Racing Santander’s administrators have announced that the club has a total debt of almost €48m, a figure over €10m in excess of the one presented when the Cantabrians applied to enter bankruptcy in July. The difference was explained by the fact that investment company Western Gulf Advisory (WGA), owned by Indian businessman Ahsan Ali Syed […]

El Mundo Deportivo reports that midfielder Mesut Ozil has grown increasingly unhappy at Real Madrid and is seeking a way out of the Santiago Bernabéu at the end of the season. According to the newspaper, Inter Milan have already been in contact and have asked to be kept informed of any developments concerning the German […]

Roma striker Bojan Krkic says that he will not return to Barcelona even if his former employers comes calling. The 21-year-old left Nou Camp in the summer for Roma after he failed to establish himself in the first team at Barcelona. Roma paid €12million for the Spanish youngster, but Barcelona have the option to buy […]

Pep Guardiola says that he will not sign a long-term contract at Barcelona to ensure he keeps his passion and motivation. Guardiola has signed a series of one-year contract extensions since he was promoted from Barcelona’s B team in June 2008 to replace Dutchman Frank Rijkaard in charge of the senior team and his current […]

Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini is happy with his side’s strong start but insists that they will be truly measured in when they play Barcelona and Real Madrid. Club owner Sheik Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Thani invested heavily over the summer, spending €58 million to bring in many new talents such as Ruud van Nisterooy, Santi Cazorla, […]

The disciplinary committee of the Spanish FA (RFEF) totally capitulated when it had a chance to make a statement about the increasing acrimonious feelings between Real Madrid and Barcelona. At the start of the season Real Madrid and Barcelona met in the Supercup, which is played between the winners of the Spanish League title and […]

Sevilla President José María del Nido says that the La Primera clubs had a ‘heated debate’ on Monday at a meeting convened by Atlético Madrid and Valencia to address the distribution of television money and the organisation of Spanish football. Attending the meeting on Monday in Madrid were Manuel Llorente (Valencia), Fernando Roig (Villarreal), José […]

Adriano’s goal at Sporting Gijon on Sunday meant that Pep Guardiola’s team set another Spanish League record, chalking up the 24th away game on the run in which they have scored. Barça equalled the league record away to Valencia, which was previously held by Real Madrid since 1953, when they scored in every away game […]

Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain was understandably delighted after making the most of a rare recent start against Espanyol on Sunday by scoring a hat-trick in his side’s 4-0 win Since returning from a serious back injury in April, Higuain has been mainly used at a substitute by Jose Mourinho with Karim Benzema being Mourinho’s preferred […]