officially presented to Spanish & World media on Tuesday. 




The signing was a fact for the last 3 weeks but Real Madrid has had to "solve"

LIVERPOOL FC INTERESTED IN DANI ALVES OF FC BARCELONA ?

Brazilian International & FC Barcelona right-back Dani Alves has been in the news in past season for everything apart from his Football. Outspoken (more a foot in the mouth personality) & a aficionado of outrageous fashion, the personality of the Footballer has worn thin the Barça fans & Club Directives. 

The player was "cocky" enough to say that he had plenty of offers & that Paris St Germain

REAL MADRID - RADAMEL FALCAO CLOSE

The continuing & constant background murmur connecting Colombian & Monaco forward Radamel Falcao with Real Madrid lifts in volume. The on, the off again transfer signals have now received a ...back on again ...push with French Sports paper "L´Equipe" firing the rumour. According to the French paper, Real Madrid has negotiations well ahead with Monaco & apparently Falcao is very close to signing

REAL SOCIEDAD 2 ABERDEEN FC 0 | EUROPA LEAGUE 1º LEG PRELIMINARY QUALIFIER

For Spanish Football Club REAL SOCIEDAD the season kicked into "serious mode" when they faced Scottish Club Aberdeen FC in the 1ºst leg Europa League preliminary qualifier. There was some doubts with the local fans as they initially missed the absence of Antoine Griezmann signed by Atletico de Madrid & Carlos Vela. However, the Spaniards managed an excellent result winning 2 - 0 & getting a grand

DIEGO LOPEZ SUCCUMBS TO THE REAL MADRID PRESSURE TO LEAVE

According to Spanish TV "La Sexta",via its Sports news section, Real Madrid goalkeeper Diego Lopez will be sacrificed to make way for newly signed Costa Rica goalie Keylor Navas. Diego Lopez wants to stay & compete for the goalkeeper position but intense Club pressure along with Coach Carlo Ancelotti letting known that team-mate Iker Casillas will be chosen ahead has lead Lopez to rethink his

FC BARCELONA "OVER POPULATED" MIDFIELD

Spanish Sports daily "Mundo Deportivo" highlights an interesting dilemma for FC Barcelona, the current "over population of midfield players". Ironic really, while 98% of World Football Clubs would consider this story a blessing in their case, Clubs like FC Barcelona & Real Madrid may see this a problem. 

While there has been much speculation at Real Madrid with their saturation of midfield

ATLETICO DE MADRID SHUTS ZAKARIA BAKKALI ?

Spanish Football Club & last season Spanish Liga Champions Atletico de Madrid continue to work to strengthen their squad for the upcoming 2014-2015 season. According to Club directives there are still 3 more signings to be made before the shutting the bank account.

One of those could be Belgium & PSV Eindhoven 18 year old promise Zakaria Bakkali. 




According to news out from Dutch daily "De

PSG OFFERS ATLETICO DE MADRID LEVAZZI

Paris St Germain needs to make room (rid a player) in its squad for Real Madrid Argentine Angel Di Maria. The French Club under the "UEFA Financial Fairplay" guidelines needs to stay within the agreed salary cap & it is a case of eliminate someone to add. 

According to Spanish Sports media, PSG has offered Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid their Argentine International forward Lavezzi.

PARIS ST GERMAIN WILLING to PAY 80M€ FOR ANGEL DI MARIA ?

Real Madrid Coach Ancelotti was clear when asked about Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria... "I have no news concerning a possible transfer & expect the incorporation of Angel Di Maria to the squad for pre-season the 5th of August". The truth is that Carlo Ancelotti hopes things will change course as Di Maria looks more closer to joining Paris St Germain than reuniting with his current Real

ATLETICO DE MADRID TARGETS GRIEZMANN OF REAL SOCIEDAD

Last time we mentioned French International & Real Sociedad forward Antoine Griezmann here we speculated that he could end up next season at Paris St Germain or Monaco.  I made the observation that Griezmann would be the perfect player Atletico de Madrid are looking for to fill the gap left open by David Villa.




