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Player Focus: Five Youngsters Set to Impress in La Liga

by David Cartlidge at Wednesday, Sep 11 2013 17:27
Player Focus: Five Youngsters Set to Impress in La Liga The likes of Koke, Inigo Martínez and Raphael Varane have all emerged on the scene in La Liga to devastating effect in the last few seasons. Now, there are several new faces looking to make a name for themselves over the course of the upcoming campaign, all of whom are aged 21 or under.Thievy...
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Player Focus: United's Loss on Ander is Athletic's Gain

by David Cartlidge at Wednesday, Sep 4 2013 17:02
Player Focus: United's Loss on Ander is Athletic's Gain So close, yet so far. Manchester United’s pursuit of Ander Herrera in the closing days of the transfer window caused huge controversy due to the various stories around the negotiating of the deal. Lost in all the madness, unsurprisingly, has been just how ideal the 24-year-old would’ve b...
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Player Focus: Madness to Sell Magnificent Mesut

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Aug 29 2013 10:40
Player Focus: Madness to Sell Magnificent Mesut The repercussions of the Gareth Bale to Real Madrid deal are becoming ever more apparent with each day the saga drags on. Be it transfers involving other clubs, or impacts on current squads, the Welshman will have a ripple effect on the transfer window.There will inevitably be unnecessary casualties...
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Player Focus: La Liga Signings to Catch the Eye this Summer

by David Cartlidge at Friday, Aug 23 2013 17:00
Player Focus: La Liga Signings to Catch the Eye this Summer While there has been a huge exodus of talent from La Liga, some players have remained in Spain and after forming an important part of one team have moved on to bigger and hopefully brighter things elsewhere. How these players have missed moves to England, Italy or another league which has plundered ...
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League Focus: La Liga 2013/14 Preview

by David Cartlidge at Friday, Aug 16 2013 11:45
League Focus: La Liga 2013/14 Preview Private battle at the topEveryone knows how La Liga works these days, and the foremost function is the battle between Barcelona and Real Madrid. The level of competitiveness between the two has been all consuming in recent years, brought to the boil by Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho’s ...
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Team Focus: A New Era and Identity at Valencia

by David Cartlidge at Friday, Aug 9 2013 16:11
Team Focus: A New Era and Identity at Valencia As has been the story for several summers now, the headlines in Valencia have been dominated by a departure. David Villa, David Silva, Juan Mata, Jordi Alba all left the club and the latest go the way of those four players was Roberto Soldado, to Tottenham.To each loss, Valencia have responded rathe...
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Team Focus: How Villarreal Are Ensuring They Remain In The Primera División

by David Cartlidge at Monday, Jul 29 2013 17:45
Team Focus: How Villarreal Are Ensuring They Remain In The Primera División Villarreal have been away from Spain’s elite in Primera for just one year, but now they’re back they wish to make sure they don’t drop to Segunda División again. There are many ways to go about this, but the main one is stocking the squad up with clear quality. The moves mad...
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Player Focus: Why Real Madrid Spent Big on Illarramendi

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Jul 18 2013 16:02
Player Focus: Why Real Madrid Spent Big on Illarramendi It’s been one of the most shocking transfers of the summer so far, and certainly one of the most expensive, but for €38m Real Madrid believe they have their present and future in mind with the signing of Asier Illarramendi. The purchases of Dani Carvajal and Isco suggested Madrid were mov...
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Player Focus: Villa Adding a New Dimension to Atleti's Attack

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Jul 11 2013 16:30
Player Focus: Villa Adding a New Dimension to Atleti's Attack He’s seen by many as Spain’s greatest ever striker, and despite his 31-years of age is still one of the most feared strikers in European football. So, when Atlético Madrid announced they’d signed David Villa from FC Barcelona for a fee that would total a maximum of €5.1...
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Player Focus: Why Isco is Set for Greatness at Real Madrid

by David Cartlidge at Wednesday, Jul 3 2013 12:33
Player Focus: Why Isco is Set for Greatness at Real Madrid It’s no surprise that at 21-year old Isco finds himself at one of the best clubs in the world. His career trajectory thus far has been rapid and at Real Madrid, any ceiling that may stop him has been removed. A startling performance last season against Zenit St Petersburg in his first ever Cha...
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