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Real Madrid striker Alvaro Negredo says he's prepared to move abroad for regular football.

A target for Tottenham and Liverpool, Negredo said: "Of course I would like to stay, but I have to do what's best for me and if it can not be here, I must find minutes elsewhere.

CRISTIANO RONALDO is receiving flack today by all the local Spanishmedia for losing his head in the last moments of yesterdays 4-2victory against Almeria. Why? Apart from receiving a "stupid" &unnecessary second yellow card with a sending him off, he autoexcluded himself from the important next "Liga" match againstValencia CF.

Fiorentina have asked for Emmanuel Eboue plus cash for Arsenal to bring Confederations Cup winner Felipe Melo to the Emirates.

Felipe Melo recently signed a one-year contract extension at Fiorentina - the main purpose of which now seems to be the addition of a £21m release clause to help La Viola as much money as possible for the Brazilian midfielder.

They#8217;re brilliant. Everybody knows it. You know, I know it, they know it. As far as slick, ball on the floor footballing goes, they have no equal - even with their recent, now long forgotten, hiccup. On their day, Barcelona are simply above and beyond. After soundly thumping Lyon to announce they#8217;d awoken, they displayed [.

Is this a joke?

Hull City have been linked with a move for Real Madrid striker Alvaro Negredo.
The Barclays Premier League club have failed to land a number of strikers and are now ready to fight the likes of Roma in a bid to sign the 23-year-old Spaniard, according to Spanish newspaper Marca.

It may have been coming for a while but you have to pay tribute to Pep Guardiola's Barcelona for their achievements so far in a season that could still get even better.

Champions and Copa Del Rey winners, his side have dominated the Primera Division this year and are worthy winners. They can, of course, claim a treble with a win over Manchester United in the Champions League final in Rome next Wednesday.

According to Laurent Picard at Setanta Sports, Everton midfielder Segundo Castillo received an offer from Almeria. Castillo told El Mundo,

"Almeria have been interested ever since last year ... They wanted me for the last six months of the season, and today they are offering me a longer deal .

Rumor has it Florentino Perez's first act after hiring Manuel Pellegrini will be to install a revolving door in the Bernabeu dressing room. Out will go half the back line, Gonzalo Higuain - productivity matters not if your name isn't in lights - and the Dutch national football team. And the first order of business [.

La Liga is back!Spain's La Liga. Best league in the world? If you are judging it on the amount of frenzied anticipation built up amongst football fans around the world, probably. In terms of creating...

#16: Osasuna

Osasuna is the worst remaining La Liga club when it comes to goals scored last season. In fact since 2005 the club has never scored more then 51 goals in a top tier season. But to the club's credit they do play excellent defense and that alone should help the club fight off relegation.

Mejor inicio no pudo tener el Pentapichichi, ya que Almería, equipo que actualmente dirige "El Macho" obtuvo un triunfo en casa por marcador de 1-0 contra el Betis de Sevilla, en la jornada #17 de la liga española. Ciertamente que la suerte estuvo del lado del DT mexicano, ya que el Betis tuvo serias opciones como [.

Fue en diciembre del año pasado cuando la directiva del Almería anunció la contratación del 'Macho' Hugo Sánchez como timonel de dicha escuadra. Por fin se le hizo a Huguito y si bien no es el Real Madrid, sí ya está dirigiendo en la Madre Patria. Y, ¿Cómo le ha ido? Almería 1-0 Betis Espanyol 2-2 Almería Almería [.

What an exhilarating victory over Getafe yesterday at the Mestalla, a 4-1 win that reminded all of us why we're fans of this team in the first place.

We might not have as many trophies as the big guys, as much money as the other clubs and be as stable as we'd like to be. But no one can deny our passion for Our Beloved!

11/04/2009Barcellona - Recreativo Huelva 2 - 0Villarreal - Malaga 0 - 212/04/2009Sporting Gijon - Valencia 2 - 3Real Madrid - Valladolid 2 - 0Maiorca - Almeria 2 - 0Osasuna - Athletic Bilbao 2 - 1Numancia - Espanyol 0 - 0Racing Santander - Betis Siviglia 2 - 3Siviglia - Getafe 0 - 1Deportivo La Coruna - Atletico Madrid in corsoIscriviti all'RSS per essere sempre aggiornato!

Rafael Benitez believes he will have no trouble attracting new players to Liverpool despite Robbie Keane's futile attempts to win a regular first-team place.
Keane, who signed for £20 million from Tottenham Hotspur last summer and was sold back at a loss just six months later, failed to dislodge either Steven Gerrard or Fernando Torres from Benitez's first-choice attack.

