MARIO GOTZE ON THE REAL MADRID SIGNING LIST ?

Don´t be surprised if you watch a Germany game this Euro 2012 & in the crowd the TV catches REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho watching closely. Yes Ozil & Khedira will be on show but the player he really wants to watch is 20 year old BORUSSIA DORTMUND player MARIO GOTZE.



Mario Gotze


The rumour has it that Gotze is a target for Real Madrid for season 2012- 2013. Nothing new as the Spanish

FC BARCELONA MAKES FIRST MOVES ON ADRIAN ?

The rumour has been buzzing for months. FC BARCELONA has been following closely the evolution of ATLETICO DE MADRID forward ADRIAN LOPEZ , & yesterday the Club apparently made an initial move. According to "Sport" two Barça heavyweights, Toni Freixa y Carles Rexach,  had lunch yesterday with the Spanish International´s  agent & representative.This is commonly called a first contact, testing the

FOOTBALL | IS SPAIN THE GREATEST TEAM EVER ?

The "Wall Street Journal" asks the question, from an American point of view:


Spanish Football Team


Your answer please.

SPANISH FOOTBALL | COACH MANOLO PRECIADO LEAVES ALL EMPTY WITH DEATH

Spain & Spanish Football took their morning coffee with a spirit shaking news flash. Ex Footballer & ex Coach  MANOLO PRECIADO died of a heart-attack at the age of 54 years. The man was to be announced the new Coach of Villareal tomorrow.



Manolo Preciado


Preciado was unknown out of Spain, but locally the man was loved by all & from all sides of the fence. Beloved as a Football player for

FIFA WORLD RANKINGS JUNE 2012 | SPAIN Nº1

FIFA has released the June 2012 WORLD RANKINGs. SPAIN remains the Nº1 Football Nation, while Uruguay lands into Nº2 position, Portugal has a sharp drop & Japan makes a big jump in rankings. 



Fifa Rankings June 2012

EURO 2012 | SPAIN - GROUP C TEAMS

Spanish Sports daily "Sport" has made up these very interesting info-diagrams based on the teams that share Group C in which the SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM finds itself for this EURO 2012.The European Nations Championship kicks-off on Friday & Spain has its first Group match against the always difficult Italy. The below diagrams give some facts in Spanish, but easily figured out if you don't 

TRANSFER RUMOUR | LAHM A REAL OBJECTIVE ?

Spanish TV "La Sexta" has revealed that one of the big desired signings of REAL MADRID & their Coach José Mourinho is German International & BAYERN MUNICH right-back PHILIPP LAHM. The big obstacle is the said price that Bayern Munich places on their 30 year old Captain, 35M€.



Lahm

Real Madrid are in the market looking for possible reinforcements for next season & a substitute for Arbeloa &

BAD TIMING | THE XAVI INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS BARÇA - REAL MADRID / SPANISH TEAM SPLIT

"We applauded them (Real Madrid ) when they won, this is just Sport after all. We have been very respectful with them (Real Madrid ) at all times, even when they won the Spanish League, when they won the Spanish Cup in Mestalla ... We were very respectful with them. However, I noticed & feel that it was not the case when we won and they lost. It's a very personal feeling I have", said the FC

IFFHS WORLD CUP RANKINGS JUNE | 4 SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS TOP 10

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" ( IFFHS ) has handed in this months World Club Rankings with 4 Spanish Football Clubs in the Top 10. 

FC Barcelona remains on Top while Real Madrid drops to third as Chilean Club Universidad takes the Nº 2 spot. Atletico de Madrid jumps into 4th place while Bilbao falls a place into 9th position. 




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PRE EURO 2012 WARM-UP RESULT | SPAIN 1 CHINA 0

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL Team concluded its last warm-up phase of International games before travelling to Poland & to their base-camp to prepare for their first Group C match against Italy next Sunday in the EURO 2012 competition. SPAIN managed to win tonight in Seville a sticky CHINA 1 - 0 with a goal that came towards the end of the match after several failed scoring attempts.



