Rafa Benitez has lined up Athletic Bilbao midfielder Javi Martinez as a long-term replacement for Xabi Alonso. Martinez is regarded as one of the best prospects in Spain. And Bilbao, who have the 20-year-old under contract until 2012, want around £10m. But Liverpool boss Benitez wants to thrash out a cut-price deal in order to afford his [.

Javi Martinez has welcomed Liverpool's interest in his services but is refusing to let the rumours and speculation affect him as he focuses on Athletic Club's last game of the season.
Reds boss Rafael Benitez is reported to be lining up a move for the 20-year-old midfielder as he aims to bolster his squad in a bid to go one better next term and lift the Premier League title.

This weekend will mark the official end of the season in Europe's top leagues, and after that, we can look forward to the start of the summer transfer window. As the window approaches, the transfer news and rumors are running rampant, and while a number of top clubs are already busy making signings, many more are trying to make sure they're not too far behind.

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Gallery, images, photos and pictures of Athletic Club de Bilbao v FC Barcelona, Spanish Supercup, Round 1, the 16th of August.

Includes Fernando Llorente, Aitor Ocio, Xavi Hernandez, Pedro, Thierry Henry and Dani Alves.

.Arsenal Transfered In: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax, £11m), Damian Martinez (Club Athletico Independiente, £1.3m), Jamie Edge (Cheltenham, undisc) Transfered Out: Abu Ogogo (Dag & Red, free), Amaury Bischoff (Academica de Coimbra, free), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man C, £25m), Kolo Toure (Man C, £14m), Jay Simpson (QPR, loan), James Dunne (Exeter, free), Rui Fonte (Lisbon, free), Rene Steer (Oldham, free), [.

24 años ha tardado el Athletic de Bilbao en volver a la final de su competición preferida, la Copa del Rey. Lo consiguió eliminando al Sevilla en un partido de vuelta que se empezó a jugar cuatro días antes de que el colegiado hiciera sonar el silbato inicial. Primero, con la euforia adelantada y desmedida [.

Yaya Toure, Kolo's younger brother shows why Arsenal should get this man. Brilliant footwork, great balance, and a killer finish. It all began at the half line. Yaya was shifted to the center back position because of Abidal's suspension and Rafa Marque's injury.

His goal scored the equalizer for Barca who went on to demolish Bilbao through goals by Messi, Krkic, and Xavi.

The all new rumour reporting article system is in full effect! The Rumour Javi Martinez is regarded as one of the best prospects in Spain. And Bilbao, who have the 20-year-old under contract until 2012, want around £10m. But Liverpool boss Benitez wants to thrash out a cut-price deal. Martinez said: "Any player .

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Originally uploaded by soefrie No podía dejar de poner en portada la victoria del Barcelona al Bilbao por goleada en la Copa del Rey, el primer campeonato de los 3 que desea conseguir la afición,directiva y plantilla azulgrana acaba de caer, dicen la primera es la mas difícil.

And it's Celebrations Galore today for Barcelona! The Copa Del Ray winners literally crushed Bilbao 4-1 last night in front of their fans at the Mestella, thanks to splendid goals from Toure, Messi, Bobojan and Xavi. In case you didn't catch the game, there are extensive highlights below and of course, the fotos.

That's right, the former Large School Missouri High School career scoring leader (recently supplanted by Megan Marlborough who now plays for Nebraska) for the Waynesville Tigers has begun a second career as a soccer player for Drury. Most recently seen on the hardwood playing for the Panther's where she averaged 12.

Hugo Sanchez obtiene un buen triunfo, su segundo desde que llego al Almeria 2-1 ante Athletic de Bilbao que le aleja un poco mas del descenso de la liga de las estrellas. Juanma marcó el primer tanto para Almeria al minuto 25 con un remate de cabeza, Kalu Uche puso el 2-0 para los dirigidos por Sánchez Márquez, Bilbao descontó al 66.

Beautiful night, and interesting game Wednesday as the D2 Panthers hosted the D1 Golden Eagles who were visiting from Tulsa. The scoreboard favored the visitors, who scored on a breakaway against the run of play about 20 minutes into the second half. It came after an extended period of defensive play as the Panthers moved the ball from side-to-side and into the box although they never broke the plane of the goal on this evening.