Today Spanish Sports daily "AS" published that Atletico de Madrid has focused on

REAL MADRID | 80M€ FOR JAMES RODRIGUEZ TOO MUCH ?

Is 80,000,000 € too much for a Football Player? Depends, Cristiano Ronaldo cost 96M€ & now everyone is in accorde that he was relatively "cheap". But what about Colombian International JAMES RODRIGUEZ? Real Madrid has paid Monaco close to 80M€ to have the 23 year old Football player whos only jump to fame so far has been his 6 goals in the last World Cup in Brazil. Too much?




Check the latest

SPANISH LIGA CALENDAR SEASON 2014-2015

The Spanish League - Liga - calendar for the upcoming 2014-2015 season has been announced in the Spanish Football Federation’s HQ. Here are the most noticeable dates to keep in mind:

The opening games of Spanish Liga season 2014-2015 (Round 1)- 23, 24th & 25th of August 2014:




Sevilla FC-Valencia CF
Levante-Villarreal
Malaga-Athletic Club Bilbao
Rayo Vallecano-Atletico de Madrid
Celta de

FC BARCELONA SIGNS JEREMY MATHIEU FROM VALENCIA CF

After weeks of speculations & "cross-fire" between Clubs, FC Barcelona announced that they have come to an agreement to sign Valencia CF defender Jeremy Mathieu. The negotiations went down to the wire as Barça finally succumbed to the Valencia CF demands of 20M€ as transfer fee. The payment will be 10M€ upfront in cash & the rest in instalments.

The French player was literally pulled off the

TOTTEMHAM HOTSPURS LOOKS AT GRIEZMANN OF REAL SOCIEDAD

Spanish Football Club Real Sociedad & French International player Antoine Griezmann is without doubt a superb player with just 23 years of age. The "youngster" is on the verge of exploding on the World Soccer scene & he may just need to make the jump to a more "resourceful" Club.






English Premier League Club Tottenham Hotspurs is showing some serious interest. According to local press the

REAL MADRID TO PRESENT JAMES RODRIGUEZ AS THEIR NEW PLAYER THIS AFTERNOON

The Football World never stops to amaze me. Four weeks back Colombian & Monaco Forward Radamel Falcao was the hot favourite to sign for Real Madrid, today the reality is that fellow countryman & team-mate James Rodriguez is now in Madrid passing the medical exam.The fact is that JAMES RODRIGUEZ will be presented this afternoon by REAL MADRID CF as their new signing after they have shut a deal

REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON GAMES & MATCHES CALENDAR

Real Madrid left Spain today for Los Angeles USA to continue with their pre-season & to play some interesting quality Friendly matches that make up part of the 2º edition of the "International Champions Cup". There the Spanish Football Club will play teams like Inter Milan, AC Roma & Manchester United, plus hook up with the remaining squad players current on summer vacation after their World Cup

REAL MADRID - MONACO SHUT JAMES RODRIGUEZ TRANSFER ?

I realize that the following news piece will excite many Real Madrid fans around the World, however it is not official & is still in the speculation realm. Spanish Sports daily "AS" announce today that REAL MADRID & MONACO have come to an agreement to transfer JAMES RODRIGUEZ to the Spanish Football Club. The transfer figure "dances" between 75-80M€ & it is not clear if a Real Madrid player will

JAMES RODRIGUEZ CLOSER TO REAL MADRID

In Football nothing is impossible, & with Real Madrid it seems the slogan is the same. What started as a media driven clamour has turned into a real transfer possibility according to the major Football papers. Yesterday French daily "L´Equipe" wrote that Monaco & Colombian International JAMES RODRIGUEZ was very close to signing for Real Madrid CF. In fact, the French paper speculated that next

