La Liga

The transfer window is open, and that means the rumors and news items are going to be flying off the wire with blistering speed for the next month.

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Now that we’re into the new year, it’s time to think about some of the stories to watch for in 2008.

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Tradition dictates that as the clock counts down to midnight on New Year’s Eve, Spaniards all over the Peninsula stuff twelve of those sumptuous Spanish grapes their mouths, in tune with the twelve strikes of the bells signalling the birth …

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Real Madrid and FC Barcelona would be hammer and nail at each other as always for La Liga title, Atletico Madrid should possibly be there barging onto the duopoly, Villarreal, Real Zaragoza and Sevilla FC would be trying to smother …

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It’s the end of the year. A popular time for various press publications to make “Best Of 2007″-type rankings. The Times (UK) did the Best 100 movies of 2007, the New York Times the 10 Best Books of 2007, mCalcio.com the Reuters …

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Suddenly the Bernabeu is enveloped in a white wave. No, not the apprehensive white of a panolada that must still be haunting Fabio Capello even when he is now in charge of a red-loving England national team, not the white …

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Camp Nou cathedral is no Jerusalem and Lionel Messi is no Jesus Christ. But that doesn’t make the diminutive Argentine anything less than a Saviour. If FC Barcelona is més que un club (more than a club), then Messi is …

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They say the dictionary never lies but it does. Check out the string of words lined up against the term disaster and you will come across this: an event or fact leading to ruin or failure. Pooh! That isn’t half …

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There will be a white Christmas in Spain as Julio Baptista’s goal gave Real Madrid a 0-1 victory over arch-rivals Barcelona at Camp Nou to give Madrid a seven point lead at the top of La Liga going into the …

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El Clásico was no classic. No roasted pig’s head was showered on the players, no bottles rocketed onto the pitch, no flares were lighted up in the stands and not even the teensy bits of paper were hovering anywhere above …

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Follow the latest news and updates on El Clasico. Most call it El Clasico, some El Derbi and a few others El Grande Derbi. Call it by whatever name you want to, but a rose by any other name would …

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With Ronald Koeman seemingly ready to discard a number of his first-team squad following a recent poor run of results, some established international players could become available in January and there are a number of Premiership clubs already lining up …

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