David

SPANISH FOOTBALL | CELTA DE VIGO RETURNS TO LA LIGA

After 5 years CELTA DE VIGO joins follow "Galicia Region" Club Deportivo A Coruña in the Spanish 1º Division - LA LIGA - after securing mathematically the second classification place with direct promotion. Celta de Vigo just needed a draw result ( 1 point ) against Cordoba & their game finished in a 0 - 0 result which lead to an explosion of joy & celebrations in the city of Vigo.



Celta de

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO | BIELSA OK FOR ANOTHER YEAR

The wait is finally over. ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Coach MARCELO BIELSA have agreed to extend their contractual relationship until June 30th of 2013. The Argentine Coach was keeping in suspense these days all the members & fans of the Basque Club & has finally decided to continue for one more season at  "San Mamés".



Marcelo Bielsa


In his first year, Marcelo Bielsa lead the team to the Final of

ATLETICO DE MADRID WINS U - 17 WORLD CLUBS TITLE

ATLETICO DE MADRID has defeated FC BARCELONA 2 - 1 in the Final of the U-17 WORLD CLUBS CHAMPIONSHIPS being played in Madrid. The goals came early with Atletico scoring in the 10th via ARONA & in the 46th min via SAINZ. Barça then managed to grab one back in the 60th via MUNIR but Atletico held out to win the 8th edition of this prestigious U- 17 tournament.



At Madrid - FC Barcelona 


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SPANISH FOOTBALL TRANSFER RUMOURS | ALBA CLOSE TO BARÇA

The positions between VALENCIA CF & FC BARCELONA are very close in reference to the Valencia & Spanish International left-back JORDI ALBA. The rumours that Barça had Alba in mind as the "substitute" for Eric Abidal have been sounding for months & contacts have been continuous between Clubs & player.



Jordi Alba

Valencia is said to be asking for 15M€ while FC Barcelona only is offering 12€, as

REAL MADRID PRE-SEASON US TOUR

The United States is one of the main sources of web traffic for Spanish Football Sports & I receive plenty of emails from American readers & "football friends" asking about Spanish Football. With this in mind I thought I post up the REAL MADRID pre-season US Tour & the scheduled exhibition matches that are being negotiated to take place. Hopefully you live in one of the cities mentioned & will

MESSI vs. CRISTIANO RONALDO | 2012 STATS

Found this interesting "infograph" on the website of our friends at "Visual.ly" Tought that this may interest all the global readers & that you may find value with all the stats. Interesting the comparision between the two Football players that currently dominate the Sport & Spanish Football: LIONEL MESSI & CRISTIANO RONALDO

REAL MADRID EYES BILBAO JAVI MARTINEZ

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO player JAVIER MARTINEZ has become the object of desire for REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho. According to Spanish radio 'Onda Cero', Real Madrid has contacted with Athletic to negotiate the transfer of the player who has a buyout clause of 40M€. Real Madrid aims to reduce that amount & has offered 30M€, that's the limit set by José Mourinho for the signing of any player.

REAL MADRID | HIGUAIN TO STAY ?

Yes, no, yes, no...staying, going, staying, going... I personally am getting tired as I also suppose some REAL MADRID fans are as well. The very latest on the GONZALO HIGUAIN saga is that, acccording to one of his reps Norberto Recasens, the player is staying at the Spanish Football Club.



Gonzalo Higuian


Following from the above comments, Recasans says that the player is very happy & looks

EURO 2012 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM PHOTO - SQUAD

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM took time out today from training in Madrid for the upcoming EURO 2012 competition to take the traditional team photo ( courtesy of RFEF ) with all the players that make up the squad.



Spanish National Football Team Euro 2012


Here are all the names from top left - row by row - & to the end:
Javi Martinez, Busquets, Reina, Casillas, Valdes, Pique, Albiol, Navas, Mata,

EURO 2012 | SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM | THREE OPTIONS UPFRONT

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM Selector & Coach Vicente Del Bosque has finally decided on the three Centre Fowards for the EURO 2012 competition:

ALVARO NEGREDO ( Sevilla FC)
FERNANDO TORRES ( Chelsea FC)
FERNANDO LLORENTE ( At. Bilbao)

Three players with distinct characteristics that will give the Spanish Forward-line variation, alternatives & differing options depending on the opponent, match