TOP 10 CANDIDATES LIST UEFA BEST PLAYER FOR 2013 - 2014

UEFA has handed in their list of candidates to compete for the "UEFA Best Player in Europe Award" for season 2013-2014. The top 10 list has Spanish Football familiar players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Diego Costa & now Luis Suarez.  Surprised to see James Rodriguez of Monaco who really exploded onto the World Football scene during the recent Brazil World Cup & was only

REAL MADRID THE MOST VALUABLE SPORTING CLUB IN THE WORLD

The prestigious American Financial magazine "Forbes" has released its list of the most valuable Sporting Institutions in World Sports. Spanish Football Club REAL MADRID CF maintains the Top Spot with an estimated economic value of 3,4 Billion dollars, followed by another Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona. 

English Premier League giant Manchester United has just received an important shot in its

FIFA RANKING | SPAIN DROPS TO 8TH POSITION

As expected Spain has been dethroned from the Nº1 spot on the FIFA World Ranking. Their disastrous Brazil 2014 World Cup campaign - with elimination after just two Group matches - puts the Spain National Team down to the 8th position after reigning in the Nº1 spot for the last 6 straight years.

The newly crowed FIFA World Champions Germany now takes the Nº 1 spot with 1,724 pts & Argentina

FELIPE LUIS - JAN OBLAK MOVES | ATLETICO DE MADRID

News & players movements concerning Spanish Football Club & Liga Champions Atletico de Madrid.First off is the exit news of left back defender Felipe Luis to English Premier League Club Chelsea FC. Both Clubs have announced a transfer agreement of around 24M€ pending the habitual medical examinations. The Brazilian will join last season team-mates Courtois, Thiago & Diego Costa all of which have

REAL MADRID SIGNS KEYLOR NAVAS FROM LEVANTE

Mayor bombshell that has saturated the front pages of most Spanish Sports daily´s & media today. According to "Marca" REAL MADRID CF has paid the 10M€ contract release clause for 27 year old Costa Rica International & Levante goalkeeper KEYLOR NAVAS. Spanish newspaper "Abc.es" gives details like a 5 year contract with a 2,5M€ net salary/season. All the above has important ramifications for the

REAL MADRID - JAMES RODRIGUEZ AGREEMENT ?

The following news piece comes out of Spanish Sports daily "AS". The fanfare could be a paper selling tactic however the news in itself has been gaining "speaker volume" over the past days. According to the media source Real Madrid has come to an agreement with Colombian International & World Cup sensation James Rodriguez. The player would receive a salary of 7,5M€ /season & Real Madrid now needs

SAMI KHEDIRA OVER TO ARSENAL FC ?

The following news piece comes out of Barcelona based media, concretely "Sport" which advances that German International midfielder & Real Madrid player Sami Khedira will go over to English Premier League Club Arsenal FC next season.

Its news well worth noting, firstly from its absence from Madrid based papers & secondly, because Sami Khedira has not wanted to extend his contract with Real

FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 | CONGRATULATIONS GERMANY

Some may be experiencing already "Football withdrawal symptoms" after an intense & exciting month of FIFA World Cup games. A relatively strange World Cup were the best players did not shine as expected, although the goalkeepers took the centre stage.From a Spanish point of view, the early elimination of Spain was the "shocker", although had they been able to qualify perhaps they could have gone a

FC BARCELONA ANNOUNCE LUIS SUAREZ SIGNING

FC Barcelona has announced officially that the Spanish Football Club has come to an agreement with English Premier League Club Liverpool FC to transfer Uruguayan International forward Luis Suarez. The player needs to pass the regular medical exam & could be presented in Barcelona as soon as next week. 




The 27 year old player signs for the next 5 years with Barça & the Club communicates that

AT MADRID OFFERS 24M€ FOR JUAN ITURBE OF HELLAS VERONA

Another Football Player name is doing the Spanish Football transfer-signing circuit, JUAN ITURBE, the Argentine 21 year old "star" of Italian Football Club Hellas Verona. According to Sports media there is a "mini-bidding war" between Spanish Club Atletico de Madrid & Italian giant Juventus FC.

