Real Madrid are Stronger - Ozil

Real Madrid playmaker Mesut Ozil believes the current Los Blancos side is significantly stronger than they were last season.

"We are much stronger," Ozil told Kicker.

"We've taken a step further compared to the previous campaign."

And despite Real regularly adding new players to their ranks, Ozil believes the squad are now starting to gel together as a unit.

"Real Madrid have made a lot of signings in the last couple of years, but you can now tell we understand each other on the pitch."


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Cristiano Ronaldo refuses to rule out a move to Manchester in the future

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has refused to close the door on a potential return to Manchester United, after admitting he left a part of himself in England. The Portuguese forward left Old Trafford for the Bernabeu in an £80million world-record deal in 2009.

He told Sky Sports News: ‘Maybe in the future I hope so, because I know the league, I know the players, I know the atmosphere.

‘I have good memories from Manchester and when I watch sometimes the games I miss it a lot because it's part of me I left in England.

‘The most important reason why I moved is the challenge because I really like to put myself under pressure to see what I can do, but I really miss the Premier League - for me it is along with the Spanish league the best league in the world.


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Callejon has faith in himself

Real Madrid winger Jose Callejon is cautiously optimistic about his chances at succeeding at the club in his second attempt.

Callejon re-signed for Madrid in the summer in a €5.5 million deal just three years after leaving the club.

The winger, who came on as a substitute in Madrid's 6-0 win over Zaragoza in the opening round of La Liga fixtures, hopes to make a bigger impression at the Spanish giants than some other talented players who have come before him but failed.

"I do not want what happened to Pedro Leon and Sergio Canales to happen to me, though I am aware that on this team only the best play and that it will be hard to play, but I trust my chances," Callejon said at a press conference.


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Luis Enrique

Luis Enrique Martínez García, born on 8 May 1970 in Gijón, Asturias, known as Luis Enrique, is a retired Spanish footballer. His usual position was right or attacking midfielder, but he was notable for his versatility, having played in all positions throughout his career except central defender and goalkeeper.

Starting in 1991 and ending in 2004, he represented both Real Madrid and Barcelona, with equal individual and team success, appearing in more than 500 official games and scoring more than 100 goals.

Enrique was a prolific goalscorer, for both club and country - he appeared with the latter in three World Cups and one European Championship - and was also noted for his temperament and stamina.

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Gregorio Manzano

Gregorio "Goyo" Manzano Ballesteros, born on 11 March 1956, is a Spanish footballmanager, currently in charge of Atlético Madrid.

Manzano's training career started in 1983, at the age of 27: he took charge of several teams in his native region, including Real Jaén, then in thefourth category of Spanish football.

In 1996, Manzano signed with Talavera CF from Segunda División B. During his two-season spell, he led the Castile-La Mancha side to a second-place finish in its group (1996–97), and a narrow miss on promotion (1997–98).

Manzano had his first La Liga experience with Real Valladolid, in 1999–2000. His new club finished eighth, and the season included a 1–0 win over Real Madrid, at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. For the following campaign, he stayed in the topflight, with Racing de Santander; in spite of a 4–0 home success against FC Barcelona, the Cantabrians were relegated and the coach was fired.

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Josep Guardiola

Josep "Pep" Guardiola i Sala , born  on 18 January 1971 in Santpedor, Barcelona, Catalonia, is a Spanish football manager and former player. Guardiola played as a defensive midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona. Guardiola  was part of Johan Cruyff's dream team that won Barcelona's first European Cup. Guardiola also played for Brescia Calcio and A.S. Roma in Italy. While playing in Italy, he served a four-month ban for a positive drug test although he was cleared of wrongdoing on appeal by Michel Platini as President of UEFA. As an international, he played for Spain and Catalonia.


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Zapata signs for Villarreal

Villarreal have confirmed the signing of Udinese defender Cristian Zapata for an undisclosed  fee.

The 25-year-old Colombian international had been strongly linked with a move to Premier League with Arsenal and Liverpool hoping to sign but he had shunned the offer in favour of a switch to Spain.

A statement from Udinese read: "Udinese announces it has sold the sporting rights of Colombian defender Cristian Zapata to Villarreal.

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Malaga sign Valencia Isco

Spain Under-20 international Isco has completed his move to Malaga after agreeing the personal term with the club.

The 19-year-old, who was born just outside Malaga, became the ninth summer acquisition by the Andalusian club after Valencia agreed for a fee in the region of €6 million.  

