Local dailys like "Marca, As & Sport"give the news that French Champions OLYMPIQUE LYON are thinking about FC BARCELONA forward SAMUEL ETO´O. It´s published that Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas will make an offer if his Coach Claude Puel asks for the player. The only doubt is Eto´o´s high salary, which may unbalance the dressing room equilibruim. However, Barcelona based paper "Sport" goes further & asks: What about BENZEMA then? The paper speculates that a "swap... Read Full Story
Spanish Sports daily "AS" has put together an interesting theory that stipulates that European Football is stalled & awaiting a conclusion to the REAL MADRID - CRISTIANO RONALDO "Operation". The daily comments that if Ronaldo goes to Madrid, the effect will unleash a "chain reaction" ( dominio effect) of transfers throughout European Football. Here is the "AS" theory: If Cristiano Ronaldo signs for Real Madrid, Manchester United will need a forward. The forward that... Read Full Story
REAL MADRID is seeing how its aim to sign Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo is slowing & getting even more difficult. This has prompted the Club to elaborate a PLAN B , according to "Marca". That Plan B is VALENCIA CF palyer DAVID VILLA, & his Club has put a price: 40M€. That´s the price that Valencia will at least sit down & listen. The advantage that Real Madrid has is that Valencia is in need of cash & this may facilitate that they accept the Real offer if it... Read Full Story
FC BARCELONA started "officially" its pre-season match scheduleagainst Scottish Club HIBERNIAN tonight with a 0-6 victory. The Scottish side - with all due respects - was a "sparring" partner for the powerful Barça team. The Barça starting lineup had 4 Barça-B players, plus new comersPique & Dani Alves, as seen in the below picture: (Valdés; Alves, Márquez, Piqué, Córcoles; Víctor Vázquez, Busquets, Pedrito; Messi, Henry & Gudjohnsen) The first half was an exhibition for... Read Full Story
ATLETICO DE MADRID finished their 4 match tour yesterday with a 1-1 draw against TOLUCA DE MEXICO. The Mexicans turned out to be a competitive & very aggresive side, with an excellent defensive line that made things for the Spaniards difficult throughtout the whole game. In fact Toluca scored first in the 58th min via PONCE, but LUIS GARCIA headed in the equalizer for Atletico in the 65th min to at least save some pride. In conclusion , a tough Mexican Tour for Atletico, with altitude... Read Full Story
This clip has´nt nothing to do with Spanish Football, but its has to do with something much wider & important, the global reach of the sport called Football (Soccer). Found this video on "Dailymotion" & was gladly surprised to see none other than the Reggae King - Bob Marley - showing his Football skills. Impressive indeed & indicative of how this sport crosses borders, cultures, languages & all social lines. That in itself deserves a post on Spanish Football & Sports... Read Full Story
From Scotland (St.Andrews) FC BARCELONA French International forward THIERRY HENRY has spoken to the media to give his opinions about the upcoming new season. The Frenchmen took some time out of his pre-season training to lift the hopes of Barça fans & Football lovers Worldwide. The most notable statement from Henry was the following: "Playing badly, I scored 19 goals last season". If you think about it, his right, for any other player thoses figures would constitute... Read Full Story
So much hype weeks back with Tottenham, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Valencia... to see now how FC BARCELONA forward SAMUEL ETO´O has no real firm offers. The forward is doing pre-season with Barça at Scotland because his team cannot find him a Club to go to that satisfies them or the player. Sources say that the high tranfer price tag of 50M€ scared off Clubs, added with his high salary that limits options. However, Sports paper " Mundo... Read Full Story
According to news from Portugues paper "O Jogo", Portugues International & JUVENTUS midfielder THIAGO is back on the ATLETICO DE MADRID agenda. The paper cites that only 1M€ seperates both Clubs from shutting the deal ( Juventus asks for 12M€ & Atletico wishes to pay 11M€). Stay tuned! News from local Sports daily "AS" says that VALENCIA CF maybe about to make an offer to ATLETICO DE MADRID for its Argentine goalkeeper LEO FRANCO. The player was earlier linked to River Plate... Read Full Story
Nothing like some "sarcastic" humour from Barcelona to stick the finger into the old arch rival REAL MADRID. From the Catalan Sports daily "Sport" & its cartoon section, "Futbolitis" come this piece dedicated to Madrid player ROBINHO & his daily flirts with Chelsea FC & his "loyalty" to Madrid. Translated literally: 1º image : " I wish to leave Madrid" 2º image : " I expect to stay at Madrid for a long time" ...& repeated again... Read Full Story