The Italians offered 20M€ for the midfielder & Atletico de Madrid has responded with 24M€. The winner

CHELSEA FC CLOSING IN ON FELIPE LUIS OF ATLETICO DE MADRID

News out of England - newspaper "The Sun" as shown below - suggest that Chelsea FC is close to confirming their promise of shutting the transfer of Brazilian & Atletico de Madrid left back Felipe Luis. The English Club wants to put up 20GBP (25M€) which is the release clause of the players contract with the Spanish Club.It is no secret that Chelsea FC Coach Jose Mourinho has had Felipe Luis in

JUVENTUS FC WILL SIGN ALVARO MORATA FROM REAL MADRID CF

Spanish Sports daily "AS" advances that young Spanish International & Real Madrid CF forward ALVARO MORATA is headed to Italy, concretely JUVENTUS FC next season. The deal is said to be around a 22M€ transfer fee plus 2,2M€ extra in bonuses for "objectives". The "sticky" point between Clubs was ironed out as Juventus accepts a "buy-back" clause that Real Madrid insisted on. However, it will cost

ARSENAL FC SIGNS ALEXIS SANCHEZ FROM FC BARCELONA

The news just in & doing the Spanish Sports online editions is that FC BARCELONA & Chilean International ALEXIS SANCHEZ will be transferred to English Premier League Club ARSENAL FC. The numbers are 34,6M€ in transfer fee plus an extra 3M€ according to reached "objectives". The news says that both Football Clubs have total agreement barring the paperwork.




This move is important for FC

ATLETICO DE MADRID SHUTS MANDZUKIC FOR 22M€ ?

It is hot news currently coming out from Germany, via "Bild", the English Press & racing around the social media channels. According to all of them Spanish Football Club & Liga Champions Atletico de Madrid is very close to shutting (or has already) the transfer-signing of Croatian International & Bayern Munich forward Mario Mandzukic.In fact German paper "Bild" has gone further & says the deal is

REAL MADRID OFFERS PSG 40M€ FOR VARRATTI ?

German International & Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos is said to be the firm candidate to incorporate himself to Real Madrid CF next season. Although the player has not confirmed, nor have the Clubs announced officially the signing/transfer,  the deal has been made public for the last week: 25-30M€ transfer with a 6M€/season salary - 5 seasons- for Toni Kroos.

However, from Italy & their

BAYERN MUNICH SIGNS YOUNG JUAN BERNAT FROM VALENCIA CF

German giant Bayern Munich has announced the signing of 21 year old Valencia CF & Spanish U-21 winger JUAN BERNAT. The player had another year of contract with Valencia CF but was sold for 10M€. Surprising as Valencia CF lets go a huge talent that Bayern Munich did not doubt for a minute in getting over to their Club. 




The player is known for being extremely rapid, with excellent skills & a

REAL MADRID | ALFREDO DI STEFANO DIES AT 88

The World Soccer community & World Football fans have just received the news that Football Legend & Real Madrid CF "Honorary President", Alfredo Di Stefano has passed away at the age of 88. The Real Madrid legend suffered a heart-attack last Friday which put him into a coma of which he was not able to recover.Alfredo Di Stefano is considered one of the Greatest Football Players ever in the

JAMES RODRIGUEZ | ANGEL DI MARIA OUT FIRST FROM REAL MADRID

It started off as media generated hype,  but slowly the idea of Colombian International & Monaco 22 year old forward JAMES RODRIGUEZ ending up next season at Real Madrid is gaining credibility. The fact that James Rodriguez publicly voiced his dream to play at Real Madrid has opened the doors of the Spanish Football Club as President Florentino Perez always wants the "Best" & tacitly requires

