Barcelona legend Carles Puyol has reportedly received offers to play in Major League Soccer and he says he is “not ruling anything out” regarding his future plans. The 37-year-old Puyol retired at the end of last season, after struggling with persistent knee problems for over two years. Speaking from China, where he was being unveiled […]
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Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid battled, literally,to a 0-0 first-leg draw at the Vicente Calderon on Tuesday. This was not a match for the uncommitted. Every ball and challenge was heavily contested in a game that threatened to boil over at times, but never did. The visitors had by far the better of the chances, […]
The Champions League quarter finals kick off tonight, with no English participation for the second time in three seasons. And the two headline games involve Spanish clubs as Real take on Atletico in the Madrid derby and the ambitious Paris Saint-Germain will once again meet Barcelona. This week’s fixtures Tuesday 14 April: Atletico Madrid v […]
Comparing the stats of Spain and Manchester United’s David de Gea with those of current number one Iker Casillas from this season and the latter’s 2009/10 prime It is interesting how similar the stats are between De Gea and Casillas this year, yet the consensus is that the De Gea is having a Player of […]
According to ESPNFC, Real Madrid have taken the first steps in moves that will see goalkeeper Iker Casillas leave the club this summer after 18 years. According to reports, Casillas’s representatives have already started discussions about the financial package he would receive on leaving the Bernabeu. ESPN quotes sources in Spain say two things right […]
He is arguably the best manager in world football at the moment, and he will be staying at Atletico Madrid as Diego Simeone has signed a new five-year deal with the club. Someone has been linked with several Premier League clubs, but his decision to stay in Madrid will end speculation over his immediate future. […]
While i9t might be an international weekend, that does not mean that teams are not busy working on their plans for next season. One team that will change managers is Manchester City and according to reports from Spain and Italy, the Premier League champions have given Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti an April 30 deadline […]
The once pristine reputation of FC Barcelona has taken another hit as a Spanish judge has ruled that Barcelona’s president Bartomeu, ex-president Sandro Rosell and the club itself must stand trial ffor “crimes against public tax agency” and “dishonest” management, over the transfer of Neymar. During the court proceedings, Rosell and Bartomeu were called before […]
Barcelona right back Dani Alves has been linked with a summer move to Manchester United for months now, but it appears that the Brazilian has spurned Manchester for Paris. Reports out of Spain and France suggest that Alves has agreed to a three-year contract with the French champions, that will pay him around €9m per […]