With Arsenal currently sitting 7th in the Premier League Table, it's now truly inevitable that Robin van Persie will choose a new club come summertime, barring some miracle. Because it seems so predestined, the notion doesn't trigger anxiety levels of Fabregas proportions in summers past, where you just really didn't know what was going to happen.

All of us at PSP hope you had a Happy Christmas and are recovering well from the excitements of the day. Here's a brief news roundup to look at in between naps and one of the Boxing Day games from England on Fox Soccer Channel.

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The Goalkeeper projects various Union starting XI's depending on different scenarios (attacking formation, defensive formation, departures for the Olympics), starting with the basic assumption that most (if not all) of the recent signings will automatically start, and looks at what this could mean to players who were on the 2011 roster.

Barcelona striker David Villa got a welcome boost as he was released from Hospital yesterday, five days after undergoing an operation on his broken leg picked up last month in his clubs successful World Club Cup competition.

Villa must be delighted with being able to spend Christmas day with his childhood sweetheart, Wife Patricia Gonzalez and their two Daughters, Zaida (8) and Olaya (2).

Villa-Villa-Villa, Villa Maravilla! Road to recovery begins for Spain's kid is a post from: Just Football

David Villa is not the most controversial of footballers. If you're the type of fan that likes his players a little rough around the edges, or the type for whom players only register when they do something out of the ordinary the Barcelona striker may rarely even register.

DAVID VILLA has 000s of fans around the World. I know that many admirers have been taken back by the serious injury of the FC Barcelona & Spanish International forward with his broken shine-bone. The player was yesterday operated on in Barcelona & Villa has made this video to thank all the well wishers & fans.

Many of you have asked about this peculiar shirt sported by Puyol after Barca's World Club Cup win over Santos on Sunday. 'El Guaje' is David Villa's nickname, and as you may know, the poor tipo has been ruled out with a horrendous broken leg that has ruled him out for the rest of the season and possibly Euro 2012.

Luis Suarez' future hasn't been decided yet, but with a ruling expected later in the day it might not be long now, and in the meantime new details from the case and Patrice Evra's racism charges begin to come out. Plus Liverpool lose out on a potential transfer target who was never really a potential transfer target, and there's good news to share when it comes to Steven Gerrard's groin and the man it's attached to.

Warning: not for the squeamish.

Mr. Illa Illa Illa, Villa Maravilla went and broke his leg in the Club World Cup semis, which should go a long way in making the competition's injury lists look like those of international friendlies in the near future lots of muscle pulls and 24 hour illnesses.

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Kerith Gabriel reports that the Philadelphia Union will announce a "blockbuster deal" with Panamanian international Gabriel Gomez. Gabriel says that Gomez is the "the same box-to-box defender/midfielder that was a beast in Panama's 2-0 win over the United States in the group stage of this summer's Gold Cup.

FC BARCELONA defeated AL_SAAD 0 - 4 in the semi final of the "FIFA World Clubs Championship" in Japan & will meet Bralizian Club SANTOS in the weekend final. Barça was never really troubled the whole match & one gets the idea that their opponents, although professional & putting in a very good game, had the joy of playing with their Football Heroes.

Andre Villas-Boas was reportedly thinking about sending the Spaniard out on...

The title of the Spanish Sports paper says it all : "Barcelona puts Guaje on the market" VILLA FOR SALE. A SPANISH FOOTBALL Bombshell? Madrid media propaganda? Destabilizing tactics from Madrid? Interested party testing the waters? The players sending an S.O.S messaje? Bullshit? Truth? One cannot also doubt that the newspaper looks to sell & get some "free marketing" ( as here ), but.

David Villa & Iker Casillas attended a beer event & made sure they put up their best Alpha Male performances! / via Real Madrid

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Many Football observers have made the popular comment that Spanish Football Club FC BARCELONA is from another planet, making reference to the teams form of touch Football, non-stop titles & incredible "extra-terrestrial" players. I think that the comment is very relevant & even picturesque in describing what is possibly the "Greatest Football Team in History" in terms of what the popular Football

We don't like to talk about transfer rumours. We especially don't like to talk about transfer rumours between windows. Mostly because none of the information floating around is true, accurate, or otherwise factual. And mostly because it's all crap that's been rehashed using stuff that was floating around six months ago that even back then wasn't true, accurate, or otherwise factual.

There are only two thoughts that may be going through your head : "Are Spain trying to be National Yearbook Photo Kings?" or "I'd die to be Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica's president) right now!" Either way, the Spaniards are relieved that the Costa Ricans are still in love with them despite their 0-1 loss to England over the weekend.

On a day when England manager Fabio Capello missed his son's wedding to be on the touchline for the visit of World Champions Spain, Frank Lampard rose to the occasion and scored the decisive goal to guide the Lions to a famous 1-0 win.