The all new rumour reporting article system is in full effect! The Rumour Champions League finalists Barcelona are ready to loan out the 18-year-old in an effort to boost his first-team experience and La Liga club Almeria have already inquired about the prodigious forward, who scored 12 goals in 48 appearances during .

So here we meet again, another life or death battle for Valencia CF's future, a weekly war for survival.

This week, it's state rivals Villarreal, who lie in 6th place, tied with Our Beloved on points at 59.
Atletico Madrid sit 4th, with 61 points. They play Athletic Bilbao this weekend and save a Kun Aguero dive, would be somewhat lower.

Xabi Alonso will get his dream move from Liverpool to Real Madrid - if Rafa Benitez takes striker Alvaro Negredo in a swap deal.
Spanish midfield star Alonso wants to join Madrid's new Galacticos in a £32million move, but Kop chief Benitez has been holding out for more - and is now being offered £10million-rated Negredo.

The much-awaited fixtures for the opening round of the 2009-2010 La Liga season have been announced. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona begin their long fight this season at home.

Here are the fixtures for the opening weekend of August 29-31:

• Valencia v Sevilla
• Real Madrid v Deportivo Coruna
• Malaga v Atletico Madrid
• Almeria v Real Valladolid
• Real Mallorca v Xerez
• Racing Santander v Getafe
• Osasuna v Villarreal
• Real Zaragoza v Tenerife
• Athletic Bilbao v Espanyol
• Barcelona v Sporting Gijon - Monday, August 31

The two biggest matches of the season between Barcelona and Real Madrid are scheduled for the weekend of Nov.

Harry Redknapp has been looking for ways to reinforce the squad and he was thought to be keen on several Real players, including Huntelaar and Robben. The latest reports suggest Spurs are set to sign a Real player but his name may come as a surprise to you. Tottenham have agreed to sign striker Alvaro Negredo for £13 million and that is club's first major signing this summer.

The Spanish Primera Division or La Liga is set to start its 2009-10 season on Saturday with a full set of matches through Monday. In the United States, television rights are shared between GolTV and ESPN. GolTV will carry several matches each weekend while ESPN will usually broadcast only one each weekend.

Here you go the 2009-2010 season managers list for Spanish La Liga.... Almeria: Hugo Sanchez (Mexico :: July 11, 1958 :: since 2008) Athletic Bilbao: Joaquín Caparrós (Spain :: October 13, 1955 :: since 2007) Atlético Madrid: Abel Resino (Spain :: February 2, 1960 :: since February 2009) Barcelona: Josep Guardiola (Spain :: January 18, 1971 :: since June [.

After three weeks it is still hard to figure every team out, but I do know one thing for sure. Real Madrid and Barcelona are both really, really good. After that expert analysis lets review last weeks matches.

Deportivo La Coruna has showed early in the year that they are a tough opponent for any squad they face.

Pedro received a pass with his back to goal, moved slightly past the defender and sent the ball swerwing past the Almeria goalkeeper Diego Alves before he actually realised that the ball was coming his way.That was the sum total of the goals in the game.Barcelona looked a bit weary of life and for most of the rest of the game the ball was kicked back and forth in a desultory fashion.

Valencia continued their fine start to the season with an easy win over Almeria.

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The last game of the 1/16 of the SPANISH CUP was played tonight with another 2ºDivision team knocking out a "Liga" Club. ALMERIAlsot a home 0-1 to HERCULES (Alicante) & 1-3 in the total aggregate.(Hercules C.F logo)The winning goal for Hercules came in the 77th min whenTIAGO GOMES scored.

05.12.2009 - Liga BBVA
Real Madrid - Almeria 4:2

Fue en diciembre del año pasado cuando la directiva del Almería anunció la contratación del 'Macho' Hugo Sánchez como timonel de dicha escuadra. Por fin se le hizo a Huguito y si bien no es el Real Madrid, sí ya está dirigiendo en la Madre Patria. Y, ¿Cómo le ha ido? Almería 1-0 Betis Espanyol 2-2 Almería Almería [.

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Positives and negatives from yesterday's match. We played very badly in the first half, gave up a number of scoring chances, and suffered two key injuries. But the bottom line is that away games in Europe are very, very tough, and a scoring draw is a good result. We certainly looked better than we did in Rome, and it's a positive sign for a young side to come out in the second half, down a goal in a hostile environment, and dominate play to the extent we did.