JAMES RODRIGUEZ & REAL MADRID | LATEST NEWS

With the elimination of Colombia from the World Cup we lose seeing 22 year old James Rodriguez currently leading the goalscoring tally with 6 goals & the "new sensation" of World Soccer. However, the exhibition by the Monaco forward has lit the lights of the mayor European Clubs & speculation is ramped that the Colombian may be headed to a new Club next season.James Rodriguez himself set his own

MANCHESTER UNITED EYES ANGEL DI MARIA

While Argentine International is on duty with his Nation at the World Cup, locally the rumours increase that ANGEL DI MARIA is looking to force his exit for Real Madrid CF. Real Madrid Coach Carlo Ancelotti is not in favour of letting go the midfielder, but the Argentine is "rubbing up the wrong way" the Real Madrid Directives with comments & behaviour. A situation which is not new at all & has

LUIS SUAREZ - RADAMEL FALCAO LATEST NEWS | SPANISH FOOTBALL

The big Spanish Football Clubs are making their moves to shut & securing their main signing priorities for season 2014 - 2015. FC Barcelona has put Liverpool FC striker Luis Suarez as its main priority while Real Madrid CF seems to have focused on Monaco striker Radamel Falcao. Most of the Spanish Sports papers have been running with these stories for the past weeks & both have been gaining in

CHELSEA FC MAKES OFFICIAL DIEGO COSTA SIGNING

Its the worst keep secret in Football. After months of rumour & speculation English Premier League Club Chelsea FC has communicated officially via its Website that they have paid the 38M€ contract release clause for Atletico de Madrid & Spanish International forward Diego Costa.




The Spanish-Brazilian player has had a fabulous season 2013-2014 scoring 27 goals in 34 Liga games. That figure

REAL MADRID NEWS | ANGEL DI MARIA WANTS TO LEAVE

The Angel Di Maria musical chairs game is back on at Real Madrid. I am happy, I am sad, I want to stay, I wish to leave, I am unhappy, I am sad... its been like this for years with Di Maria. The Spanish Sports paper "AS" publishes today that the Argentine International midfielder has communicated to Real Madrid that he would like to leave. The reason? He feels the Club does not value him as he

REAL MADRID - BAYERN MUNICH NEGOTIATING FOR TONI KROSS?

Spanish Sports paper "Marca" has gone out this morning with the story that Spanish Football Club Real Madrid CF & Bayern Munich have began negotiations over German International Player & 24 year old midfielder Toni Kross. This "rumour" has been ongoing for months & it seems - according to the paper - that it is slowly becoming a reality.  




The Bayern Munich player has one year of contract

JAMES RODRIGUEZ LINKED TO REAL MADRID? IT IS MORE LIKE FALCAO

James Rodriguez, 22 year old French Club Monaco & Colombian International forward is currently the sensation of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil & of World Soccer. The player has currently 5 goals & if his National Team can keep on advancing & he keeps on scoring James Rodriguez will eclipse Neymar & Messi. 

The comments given to Spanish Radio "Cope" post-match after defeating Uruguay 2-0 has set on

LOOKING FOR A STRIKER | FC BARCELONA - REAL MADRID CF

Leaving aside the Luis Suarez "biting incident" & his severe FIFA sanction, the news is that FC Barcelona remains interested in signing the Uruguayan striker. The Barcelona based Spanish Sports papers are very adamant that Luis Suarez has given his OK to FC Barcelona & that the latter now only needs to begin negotiations with Liverpool FC. Barça from their end wish to take advantage of the Luis

FC BARCELONA WINS ACB LIGA TITLE | SPANISH BASKETBALL

FC Barcelona won tonight the Spanish Basketball League (ACB) after defeating 83-81 Real Madrid & taking the "Best of 5 games" Final with a final 3 - 1 aggregate. Rough & tough game with controversial referee decision along with Real Madrid Coach Pablo Laso being expelled from the game. Very tension as Real Madrid needed to win to stay alive.

