REAL SOCIEDAD 2 ABERDEEN FC 0 | EUROPA LEAGUE 1º LEG PRELIMINARY QUALIFIER

For Spanish Football Club REAL SOCIEDAD the season kicked into "serious mode" when they faced Scottish Club Aberdeen FC in the 1ºst leg Europa League preliminary qualifier. There was some doubts with the local fans as they initially missed the absence of Antoine Griezmann signed by Atletico de Madrid & Carlos Vela. However, the Spaniards managed an excellent result winning 2 - 0 & getting a grand

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DIEGO LOPEZ SUCCUMBS TO THE REAL MADRID PRESSURE TO LEAVE

According to Spanish TV "La Sexta",via its Sports news section, Real Madrid goalkeeper Diego Lopez will be sacrificed to make way for newly signed Costa Rica goalie Keylor Navas. Diego Lopez wants to stay & compete for the goalkeeper position but intense Club pressure along with Coach Carlo Ancelotti letting known that team-mate Iker Casillas will be chosen ahead has lead Lopez to rethink his

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FC BARCELONA "OVER POPULATED" MIDFIELD

Spanish Sports daily "Mundo Deportivo" highlights an interesting dilemma for FC Barcelona, the current "over population of midfield players". Ironic really, while 98% of World Football Clubs would consider this story a blessing in their case, Clubs like FC Barcelona & Real Madrid may see this a problem. 

While there has been much speculation at Real Madrid with their saturation of midfield

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ATLETICO DE MADRID SHUTS ZAKARIA BAKKALI ?

Spanish Football Club & last season Spanish Liga Champions Atletico de Madrid continue to work to strengthen their squad for the upcoming 2014-2015 season. According to Club directives there are still 3 more signings to be made before the shutting the bank account.

One of those could be Belgium & PSV Eindhoven 18 year old promise Zakaria Bakkali. 




According to news out from Dutch daily "De

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PSG OFFERS ATLETICO DE MADRID LEVAZZI

Paris St Germain needs to make room (rid a player) in its squad for Real Madrid Argentine Angel Di Maria. The French Club under the "UEFA Financial Fairplay" guidelines needs to stay within the agreed salary cap & it is a case of eliminate someone to add. 

According to Spanish Sports media, PSG has offered Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid their Argentine International forward Lavezzi.

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PARIS ST GERMAIN WILLING to PAY 80M€ FOR ANGEL DI MARIA ?

Real Madrid Coach Ancelotti was clear when asked about Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria... "I have no news concerning a possible transfer & expect the incorporation of Angel Di Maria to the squad for pre-season the 5th of August". The truth is that Carlo Ancelotti hopes things will change course as Di Maria looks more closer to joining Paris St Germain than reuniting with his current Real

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ATLETICO DE MADRID TARGETS GRIEZMANN OF REAL SOCIEDAD

Last time we mentioned French International & Real Sociedad forward Antoine Griezmann here we speculated that he could end up next season at Paris St Germain or Monaco.  I made the observation that Griezmann would be the perfect player Atletico de Madrid are looking for to fill the gap left open by David Villa.




Today Spanish Sports daily "AS" published that Atletico de Madrid has focused on

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REAL MADRID | 80M€ FOR JAMES RODRIGUEZ TOO MUCH ?

Is 80,000,000 € too much for a Football Player? Depends, Cristiano Ronaldo cost 96M€ & now everyone is in accorde that he was relatively "cheap". But what about Colombian International JAMES RODRIGUEZ? Real Madrid has paid Monaco close to 80M€ to have the 23 year old Football player whos only jump to fame so far has been his 6 goals in the last World Cup in Brazil. Too much?




Check the latest

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SPANISH LIGA CALENDAR SEASON 2014-2015

The Spanish League - Liga - calendar for the upcoming 2014-2015 season has been announced in the Spanish Football Federation’s HQ. Here are the most noticeable dates to keep in mind:

The opening games of Spanish Liga season 2014-2015 (Round 1)- 23, 24th & 25th of August 2014:




Sevilla FC-Valencia CF
Levante-Villarreal
Malaga-Athletic Club Bilbao
Rayo Vallecano-Atletico de Madrid
Celta de

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FC BARCELONA SIGNS JEREMY MATHIEU FROM VALENCIA CF

After weeks of speculations & "cross-fire" between Clubs, FC Barcelona announced that they have come to an agreement to sign Valencia CF defender Jeremy Mathieu. The negotiations went down to the wire as Barça finally succumbed to the Valencia CF demands of 20M€ as transfer fee. The payment will be 10M€ upfront in cash & the rest in instalments.

