REAL MADRID SIGNINGS - GOSSIP | ISCO - CRISTIANO RONALDO

Authentic "tug of war" happening at the moment with Spanish International & young Malaga FC midfieder Isco. The Spanish Football pearl has two very good offers on the table, Real Madrid & Manchester City.
The talks with Real Madrid are very advanced & his inner circle ( father & representative ) believe that it is the players best option. However, it is Isco who is not sure & is currently more

REAL MADRID HAS A TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH PLAYER LUIS SUAREZ ?

Uruguayan International & Liverpool FC striker LUIS SUAREZ wishes to leave English Football & play elsewhere for reasons that most Football followers ( specially the English Premier League ) are familiar with & I don´t wish to analyse here.Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid has targeted the forward to replace departing Radamel Falcao, but the 45-50M€ price tag has stopped cold this option.

CESC FABREGAS | THE CALLS FROM MANCHESTER UNITED, MANCHESTER CITY & ARSENAL FC

Cesc Fabregas was an idol & the Captain at Arsenal FC. His move to FC Barcelona diluted his influence & role amongst a star-studded line-up of team-mates most of which are the "Best in the World" in their positions. He was warned beforehand of the possibility but the desire to return "home" was greater than the reality.

Without the playing time one would expect & without the important role

CELTA DE VIGO IAGO ASPAS CLOSE TO LIVERPOOL FC

Iago Aspas, forward of Spanish Football Club Celta of Vigo, has an important job ahead this Saturday in the last Round of Liga for this season; to help save his Club from relegation. Difficult endeavour as 4 teams will be fighting for their Spanish Liga life & the combinations of results & points makes it a "Russian Roulette".




Independently of the final outcome & the ultimate fate of Celta of

ATLETICO DE MADRID NEWS | IN SEARCH OF A NEW STRIKER

With Atletico de Madrid without its forward Radamel Falcao who signed yesterday with French Club Monaco, the "race" is on to find a worthy substitute that can get the goals needed for an ambitious new season coming up with Champions League included.Although the Club has received an important injection of cash with the transfer of Falcao, most of the money will go to the Spanish Tax office as

REAL MADRID | ANGEL DI MARIA CLOSE TO PARIS ST GERMAIN ?

It has been speculated for months that Real Madrid Argentine forward Angel Di Maria could be sold at the end of this season. The player has offers & Real Madrid needs to fill the bank account if they desire to sign big names some of which are costly like Gareth Bale, Cavani etc.

Portuguese press, "A Bola",  make echo of the real possibility of Di Maria signing for Paris St Germain for an offer

FALCAO CLOSE TO SIGNING WITH MONACO - WITH A "CATCH"

Atletico de Madrid Colombian forward Radamel Falcao is on the verge of signing with French Club Monaco. Spanish media speculate it could be today. However, most are baffled at why the "Best Nº 9 in Europe" wants to sign with a Club that will not be in Champions League or in European competition.




Here are the reported reasons:


60M€ transfer to Atletico de Madrid ( plus the commissions to all

FALCAO - VALDES IN MONACO TO SIGN ?

News in from "France Press" informes that Atletico de Madrid forward Radamel Falcao & FC Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes are correctly in Monaco ( France ). The rumours of the signing by Monaco look like they may become reality - according to French Press - as both players may undergo tomorrow the medical exams needed before formally signing with the newly Liga 1 French Club.

The transfer

SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | PRE-LIST FOR THE CONFEDERATIONS CUP

Spanish Football National Team Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has handed in this midday his pre-list of 26 players that will make up the Spanish Team squad for the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup Finals to be held in Brazil next month. I say pre-list because three names will fall off next week to keep it to 23 players before flying off to the Friendly games scheduled & to Brazil.

Novelty,

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 37 MATCHES FINAL RESULTS

Emotional & exciting Round 37 of Spanish Football as Liga has the fate of many Clubs still up in the air. There is an authentic battle between the bottom placed teams to attempt to avoid the relegation into the Spanish 2º Division, while there is another battle for the 4th place on the ladder that gives Champions League options.All the matches were played today & all simultaneously at 20.00. Here

NEYMAR GOES TO FC BARCELONA | WILL SIGN MONDAY

Spanish Football will have a new upcoming talent next season. FC BARCELONA announced around 03.30 Sp. local time via their Web that they had an agreement with Santos & Neymar to sign for next season. The Brazilian 21 year old "sensation" announced this himself as well via the Social Media channels & will sign the formal contract tomorrow that will make him officially a FC Barcelona player as of

NEYMAR | AN AGREEMENT - DEAL WITH FC BARCELONA SHUT ?