FC Barcelona player & Captain Juan Carlos Navarro was

WORLD CUP 2014 BRAZIL | THE FLOPPING RANKING | SPAIN Nº 28

Do you know what "Flopping" means in Football? I had no idea until I came across an article in the "Wall Street Journal". According to the definition give by the prestigious American journal, flopping is the amount of time a player spends on the ground "faking" an injury in order to halt play.

Curiously this same media source has undertaken a study to rank the National Teams players after 32

THE LUIS SUAREZ BITING INCIDENT A PLAN TO LEAVE LIVERPOOL FC?

Everyone knows that Uruguayan International & Liverpool FC forward Luis Suarez wants to leave English Football. Football insiders comment that Suarez included a "listen to offers" clause on his renovated contract with Liverpool last year precisely to allow his wanted exit.There is one place that Luis Suarez wants to play, & that is in Spanish Football. The only two Clubs that the Liverpool FC

REAL MADRID EARNS 57.4M€ WINNING UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

UEFA has released today the revenue distribution to Clubs for the Champions League competition season 2013-2014. The winner Real Madrid got the biggest UEFA payment with 57.4M€ ($78.3 M).



French Club Paris Saint-Germain was second in the revenue share, getting 54.4M€($74.2 M) despite losing in the quarter-finals stage of the Champions League competition. The reason for this is that PSG has big

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM, WHAT NEXT?

The Spain Football Team is back home after a disastrous World Cup 2014 campaign. Their elimination from the Group phase was humiliating & their poor exhibition is still an unknown. But the question now is, what next?

After some reflection & deep analysis some people have to assume responsibility  & embark on making some deep changes & determined decisions . Current Selector & Coach Vicente Del

MANCHESTER UNITED ABOUT TO TIE ANDER HERRERA

Looks as if this time around Manchester United are serious. The English Premier League Club left last season hanging Athletic Club Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrara until the last minute. News is that Manchester United has not forgotten the young Spanish talent & will deposit within hours the 36M€ contract release clause that liberates the player to become a new "Red" for next season. Manchester

SPAIN SAYS GOODBYE WINNING 0 - 3 AUSTRALIA | WORLD CUP 2014

Last match for Spain in this World Cup in Brazil with a 0 - 3 victory over Group B opponents Australia. Both teams leave eliminated from the competition with Spain at least finding today its "lost Football" & winning back some lost pride, while Australia is a young side that is building up experience with the Asian Cup - which they host - coming as their next big objective in the near future.

ANDRES INIESTA TO REACH HIS 100TH GAME WITH SPAIN

The Spanish National Football Team plays its last match this afternoon against Australia in Group B of the 2014 World Cup. A match that gives the team the opportunity to "clean" their disastrous image & win back some lost pride. It is also a "trap" as Australia are super keen to defeat the reigning World Champs & go back home on a high, while Spain psychologically is low with some internal

REAL MADRID EYES MATEO KOVACIC OF INTER MILAN

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid wants to reinforce its midfield for next season, a player with a similar profile as Xabi Alonso. Names have been published in the front pages of most Sports press such as Pogba & Arturo Vidal of Juventus FC, Ramires of Chelsea FC & Verratti of Paris St Germain. The first two have dropped in the list due to their high prices &/or Juventus does not wish to sell, 

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM | THE WOUNDS REOPEN

Spanish International midfielder Xabi Alonso has always been a "no bullshit man". Characterised by his straight to the grain views & opinions his post Chile comments has caused bad feeling within the Spanish Team Camp.When Xabi Alonso was asked by media, before leaving the "Maracana Stadium" after losing its second Group match 0 - 2 to Chile & thus being eliminated, to why he thought Spain sank &

WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT IS NEXT? | SPAIN ELIMINATED FROM 2014 WORLD CUP

What happened? What now? We here in Spain along with the rest of the World has witnessed the debacle of the reigning World Champions which has dominated World Soccer for the pass 6 years. The end of a "cycle" was predictable as players age & along with that their physical powers, but what has shocked us is the way, the manner & the exhibition shown in the elimination of the Spanish National