The French player was literally pulled off the

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TOTTEMHAM HOTSPURS LOOKS AT GRIEZMANN OF REAL SOCIEDAD

Spanish Football Club Real Sociedad & French International player Antoine Griezmann is without doubt a superb player with just 23 years of age. The "youngster" is on the verge of exploding on the World Soccer scene & he may just need to make the jump to a more "resourceful" Club.






English Premier League Club Tottenham Hotspurs is showing some serious interest. According to local press the

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REAL MADRID TO PRESENT JAMES RODRIGUEZ AS THEIR NEW PLAYER THIS AFTERNOON

The Football World never stops to amaze me. Four weeks back Colombian & Monaco Forward Radamel Falcao was the hot favourite to sign for Real Madrid, today the reality is that fellow countryman & team-mate James Rodriguez is now in Madrid passing the medical exam.The fact is that JAMES RODRIGUEZ will be presented this afternoon by REAL MADRID CF as their new signing after they have shut a deal

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REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON GAMES & MATCHES CALENDAR

Real Madrid left Spain today for Los Angeles USA to continue with their pre-season & to play some interesting quality Friendly matches that make up part of the 2º edition of the "International Champions Cup". There the Spanish Football Club will play teams like Inter Milan, AC Roma & Manchester United, plus hook up with the remaining squad players current on summer vacation after their World Cup

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REAL MADRID - MONACO SHUT JAMES RODRIGUEZ TRANSFER ?

I realize that the following news piece will excite many Real Madrid fans around the World, however it is not official & is still in the speculation realm. Spanish Sports daily "AS" announce today that REAL MADRID & MONACO have come to an agreement to transfer JAMES RODRIGUEZ to the Spanish Football Club. The transfer figure "dances" between 75-80M€ & it is not clear if a Real Madrid player will

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JAMES RODRIGUEZ CLOSER TO REAL MADRID

In Football nothing is impossible, & with Real Madrid it seems the slogan is the same. What started as a media driven clamour has turned into a real transfer possibility according to the major Football papers. Yesterday French daily "L´Equipe" wrote that Monaco & Colombian International JAMES RODRIGUEZ was very close to signing for Real Madrid CF. In fact, the French paper speculated that next

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TOP 10 CANDIDATES LIST UEFA BEST PLAYER FOR 2013 - 2014

UEFA has handed in their list of candidates to compete for the "UEFA Best Player in Europe Award" for season 2013-2014. The top 10 list has Spanish Football familiar players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Diego Costa & now Luis Suarez.  Surprised to see James Rodriguez of Monaco who really exploded onto the World Football scene during the recent Brazil World Cup & was only

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REAL MADRID THE MOST VALUABLE SPORTING CLUB IN THE WORLD

The prestigious American Financial magazine "Forbes" has released its list of the most valuable Sporting Institutions in World Sports. Spanish Football Club REAL MADRID CF maintains the Top Spot with an estimated economic value of 3,4 Billion dollars, followed by another Spanish Football Club FC Barcelona. 

English Premier League giant Manchester United has just received an important shot in its

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FIFA RANKING | SPAIN DROPS TO 8TH POSITION

As expected Spain has been dethroned from the Nº1 spot on the FIFA World Ranking. Their disastrous Brazil 2014 World Cup campaign - with elimination after just two Group matches - puts the Spain National Team down to the 8th position after reigning in the Nº1 spot for the last 6 straight years.

