Barcelona’s new number four was unveiled at the Camp Nou this afternoon and the headline on the Barcelona web site said it all “Back Home” Eight years after leaving for Arsenal, Cesc (he is no longer Cesc Fabregas, he is just Cesc) has come home to fulfill a dream. Before taking questions from the media […]
Premier League
The two best teams in Europe locked horns in Spain tonight as Real Madrid and Barcelona drew 2-2 in an entertaining first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu. I watched a lot of Premier League games this weekend and these two Spanish giants are several steps above even Manchester United. Real Madrid had an impressive preseason […]
Manchester United began defence of their Premier League crown with a late 2-1 victory at West Brom, while title rivals Chelsea were being held to a 0-0 draw by Stoke. United began the match strongly and took a 13th-minute lead when Wayne Rooney latched onto an Ashley Young pass and drove a shot on the […]
Bolton Wanderers sit atop the English Premier League after they thrashed newly promoted Queens Park Rangers 4-0 at Loftus Road. It was a rude introduction to the Premier League for QPR who finished with 10 men after Clint Hall’s late sending off for a headbutt. After a promising start, in which striker DJ Campbell’s had […]
Barcelona and Real Madrid renew their rivalry in the two-game Spanish Supercup series this weekend in what should be an early indicator of each teams’ form ahead of the new season. The teams met five times last season and this preseason series between league winner and domestic cup champion provides two more clashes, starting with […]
The longest running transfer saga of the summer has finally come to an end as Barcelona have signed Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal. We broke the story earlier in the week on our Arsenal blog, and it looks like all the fine details in the agreement have been finalized. The deal is worth €40m which includes […]
The longest running transfer saga of the summer has finally come to an end as Barcelona have signed Cesc Fabregas from Arsenal. We broke the story earlier in the week on our Arsenal blog, and it looks like all the fine details in the agreement have been finalized. The deal is worth €40m which includes […]
The Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) has revealed that La Liga players will strike for the first two weekends of the season. Players want a wage guarantee fund for when clubs become insolvent, an all-too frequent problem in Spain, with Levante and Hercules struggling to pay staff members in recent years and Real Zaragoza applying […]
The Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) has revealed that La Liga players will strike for the first two weekends of the season. Players want a wage guarantee fund for when clubs become insolvent, an all-too frequent problem in Spain, with Levante and Hercules struggling to pay staff members in recent years and Real Zaragoza applying […]