The first thing you usually hear when someone mentions La Liga to you is the response: "oh, well, it's just Barcelona and Real Madrid competing every year for the title". And while those two teams are undoubtedly the best in the planet, most football fans would agree that La Liga is not the deepest league. Serie A and the English Premier league have more teams capable of doing well in Europe and going after world class players. Outside of Malaga and the Big Two, we don't see great players going into other teams. Instead we see players like Juan Mata, David Villa, David Silva, Sergio Aguero and … [Read more...]
La Liga Transfer Latest
Proceedings are well and truely under way in this summer's La Liga transfer window and some clubs notably Malaga are already showing the colour of their money with some lucrative additions to their squad this month. In this feature, La Liga Blog scours online Spanish football site Marca and analyses the pick of this week's transfer news and gossip. … [Read more...]
Breaking News: Rafael Benitez Is Sacked By Inter Milan
Rafael Benitez's tenure as Inter Milan manager has come to a swift end as he this evening has been sacked club president Massimo Moratti at the Italian club. Despite recently being crowned World Club Cup champions, a series of poor results has left the treble winners in serious trouble sitting 7th in the Serie A league table, 13 points adrift of rivals AC Milan. Spanish media sources had already speculated that Benitez, 50, was well aware of his imminent sacking and has been holding out for his dismal in order to make sure he receives a huge pay-off. The former Liverpool coach is currently … [Read more...]