More news from Brazil after intense negotiations today between Santos, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid & Neymar. The very latest news circulating is the offer each Club ( Barça & Madrid ) has made to the Santos player: Real Madrid 11M€ /season & FC Barcelona 7M€/season. But there is a "catch", Real Madrid asks for 50% of the players image rights while FC Barcelona gives it all - 100% - to Neymar. Just

NEYMAR NEWS - LATEST | FC BARCELONA OR REAL MADRID ITS UP TO NEYMAR

We have been following the Neymar "soap opera" here for months. I would assume that plenty of fans of Santos, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid & World Football in general will be interested in knowing how it will finish.Apparently, according to local Spanish Sports press, we could be in the final home stretch. 



There are two firm offers on the table that satisfy the 4 players rights owners of Neymar.

THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IDEAL 11 TEAM SELECTION FOR SEASON 2012 - 2013

The news source in itself could be debated if its reputable, English paper "The Sun" has released their "Ideal Champions League 11" for season 2012 - 2013". Apart from their choices - all top players - there is a stark contrast with the "Ideal 11" lists from last season. 



Firstly, the list is dominated by the German Clubs Bayern Munich & Borussia Dortmund, both which will meet tomorrow in

EURO U-21 CHAMPIONSHIP ISRAEL | FULL LIST OF SPANISH NATIONAL SQUAD PLAYERS

The Spanish U- 21 National Team Selector & Coach Julen Lopetegui has handed in today his list of players that will make up the U- 21 Spanish Football Team for the upcoming U-21 European Championships to be held in Israel during the days 5 - 18 of June.Spain will be defending title & put forward on paper a powerful squad full of full-time experienced players in top league Clubs around Europe.

FC BARCELONA | THIAGO TO LEAVE BARCELONA

FC Barcelona has always preached they are different, that one of the elements they hold close & cultivate is to create local talent for the Club. It´s propaganda ,  as with most other Clubs.

FC Barcelona "home grown" young midfield talent Thiago Alcantra is to leave the Club because he can´t find a regular place. The irony & the truth is that FC Barcelona prefers to spent a whooping 60-70M€ on

REAL MADRID | TRANSFER NEWS - GOSSIP FOR SEASON 2013-2014

Spanish Sports paper "Marca" has put on its front cover today a story titled "The plans of Florentino" discussing the wishes & possible signing targets the Real Madrid CF has for next season 2013 - 2014.




With the above image courtesy of the Spanish paper, they speculate that President Florentino & Real Madrid will be going for: Neymar, Lewandowski, Bale, Isco, Carvajal & Casemiro. 

Studying

REAL MADRID | EDINSON CAVANI THE CHOICE OF ANCELOTTI

Edinson Cavani has scored 29 goals in 34 games this season & seems the striker that Real Madrid wishes for next season. Current Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain looks all set to leave for Juventus ( or England ) & there will be a place for the Napoles Uruguayan International. 
News from Italy & locally cite that current Paris St Germain Coach - & next Real Madrid Coach - Carlo Ancelotti has

ATLETICO DE MADRID | WHO WILL REPLACE FALCAO ?

It seems clear that Atletico de Madrid forward Radamel Falcao will be leaving at the end of the season. What´s not confirmed is where but there are a few Clubs being mentioned, Monaco, Chelsea FC, Manchester City & Paris St Germain, with the first two more favourite than the others.



Atletico de Madrid obviously have to work - & have been - to find a substitute forward that will fill the "big"

NEYMAR | PLAYER WISHES TO GO TO FC BARCELONA - OR IT SEEMS

Signing Brazilian sensation Neymar is a very complex affair as the players rights are divided in four parts : Club Santos (55%), DIS (45%),Teisa (5%) plus his father. Each naturally wishes to get the maximum out of their investment, while his Club Santos desires to sell him now in order to avoid the player becoming a "free agent" next season. 

As written here Spanish Football Club Real Madrid

FC BARCELONA NEW UNIFORMS SEASON 2013 - 2014

Just bought yourself this season FC Barcelona shirt - uniform? After forking out between 80 - 100 € for an official version it must look great, correct? Well marketing speaking, you have just been "rolled", your old news, old school & behind the times.



FC Barcelona has presented its season 2013 - 2014 new uniform for home & away matches as we can see below. In fact, it does not differ

REAL MADRID NEGOCIATING FOR LEWANDOWSKI - ISCO ?

