LIONEL MESSI THE MOST VALUABLE FOOTBALL PLAYER IN WORLD SOCCER

Which player is the "most valuable" in World Football ( Soccer ) ? This question has been answered by the FIFA backed "CIES Football Observatory" - Sport Studies Centre, report which has been picked up by Spanish Sports daily "Sport". The Barcelona based paper have elaborated the below infograpgh to give a "birds eye" view of the World Top priced Football Players.



Courtesy from sport.es

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THIBAUT COURTOIS WINS "EL ZAMORA | BEST GOALKEEPER IN LIGA 2012-2013

Atletico de Madrid 21 year old goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has won the "Zamora Award" as the "Best Goalkeeper in Liga season 2012- 2013". An amazing prize for the young man who is on-loan from Chelsea FC & will continue another season more at Atletico de Madrid. The Spanish Football Club continues to attempt to "buy out " the goalie but Chelsea FC sees him as their "next generation" goalie & are

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REAL MADRID PREPARING A 130M€ PACKAGE FOR GARETH BALE ?

I "threatened" to again post about Tottenham Hotspurs Welsh International Gareth Bale. Every week we receive locally more news & speculations concerning the young player & his possible immediate future.According to English paper "Mirror" which has been picked up locally, Spanish Football giant Real Madrid is preparing a 130M€ package to offer player & Club to get Bale over for next season. 

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 27 SATURDAY RESULTS

Spanish Football action today with games played in Round 27 of La Liga. Here is a brief summary of events, final results & the goalscorers.




Real Betis played on Friday night their wet-trenched match against Osasuna to win 2 - 1. Intense encounter under difficult climatic conditions Betis got ahead first with a Molina goal in the 19th min. Osasuna reacted & in doing so missed various chances

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ATLETICO DE MADRID | COURTOIS & PLAN B

Young Belgium goalkeeper Courtois has already won a place in the hearts of many Atletico de Madrid followers. The player is considered by everyone as a vital piece of the team & one cannot contemplate the future of Atletico without the goalkeeper. But the future of Courtois belongs to Chelsea FC the team that has his contract & has allowed to be on loan with the Spanish Football Club. 

Courtois

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LIGA | ROUND 26 MONDAY NIGHT GAME RESULT

Last game of Round 26 played tonight of the Spanish Football League - La Liga. Match packed with goals as Sevilla FC crushed relegation zone Club Celta de Vigo 4 - 1. It was the night of forward Alvaro Negredo who scored a HAT-TRICK.




The visitors looked as they currently are, a Club erratic about to go back to the 2º Division. I certainly don´t wish it but their Football needs a lot of work

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SPANISH FOOTBALL | LEAGUE | ROUND 26 SUNDAY GAMES RESULTS

Spanish Football continued today with four matches of Round 26 of La Liga scheduled. A relative dry afternoon in terms of goals one must add before continuing. Here are the final scores & the goalscorers.




If there is a team that needs desperately points that is Real Mallorca which is hanging in the dangerous relegation zone of the ladder. This midday the team managed a worked 1 - 2 victory in

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ATLETICO DE MADRID TO SIGN MALAGA MIDFIELDER TOULALAN

Insistent & persistent rumours that Spanish radio has given as confirmation last night. Malaga FC 29 year old French midfielder Jeremy Toulalan seems to be heading next season to Atletico de Madrid.




The versatile player is not only a midfielder but can play as a defender, something similar to Argentine Mascherano at FC Barcelona. Apart from these attributes the player scores goals which makes

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SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA | ROUND 26 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

The big Real Madrid & FC Barcelona match this afternoon has dominated Spanish Football & Round 26 of La Liga, but there have been other games played. Here are all the final scores & the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Getafe played Real Zaragoza on Friday night. The home team won 2 - 0 & put a nail into the Zaragoza coffin. This does not mean that the Club is doomed to relegate but they are firmly

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MANCHESTER CITY - LIVERPOOL SHOW INTEREST FOR BARÇA ALEXIS SANCHEZ

FC Barcelona Chilean International Alexis Sanchez does not play as he would wish but gets more mayor headlines elsewhere & not for his season contribution to his team. The forward is being linked to Italian Club Juventus which wants to offer the player an alternative to Barcelona were his participation is not being the best or "appreciated".




However according to English paper "Mirror", new "

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REAL MADRID | SUBSTITUTES OR FULL TEAM AGAINST FC BARCELONA ?