SPAIN 0 CHILE 2 | SPAIN ELIMINATED FROM 2014 WORLD CUP

The first National Football Team to be eliminated from the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil is the reigning World Champions SPAIN which lost 0 - 2 to CHILE in today's Group B match. A devastating blow to the Spain Football Team & Spanish Football which ends their nearly 8 years of domination in World Soccer. Chile with this win seals, along with Holland, their pass onto the next phase of the World

THE FUTURE OF XAVI HERNANDEZ LOOKS MORE OUT OF FC BARCELONA

News & last minute manoeuvres coming out of the city of Barcelona indicate that Spanish International & Barça 34 year old midfielder XAVI HERNANDEZ may leave his actual Club. The arrival of new Coach Luis Enrique (no good feeling between them) & the effects of age has heated up the speculations levels for the past weeks of a departure.

It is known that Xavi Hernandez has an offer from New York (

SPAIN vs CHILE PREVIEW | PLAYER CHANGES ASKED FOR IN STARTING XI LINE-UP

Tomorrow is "D-DAY"  for the Spanish Football National Team. After their disastrous start in their Group B match losing 1 - 5 to Holland, they must win Chile tomorrow to stay alive in the FIFA World Cup 2014 being held in Brazil.

The match against Holland put into doubt same players, Casillas, Pique, Busquets, Xavi Hernandez & Silva. Many local Football observers, media specialists & Spanish

REVISED FASTEST FOOTBALL - SOCCER PLAYERS IN THE WORLD | FIFA RANKING

Some time ago I published a list by FIFA listing the "Fastest Football Players on the Planet". The current & ongoing FIFA World Cup in Brazil has put on show some of those listed & apparently has lead to modify the list. One devastating example was the opening match of Group B between Spain & Holland, where Arjen Robben reached 37 Km/h to overtake Sergio Ramos & later score. This registered

FC BARCELONA ANNOUNCES IVAN RATIKIC OFFICIALLY

As posted here a week ago Croatian International midfielder IVAN RATIKIC leaves Sevilla FC & becomes a new player for FC Barcelona. The Spanish Football Club has officially announced the new signing on their Club Website.




The player costs FC Barcelona around 18M€ plus variables & included in the operation was young Barça promise Denis Suarez who goes over to Sevilla FC for the next two season

FC BARCELONA - GONZALO HIGUAIN HAVE AN AGREEMENT FOR NEXT SEASON ?

Surprise, surprise. Spanish Sports paper "Marca" advances that ex-Real Madrid & now Napoli Argentine International Gonzalo Higuain is very close to landing at FC Barcelona for next season. That is right, as you read, according to the media source Higuain has come to an agreement with with Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona to be their new forward signing for next season.The only thing now needed

POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM XI AGAINST CHILE ?

The 1 - 5 defeat by Spain at the hands of Holland in last Wednesdays FIFA World Cup Group B opener is still causing debate, especially locally as everyone attempts to figure out what went wrong.

The Spanish National Football Team is now back at their base camp in the city of Curitiba recovering physically & morally thinking about their next match against Chile. The mathematics are quite simple,

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM CRITICISMS | THE AFTERMATH

Yesterday was Friday the 13th. For those suspicious it was perhaps the worst day to start a World Cup campaign, for others Iker Casillas needs to be asked if he saw a Black Cat cross his path yesterday. The 1 - 5 defeat by Spain at the hands of Holland was humiliating & complicates their Group B qualification. Spain has to now defeat (yes or yes) a very difficult Chile, & then defeat Australia

SPAIN 1 - HOLLAND 5 | WORLD CUP 2014 GROUP B RESULT

Not even in the Spain Football Team (or ours) worst nightmare would have they have thought that their opening FIFA World Cup 2014 Group B match against Holland would end in a 1 - 5 defeat. A devastating blow to Spain which had a horrific 2º half with unusual defensive mistakes & mental lapses that cumulated in a moral deterioration that will hurt & leave deep scares.If Holland thought this to be