Isco has agreed a five-year contract, with the initial buy-out clause set at 20million euros, Malaga announced.

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Zuiverloon makes Mallorca move

Spanish outfit Real Mallorca has confirmed the signing of defender Gianni Zuiverloon from Premier League side West Brom.

The Dutch player has signed a three-year-deal with the Islander club for an undisclosed fee.

Zuiverloon moved to West Brom from Heerenveen for £3.2million in July 2008 and was impressive in initial stage but fell out of favour due lack of form.

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Real complete Coentrao capture

Real Madrid have confirmed the signing of Portugal left back  Fabio Coentrao from Benfica on a six-year contract.

Coentrao passed a medical and agreed personal terms on Tuesday before signing a six year seal with the Copa del Rey champion.

Madrid have not disclosed the fee involved in the deal but the official site of Benfica show that the Spanish side have paid a figure in the region of €30 million (£27 million).

There have also been claims that Ezequiel Garay could be used as a makeweight in the deal, although this has yet to be confirmed.

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Real Madrid Sign Turkish Midfielder Nuri Sahin

Playmaker Nuri Sahin has agreed to join Real Madrid from Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund after both the clubs agreed on the player value.

While the clubs did not disclose how much Real agreed to pay, his contract with Dortmund included a clause that allowed him to leave if there was an offer of €10 million or more from outside Germany.

German-born Sahin is the youngest Bundesliga player to make debut in the league at the age of 16 years and 355 days, and the youngest scorer, netting against Nuremberg three months into his top-flight career.

He made his Turkey debut in 2005 in a 2-1 win over Germany and, became the youngest player to score for his country when he made it 2-0 in the same match.

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Teenage star Varane signs for Real Madrid

Highly-rated French defender Raphael Varane signed for Spanish giants Real Madrid from French Second Division side Lens.

The 18-year-old defender, who has played just 23 Ligue 1 matches in a season that saw Lens relegated - signed a six year contract with Real Madrid after passing his medical, the club announced.

"Real Madrid and Lens have reached agreement over the transfer of the French player Raphael Varane, who will wear the Real shirt for the next six seasons," Real said in a statement.

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Real Madrid sign back Callejon

 Real Madrid have reached an agreement to sign winger Jose Callejon, back from Espanyol for the next five seasons, the Spanish club announced.

The 24-year-old, a former Spanish under-21 international, moved to Espanyol at the end of the 2007/08 season and made 97 appearances for the Barcelona-based club, scoring 10 goals.

The club gave no financial details but Spanish media reported Real will pay around €5 million to bring Callejon back to Madrid.

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Hamit Altintop signs For Real Madrid

Real Madrid made their latest addition to his squad for next season when the Spanish club agreed to sign German-born Turkey midfielder Hamit Altintop from Bayern Munich on a free transfer.

A statement on the club's official website reads: "Real Madrid C.F and former Bayern Munich player Hamit Altintop have reached an agreement in which he will join the club for the next four seasons."

Altintop is Mourinho's second signing after fellow Turkey midfielder Nuri Sahin joined from Borussia Dortmund last week.

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Valencia sign Almeria

Valencia has announced the signing of Almeria goalkeeper Diego Alves on a four-year deal.

The 25 year-old cost La Liga outfit Valencia around €3 million, a discount fee due to Almeria's relegation from Spain's top tier.

Diego Alves will compete with Vicente Guaita for the number 1 goalkeeper after veteran goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez joined Villarreal on a free transfer while Miguel Angel Moya is believed to be close to confirming a move to Getafe.

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Valencia sign Adil Rami for £5million

Valencia have clinched the signing of Lille defender Adil Rami.

The French announced that they have agreed a deal worth around the region of €6 million with Spanish giants Valencia.

Los Che confirmed the signing on their official website, revealing that the 25 year old had signed a four-year deal with the club.

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Villarreal sign Valencia goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez

Veteran goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez has left Valencia and is expected to join Villarreal on a free transfer after his contract expired at the Mestalla.

A statement on the club's official website www.villarrealcf.es read: "Villarreal and goalkeeper Cesar Sanchez have reached an agreement for the player to join on a free transfer. 
 
Sanchez is free to join the Yellow Submarine as a reserve shot stopper and back-up to first-choice Spaniard Diego Lopez who played all 38 Liga games last season.

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Malaga signs defender Sanchez from Sevilla

spending Malaga have agreed to buy Sevilla central defender Sergio Sanchez, their eighth signing of the close season, the La Liga club said on Friday.