Spanish radio station "Cadena Ser" gave the news last night during its late night Football Show that Spanish Football Club Real Madrid CF was in negotiations with Borussia Dortmund & Malaga FC. The players in question are respectively Polish forward Robert Lewandowski & Spanish midfielder Isco.




According to the radio station German Club Borrusia Dortmund has approached Real Madrid because

SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 36 MONDAY GAME RESULT

Spanish Football match tonight, the last game of Round 36 of Liga. A do or die affair for Real Mallorca in that, if they lost tonight they mathematically would be relegated to the Spanish 2º Division.The final result - score - ended Real Mallorca 1 - Real Betis 0, which keeps the options open for Real Mallorca in their desperate attempt to save themselves with just two more games of Liga left for

REAL MADRID PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES MOURINHO EXIT

Real Madrid CF President Florentino Perez gave a press conference this afternoon with double motive:


to announce that current Coach Jose Mourinho will leave, 
that he will be running for re-election for the Club Presidency.




Both are not new at all, simply the President formalized what we all suspected months back. The Real Madrid CF Presidential elections will be the 16th of June, &

REAL MADRID & ANCELOTTI TARGETS LICHTSTEINER OF JUVENTUS

Specific petition from the probable next Coach of Real Madrid Carlo Ancelotti? Spanish Sports paper "AS" publish today that Real Madrid is negotiating with Italian Club Juventus for 29 year old Swiss & Juve right-back Lichtsteiner. 



Real Madrid desires - as has happened - to include the defender in the Gonzalo Higuain negotiations. As written here weeks back, Juventus has targeted Real Madrid

SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 36 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football - Soccer - action today with four matches of Round 36 of Liga. There are just two matches left for the season & there is a furious battle at the bottom of the classification table between 4- 6 Clubs to avoid relegation. Here are the final results - scores - & all the goal scorers.




Levante lost 2 - 3 to Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano with the latter still with Europa League ladder

REAL MADRID POLITICS | JOSE MOURINHO TO LEAVE PRESIDENT FLORENTINO PEREZ TO STAY

Everything indicates that the "Mourinho era" at Real Madrid has come to its end. Scorched earth some claim, a created disaster area like a recently passed Hurricane. The "Special One" came to put back the glory back onto Real Madrid & will leave with only a Spanish Cup, Liga & Spanish SuperCup title. Not bad at all for any other Club, but not with Real Madrid that measures success with Champions

SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 36 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football this weekend with three matches yesterday - Saturday - as part of Round 36 of Liga. Although the Spanish League title has been determined ( to FC Barcelona ) & second (Real Madrid) & third ( At Madrid ) places allocated, there is a great battle for the last Champions League position,  & to avoid relegation to the second division. 




Valencia CF continued to pressure Real

SPANISH CUP FINAL | ATLETICO DE MADRID - REAL MADRID TEAM PHOTOS

Magnificent Spanish Cup Final last night with Atletico de Madrid defeating Real Madrid 1 - 2. The city is today half full of joy & the other "cursing" their bad luck ( 4 posts ) & missed opportunities. But that's Football, not like some - like Mourinho - who commented that Atletico did not deserve to win,  & Cristiano Ronaldo who was sent off did not even go up to get his runners-up medal. Bad 

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SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY - FINAL | REAL MADRID 1 ATLETICO DE MADRID 2

Fourteen years without being able to defeat the City rival Real Madrid & tonight Atletico de Madrid defeats them 1 - 2 in the Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey - Final & in the home ground of Real Madrid. Its the 10 th Spanish Cup title for Atletico de Madrid.The game had it all; intensity, hard work, opportunities, posts, incredible saves & plenty of yellow cards & three reds cards: Jose Mourinho,

SPANISH CUP - COPA DEL REY - FINAL 2013 | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 TEAMS LINE-UPS

Friday 17th of May at 21.30 hours the city of Madrid will stand still while its two biggest Football Club play it out in the Spanish Cup - Copa del Rey - Final at the "Santiago Bernabeu" Stadium. Maximum rivalry, with Real Madrid wishing to end the season with at least one major trophy after failing in Liga & Champions League, while Atletico de Madrid wants to shake off the 15 year drought of "no

SPANISH FOOTBALL TRANSFER NEWS | DAVID VILLA - CRISTIANO RONALDO

Some news - or speculation rumour - doing the rounds locally & overseas today in the transfer area concerning some important Spanish Football stars.




