Russia’s national coach, Fabio Capello has admitted that the Atletico Madrid striker impressed him the first day he saw him play: “during my entire career there’s only been one player who’s impressed as much as Messi the first time I saw him play and that’s Radamel Falcao. He’s an amazing striker and right now, he’s […]

Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon say that an unhappy player has no place in the team and believes the club should not be afraid to offload Cristiano Ronaldo. Calderon was replaced as Real Madrid President in 2009 by Florentino Pérez, and he has been critical of the Perez administration which has only recently managed […]

When Zltan Ibrahimovic signed his monster deal with Paris Saint-Germain this summer, his contract became the global benchmark for the rest of the world’s football stars. An ironically, first in line to negotiate new deals after Ibra’s record breaking contract are the two best players in the world; Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ibrahimovic’s agent […]

Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta is set to be sidelined for the next fortnight after suffering a leg injury while on international duty with Spain. According to a Barca statement, Iniesta damaged the adductor muscle in his right leg during last night’s World Cup qualifying win over Georgia and will be out for between “10 to […]

Cristiano Ronaldo has released a statement stressing that he is only thinking about winning games and trophies with Real Madrid and is not worried about his contractual situation. The message was published on Ronaldo’s official Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon as he returned to training with his club for the first time since his “sadness” […]

Europa League winners Atletico Madrid were among 23 clubs to have prize money withheld as UEFA announced the first sanctions under its financial fair play rules. UEFA said the clubs, who also include Malaga and Sporting Lisbon were found to have “important” overdue payments to other teams, their own employees or social and tax authorities. […]

The checks have arrived from Uefa and they will be a welcome addition to many of Spain’s clubs. Due to a new deal between UEFA and the European Club Association, teams across Europe now receive financial compensation for releasing players for qualifying and finals for the European Championships. For this summer Euro 2012 competition, Real […]

With the current financia crisis that is engulfing La Liga clubs, never has the development of academy players been more important. The academy players can provide a steady stream of fresh talent to the first team, as we see in Barcelona, or they can provide a stream of talent that can then be sold off […]