Malaga said in a statement announced, "Both Andalusian clubs have reached an agreement today for the transfer of the defender Sergio Sanchez”.

Sanchez agreed to a four-year deal with Malaga, which did not release the transfer fee though reports say it was around €3 million.

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Former Spanish winger Joaquin signs for Malaga

Malaga have announced the signing of Spanish winger Joaquin Sanchez from Valencia, the club's latest move on the transfer market ahead of next season.

Malaga stated on their website, "The two entities have closed an agreement so that the player from Puerto de Santa Maria can become the seventh incorporation for next season”.

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Sevilla To Sign Martin Caceres On A Permanent Basis

Sevilla have completed the permanent transfer of Martin Caceres from Champions League winners Barcelona. The defender has signed a four-year deal with his new club.

The versatile defender spent the 2010-11 season on loan at Sevilla and quickly became one of the important player for the Andalucians, making a total of 25 appearances in La Liga.

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Espanyol signs Mexico defender

Espanyol has signed Mexico defender Hector Moreno from Dutch club AZ Alkmaar.

In a statement by the club state that Moreno, a 23-year-old international, joins the Spanish club on a five-year deal. 

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Espanyol signs Albin

Espanyol have confirmed the arrivals of Juan Angel Albin from Getafe on a five-year deal at the Cornella El-Prat.

A statement on the club's official website reads, "Uruguayan player Juan Angel Albin has become the new Espanyol player for the next five seasons after the agreement reached between the club".

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Athletic Club sign midfielder Ander Herrera from Zaragoza

Athletic Club Bilbao have signed 21-year-old Basque-born midfielder Ander Herrera from Zaragoza at the end of the season.

The transfer was first reported last week, but neither club were willing to confirm it until now.

"Real Zaragoza and Athletic Club had entered into an agreement for the transfer of the rights of Ander Herrera effective from July 1, 2011," a club statement said.

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Getafe sign Pablo Sarabia from Real Madrid

Getafe have confirmed the transfer of Spanish winger Pablo Sarabia from Real Madrid, with the 19-year-old signing a contract until the summer of 2016, according to the statement on club official website.

Details of the fee has not been mentioned by either of the two clubs, but a report last week suggested that Getafe were willing to pay €3 million for the Spain under-19 star. Real Madrid meanwhile revealed that they have inserted a buy-back clause in the deal.

Sarabia, 19, made his debut for Real last December and impressed in a 20-minute cameo against Auxerre in the Champions League after coming on as a substiute for Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Levante Sign Manchester City Striker Felipe Caicedo

Levante have completed the signing of Manchester City striker Felipe Caicedo for a fee of €1million (£868,000) and intend to exercise that option with City.

Caicedo has enjoyed a great first season at the Spanish outfit weighing in with 14 goals to help them from relegation.

According to the reports, Levante are willing to cash in by selling Caicedo in the summer rather than keep the powerful forward in their squad next season

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Real Madrid in China

club already has Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Iker Casillas on its side to attract hardcore fans. Now, it will bring its power to bear on young players, with the announcement that it will open what it hopes will become the largest soccer school in China, geared toward 12 and 13-year-old players.

Real will partner Xu Jiayin, chairman of Guangzhou Evergrande Real Estate Group - which operates Guangzhou Evergrande - to open a school in Guangdong province in 2012.

The two sides, who came to the agreement during Real Madrid chairman Florentino Perez's three-day stop in Guangzhou, also plan to partner on activities including regular friendlies, youth training, player exchange and overseas market development.

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Pedro extends his contract with Barcelona

Pedro Rodriguez has this morning signed the contract that binds him to the club until June 30, 2016, with a clause of 150 million."This is great news. I am thrilled to have been renewed," said a Barça TV and fcbarcelona.cat. International President of Bahia, Joaquín Domingo Martorell, Director General Margarita Garay and Communications Director, Antonio Sanz, clothed at the end of Tenerife in the signing ceremony.


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Guardiola: Manager who has been never beaten at Bernabeu

Bernabeu is probably the toughest ground for Barca visit. But this has turned to history. As Guardiola took on the Barca’s managerial responsibility, they have chalked up three wins and a draw and remain unbeaten on their trips to Real Madrid’s stadium.

The first appearance for Guardiola in Bernabeu was 6-2 victory for Barcelona which sealed 2008-09 league title. Same fate overruled Real Madrid as they lost league title again in Barca’s visit to Bernabeu which was the second visit of Guardiola to the Real Madrid’s stadium. The match had 2-0 scoreline in the favour of Barcelona.

