Juan Mata has finally agreed to a new contract with Valencia after widespread interest in his services.
The 21-year-old has received a significant increase in salary but the length of the contract has not been extended while the minimum release fee clause remains the same of 90million Euros. Click to continue reading...

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The transfer rumour mill is already kicking up plenty of transfer rumours regarding United and their rivals but just how busy can we expect Sir Alex to be?

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Redknapp looks to Spaniard to resolve left wing issues.

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Harry Redknapp believes he can "solve his left-sided problem" by signing Valencia's Vicente, another one of those Spanish players who was fashionable a few years ago but then just never seemed to go anywhere despite playing for a club allegedly trillions of Euros in debt.

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Juan Mata's father and agent want Valencia to up their contract offer, amid claims that Liverpool are ready to make a move for the forward.
The Spain international is in talks with Los Che over a new contract and only last week his father, Juan Mata senior, stated that a deal was close. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have been linked with a £16.5 million move for Valencia winger Juan Mata in January, as ongoing concerns over the finances of the Spanish club may result in them being forced to sell the player.
Although the club's two main stars – the two Davids, Silva and Villa – have remained at Valencia, despite serious interest from many of Europe's biggest clubs, their sporting director Fernando Gomez hinted that lesser players may be sold to ease the financial burden. Click to continue reading...

Rafa hopes for financial injection to make move for impressive young attacker.

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Liverpool have been linked with a £16.

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Well our Europa League start may have been a rough one but we really cannot argue that the result isnt at all bad.

We got a point away from home against a tough team using our backups.

hey not too bad at all.

And in all honesty i think both teams could have taken all three from this one.

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Ah, que fantástico! David Villa struck twice yesterday to help Valencia to a neat 4-2 win at Valladolid. The other goals came from Juan Mata and David Silvaaaaa.

"My players made a big effort and by the end, they were very exhausted.

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Could the samba star be set for a La Liga return?

Robinho has left the door open for a possible move from Manchester City during the winter transfer window after admitting he is "happy" at interest shown by Barcelona and insisting that it is "not easy to say no" to the European champions.

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The Valencia kit designers obviously had too much of a Dark Knight experience.... so it doesn't matter if Juan Mata and David Silva look like they have extra chest hair. Valencia defeated Sevilla 2-0 and Freddy Kanoute was sent off for two "unfair" challenges in Unai Emery's opening test of the season yesterday.

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While Roma got shelled today 3-1 by Juventus, exposing its enduring weakness on the defensive end, newby keeper Julio Sergio did provide a moment of brilliance for the giallorossi.
Check out his brilliant save at the 9 second mark on the video. After that, check out Juve's Diego channeling Maradona (with a brief intermission by Roma's Daniel De Rossi with a gorgeous long range shot). Click to continue reading...

FC BARCELONA Coach Guardiola has let known to his superiors thatalthough he has the "Best Team in the World" he desires a coupleof new signings to guarantee two positions: the central defence & aleft midfielder/winger. According to "Sport" the chosen names areDMYTRO CHYGRYNSKIY of SHAKHTAR DONETSK as defender &JUAN MATA of VALENCIA CF as the midfielder/winger. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona are lining up a bid for Liverpool winger Albert Riera as time runs out to do deals for Arsenal duo Cesc Fabregas and Emmanuel Eboue.
Nou Camp boss Pep Guardiola conceded at the weekend that a move for Fabregas was unlikely to come off, but the club's deal-maker Txiki Begiristain has not ruled out snaring him before Tuesday night's Battle of Britain Champions League tie between Celtic and the Gunners. Click to continue reading...

COS's Anfield Correspondent considers the possiblity of a dream deal not coming to fruition.

Is a move for David Silva imminent? That is the question being asked by supporters of both Liverpool and Manchester United on this website. The rumour mill seems to have been working overtime on this one and we have even seen comments posted on the site claiming that a deal has already been done with the Valencia player: with fans of both North West clubs believing he is as good as theirs.

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According to "Marca" FC BARCELONA has made a 20M€ offer forVALENCIA CF midfielder & Spanish International JUAN MATA. It ispublished that the player's representative will communicate thisto Valencia CF this afternoon & see if they can come to anagreement.Valencia CF is in serious economic difficulties & needs to pay itsplayers part of their salaries, therefore they have a need to sellplayers, Click to continue reading...

After seeing their fierce rivals clinch deals for Kaka, Ronaldo and Benzema, Barcelona were forced to act accordingly and they are thought to be keen on signing Valencia duo Villa and Mata. The Catalans have already agreed a deal with David Villa and they are expected to finalize the transfer very soon since Valencia are in big financial problems.