News out of Spanish radio "Cadena Ser" puts FC Barcelona & Spanish International David Villa very close to English Premier League Club Tottenham Hotspurs. It was thought that Arsenal FC was in the front running but in the last days Coach

FC BARCELONA | VALDES TO LEAVE - LIVERPOOL FC WILL LISTEN FOR REINA IF TELLO INCLUDED

Current FC Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes has announced that he will be leaving the Club at the end of the season & that the Club can also listen to offers. Barça Directives & technical staff have attempted to keep Valdez another year but they have not been successful.

This puts in place a "desperate" need to find a substitute goalkeeper, or at least accelerate the signing process. There

HAS FALCAO ALREADY SIGNED WITH MONACO FOR 60M€ ?

News out of Colombia, from Radio NC, communicates that Atletico de Madrid & Colombian International forward Radamel Falcao has signed with new promoted Liga 1 French Club Monaco for 60M€. There has been talk theses days that Monaco has got in the front seat ahead of other Clubs like PSG & Chelsea FC & that they were serious.




It is not official & one would suspect that nothing will be said

SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | MONDAY GAME | REAL SOCIEDAD 2 GRANADA 2

Last game tonight of Round 35 of Liga & an important game for both Clubs. Real Sociedad needed a win to get back the prized 4th position on the Spanish Football League ladder that gives Champions Leagues options for next season, while Granada needs the points to get away from the "dangerous relegation zone" of the table. The final result ( score ) a 2 -2 draw that keeps Real Sociedad out of the

FC BARCELONA "SHIELDS" YOUNG STAR GERARD DEULOFEU

Gerardo Deulofeu is the pearl of FC Barcelona. The youngster is already a Spanish International with the Spanish U-21 team & his 18 goals in the Spanish 2º Division for FC Barcelona B puts him up there as one of the leading goal scorers this season in the category.



FC Barcelona are very aware that mayor European & local Clubs have eyes on the player & have taken action. Barça has risen the

REAL MADRID | KHEDIRA TO FOLLOW MOURINHO TO CHELSEA FC ?

Most Football observers, locally & overseas ( the UK especially ) take it for granted that current Coach of Real Madrid Jose Mourinho will leave at the end of the season for English Premier League Club Chelsea FC. José Mourinho has not said it officially as yet & in Football as with the personality in question everything is possible & the Portuguese Coach could decide to stay in Madrid, but

SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 35 SUNDAY MATCH RESULTS - SCORES

Spanish Soccer - Football - action today with four games of Round 35 scheduled of Liga. Here are the final scores ( results ) & all the goal scorers.




Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano lost to a Club with a clear mission, to get into Champions League positions. Valencia CF won 4 - 0 & keep the pressure on Real Sociedad which has currently the prized 4th position on the classification ladder & which

SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 35 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS | FC BARCELONA CHAMPIONS

Spanish Football action with Liga matches played as part of Round 35. Bad round for bottom placed teams in relegation troubles,  & with the Real Madrid draw result against RCD Espanyol, FC Barcelona claims mathematically the Spanish Liga title 2012-2013. Here are the final results ( scores ) & all the goal scorers.




Levante drew 0 - 0 with Real Zaragoza on Friday night, a result that did not

REAL MADRID NEWS | MANCHESTER UNITED THINKS KARIM BENZEMA IF ROONEY LEAVES

If in the below post it is rumoured that Real Madrid Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuain is on his way out next season, from England - "The Sun" - we receive news that Karim Benzema is also wanted & desired.  The newspaper source has a "bad reputation" & thus the story loses strength by filling the sensationalist category, but the interested Club is Manchester United.

This last name & Club

REAL MADRID TRANSFERS | ARSENAL FC - HIGUAIN CLOSE ?

Days back the news was the Italian Club Juventus was coming to Madrid to negotiate for Argentine & Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain. Now,  out of the city of Barcelona & the Sports daily "Sport", the news is that English Premier League Club Arsenal FC is better situated.




The Spanish Sports papers goes on to write that Higuain has received various offers, including Tottenham Hotspurs &

MANCHESTER CITY EYES SEVILLA FC JESUS NAVAS

Manchester City has scouts at Seville checking out players. Sevilla FC midfielder Kondogbia was the player most thought was being closely examined, but Spanish Sports paper "Marca" reveals that the true objective is Spanish Soccer International Jesus Navas.




Sevilla FC has in mind selling a few players next season to get in some needed cash, they include Alvaro Negredo, Fazio & Medal. Now they

AT MADRID | FALCAO OFF TO MONACO ?