The newly crowed FIFA World Champions Germany now takes the Nº 1 spot with 1,724 pts & Argentina

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FELIPE LUIS - JAN OBLAK MOVES | ATLETICO DE MADRID

News & players movements concerning Spanish Football Club & Liga Champions Atletico de Madrid.First off is the exit news of left back defender Felipe Luis to English Premier League Club Chelsea FC. Both Clubs have announced a transfer agreement of around 24M€ pending the habitual medical examinations. The Brazilian will join last season team-mates Courtois, Thiago & Diego Costa all of which have

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REAL MADRID SIGNS KEYLOR NAVAS FROM LEVANTE

Mayor bombshell that has saturated the front pages of most Spanish Sports daily´s & media today. According to "Marca" REAL MADRID CF has paid the 10M€ contract release clause for 27 year old Costa Rica International & Levante goalkeeper KEYLOR NAVAS. Spanish newspaper "Abc.es" gives details like a 5 year contract with a 2,5M€ net salary/season. All the above has important ramifications for the

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REAL MADRID - JAMES RODRIGUEZ AGREEMENT ?

The following news piece comes out of Spanish Sports daily "AS". The fanfare could be a paper selling tactic however the news in itself has been gaining "speaker volume" over the past days. According to the media source Real Madrid has come to an agreement with Colombian International & World Cup sensation James Rodriguez. The player would receive a salary of 7,5M€ /season & Real Madrid now needs

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SAMI KHEDIRA OVER TO ARSENAL FC ?

The following news piece comes out of Barcelona based media, concretely "Sport" which advances that German International midfielder & Real Madrid player Sami Khedira will go over to English Premier League Club Arsenal FC next season.

Its news well worth noting, firstly from its absence from Madrid based papers & secondly, because Sami Khedira has not wanted to extend his contract with Real

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FIFA WORLD CUP 2014 | CONGRATULATIONS GERMANY

Some may be experiencing already "Football withdrawal symptoms" after an intense & exciting month of FIFA World Cup games. A relatively strange World Cup were the best players did not shine as expected, although the goalkeepers took the centre stage.From a Spanish point of view, the early elimination of Spain was the "shocker", although had they been able to qualify perhaps they could have gone a

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FC BARCELONA ANNOUNCE LUIS SUAREZ SIGNING

FC Barcelona has announced officially that the Spanish Football Club has come to an agreement with English Premier League Club Liverpool FC to transfer Uruguayan International forward Luis Suarez. The player needs to pass the regular medical exam & could be presented in Barcelona as soon as next week. 




The 27 year old player signs for the next 5 years with Barça & the Club communicates that

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AT MADRID OFFERS 24M€ FOR JUAN ITURBE OF HELLAS VERONA

Another Football Player name is doing the Spanish Football transfer-signing circuit, JUAN ITURBE, the Argentine 21 year old "star" of Italian Football Club Hellas Verona. According to Sports media there is a "mini-bidding war" between Spanish Club Atletico de Madrid & Italian giant Juventus FC.

The Italians offered 20M€ for the midfielder & Atletico de Madrid has responded with 24M€. The winner

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CHELSEA FC CLOSING IN ON FELIPE LUIS OF ATLETICO DE MADRID

News out of England - newspaper "The Sun" as shown below - suggest that Chelsea FC is close to confirming their promise of shutting the transfer of Brazilian & Atletico de Madrid left back Felipe Luis. The English Club wants to put up 20GBP (25M€) which is the release clause of the players contract with the Spanish Club.It is no secret that Chelsea FC Coach Jose Mourinho has had Felipe Luis in

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JUVENTUS FC WILL SIGN ALVARO MORATA FROM REAL MADRID CF

Spanish Sports daily "AS" advances that young Spanish International & Real Madrid CF forward ALVARO MORATA is headed to Italy, concretely JUVENTUS FC next season. The deal is said to be around a 22M€ transfer fee plus 2,2M€ extra in bonuses for "objectives". The "sticky" point between Clubs was ironed out as Juventus accepts a "buy-back" clause that Real Madrid insisted on. However, it will cost

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ARSENAL FC SIGNS ALEXIS SANCHEZ FROM FC BARCELONA

The news just in & doing the Spanish Sports online editions is that FC BARCELONA & Chilean International ALEXIS SANCHEZ will be transferred to English Premier League Club ARSENAL FC. The numbers are 34,6M€ in transfer fee plus an extra 3M€ according to reached "objectives". The news says that both Football Clubs have total agreement barring the paperwork.




This move is important for FC

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ATLETICO DE MADRID SHUTS MANDZUKIC FOR 22M€ ?

