The two best teams in Europe locked horns in Spain tonight as Real Madrid and Barcelona drew 2-2 in an entertaining first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu. I watched a lot of Premier League games this weekend and these two Spanish giants are several steps above even Manchester United. Real Madrid had an impressive preseason […]
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The longest running transfer saga of the summer has finally come to an end as Barcelona have signed Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal. We broke the story earlier in the week on our Arsenal blog, and it looks like all the fine details in the agreement have been finalized. The deal is worth €40m which includes […]
The Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) has revealed that La Liga players will strike for the first two weekends of the season. Players want a wage guarantee fund for when clubs become insolvent, an all-too frequent problem in Spain, with Levante and Hercules struggling to pay staff members in recent years and Real Zaragoza applying […]
It is a very hot and humid night here in Washington D.C. as Man United and Barcelona meet in a rematch of their Champions League Final encounter of two months ago. Different stakes tonight as both teams are concentrating on getting fit for the upcoming season. United are a week or so ahead of Barca […]
I am in Washington D.C. for the Barcelona v Manchester United match on Saturday. Tonight both teams had a practices that were open to the middle and fans. It was really cool to watch Barcelona practice. Completely different exercises than what Man Utd went through. Carlos Puyol (looking a bit heavy) did not practice, but […]
Barcelona have announced a much smaller loss than expected and are confident of returning to profit in the 2011-12 season according to Javier Faus, vice-president for economic affairs. Barcelona posted a pre-tax loss of 9.3 million euros (£8.2m) in the year to the end of June, less than half the 21.4 million euros expected and […]
Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi Hernández have been nominated for UEFA’s award for the best player of the 2010/11 season. The award will be presented on August 25 in Monaco before the draw for the Champions League group stages. According to UEFA: “the award aims to recognise the best player, irrespective of his nationality, […]
It has been a protracted transfer that seemed to be going on for ever, bt Barcelona have announced that they have finally signed Udinese’s Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez for 26 million euros with a potential 11.5 million euros in add-ons. “Udinese and FC Barcelona have reached a final agreement for the transfer of Alexis Sanchez,” […]
There is quite an Iberian battle going on for Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas, with both La Liga sides making bids to Arsenal for their captain. Barcelona opened the bidding. for a player they have tapped up for three seasons, last week when they made an official bid of £27m. The bid was immediately turned down by […]