25/04/2009Malaga - Deportivo La Coruna 1 - 1Almeria - Numancia 2 - 1Valencia - Barcellona 2 - 226/04/2009Espanyol - Betis Siviglia ore 17.00Getafe - Villarreal ore 17.00Recreativo Huelva - Maiorca ore 17.00Valladolid - Osasuna ore 17.00Athletic Bilbao - Racing Santander ore 17.00Siviglia - Real Madrid ore 19.

In a surprising move, young defender Mikel San Jose has been loaned to Atletico Bilbao for the coming season with the Spanish club holding an option to buy him at the end of the twelve months.
Following the departure of Sami Hyppia, it was expected that San Jose would get his opportunity having impressed both for the reserves and for the Spanish youth sides.

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Manager Pep Guardiola fielded a strong lineup contrary to speculation earlier in the week that he would be conservative going into league play in a weeks time. With Messi, Henry and Ibrahimovic starting upfront Barcelona looked to add on to their one away goal lead and secure the Spanish Super Cup.

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Originally uploaded by prismatico Hoy se celebra nuestra independencia en México y que equipo de la liga azteca es el mas representativo? sin lugar a dudas las chivas rayadas del Guadalajara.
Hace tiempo escribi sobre la fiel afición y tradiciones de este equipo como ejemplo para la Premier, tiene muchas similitudes con el siguiente club:
Atlético de Bilbao es tal vez el club más exclusivo de fútbol en el mundo y orgulloso de ello.

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04/04/2009Almeria - Villarreal 3 - 0Athletic Bilbao - Maiorca 2 - 1Real Betis - Numancia 3 - 3Recreativo Huelva - Siviglia 0 - 1Valladolid - Barcellona 0 - 1Malaga - Real Madrid 0 - 105/04/2009Atletico Madrid - Osasuna ore 17.00Espanyol - Deportivo La Coruna ore 17.00Valencia - Getafe ore 19.00Sporting Gijon - Racing Santander ore 21.

Beautiful night, and interesting game Wednesday as the D2 Panthers hosted the D1 Golden Eagles who were visiting from Tulsa. The scoreboard favored the visitors, who scored on a breakaway against the run of play about 20 minutes into the second half. It came after an extended period of defensive play as the Panthers moved the ball from side-to-side and into the box although they never broke the plane of the goal on this evening.

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Damian increases his lead to 10 points in the predictions battle after a 'Barcelona-esque' 6-2 mauling of Damon last week. On this week's show we feature two domestic Cup finals, as well as big games from the Premier League, the Bundesliga, Serie A and a possible title-deciding derby match in Scotland

DB DF RES Rangers - Celtic Stuttgart - Wolfsburg Man Utd - Man City Arsenal - Chelsea AC Milan - Juventus Newcastle - Middlesbrough A Bilbao - Barcelona Sampdoria - Lazio

Barcelona müthiş oynadı ve Bilbao'yu sahadan sildi. İkinci yarının başındaki dalgaya dayanamadı Bask'lılar. Bilbao kazansın isterdik ama hak eden kazandı. Ne demişler bükemediğin bileği öpmeyi bileceksin! Bilbao taraftarının bazı taşkınlıkları gereksizdi lakin Daniel Alves'e gelen Lipton İce Tea kutusu benim gibi pek çok arkadaşta da ufak bir tebessüm yaratmadı değil hani :)

SPAIN has defeated Italy & China to be elected as the host nationfor the 2014 World Basketball Championships. The tournamentwill take place between the 30th of August & 14th of Septemberin the following cities: Madrid, Bilbao, Sevilla, Las Palmas &Granada. Spain lasted hosted the World Basketball Championships28 years ago.

The Panther's took off on Monday morning for England where they will be touring and playing a series of games against local opponents as part of their preseason training this year. It's a trip the NCAA allows once every four years and a new tradition that Coach Bilbao brought with from his time at Truman State.

That's right, the former Large School Missouri High School career scoring leader (recently supplanted by Megan Marlborough who now plays for Nebraska) for the Waynesville Tigers has begun a second career as a soccer player for Drury. Most recently seen on the hardwood playing for the Panther's where she averaged 12.

Benitez looks strengthening his defensive options.

LIVERPOOL were in Bilbao last night to run the rule over their £10million-rated central defender Fernando Amorebieta.
Bilbao's 6ft 3in stopper was facing Barcelona in the first leg of Spain's version of the Community Shield.