It was a hard-fought match at Wembley, with both teams playing with a lot of energy over the course of the 90 minutes.

Liverpool target David Villa will not be leaving Barcelona insists Guillem...

Feliz viernes! The Spanish National Team finally unveiled their FIERY Euro 2012 camisetas nuevas in Las Rozas, Madrid a few hours ago. The red tones have been dramatically emphasized to match the country's national colours while the blue stripes on the sleeves from last season have also been removed.

First the papers says Liverpool having a popped at Carlos Tevez, and now it's...

It's barely January 2012 yet. But it's almost there, just about six weeks away...

Simply put, the Adidas f50 adiZero is a striker's boot. Upon first sight, the boots catch the eye with its alluring, vibrant colors. Visual aesthetics aside, the first thing you'll notice when picking them up out of the box is how incredibly light they are. The f50 adiZeros are so light, in fact, that they weigh less than the box they arrived in.

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Admittedly, there was a time Michael Ballack was a name highly relevant to football. Now, he has been banished to the 'Has Beens' gallery, led by Rivaldo in a cape and feather duster.

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Nah, don't scratch your screens... it's only David Villa sin cera del pelo (without hair wax) at the Royal Order of Sporting Merit Awards in Madrid yesterday! The entire team received their gold medals last night- the highest recognised sporting distinction in the country following their World Cup triumph last year.

The January 2012 transfer window re-opens in three months time and already the...

A cracking match at Barca's Camp Nou, featured a sensational start with Alex Pato 24 seconds in opening the scoring for visitors AC Milan. The 22-year-old Brazilian Pato raced clear of a static Barcelona back four, and slid the ball beyond keeper Víctor Valdés giving the Italian champions the earliest of leads.

Oh hey, that's Thiago Silva and Pato on the verge of doing a samba dance! IBRA-whoooo? Ah, yes, such is the sweet tune of football you just want to keep proving yourself worthy of a place in first-team football. If these two irmãos keep up the momentum, the World Cup will come calling and so will the festa de SAMBA!

David Villa gives Barcelona a 2-1 lead with a wonderful 35 yard free-kick against Champions League rivals Ac Milan.

Champions League Preview: Real and Barca the teams to beat - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

It seems that in almost every aspect of the game, two clubs dominate the footballing world. They are Spanish super heavyweights Real Madrid and Barcelona. Any team boasting multiple stars is said to echo Real's Galactico era, while teams from League Two to the K-League are said to be a mini-Barcelona.

Move aside Nando Torres... it's time for Sevilla's homeboy, Alvaro Negredo, to take over La Seleccion! Yes, he has picked up a couple of Sunday Senor accolades here, and you should smear your face with black grease (ala Granada's dirty Cascamorras festival) if you've not heard of Negredo!

So the Seleção scraped past Ghana in a 1-0 victory last night, which is fair enough, especially since winning hasn't been their forte as of late! Within ten minutes of the first half, Ganso who suffered a thigh injury had to be replaced by Elias.

December 11th.

That's the next time these two monstrosities will face one another, perhaps in a league-mandated steel cage with Marquess of Queensbury rules and everyone signing a pre-match waiver for bodily harm/death.

An exceptional war of words already, with Pique declaring "Mourinho is wrecking Spanish football" and Jose retorting that Barcelona uses the tactics of a "small team".

It was an El Clasico: Real Madrid vs. Barcelona.
.One team, pressed, controlled possession and created chances, while the other one tried to keep up and with their first 2 opportunities to strike, scored 2 goals on the back of the super talents of their players. Which one was Real Madrid?

David Villa's cracking goal v Real Madrid last-night in case you missed it.

Del Bosque : "Walk back to the orange cones yeah, we're starting this again" Villa (disgruntled): "Uhgghghghg, SI SIIIII"/ via AP Photo

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Another day and yet another couple of Barcelona players have to put their oar in about Cesc Fabregas and how much they would lurrrvve him to join them at Barcelona. David Villa is first up, and reveals that he has a "weakness"(!!!!) for his bumchum Cesc. He said: "I am not hiding what I think [...]

The world of one part of Argentina's top two clubs, Club Atletico River Plate (referred simply as River Plate in most circles) is on the brink of disaster. Having suffered defeat to CA Lanus (2-1 at home) the club then faced the prospect of a two-leg playoff with second division outfit Belgrano for a place in next seasons Premier Division.

Footy fashion FAIL Having spent time living in Spain, I can confirm that our friends on the Iberian Peninsula do have a strange penchant for interesting, often nonsensical, English slogan t-shirts. It seems that even the country's football elite is not immune. Take David Villa and his 'Master in Sex Education' t-shirt, for instance.

Roma's tenacious Italian World Cup winner Daniele De Rossi is supposedly the subject of interest from both United and City according to The Daily Star. Sir Alex Ferguson has been considering an £18m...
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