Atletico Madrid president Enrique Cerezo believes Radamel Falcao is the best striker in the world and claims he would not swap him for either Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. Falcao has been a stunning success at the Vicente Calderon following his move from FC Porto in 2011. The Colombia international scored 24 goals in his […]

Jonas provided some much-needed cutting edge for the Valencia as they got off the mark as they beat Lille 2-0 last night, leaving the French side still winless in Champions League this season. A well-worked first-half opener from the Brazilian forward and a slightly more speculative second with 15 minutes remaining, left Lille bottom of […]

Barcelona earned three vital points against Benfica at the Estádio da Luz in the Champions League last night, but it was a costly win as they lost captain Carles Puyol for two months. A statement on the Barcelona web site this morning said: Tests conducted this morning confirmed that Carles Puyol has a dislocated left elbow. The […]

Getafe climbed out of the bottom two of the Primera Division after beating a Real Mallorca side who lost their unbeaten record after being forced to play almost the entire match with a man less. The 10th-minute dismissal of defender Ximo for a professional foul left Mallorca up against it at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez […]

The relationship between Fernando Llorente and Marcelo Bielsa at Athletic Bilbao deteriorated further on Monday morning after a row which saw the out of favour centre-forward walk put of training. Llorente, who came on as a late substitute as Athletic lost 2-0 defeat at Basque rivals Real Sociedad on Saturday, was training with the reserves […]

Barcelona’s injury woes continue as Thiago Alcántara will be out of action for eight weeks after tests confirmed that the Barcelona’s midfielder had torn the collateral ligament in his right knee. 

 It’s a big blow for Thiago who missed the Olympics this summer due to injury, something he had just recovered from. If the […]

FC Barcelona recovered from being two down to come back and beat ten-man Sevilla 3-2 thanks to substitute David Villa’s last-gasp strike, while Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, including two penalties, as Real Madrid’s return to form continued against Deportivo La Coruña. In the big Saturday game, Sevilla looked to be well on their way […]

Another backroom shuffle at Real Madrid as the rumours of infighting between Jose Mourinho and Zinedine Zidane prove true as news comes today that Zidane has stepped down as the club’s sporting director to obtain coaching qualifications in France. “Zidane stepped down from his commitments with the first team two months ago,” said Mourinho. “He […]

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho admits Kaka has given him some food for thought after his starring performance in last night’s thrashing of Millonarios in the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy. Kaka has found first-team opportunities few and far between this season and has been closely linked with a move away from Real, but the Brazil superstar […]