For those who may not know, there will be another "Clasico" this weekend. Yes, another match between Real Madrid & FC Barcelona on Saturday at 16.00 as part of Round 26 of La Liga.For World Football fans this is a blessing but for these Clubs perhaps it is not. In the Barcelona case, they go in after an exhausting Spanish Cup semi last Tuesday which they lost & were eliminated, plus they are

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LEVANTE 0 OSASUNA 2 | SPANISH FOOTBALL - LIGA - MONDAY NIGHT SCORE

Last scheduled match of Round 25 of La Liga in the now regular Monday Night Football game. Spanish Football Clubs Levante & Osasuna fought it out in a competitive encounter with the main action happening in the latter part of the clash. The final score went to Osasuna winning 0 - 2 & giving the latter three valuable points to lift them up the classification ladder & out - for now - from the

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SPANISH FOOTBALL LIGA | ROUND 25 SUNDAY GAMES SCORES

Spanish Liga action with four Round 25 Sunday matches scheduled. Here is a brief run-down of events, final scores & the goalscorers.




Madrid Club Rayo Vallecano had their 4th  straight home ground unbeaten run ended after going down 1 - 2 to Valladolid. Match that played an ironic twist on Rayo player Amat when his own goal put Valladolid ahead in the 71st min & then he equalized with a 45 mts

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SPANISH FOOTBALL ROUND 25 SATURDAY GAMES RESULTS

Four games scheduled today of Round 25 of La Liga. Here are all the final scores & the goalscorers.




Real Mallorca lost 1 - 3 to Madrid Club Getafe. The home side got themselves ahead in the 24th min via Giovani & here is were their good play ended. Getafe took over with an equalizer from Diego Castro with a penalty "panenka style", followed by two goal from Colunga in the 82 nd min & 85 th

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REAL MADRID | NEXT SEASON SIGNING RUMOURS

Interesting email received from Jessi (Indonesia) asking me which players are Real Madrid looking at for next season. As Jessi,  I imagine many others maybe a bit confused with all the names being written in all the diverse Sports papers & blogs. Thus the email gives me a great opportunity to put up a post that I hope may help summarize the current state of things at Real Madrid.

Firstly, I

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SPANISH FOOTBALL - ROUND 25 FRIDAY RESULT | AT.BILBAO 1 - REAL SOCIEDAD 3

Round 25 of the Spanish League kicked -off with the habitual Friday Night match. A special game as it was the anticipated & big "Basque Region" derby between Athletic Club Bilbao & Real Sociedad ( city of San Sebastian ). This "derby" is always special & even more when played at Bilbao in the "Cathedral of Spanish Football" the "San Mames Stadium". The followers of both sides get on well &

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ATLETICO DE MADRID EUROPA LEAGUE ELIMINATION A BLESSING

The reigning Europa League Champions Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid was knocked out of the competition yesterday by Russian Club Rubin Kazan going down 2 -1 on aggregate. Unexpected result - in my opinion - as Atletico is a better team than Kazan, & heart felt because the fans & players feel the elimination. 

Important players like Ramadel Falcao commented that he received the

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MANCHESTER CITY PUTS SEVILLA FC JESUS NAVAS ON LIST FOR NEXT SEASON

Every year around this time Sevilla FC & Spanish International winger JESUS NAVAS gets his name on the habitual signing rumour mill. If it not Real Madrid, its FC Barcelona or Atletico de Madrid, its natural as the player is a quick, skilful & an exceptional winger.This time around from England & from the newspaper "Daily Mail" come the news that Manchester City has the Spanish Football Player on

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CARLO ANCELOTTI GIVES HIS VERBAL OK TO REAL MADRID ?

French Paper "Le Parisen" reports that Paris St Germain Italian Coach Carlos Ancelotti has give a verbal OK to Coach REAL MADRID. The Italian has been on the Real Madrid agenda many times in the past & is an "old" desire of Real Madrid President Florentino Perez who has returned to look for the PSG Coach.However, this is not confirmed 100% & there are other names being rumoured at this moment.

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FALCAO WANTS TO STAY AT ATLETICO DE MADRID. REALLY ?

RADAMEL FALCAO has been in Spanish Football two seasons & he has scored 60 goals from 75 games with Atletico de Madrid. Not bad, which explains why the big European Clubs are after his services. Two Clubs stand out at the moment & are rumoured to be the Strikers possible next destination next summer : either Real Madrid or Chelsea FC.




However it has been commented that Falcao has said

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