Barcelona and Real Madrid renew their rivalry in the two-game Spanish Supercup series this weekend in what should be an early indicator of each teams’ form ahead of the new season. The teams met five times last season and this preseason series between league winner and domestic cup champion provides two more clashes, starting with […]
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The longest running transfer saga of the summer has finally come to an end as Barcelona have signed Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal. We broke the story earlier in the week on our Arsenal blog, and it looks like all the fine details in the agreement have been finalized. The deal is worth €40m which includes […]
The longest running transfer saga of the summer has finally come to an end as Barcelona have signed Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal. We broke the story earlier in the week on our Arsenal blog, and it looks like all the fine details in the agreement have been finalized. The deal is worth €40m which includes […]
The Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) has revealed that La Liga players will strike for the first two weekends of the season. Players want a wage guarantee fund for when clubs become insolvent, an all-too frequent problem in Spain, with Levante and Hercules struggling to pay staff members in recent years and Real Zaragoza applying […]
The Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) has revealed that La Liga players will strike for the first two weekends of the season. Players want a wage guarantee fund for when clubs become insolvent, an all-too frequent problem in Spain, with Levante and Hercules struggling to pay staff members in recent years and Real Zaragoza applying […]
Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas has defended all the squad withdrawals from today’s friendly against Italy. The Spanish season gets underway this weekend with the first leg of the Spanish Supercup at the Bernabeu on Sunday between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Real’s full-back Sergio Ramos was first to drop out of the Spain […]
It’s only a friendly but Wednesday’s match between Italy and Spain is a huge match for both clubs as he head towards the 2012 Euro’s next summer. Italy suffered a nightmare defence of their crown at the last World Cup, finishing below New Zealand at the bottom of Group F. They have shown signs of […]
The ink is barely dry on the £38million (€45m) transfer of Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid to Manchester City and already there are reports that Man City is only a stopover for Aguero and that he will be at Real Madrid in one to two years. Atletico Madrid repeatedly refused to sell Aguero to Real, […]
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque has called up Barcelona’s Thiago Alcantara into his 22-man squad for next Wednesday’s friendly against Italy in Bari. Thiago has been impressing fans on two continents with his play this summer and he has some Barcelona fans asking Cesc Who? Thiago helped Spain’s Under-21 team win the European championship last […]