The 2010-2011 La Liga season just ended, but a lot of teams are already lining up new players for next season. Here is a look at some of the major transfers of the summer so far:

Real Madrid
Following Mesut Ozil and Sami Khedira's arrivals last summer, Real Madrid have again foraged in the Bundesliga for talent, recruiting the Turkish midfield pair of Nuri Sahin and Hamit Altintop from Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich respectively.

Newcastle have been continually linked with Juan Albin from Getafe this year. Juan Albin - moves from Getafe to Espanyol So we don't know if Albin was a top target of Newcastle , but we doubt it. However, if he was then Newcastle have missed out on the player, since Espanyol have now finalized a [.

Sweden took part in the 2011 Cyprus Cup. Never heard of it before? Not many had. In any case the somewhat odd and demanding tournament format meant that national coach Erik Hamren had to take out a squad with 33 players (should have been 34 but Albin Ekdal from Bologna had to withdraw because of injury).

Sampdoria ended their awful run thanks to a convincing 3-1 win over Bologna. You can say that the pressure was go to the Samp boss after 3 straight defeats and no win in 7 in all competitions Sampdoria were missing Massimo Volta to plus Franco Semioli and Nicola Pozzi to injury. Bologna were missing Miguel Angel Britos and Della Rocca to suspensions plus Albin Ekdal and Gyorgy Garics were.

The 19th Giornata has ended, which means the first part of the season is officially over. So this weekend the Serie A calendar will start all over again from the beginning, just inverted. It was an interesting weekend in Serie A with 30 goals scored and lots of great games. Milan continue to lead the way with 40 points, while Napoli are sole second with 36 points.

MADRID, Spain — Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 18th and 19th league goals of the season as Real Madrid started 2011 with a tense 3-2 win at derby rivals Getafe on Monday to close to within two points of champions Barcelona at the league summit. Portuguese star Ronaldo smashed home an 11th-minute penalty to open the [.

I think I'll let the visuals do the talking. A highly entertaining game, with former Real graduate Daniel Pajero taking the plaudits for his performance for Getafe...

The deadly duo of Cristiano Ronaldo and Mesut Oezil was ever present again for Madrid. Ronaldo, put Los Blanco ahead before Ozil doubled the lead eary on in the game.