More news on Atletico de Madrid striker Falcao, this time from Spanish TV news "LaSexta". They claim that the Colombian International will be heading to French Club Monaco. The French Club will return next season to Liga 1 & the Club has Russian multi-millionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev is injecting plenty of cash into the Club. The new owner wishes to put back to "glory days" into Monaco with an

FC BARCELONA | TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR - AT MADRID ENTER THE DAVID VILLA SIGNING RACE ?

It seems clearer as the days pass that the future of Spanish International & FC Barcelona forward David Villa is elsewhere next season. The player is not a regular starter with Coach Vilanova & the player wishes to be a more participative asset, if not at Barça, elsewhere.






There are European & local Clubs very interested in gaining the services of David Villa. One of those Clubs is English

REAL MADRID | XABI ALONSO ANNOUNCES HE WILL CONTINUE NEXT SEASON

Just a short post, but perhaps an important one for all the Real Madrid followers. Midfielder Xabi Alonso commented after the Liga match against Malaga last night that he will be staying next year. 



Lets remember that Xabi Alonso informed the Club that he does not wish to renew his contract & that there was a possibility that he may have wished to leave at the end of the season. Observers cite

SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 36 GAMES FINAL SCORES

Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid  play each other in the final of the Spanish Cup on the 17th of May, which under other circumstances for them coincides with Round 36 of Liga. Obviously both cant participate if on Friday they meet which has forced their scheduled games to be put forward for tonight. That is, two Spanish Football matches were played tonight as part of Round 36 of Liga.




Celta

NEYMAR TRANSFER NEWS | REAL MADRID BACK IN THE FRONT POSITION ?

Nearly everyone takes it as a given that Brazilian & Santos player Neymar will make the jump soon to European Football  & concretely to FC Barcelona. In fact, it is well known that there exists a pre-agreement between Neymar & FC Barcelona with the latter advancing 10M€ to the player & with a penalty clause if the player does not sign. The only unknown is when will be his arrival, Barça is

FC BARCELONA | TRANSFERS - SIGNINGS 2013 NEWS

According to Spanish Sports paper based in Barcelona, "Sport", FC Barcelona Coach Tito Vilanova has handed the Club his list of wanted players for next season: Neymar, Thiago Silva, Isco & Gundogan.




As we all know one thing is what you wish & another is want you can get. Barça has a list of players that will be shown the exit door, will be open to offers or simply will wish to leave the Club

REAL MADRID | CAVANI WANTED BUT PRICE OF RELEASE CLAUSE TOO HIGH

Real Madrid is looking for an specialist goal scorer, a goal square "killer, a classic Number Nine Striker. It all looks clear that Gonzalo Higuain will be shown the door at the end of the season & Italian Club Juventus could be his new Club, while Karim Benzema seems safe for now, but a great offer may change minds at Real Madrid.

Borussia Dortmund forward Lewandowski has been informally

AT MADRID | MANCHESTER CITY FOCUSES ON YOUNG OLIVER TORRES

The news out of the UK - Daily Mail - should cause unease to all Atletico de Madrid followers. The report is that Manchester City has set its aim onto young Spanish Football sensation & Atletico de Madrid 18 year old midfielder Oliver Torres as a signing target.



The local Spanish Soccer scout for Manchester City, David Fernandez, has sent a praising report to City technical staff & chiefs. The

REAL MADRID | MOURINHO PREFERS LOPEZ OVER CASILLAS PLUS SLAMS PEPE

Explosive press conference given this mid-day by Real Madrid Coach José Mourinho. A press conference that has given media overkill material for headlines & speculation with special hammering for current Real Madrid Captain & goalkeeper Iker Casillas & defender Pepe, the latter who defended Casillas with comments after the last Liga match last weekend.

In a nutshell, Mourinho let known that he

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CURRENT LEADING GOAL SCORERS LIGA - LIGA B | PICHICHI

With Round 34 over & just four more left of Liga in this Spanish Football season 2012 - 2013 we have clear favourites to take the "El Pichichi Award" - Top Spanish 1º st Division & 2º Division Goal scorer for the season. 

Liga has a runaway leader that will be virtually impossible to overtake in FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi who currently has an amazing 45 goals. He is followed by Real

SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 34 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

Last match of Round 34 of Liga played tonight between Spanish Soccer - Football Clubs Getafe & Real Sociedad. The final result went to the Madrid Club 2 - 1 in a great game of Football that soured the Real Sociedad fans & team.The loss puts Valencia CF only two points behind in their particular struggle to secure the Champions League 4th position of the Liga classification ladder. 