POSSIBLE STARTING LINE-UPS SPAIN - HOLLAND | WORLD CUP 2014

The FIFA World Cup in Brazil kicked off last night with Brazil winning Croatia in controversial fashion. Tonight the defending World Champions Spain play Holland in their Group B opener. A repeat of the 2010 Final with Holland having 6 still in the team from last time. A very defensive Holland is expected with up to 5 defenders to halt Spain with perhaps the added "touch" of some physical

REAL MADRID CF RICHEST FOOTBALL CLUB IN THE WORLD 2014

The prestigious American business & finance magazine "Forbes" has published its list of "Richest Football Clubs in World Football". The study was done last month of May & two Spanish Football Clubs top the list as the "most valuable".UEFA Champions Real Madrid stands at the Nº1 spot with a economic value of 3.440M US$ followed by Spanish rival & Club FC Barcelona with 3.200M US$. The rest are

ALEXIS SANCHEZ | JUVENTUS FC & MANCHESTER UNITED INTEREST

The offices at FC Barcelona are very busy these days as the Club plans its "mini-revolution" & new look squad for next season under new Coach Luis Enrique. Everyday there are new rumours of offers & current players about to exit. 

One name is Chilean International Alexis Sanchez, which has been sounding for the last 6 months as an exit candidate. However these past weeks the "noise" has

LAKAKU AN OPTION FOR ATLETICO DE MADRID

Everyone accepts that Atletico de Madrid & Spanish International forward Diego Costa will be heading over to London next season to play at Chelsea FC. The news last week broke out from the UK & was picked up locally that the English Club had tied up Costa. Even the man himself - Diego Costa - said in an interview yesterday from Brazil that perhaps it is correct he will end up at Chelsea FC when

FC BARCELONA SIGNS IVAN RATIKIC

Both Sevilla FC & FC Barcelona still have to make it official, but both Barcelona based Spanish Sports papers - "Sport" & "Mundo Deportivo" - have already pasted on their front page of their online editions. Croatian International midfielder IVAN RATIKIC is on his way to FC BARCELONA after Sevilla FC & Barça Directives negotiated all day to shut the deal.




The terms between Clubs is said to be

SPAIN THE MOST VALUABLE TEAM IN FIFA WORLD CUP 2014

Have you ever wondered which Nation participating in the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil is the economically most valuable? That is, if we sum up the current Football Market Prices of the individual players in their respective squads, which National Team would have the highest value?

The answer is the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM according to the prestigious American magazine "Time"

SPANISH SPORTS | RAFAEL NADAL WINS HIS 9th FRENCH OPEN

Although this blog has a high percentage (a majority) of Spanish Football content, as its title suggest, there is space for other Sports, especially when Spanish Sportsman rise to the highest level. It is again an enormous pleasure & honour to announce that Spanish Tennis Player & World Nº1 Rafael Nadal has won his 9th French Open Title this afternoon. 

Rafael Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic 3-6,

SPAIN 2 EL SALVADOR 0 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY RESULT

Spain played its last International Friendly before flying off to Brazil to defend its World Champions Title against El Salvador in Washington DC (USA). The final result was a 2 - 0 result victory by the Spanish Football National Team.




Spanish Coach Vicent Del Bosque took the opportunity given by this match to give the Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid members of the squad minutes to get

TONI KROSS IN THE LIST OF REAL MADRID POSSIBILITIES

Real Madrid Coach Carlo Ancelotti has given instructions to Club Directives for the desired new incorporations for next season. The names are many but the "main plan/area" is to build up further the midfield zone (apart from others), thus Ancelotti has given a "list" of candidates" with the other areas - like a Centre Forward - open to a wider decision that will be warmly welcomed if it occurs.