TRANSFER RUMOURS | JAVI MARTINEZ ON THE BAYERN MUNICH AGENDA?

Rumours are hot on the transfer front as expected at this height of the off-season & with the Euro competition in full flight. One here locally is the news out of Germany that BAYERN MUNICH has its eyes on ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Spanish International midfielder JAVI MARTINEZ.The fact that a European giant has Javi Martinez in mind is not new nor is it surprising, so has Real Madrid & FC Barcelona

VALLADOLID BACK TO THE SPANISH FIRST DIVISION.

VALLADOLID has defeated Madrid Club ALCORCON 1 - 1 in the return match giving the former a 2 -1 aggregate that takes them into the Spanish Football 1º Division - LA LIGA. They join Deportivo A Coruña & Celta de Vigo in the promotion. 



Valladolid - Alcorcon


Alcorcon opened the scoring tonight in the 47th min via FERNANDO SALES that allowed their dream to continue as they drew the aggregate

SPANISH BASKETBALL | BARCELONA WINS TITLE 73 - REAL MADRID 69 ( 3 - 2 SERIES)

FC BARCELONA has won the final series 3 - 2 REAL MADRID to win back to back SPANISH BASKETBALL (LIGA) titles after scoring 73 - 69 , thus becoming the 2012 Champions. An excellent series of high quality Basketball that was taken right down to the wire.



Fran Vazquez


The winning differences came down to details & in this particular match to a much better Barcelona defence & rebound taking

SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM | STEADY AS SHE GOES - PLEASE

It is amazing how perspectives & attitudes can change in days. The SPAIN FOOTBALL TEAM was under a dark cloud after drawing 1-1 against Italy in their Group C opener & harshly criticised ( myself included ) for the strategic "experiment" of a "false forward" by Coach Del Bosque.

After the Spanish Football Teams second Group match against Ireland & with a  4- 0 victory, SPAIN returns as odds on 

TRANSFER RUMOURS | LIVERPOOL OFFERS 9M€ FOR BARÇA TELLO ?

While most of the local press has its headlines occupied with the SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM after their Euro 4-0 victory over Ireland, the following piece sneaks into the Sports news content & from England

According to English newspaper, "Daily Mail", Premier League Club LIVERPOOL has its eye on one of FC BARCELONA "revelations" of last season, CRISTIAN TELLO.



Cristian Tello


So much so, that it

EURO 2012 | SPAIN - IRELAND | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UP

The SPANISH FOOTBALL TEAM is back in action tonight with its second EURO 2012 Group C match against the Republic of Ireland. Important game as a win will help settle the defending European Champions after starting "cold" ( & lucky some add ) with a 1 - 1 draw against Italy last Sunday. Also the Spanish National Coach Vicente Del Bosque received a barrage of criticism for his starting 11 against

TRANSFER RUMOURS | THE FC BARCELONA EXIT LIST?

SPANISH SPORTS daily "Sport" publish that new FC BARCELONA Coach Tito Vilanova  is profiling & planning the 2012 - 2013 squad & below are the apparent names that Vilanova counts with:

Valdes, Pinto, Pique, Cesc, Puyol, Xavi, Villa, Iniesta, Alexis, Messi, Thiago, Mascherano, Busquets, Pedro, Cuenca & Cristian Tello 



Transfer candidates

However there are also names the apparently are

RAFAEL NADAL WINS HIS 7TH FRENCH OPEN | PLUS MAKES HISTORY

This post is old news almost 6 hours later. Impossible to post on time as I was earning a living at my employment & blogging is not my function during working hours. However a post that definitely needs to go up independently of the time as it is a Historical event for Spanish Tennis & for Spanish Sports.Spaniard Tennis ace RAFAEL NADAL won a record straight 7th FRENCH OPEN title this afternoon 6

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. 




At.Madrid


Here

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