Villarreal have agreed to sell playmaker Borja Valero to Serie A side Fiorentina for a fee believed to be approximately €7m, according to the Spanish club’s website. Valero, 27, becomes the latest Villarreal star to leave as the club cut their wage bill after unexpectedly suffering relegation from Spain’s top flight last season. “Pending the […]
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Spanish Under-21 international Didac Vila will spend next season on loan at Valencia after they reached an agreement with AC Milan. Vila spent last season on loan at Espanyol and was one of Los Pericos’ most consistent performers as he missed only one league game and scored two goals as Mauricio Pochettino’s side finished 14th. […]
Spain rattled the woodwork three times but suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of Honduras at St James Park and crashed out of the Olympics. Jerry Bengtson’s seventh-minute header, his third goal in two games, ensured that the Spaniards, whose senior team are reigning World and European champions, will go home early following […]
Barcelona captain Carles Puyol has been given the medical all-clear to resume playing after undergoing knee surgery earlier this summer. The 34-year-old Spain defender returned to training with his team-mates last week after missing the end of the 2011/12 season, including his nation’s triumphant European Championship defence, and going under the knife in May. A […]
Malaga manager Manuel Pellegrini has said it is impossible for his players not to be affected by the current uncertainty regarding the future ownership of the club. The Andalusians qualified for the Champions League for the first time ever in May after spending over 50million euros on players last summer but have yet to make […]
Atletico Madrid’s new signing Emre Belozoglu believes his side have the potential to push Real Madrid and Barcelona all the way in the 2012/13 La Liga campaign. Diego Simeone’s men finished fifth last season, 44 points behind their city rivals in first, but they did win 12 consecutive European games on their way to a […]
Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido has once again called for change in the distribution of money from television rights in La Liga Currently Real Madrid and Barcelona receive nearly 135million euros each per season from TV income, while the other La Liga clubs like Sevilla receive 31million euros. Del Nido led a similar campaign […]
Reports are coming out of Spain that Arsenal are on the verge of signing Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin on a season long loan. The 23-year-old Sahin joined Madrid from Borussia Dortmund last summer but has failed to establish a himself at the Bernabéu. Sahin was linked with a move to Spurs as part of […]