FIFA RANKINGS AUGUST 2013 | SPAIN Nº 1

FIFA has released its monthly "National Football Teams Rankings" with Spain retaining the Number 1 position for another month. The loss in the FIFA Confederations Cup Final against Brazil has made Spain lose points but retains a "healthy" margin over second placed Germany. The winners of the said Final, Brazil,  jumps up back into the Top 10 Football Nations.




FIFA Ranking for August 2013:

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FC BARCELONA CENTRAL DEFENDER WOES

Brazilian International & Chelsea FC defender David Luiz is occupying the Spanish Sports papers after news from England comments that FC Barcelona has made a 40M€ offer for the defender. Contradictory news, because from Barcelona that figure is close to 25M€ which should not really surprise us as these numbers are often distorted. The case is that David Luiz seems to be the man chosen by Barça to

VALENCIA CF SELECTS REAL ZARAGOZA POSTIGA TO REPLACE SOLDADO

Portuguese International & Real Zaragoza 31 year old striker Helder Postiga is the chosen player by Valencia CF to fill the position left vacant by Roberto Soldado after transferring the goalscorer to Tottenham Hotspurs. 



Valencia CF has paid Real Zaragoza 3M€ & the player has arrived at the city of Valencia this evening to pass tomorrow morning the obligatory medical exam before signing with

SPANISH DEFENDER GOIKOETXEA NAMED "TOUGHEST DEFENDER IN FOOTBALL HISTORY"

German magazine "11 Freunde" has given its list of  "The Toughest Defenders in Football History" with Spanish International & Athletic Club Bilbao defender Andoni Goikoetxea taking the Nº 1 position. The only modern - contemporary - player in the list is Real Madrid defender Pepe with the Nº 6 spot & lastly Spanish International & Real Madrid defender José Camacho is given the N º 14 position.

ATLETICO DE MADRID RAISE TO 9M€ FROM TOULOUSE CAPOUE

Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid returns French Club Toulouse with an improved offer for their 25 year old French International midfielder Capoue. The offer rises to 9M€ & Atletico hopes that the French Club will accept the offer after the player has voiced his desires to play in Spain.



Originally Toulouse had accepted a better offer from Cardiff City of 10M€ plus extras, an offer

CRISTIANO RONALDO - RIBERY - MESSI FINALISTS UEFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR

UEFA has handed in their list of the three candidates up for the "UEFA Player of the Year" season 2012-2013. The three chosen are:

Cristiano Ronaldo ( Real Madrid CF)
Franck Ribery ( Bayern Munich)
Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona)


The winner will be announced the 29th of August in Monaco where 29 leading Football journalists will vote live & direct via an electronic voting system.






Cristiano

THE DIEGO COSTA - LUIS SUAREZ - CAZORLA TRANSFER OPERATION THEORY

This next piece is very interesting & worth a post. Very speculative & will need to be seen, but not impossible. According to Spanish Sports newspapers - "Sport" & "El Confidencial" a 3 band transfer move could be brewing between Atletico de Madrid Diego Costa, Liverpool FC Luis Suarez & Arsenal FC player Santi Cazorla.



Here is the theory:


A 25M€ move by Atletico de Madrid player Diego Costa