Tag: La Liga

  • La Liga: Messi not enough for Barca – Eto’o

    La Liga: Messi not enough for Barca – Eto’o

    Samuel Eto’o has urged Barcelona board to look for more players who can blend with the club’s playing philosophy so that they will be less dependent on Lionel Messi. Messi was hoping to leave Camp Nou recently, but such a move proved complicated due to technicalities on his Barcelona agreement regarding his exit at the…

  • La Liga supports Barca over Messi’s €700m release clause

    La Liga supports Barca over Messi’s €700m release clause

    La Liga has sided with Barcelona in their ongoing contract dispute with Lionel Messi. The 33-year-old recently handed in a transfer request and believes he should be allowed to leave for free due to a clause in his contract. The clause, included in 2017 when Messi signed an extension with Barcelona, stated he would be…

  • Coach leaves club two days after promotion to La Liga

    Coach leaves club two days after promotion to La Liga

    In spite of guiding Elche back to the Spanish La Liga after a five-year absence, Juan Jose Rojo Martin, known as “Pacheta”, will not lead the team into the Spanish top-flight. “The coach and the club are going their separate ways, ending a glorious and triumphant cycle which will go down in the memory of…

  • Let me leave, Messi tells Barca board

    Let me leave, Messi tells Barca board

    Lionel Messi has informed Barcelona directors he wishes to leave this summer. Messi cut a disillusioned figure as the Catalan giants crashed out of the Champions League at the quarter-final stage in Lisbon after suffering an 8-2 hammering by Bayern Munich. Esporte Interativo says he is demanding an immediate exit having grown frustrated at the…

  • Madrid face €60M bill to pay off Gareth Bale

    Madrid face €60M bill to pay off Gareth Bale

    Real Madrid face paying out Gareth Bale’s contract in full if they want to offload the Welshman. AS says Real coach Zinedine Zidane is keen to see Bale moved on this summer. The Frenchman dropped Bale from his squad for the final game of the season against Leganes. However, with two years to run on…

  • La Liga: Zidane dismisses ‘Special One’ label

    La Liga: Zidane dismisses ‘Special One’ label

    Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insisted he was not “special”, saying he was simply lucky to be in charge of Los Blancos. Zidane has led Madrid to the LaLiga title this season for his 11th trophy as coach of the Spanish giants. But the Frenchman dismissed any suggestions he felt like the “special one” –…

  • Fortune was with Real Madrid – Barca boss Setien

    Fortune was with Real Madrid – Barca boss Setien

    Barcelona coach Quique Setien says Real Madrid deserve to be champions. However, he insists Barca deserved more from the LaLiga campaign. After defeat to Osasuna, Setien stated: “Madrid has a lot of merit. “We deserved many more points. We did not have the fortune of when you win something which is what our rival had.…

  • Madrid dethrone Barcelona, win La Liga title

    Madrid dethrone Barcelona, win La Liga title

    Real Madrid have dethroned Barcelona, winning La Liga title on Thursday, with one game left to spare. Madrid beat Villarreal 2-1 to clinch the title. Rival, Barcelona fell at home by 1-2 to 11 placed Osasuna in a poor showing. If Barcelona had won the match, that would not have still stop Madrid from winning…

  • Xavi will be Barca coach sooner – Bartomeu

    Xavi will be Barca coach sooner – Bartomeu

    Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has admitted Xavi will become the club’s manager “sooner or later” but revealed the club is ready to back Quique Setien for next season. The Catalans have struggled to impress under Setien and are currently second in La Liga with Real Madrid in pole position to claim the league title.…

  • La Liga: Pellegrini named new Real Betis manager

    La Liga: Pellegrini named new Real Betis manager

    Real Betis have appointed former Real Madrid and Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini as their manager from next season on a three-year contract, the La Liga side said on Thursday. Pellegrini, who won the English Premier League (EPL) with Manchester City in 2013/2014 as well as two League Cups, returns to Spain where he had…