It is hot news currently coming out from Germany, via "Bild", the English Press & racing around the social media channels. According to all of them Spanish Football Club & Liga Champions Atletico de Madrid is very close to shutting (or has already) the transfer-signing of Croatian International & Bayern Munich forward Mario Mandzukic.In fact German paper "Bild" has gone further & says the deal is

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REAL MADRID OFFERS PSG 40M€ FOR VARRATTI ?

German International & Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos is said to be the firm candidate to incorporate himself to Real Madrid CF next season. Although the player has not confirmed, nor have the Clubs announced officially the signing/transfer,  the deal has been made public for the last week: 25-30M€ transfer with a 6M€/season salary - 5 seasons- for Toni Kroos.

However, from Italy & their

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BAYERN MUNICH SIGNS YOUNG JUAN BERNAT FROM VALENCIA CF

German giant Bayern Munich has announced the signing of 21 year old Valencia CF & Spanish U-21 winger JUAN BERNAT. The player had another year of contract with Valencia CF but was sold for 10M€. Surprising as Valencia CF lets go a huge talent that Bayern Munich did not doubt for a minute in getting over to their Club. 




The player is known for being extremely rapid, with excellent skills & a

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REAL MADRID | ALFREDO DI STEFANO DIES AT 88

The World Soccer community & World Football fans have just received the news that Football Legend & Real Madrid CF "Honorary President", Alfredo Di Stefano has passed away at the age of 88. The Real Madrid legend suffered a heart-attack last Friday which put him into a coma of which he was not able to recover.Alfredo Di Stefano is considered one of the Greatest Football Players ever in the

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JAMES RODRIGUEZ | ANGEL DI MARIA OUT FIRST FROM REAL MADRID

It started off as media generated hype,  but slowly the idea of Colombian International & Monaco 22 year old forward JAMES RODRIGUEZ ending up next season at Real Madrid is gaining credibility. The fact that James Rodriguez publicly voiced his dream to play at Real Madrid has opened the doors of the Spanish Football Club as President Florentino Perez always wants the "Best" & tacitly requires

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JAMES RODRIGUEZ & REAL MADRID | LATEST NEWS

With the elimination of Colombia from the World Cup we lose seeing 22 year old James Rodriguez currently leading the goalscoring tally with 6 goals & the "new sensation" of World Soccer. However, the exhibition by the Monaco forward has lit the lights of the mayor European Clubs & speculation is ramped that the Colombian may be headed to a new Club next season.James Rodriguez himself set his own

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MANCHESTER UNITED EYES ANGEL DI MARIA

While Argentine International is on duty with his Nation at the World Cup, locally the rumours increase that ANGEL DI MARIA is looking to force his exit for Real Madrid CF. Real Madrid Coach Carlo Ancelotti is not in favour of letting go the midfielder, but the Argentine is "rubbing up the wrong way" the Real Madrid Directives with comments & behaviour. A situation which is not new at all & has

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LUIS SUAREZ - RADAMEL FALCAO LATEST NEWS | SPANISH FOOTBALL

The big Spanish Football Clubs are making their moves to shut & securing their main signing priorities for season 2014 - 2015. FC Barcelona has put Liverpool FC striker Luis Suarez as its main priority while Real Madrid CF seems to have focused on Monaco striker Radamel Falcao. Most of the Spanish Sports papers have been running with these stories for the past weeks & both have been gaining in

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CHELSEA FC MAKES OFFICIAL DIEGO COSTA SIGNING

Its the worst keep secret in Football. After months of rumour & speculation English Premier League Club Chelsea FC has communicated officially via its Website that they have paid the 38M€ contract release clause for Atletico de Madrid & Spanish International forward Diego Costa.




The Spanish-Brazilian player has had a fabulous season 2013-2014 scoring 27 goals in 34 Liga games. That figure

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REAL MADRID NEWS | ANGEL DI MARIA WANTS TO LEAVE

The Angel Di Maria musical chairs game is back on at Real Madrid. I am happy, I am sad, I want to stay, I wish to leave, I am unhappy, I am sad... its been like this for years with Di Maria. The Spanish Sports paper "AS" publishes today that the Argentine International midfielder has communicated to Real Madrid that he would like to leave. The reason? He feels the Club does not value him as he

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