According to the German newspaper Bild, Bayern Munich have signed Javi Martinez from Spanish club Athletic Bilbao. The transfer was triggered after Bayern activated a €40m buy-out clause in Martinez’s contract. The size of the deal is a record for a German club. The 23-year-old Martinez signed for Bilbao from fellow La Liga side CA […]
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It has dragged on all summer, but it appears that the Luka Modric transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid is finally going to happen. Reports in Spain say that Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez has raised his offer for Modric to €32 million plus a series of performance-related payments which would be for between […]
Real Madrid manager José Mourinho said in an interview with the Portuguese TV channel SIC that the nickname he was known by in English football, the “Special One”, should be changed to the “Only One”, after having won the English, Italian and Spanish leagues. “In England I was referred to as the Special One”. Things […]
Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has criticised the timing of Spain’s friendly against Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The encounter takes place in Puerto Rico on Wednesday, just over a week before the first leg of their Super Cup clash against Barcelona at the Nou Camp on August 22. It is a long and needless trip […]
Real Madrid manager José Mourinho said in an interview with the Portuguese TV channel SIC that the nickname he was known by in English football, the “Special One”, should be changed to the “Only One”, after having won the English, Italian and Spanish leagues. “In England I was referred to as the Special One”. Things […]
Mayhem continues to reign at Racing Santander as coach Juan Carlos Unzue and Director of Football Manolo Saiz look set to be axed from the club. Unzue and Saiz both signed contracts with the Racing club earlier this summer on June 22, with Saiz agreeing to stay at the club in his Director of Football […]
The next 18 days will be some of the most important ones in the history of Athletic Bilbao. In the midst of transfer requests and contract extension rejections from striker, Fernando Llorente and centre-back, Fernando Amorebieta, it is being reported that Athletic are also willing to listen to transfer offers for Spanish international, Javi Martinez, […]
Barcelona’s Dani Alves has wasted no time in reacting to José Mourinho’s apology for his actions during his infamous touchline clash with Tito Vilanova. “He took his time to say sorry. I think he showed the right attitude, but I wouldn’t have waited so long”, the Brazilian told the club’s official media. The ‘azulgrana’ full-back […]