Interesting story out of Spain where the Spanish newspaper Sport reports that Barcelona are offering Manchester United David Villa and Thiago Alcantara in exchange for Wayne Rooney. Despite manager David Moyes stating on Friday that the striker “is not for sale”, the rumours that Rooney is unhappy at Old Trafford will not go away. Barcelona are […]
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Barcelona’s transfer resources have not been exhausted by the €60 million they paid for Brazil forward Neymar, a club spokesman said on Tuesday. Neymar will line up alongside World Player of the Year Lionel Messi in a formidable forward line for the Spanish champions but they probably need to strengthen a defence that was worryingly […]
Neymar will make his much anticipated Barcelona debut against his old club Santos, after the Spanish champions announced that the Brazilian side will be their opponents for the annual Joan Gamper trophy match. Barcelona v Santos Tickets “Santos will be the opponent for the Joan Gamper trophy that will be played on 2 August at […]
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez confirmed today that a deal has been reached with Francisco Alarcón “Isco” and that the player will be presented by the club next week, once he has passed his medical. “The club and the player have reached an agreement”, said Pérez, in statements to Spanish National Radio. The transfer, which […]
Former Barcelona player, coach and legend Johan Cruyff I am sure has ruffled a few feathers in Catalan today with his comments that Barcelona should consider selling Messi now that they have Neymar. Cruyff does not think that Messi and Neymar can co-exist at the Camp Nou and he doesn’t see how they can both […]
It dragged on for months, but Real Madrid have finally announced that Carlos Ancelotti will replace Jose Mourinho as Real coach. The former PSG and Chelsea coach has signed a three-year contract with the La Liga side. Real were able to finally hire Ancelotti because PSG found a replacement for him in the form of […]
Lionel Messi has made a €10 million tax payment as he looks to settle the €4.1 million debt and charges of tax according to reports in Catalonia. Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia reported on Monday that Messi had made a €10 million payment, covering his image rights for 2010 and 2011. The paper suggested that Messi […]
Really interesting stats from whoscored.com comparing Xavi’s 2011/12 season versus last season. And the comparison does not make good reading. While Xavi maintained the highest pass success rate in Europe last season with an unbelievable 94.8% accuracy, his average rating per match dropped from 7.76 to 7.16; a fall of 0.6, the highest in the […]
It appears that one of the world’s greatest all-time footballers, Zinedine Zidane, does not have the necessary coaching qualification to take over from Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid. The former France international has been working on getting his Uefa pro badge, but according to AS he has yet to complete the 390-hour course and therefore […]