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Barca finally strike Fabregas deal

One of the longest transfer saga in football is finally over as Cecs Fabregas has  finally got his dream move to boyhood club Barcelona.

Arsenal, who have been desperate to hold onto their prize asset finally confirmed that a deal has been strucked with Barcelona.

Fabregas, who joined the club in 2003 as a teenager, didn’t  hide his wish to join the Catalan club, and It appears as though he has finally got his wish.

The European champions had previuosly seen their  £27million offer dissapproved earlier in the summer as Arsenal remained firm on the £40million fee for their midfielder.

Gunners manager Arsene Wenger admitted the player was unsettled and the club reluctantly have allowed a cut-price deal to go through.

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Guardiola: Madrid are much better than us

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has insisted Real Madrid are currently the better side ahead of their SuperCopa second-leg clash at Nou Camp on Wednesday.

The two Spanish arch-rivals produced a thrilling 2-2 draw in the first-leg at the Santiago Bernabeu last week.

And speaking ahead of the return clash, Guardiola has played down his side's chances as he believes Jose Mourinho' side have the advantage.

"In the first-leg, Madrid were better, in these three days we have improved some things, but I believe they are still better," he was quoted as saying in Spanish daily Marca.

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Osvaldo interesting duo

Argentina forward Pablo Daniel Osvaldo future at Espanyol is still uncertain after the club  sporting director admitting that both Roma and Atletico Madrid have made bids for the striker.

The former Fiorentina forward had scored 13 goals in 24 league appearances last season and have brought attention of several elite clubs in Europe.

Reports suggest that Espanyol are looking for around €20million for the 25-year-old, who moved to the Primera Liga from Bologna last year for €4.6million.

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Atletico Madrid moving on for Falco

This may be a quick recovery move to replace Sergio Aguero following his big-money departure to Manchester City and Falcao, who welcomed talk of a move to the Spanish capital earlier this week, is apparently top of their wish list.

Should Madrid secure Falcao's signature, it could set off a series of transfers around Europe, with Gil admitting the Colombian's arrival could trigger Diego Forlan's departure.

Forlan has claimed he has received offers from Inter Milan - who are reportedly preparing for the departure of Samuel Eto'o - and Galatasaray, although Gil told www.FCInter1908.it: "At the moment we are not interested in selling Forlan, since we have already lost Aguero, but we are currently trying to buy Falcao from Porto.

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Spanish players strike likely to continue

start of the Spanish league season looks likely to be delayed after the players' union and the league failed to agree a deal to avert a strike.

Players want a guaranteed wage fund where they would be paid even if their clubs become insolvent.

Six Spanish top-flight clubs are currently in bankruptcy protection.

League President Jose Luis Astiazaran said: "We've achieved a lot lately but it will be impossible to avoid a strike."

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Karanka believes Madrid can claim Spanish Supercopa

Real Madrid assistant coach Aitor Karanka believes Madrid can claim the Spanish Supercopa.

According to Karanka, Real can claim the new season's first piece of silverware. But they just need to match the performance they produced in Sunday's first leg against Barcelona in Wednesday's return tie at the Nou Camp.

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Barca turns victorious, glorious moment for new comer Fabregas

Lionel Messi turned hero for the Catalan side as they won the Supercopa trophy against Real Madrid in 5-4 aggregate scoreline. Messi’s goal two minutes before the time frame game vital lead over Madrid, finally clinching the title.

With the scores level at 2-2 from the first leg last week, the Argentinean set up Andres Iniesta for the opener only for Cristiano Ronaldo to equalise five minutes later.

Messi himself restored Barca's lead, but Karim Benzema brought the visitors level eight minutes from time as Madrid made their pressure pay.

Fabregas came on moments later for his first appearance for the club he left as a 16-year-old following his return from Arsenal.

The match looked headed for extra-time until Messi volleyed a late winner before Marcelo's sending off for a reckless scissor tackle on Fabregas sparked an injury-time brawl in which Mesut Ozil and David Villa, both of whom had already been substituted, were shown red cards, and Madrid boss Jose Mourinho appeared to tweak the ear of one of the Barcelona staff.

But if the game ended in ugly scenes, it started with one of beauty as Barcelona went ahead in the 15th minute with a goal of simplicity and brilliance.

Messi escaped his marked in midfielder for long enough to slide a perfectly-weighted through-ball into the path of Iniesta, who waited for goalkeeper Iker Casillas to go to ground and coolly dinked the ball over him.

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