Oooh, what a way to start the season... by winning the Supercopa! Aplausos, por favor! Yet another brilliant show from Los Cules after they pulled off this convincing 3-0 win over Bilbao last night. The Messiah scored twice and your best friend Bobojan netted in the third!

With Barcelona, Valencia, Real Madrid and Bilbao all atop the standings it appears that someone needs to step up and separate themselves from the pack. Unfortunately, it's too early to tell who that will be.

I spent an entire previous column lamenting how the major acquisitions for Real Madrid might derail their entire club: Well, right now they're making me look good.

SFS perhaps does not give as much exposure as it should to ATHLETICDE BILBAO. The Basque team is a historical Club in the SpanishLeague & after fighting to stay out of 2ºDivision last year, is nowexperiencing an early 2009-2010 revival - in League & Europa Legaue -that is comforting & worth mentioning.

Stuff to read while Massimo Bussaca shows a one-finger salute to the fans.... Though the inevitable headline is here. (Avoiding The Drop) A little weekend roundup for the...weekend. (Futfanatico) Craig Bellamy's career lineage rap sheet. (Unprofessional Foul) The Pro Evo 2010 demo released. (Football Fashion) The Basque Wayne Rooney takes the plaudits.

Sevilla made light work of Bilbao, Racing into a three goal lead in the first 45 minutes before Renato added a fourth in the second half.

0-1 Renato

0-2 Negredo

0-3 Kanoute

0-4 Renato

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With Barcelona's convincing wins against Racing and Malaga added to Real Madrid getting two quick and easy wins against Villareal and Tenerife the two undefeated teams left in the Premiere Division have finally gotten away from a crowded pack.

The separation came easier when Bilbao dropped two straight games (against Sevilla and Tenerife.

Entre semana por cuestión de trabajo me presentan una persona, ahora profesional en Seguros, y al terminar la reunión le pregunto: ¿Con que pierna metiste el gol más importante de la Historia del Futbol regiomontano? y me dice con la derecha, cosa que corroboré por la noche al ver el video. Edmundo Manzotti Magaña con un gol impresionante de afuera del área selló el logro del Torneo de Copa en 1975, previamente Raymundo José Correa "Lola" había anotado de penal igualando el marcador global, y como dijo Angel Fernández al finalizar el partido:

"El primer campeón de Monterrey, la U de Nuevo León"

Con un año en el primer circuito, un 4 de Octubre, los Tigres consiguen este triunfo inédito en tierras regiomontanas.

Seven games today from Round 7 of the "Liga" with the following results, scorers & images.ATHLETICO DE BILBAO were outplayed by a surprising REAL SPORTINGDE GIJÓN who shifted up a gear in the 2º half to do the damage. Theend result was 1-2 with two goals from Sporting player DE LA CUEVASin the 65th from a free kick & the 77th min, to see Athletic get aconsolidation goal via TOQUERO late in the

Dopo la due giorni di Champions, che ha riservato come al solito grandi emozioni e una pioggia di gol, spazio alla terza giornata dell'Europa League. In campo, per quanto riguarda le italiane, il Genoa e le due romane. Trasferta insidiosa per i liguri che fanno visita ai francesi del Lille, col morale sotto i tacchi a causa della batosta rimediata, al Ferraris, in campionato (5 a 0 per l'Inter).

31/10/2009Real Madrid - Getafe ore 18.00Osasuna - Barcellona ore 20.00Xerez - Siviglia ore 20.00Athletic Bilbao - Atletico Madrid ore 22.0001/11/2009Villarreal - Tenerife ore 17.00Espanyol - Valladolid ore 17.00Maiorca - Racing Santander ore 17.00Real Saragozza - Almeria ore 17.00Malaga - Valencia ore 19.

Have you ever wondered what SUPERMAN is doing lately? Been awhile that we know little of his location or what he is doing.Apparently he has a part-time job as a security guard at theATHLETIC DE BILBAO stadium "San Mames" as this video indicatesin Saturdays game against FC BarcelonaSuperman flew & tackled a spontaneous runner with an Algerian flagin the very last moment to "save the day"!

Barcelona was dealt a tough blow a week back when superstar forward Lionel Messi went down with a painful thigh injury in their match against Bilbao. The LLTO Player of the Year from last season was apparently in a great deal of pain as he fell to the turf in the second half of the competition immediately grabbing at his thigh in agony.