Jeremy Beren can be found here on social media, and if you are hungry for more, you will find excellent work here. When receiving € 72 million for Alex Baena and Thierno Barry, Villarreal did what that club does best: sell high at its top assets and bets on young players or market opportunities to […]
They used to be better than this. Days before the La Liga season started, an announcement left the entire Spanish football community in disorder. It was to be expected, but even, that didn't mean it wasn't shocking. Javier Tebas, who fits his usual standard procedures, makes it known that during the coming season there was
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On the last LA Liga competition day, Villarreal concluded their phenomenal campaign with a 4-2 dismantling of Seville. Champions League qualification was already in the bag, which means that the bet was zero, but there was still plenty to celebrate. The atmosphere was electric, with 20,000 flags fluttering like a yellow sea, the Villarreal national
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At the end of April, after a painful 1-0 defeat in Mendizorroza, what started as a standard debrief after the game an unexpected turn. Imanol Alguacil, the long -standing coach and compass of Real Sociedad, announced that he would not renew his contract. For many, the timing suddenly watched. Alguacil's restraint to renewing in the
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In the beginning it was inevitable. Then it gradually started to hang in the air, striking when absent, tired when present. But in the end, comparisons between Lamine Yamal and Lionel Messi start to fade into the background. As soon as it became clear that the teenage number 19, the old song of Messi in
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It was not long since Girona became the last sensation of La Liga and conquered Spain Stormerderhand when they looked out to fight for the title. Although critics have argued that Girona's success is not as impressive as other fairy -tale stories, with regard to the CFG (City Football Group), there was undoubtedly under the
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It was not long since Girona became the last sensation of La Liga and conquered Spain Stormerderhand when they looked out to fight for the title. Although critics have argued that Girona's success is not as impressive as other fairy -tale stories, with regard to the CFG (City Football Group), there was undoubtedly under the
The 2024/25 season has felt as two clearly different campaigns for Real Betis Balompie. “Always look at Betis?” Well, not before January. Most believe that the arrival of the Brazilian wing player Antony, on loan of Manchester United, has taken care of a change from Betis that the Verdiblancos could see for the second time
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Estadio Benito Villamarin has long been a characteristic of the Spanish stadium architecture, with the impressive walls of Green that enclose some of La Liga's most elegant football companies. This will be the last season, it looks the same before he undergoes a complete renovation in line with various other stadiums in Spain. So far
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Barcelona splashed € 85 million in 2019, hoping to find a successor to Ivan Rakitic. They competed against Paris Saint-Germain and eventually convinced the Dutch midfielder to participate in a better financial proposal. Six years later, the club and themselves are not exactly happy with the outcome. Sergio Busquets rose with him and bumped into
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The singing “El Año Que Viene, Rayo-Liverpool” (“Next year, Rayo-Liverpool”) was reportedly devised by Rafael Garcia Navas, the old stadium announcer for Rayo Vallecano, during the team's promotion campaign in the 1988- 19899 season. As a member of a Rayo supporters group (ie a Pena), Rafa introduced the singing to confirm fans during a decisive
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We are now only a few minutes away from the main card opener of UFC 312 and despite a remarkable lack of depth, the card has so far. After three sensational preliminary fights that include a knockout of 19 seconds, the action continued on the provisional map of UFC 312, although the pace decreased remarkably.