Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu is confident that Lionel Messi, along with others, will continue to represent the Blaugrana for the next few seasons. The 31-year-old has scored 581 goals in 665 games for the Catalan giants and is under contract at the Camp Nou until 2021, having signed a deal in November 2017. A […]
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Arsene Wenger has revealed he rejected the opportunity to become Real Madrid manager “more than once” while in charge of Arsenal. Wenger left Arsenal last May after 22 years at the club as manager, having won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups. The 69-year-old is yet to return to the game, despite stating […]
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has suggested that La Liga play host three games per season overseas. The prospect of staging games abroad has been contentious in Spain ever since La Liga signed a 15-year agreement with entertainment company Relevent Sports designed to promote the sport and La Liga in North America in August last […]
Cristiano Ronaldo was fined almost €19 million by the Spanish tax authorities for tax fraud but will avoid serving a 23-month prison sentence. The former Real Madrid star agreed to settle the case by paying an €18.8m fine and accepting a suspended jail sentence. Under Spanish law, a first offender can serve anything less than […]
Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has revealed the reason why Zinedine Zidane decided to leave the club. Many were surprised when Zidane announced his departure back in May, five days after winning his third consecutive Champions League title. Star man Cristiano Ronaldo would also go on to leave the club weeks later and the […]
Yesterday we reported that Sevilla pulled out the Alvaro Morata sweepstakes, but it appears that their Spanish rival Atletico Madrid are ready to swoop in and sign the Spanish striker. The Spaniard is out of favour at Stamford Bridge and has been linked with a move away from the Premier League in this window After […]
Sevilla cannot afford to offer Alvaro Morata a way out of his Chelsea hell, according to director of football Joaquin Caparros. Morata is out of favour at Stamford Bridge, and his representatives held talks with the La Liga club last week. However Caparros, speaking at the unveiling of another striker, Munir El Haddadi, said they […]
Almost 30,000 empty seats at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday night told the story of the season so far. The league table after the 2-0 defeat by Real Sociedad also made miserable reading for Real Madrid supporters. They are out of the Champions League places and 10 points behind leaders Barcelona. Santiago Solari has lost […]