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Liverpool striker Fernando Torres accepts the club's lack of financial muscle means they are unlikely to be able to compete for star signings like international team-mate David Villa but he believes that will not affect their chances of winning trophies.
The Reds have been linked with the £40million Valencia forward but it seems he is destined to remain in Spain with Barcelona and Real Madrid vying for his signature. Click to continue reading...

Finally, the lads can rest.

Nearly a month after Our Beloved's last competitive match, VCF's six (sorry, 5 ... Raul Albiol is now a Madridista) international players are back from South Africa and the 2009 Confederations Cup, ready to commence their vacations.

Congrats, Juan Mata, David Villa, David Silva, Carlos Marchena and Pablo Hernandez.

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El Nino wants Rafa to buy Spanish this summer! The Rumour Fernando Torres has urged the powers that be at Liverpool to draft in creative, attacking talent - or, to be more specific, the likes of his fellow Spain stars David Villa, David Silva and Juan Mata. The Valencia trio are among the ... Click to continue reading...

I'm back - again. Who knows for how long this time.

What did I miss? Apparently, quite a bit.

First, hats off to the USA! USA! USA! for defeating Valencia CF Lite 2-0 in the semifinals of the Confederations Cup.

The American VCF fans here can attest to how little respect US soccer ball gets around the world and in particular, in the USA.

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Better than Brazil?

Spain set a world record of 15 consecutive wins after beating South Africa 2-0 to reach the Confederations Cup semis.

Their latest victory means Spain have equalled Brazils all time record of 35 matches without defeat, (1993 and 1996). But are they better than that Brazilian team?

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Liverpool full-back Alvaro Arbeloa could be given a rare chance to start for Spain in Tuesday's international friendly against Azerbaijan, should Sergio Ramos fail to regain full fitness.
The versatile Real Madrid defender suffered a hip injury just before the club's final game of the Primera Division season against Osasuna. Click to continue reading...

El seleccionador nacional, Vicente Del Bosque, dio a conocer la lista de 23 jugadores que llevará a la Copa Confederaciones de Sudáfrica, que se disputará entre los próximos 14 y 28 de junio. En una convocatoria marcada por las lesiones y las ausencias, la llamada de Juan Mata (Valencia) y Albert Riera (Liverpool), así como la de los culés Andrés Iniesta y Gerard Piqué (ambos con molestias), se antojan como lo más destacado de la comparecencia celebrada este mediodía en la Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas.

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And just like that, the season ends.

Today's it's the 38th and final match of the season, a home game against Athletic Bilbao.

A point and we're in Europe's second tier competition, the UEFA Europa League. A loss and we could conceivably be out of Europe all together.

Call me crazy, but I'm not all that excited about being in the Europa League.

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The magic number for Week 35 action in La Liga was 3. That number was massive as 7 of the 10 matches this weekend had at least 3 goals scored, in those matches 7 teams scored at least 3 goals by themselves including the stunning 3-3 draw at the Camp Nou. Barcelona led Villarreal 3-1 deep into the 2nd half but late goals Matias Fernández & Joseba Llorente prevented a Blaugrana celebration of a 19th La Liga title while Villarreal maintains the last UEFA Europa League spot on goal differential over Deportivo La Coruna.

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Thierry Henry's equaliser four minutes from time salvaged Barcelona a 2-2 draw at Valencia and denied the hosts a sixth consecutive Liga victory.

Barcelona were in scintillating form on Wednesday as they swept aside third-placed Sevilla 4-0, and appeared to have picked up where they left off when they forged ahead after 24 minutes.

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Real Madrid may possess the players, the desire and the mathematical possibility to win this season's Primera Liga title, but, with six rounds remaining, that's not enough. To catch Barcelona, they're going to need a little help from those around them.

But, where is this help going to come from?

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It was a nice homecoming for local lad David Villa against Sporting Gijon. But at the end of the day, Los Che had too much for Los Rojiblancos, a late Juan Mata strike sending Valencia up to 4th and a Champions League spot with a 3-2 win.
Tense game. Tough to watch, not only because the feed was so blurry but because you could sense Villa's frustration playing against his old squad.

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Real Madrid were again able to haul themselves back to within six points of Liga leaders FC Barcelona, this time with a 2-0 home win against Real Valladolid, but third-placed Sevilla suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat by Getafe.

Barcelona had asked questions of the Spanish champions with Saturday's 2-0 win at home to RC Recreativo de Huelva, but Juande Ramos's charges again maintained the pressure with a victory.

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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!

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The Spanish national squads' medical team have confirmed the injury of FC Barcelona midfielder ANDRES INIESTA. The player has torn muscle fibres that will keep him out of the Spanish Team for the...br/ br/ Read all the news, results, details comments in English on Spanish Football Sportsdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds2. Click to continue reading...