here are only four teams left standing. Athletic Bilbao, Valencia, Real Betis and Rayo Vallecano are the four clubs that will be in the pots for the Copa del Rey semifinal draw. The biggest surprise team is probably Athletic Bilbao as Alex Berenguer scored a superb 89th-minute winner as Athletic knocked Real Madrid out of [...]
La Liga News And Tickets
Crazy story out of Madrid where Carlo Ancelotti has been told by UEFA he cannot sit on the Real Madrid bench until he sits an exam. According to Corriere dello Sport, Ancelotti, who is one of the most successful coaches in history, had his coaching license expire on New Year’s Eve. Rather than just renew [...]
While the Premier League plugs away with its traditional festive fixture schedule, even in the midst of an Omicron surge across the country, the teams in La Liga are taking a well-deserved rest. It’s been an action packed start to the season for La Liga with Barcelona still finding their feet under new boss Xavi [...]
Barcelona has announced the appointment of club legend Xavi Hernández as the club’s new coach on a deal that includes the remainder of the current season plus two additional seasons. He replaces Ronald Koeman, who was sacked last month following a dismal start to the season. Xavi made a record 767 appearances for Barcelona, winning [...]
Ronald Koeman has been on the hot seat for months now, and Barcelona finally put an end to his 14 months in charge at the Nou Camp after losing at Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday. The defeat left Barcelona ninth in the table, six points adrift of the joint leaders after having picked up just 15 [...]
The Lionel Messi era in Barcelona has officially came to an end as Messi bid farewell to Barca fans in a teary press conference on Sunday. On Friday, Barcelona President Joan Laporta had announced the club could not re-sign their greatest player due to the deep financial issues that the club had. Messi has became [...]
I have written a lot over the last two years about Lionel Messi’s fractured relationship with FC Barcelona and the possibility of him leaving the club this summer on a free transfer. But still, when the news broke today that Messi was leaving Barcelona, it was a shock, and headline news around the world. Some [...]
Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona will see their wage bill slashed for the coming season as clubs continue to struggle financially post-COVID. Unlike in other leagues, in Spain, how much a team can pay in wages is determined by the league and not by the individual clubs. As a result, Barcelona’s salary cap for [...]
Real Madrid legend Sergio Ramos has announced that he will be leaving the club at the end of the month when his contract expires. The veteran defender has spent over 16 years at Real Madrid winning 22 titles along the way. During his farewell press conference, Ramos revealed he had actually tried to accept a [...]
Inter Miami CF co-owner Jorge Mas says he is “optimistic” about bringing Barcelona forward Lionel Messi to play in Major League Soccer some time. Messi is out of contract with Barca at the end of the month and has previously expressed a desire to play in the United States in the final years of his [...]