Average bookie probabilities, Getafe vs. FC Barcelona: 13 / 23 / 64

The focus is back on the league for the next 3 games. The first of these are against Getafe, who has made it their speciality to get points against the big teams. Getafe are currently 14th in the league just 4 points shy of the relegation zone.

(Recreativo Huelva-Real Madrid 0-1. La risposta ai catalani arriva da Marcelo che, imbeccato da un lunghissimo lancio, entra in area e batte il portiere avversario, regalando i tre punti ai blancos)
Ecco i risultati:
Almeria-Osasuna 19/04/
Athletic Bilbao-Dep. La Coruna 0-1
Marcatori: 85' Alvarez (Dep)
Atletico Madrid-Numancia 3-0
Marcatori: 62' Banega (Atl); 79' Forlan (Atl); 90' Simao (Atl)
Betis Siviglia-Sporting Gijon 19/04/
Espanyol-Racing Santander 19/04/
Getafe-Barcellona 0-1
Marcatori: 19' Messi (B)
Malaga-Maiorca 1-1
Marcatori: 53' Apono (Mal); 59' Arango (Mai)
Recreativo-Real Madrid 0-1
Marcatori: 49' Marcelo (Rea)
Valencia-Siviglia 19/04/
Valladolid-Villarreal 19/04/
La classifica della Liga:
Barcellona 78; Real Madrid 72; Siviglia 57; Atletico Madrid 49; Valencia 49; Villarreal 48; Malaga 47; Dep.

Last season it was Real Zaragoza, Murcia and Levante. The season before that it was Celta de Vigo, Real Sociedad and Gimnastic de Tarragona. Who will it be this season? Who will suffer the heartbreak of relegation to the Segunda division?

Here's the ladder as it stands before the kick-off of round 34:

11 Almería 33 -12 40 12 Athletic 33 -10 40 13 Racing 33 2 39 14 Betis 33 -6 37 15 Osasuna 33 -4 36 16 Espanyol 33 -12 35 17 Getafe 33 -9 34 18 Sporting 33 -33 33 19 Recreativo 33 -20 30 20 Numancia 33 -31 28

Racing Santander is six points clear of the drop zone on 39, whilst Almeria and Athletic Bilbao are both on 40.

And just like that, the joy evaporates, in the snap of our fingers.

Atletico Madrid's controversial 1-0 victory over our Valencia CF further compounded a recurrent theme this season: we're horribly inconsistent.
We play like the world's greatest team in a 2-2 tie with champions FC Barcelona only to falter to relegation fodder Espanyol.

Major League Soccer on Fox Soccer Channel: Seattle - Columbus at 10pm. FA Cup Final on Fox Soccer and Setanta: Chelsea - Everton at 10am. La Liga on GolTV: Deportivo - Barcelona at 3pm and Atletico Madrid - Almeria at 5pm. Ligue 1 on Setanta: Caen - Bordeaux at 3pm. Colombian League on GolTV: Tolima - Once Caldas at 7:10pm and Cucuta - Junior at 9:15pm.

Real Madrid are ready to use highly-rated striker Alvaro Negredo as bait in their attempt to lure Liverpool into parting with Xabi Alonso.
Speculation over Alonso's future has intensified with Florentino Perez yesterday confirmed as Real Madrid president for the second time after no other candidate put themselves forward for election before the May 31 deadline.

Fiorentina's midfielder Felipe Melo is tidy and uncomplicated, just like another certain Brazilian at Arsenal although it's his power which has turned many heads.
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They say it takes a player three years to come through the Arsenal world-wide scouting system but it seems highly unlikely Melo would have been on Arsenal's radar for that long.

Spanish giants Real Madrid are considering using striker Alvaro Negredo - plus a considerable amount of cash - as bait to entice Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez to release midfield playmaker Xabi Alonso. Real have made their interest in Alonso no secret, but Benitez maintains that the Spanish international is not available at any price.

Keirrison is all but Barcelona's - much to the delight of everyone at former club Palmeiras. But he's being flogged about as loan fodder in order to catch a bigger fish - either David Villa or Bruno Alves. Must feel nice to be loved. Eventually. On the other side of the Clasico, Almeria striker Alvaro Negredo [.

The guy that most of the Premiership teams want in their squad has a typical life story. When foreigners came flooding Primera he was forced to move to Almeria, while Real were spending big money on doubtful players.

He got his chance when Almeria had no other solutions and simply exploded.