Real

REAL MADRID | JUVENTUS GOES FOR GONZALO HIGUAIN

The news out of Italy via the Sports paper "La Gazzetta dello Sport" is not new in reference to Real Madrid Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuain. The paper writes that Italian Club Juventus & Real Madrid will sit down in the coming days to discuss the future of the Real Madrid forward. The meeting may take place in the Italian city of Turin with intermediary Bronzetti handling the conversations.

FC BARCELONA | VILANOVA - PIQUE DRESSING ROOM SPLIT | THE CLAN OF 1987

If you thought that the dressing room of Real Madrid is a ticking bomb with Mourinho vs Iker Casillas, Pepe & Ronaldo, FC Barcelona has its own internal bomb waiting to explode. According to Barcelona based journalist Carles Fité there is a split in the dressing room between Defender Gerard Pique & Coach Vilanova which has its cause in decisions which concern Cesc Fabregas & as always in these

SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 34 SUNDAY GAMES FINAL SCORES

More Liga action today with Round 34 of Spanish Soccer - Football with four games scheduled. Here are all the final scores ( results ) & all the goal scorers.

Bottom placed Real Mallorca hosted Levante & drew 1 - 1. A result for Mallorca that serves more as a loss as they need more points in order to get off the last place. Mallorca got ahead first with a 7th min goal by Hemed but Acquafresca

REAL MADRID SOUNDS OUT LEWANDOWSKI

The local Football observers comment that one of the reasons that Spanish Soccer Club Real Madrid falls short in Champions League is that they haven't a true striker in the squad. That is, a real goal-square "goal hunter" & specialist otherwise known as a classic "Number Nine".I agree with this opinion. Higuain & Benzema are not "true" Number Nine profiles. Higuain fails in the big occasions & is

SPANISH SOCCER | LIGA | ROUND 34 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Summary of Round 34 of Spanish Soccer - Football actions after Saturdays scheduled Liga matches. Here are the final scores & all the goal scorers.

Friday Night had scheduled the Celta de Vigo vs Athletic Club Bibao match which finished in a 1 - 1 draw. The goals came from De Marcos for Bilbao in the 42nd min & the equalizer for Celta came in the 84th min via Aspas. Celta continue in the

FC BARCELONA | THE POSSIBLE EXITS FOR NEXT SEASON

According to a late night popular Spanish TV Football Show, the following players from FC BARCELONA are to possibly exit for next season: Alexis Sanchez, Carles Puyol, David Villa, Cesc Fabregas & Victor Valdes.




Alexis Sanchez: The Chilean International has disappointed with a lower than expected performance since arriving at Barcelona. There is interest from Juventus & Barcelona will accept

LIVERPOOL FC - INTER MILAN EYE FC BARCELONA DEFENDER MONTONYA

There is a "tug of war" between English Premier League Club Liverpool FC & Italian Club Inter Milan for the FC Barcelona defensive "pearl" Martin Montoya. The English Club thinks Montoya is the candidate to substitute Carragher, while Inter Milan see Montoya as the "fill in" for injured defender Javier Zanetti.



Martin Montoya is said to be thinking about a move away from Barça because current

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI RESULT | FC BARCELONA 0 BAYERN MUNICH 3 ( 0 - 7 AGG FOR BAYERN )

FC Barcelona joins rival Real Madrid at the doors of the UEFA Champions League Final after losing 0 - 3 to German Club Bayern Munich. The overall aggregate score ends up 0 - 7 in favour of the Germans & this in itself is news. Many see this as an end of a "golden period for Barça", while others see the need to clean the "house up" for next season. 

There was´nt the intensity or seeming "spirit"

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI FINAL | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UPS FC BARCELONA - BAYERN MUNICH

More Spanish Football heroics called for tonight when FC Barcelona host German Club Bayern Munich in the 2º leg of UEFA Champions League semi-finals. The Germans visit with a 4 - 0 aggregate advantage & were Barça needs a 4-0 scoreline to force extra-time or 5-0 to qualify. A daunting objective that is out of reach for nearly most Clubs in World Football except perhaps FC Barcelona. However,

REAL MADRID | JUPP HEYNCKES IS PLAN B IF PSG CARLO ANCELOTTI FAILS

The elimination of Real Madrid last night at hands of Borussia Dortmund from Champions League has set off a chain of speculation concerning the future of Coach Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese Coach gave some hint last night at the post-Champions press conference when he said: "I may not be here next Champions, I am hated by some & I wish to stay  where I am wanted".Mourinho has been heavily