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Who exactly is currently the most valuable footballer in the world?  Well, a new study conducted by CIES’ Football Observator has compiled a list of the most expensive players across Europe’s top five leagues, according to age, position, contract duration, performance and international status. The results of the calculations are interesting, to say the least. Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane is the highest …

Lionel Messi has done it again in the biggest club fixture in world football.  The Argentinian magician bagged a goal (his 25th in El Clasico) and an assist to guide Barcelona to a 3-0 defeat of Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. Luis Suarez put the visitors in front in the second half with when he put the finishing touch …

Barcelona were eleven points ahead of Real Madrid in the race for the La Liga title before kick-off in today’s El Clasico. The Catalonian side travelled to the Bernabeu with the intention of ending any Madrid hope of what would be a miraculous comeback in the title race. With Los Blancos sitting in fourth place in the league, behind Valencia …

Football management at the highest level has proven yet again to take absolutely no prisoners.  When Leicester won the Premier League as 5,000/1 outsiders their achievement was lauded as one of the greatest upsets the sport has ever seen. It was a fairytale story with a script akin to a Hollywood movie that all football fans could only sit back …

French football’s top division Ligue 1 is set for video assistant referees next season after several club chiefs revealed that they had agreed in principle to adopt the technology. “Video technology will be in Ligue 1 next season,” said the president of Guingamp Bertrand Desplat after Thursday’s general meeting of the French football league (LFP). “If everything goes well, we should …

Real Madrid’s recent La Liga struggles continued on Saturday night with a 0-0 draw against Athletic Bilbao.  The champions have found it more difficult than usual to break down opposing defences this season, with the lack of goalscoring form of all their top dogs, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Bemzema, raising eyebrows. Currently Los Blancos sit eight points behind league …

Barcelona maintained their four point lead at the top of La Liga tonight, as they played to a 1-1 draw with their nearest rivals Valencia at the Mestalla Stadium. However, the Catalan giants will feel unlucky to be returning home without all three points after a refereeing error cost them a clear goal in the first half. The controversy occurred …

Atletico Madrid have released footage of their new stadium, the Wanda Metropolitano as they prepare to face Malaga in the first game at their new ground on September 16.  Diego Simeone’s side have so far played their domestic games away from home this campaign – drawing 2-2 with Girona and defeating Las Palmas 5-1 in the early stages of La Liga. Atleti said goodbye to …

Marco Asensio is regarded by many as one of the hottest prospects in world football, and he has again proven why this is the case with another wonder goal for Real Madrid. Facing Valencia in La Liga on Sunday night, the Spaniard came up with another moment of individual magic to give the champions the lead after just ten minutes. …

While each individual attacker in recent years at Barcelona has been recognised for their unique ability, there is no doubt that Lionel Messi, has been, currently is and perhaps always will be the standard bearer for any striker who plays for the club.  And even a player as exceptionally talented as Neymar has had to move on in order to …

Barcelona’s Copa del Rey final victory over Alaves was Luis Enrique’s final game in charge of the La Liga giants. While in charge of the Catalan club he masterminded two La Liga triumphs, one Champions League win as well as three Copa del Rey victories, but what may come to be his lasting legacy is just how many wins he finished …

Well, this was a bit messy… On Sunday evening, Barcelona took on Eibar with a very slim chance of winning La Liga. In order to so, they needed to take all three points from the fixture and hope that Malaga pulled off a shock victory against Real Madrid. As it happened, the opening 45 minutes couldn’t have gone much worse …

Having joined Real Madrid back in 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo had only claimed one league title in seven attempts with Los Blancos… Heading into the final gameweek of La Liga, Real Madrid sat three points above Barcelona. A win or a draw would guarantee them their first league title since Jose Mourinho led them to glory back in 2012. Fans feared …

With his performances for Atletico Madrid getting better by the week it is no wonder talk of a move to a bigger club has surrounded the Frenchman.  His goal against Espanyol on Saturday brought his goal tally for the season to 25 in all competitions, he has helped Atleti to reach the Champions League semi-final stage and last summer he was …

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has moved to put an end to speculation linking him with a switch to Barcelona this summer.  With current Barca manager Luis Enrique announcing that he will leave his post at the end of this season, the Argentinian has been strongly rumoured to be his replacement. Meeting with Barcelona’s president, Josep Bartomeu, in a bar …

Manchester City’s Premier League title ambitions have take a serious dent in recent weeks and now, to arrest the worrying  slide, club bosses are reportedly ready to give manager Pep Guardiola £250 million and Lionel Messi in a bid to turn things around. The arrival of Guardiola in the summer was heralded by the blue side of the city as …

If you are an Arsenal fan, the latest rumours emerging from Spain about Mesut Ozil will not go down well. Arsenal have been in contract negotiations with Ozil for almost a year regarding a extension to his current deal and with an agreement still to materialise, rumours are emerging from Spain that suggest the Germany international wants to return to …