REAL MADRID | TOP SIGNING-TRANSFERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid is the most "Valuable Sports Club in the World" according to "Forbes". Part of that distinction comes due to their income generating power which also puts the Club in the highest positions. This allows Real Madrid the facility of signing the Worlds Best Football Players & if really demanded at prices that simply eliminates competition.

Thought I post today the "

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REAL MADRID | MOST VALUABLE SPORTING CLUB IN THE WORLD

While the 91M€ signing by Spanish Football Club Real Madrid of Gareth Bale is still causing comment & opinion around the Sporting World, American prestige Financial magazine "Forbes" has released its "Top Valuable Sporting Clubs in the World"

Here is an extract from the Forbes article:


"Real Madrid is now worth $3.4 billion, according to my math, $100 million more than we valued  the Spanish

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TOP 10 FOOTBALL - SOCCER - PLAYERS TRANSFERS 2013

With the 2013 - 2014 European Football season now under way & the "Transfer Window" has shut until the 1st of January 2014 ( Winter Market ). Thought it may be informative for the readers to see the TOP 10 Transfers where Spanish Football Clubs have been very active selling & buying.

The list is shown below & some final transfer economic figures are "distorted" as they include only the cash

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REAL MADRID ANNOUNCE GARETH BALE SIGNING

Its over. Tottenham Hotspurs transfers Gareth Bale over to Real Madrid CF. The Spanish Football Club lifted onto its website the announcement after Tottenham Hotspurs Coach Villas-Boas announced the transfer after their Premier League game against Arsenal in post press conference.



REAL MADRID WEBSITE

The Welsh player will fly into Madrid tomorrow morning & face the routine medical exam. Then

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UEFA BEST PLAYER IN EUROPE 2012 - 2013 | RIBERY FAVOURITE AHEAD OF RONALDO - MESSI

The local Football observers & punters have French International & Bayern Munich Franck Ribery as favourite to take the "UEFA Best Player in Europe" season 2012-2013 award. If the Frenchman wins he will be come the second after Zidane ( 2002 ) to take the prestigious Individual European Football Prize




To win Ribery will have to overcome in the voting  from European Sports-Football journalist

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REAL MADRID - GARETH BALE NEWS TRANSFER UPDATE

Few emails received by readers asking me what is the latest news exactly happening with Real Madrid & Gareth Bale from a local point of view. 





The following is what we know locally about the situation:


Last Wednesday the deal was agreed : 91M€. Apparently Real Madrid, players rep & Tottenham Football Director Baldini , under Levy guidance, shut the deal.
Tottenham Hotspurs asked Real

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ECUADOR 0 SPAIN 2 | INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCH RESULT

Spain has defeated Ecuador 0 - 2 in an International Friendly game played in Guayaquil ( Ecuador ). A game which had its dose of emotion as it served to also remember the recently died Ecuador International Football Player "Chucho" Christian Benitez.




The Spanish national Coach Vicente del Bosque must have thought if your going to travel half way around the World at least give most of the

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FIFA RANKINGS AUGUST 2013 | SPAIN Nº 1

FIFA has released its monthly "National Football Teams Rankings" with Spain retaining the Number 1 position for another month. The loss in the FIFA Confederations Cup Final against Brazil has made Spain lose points but retains a "healthy" margin over second placed Germany. The winners of the said Final, Brazil,  jumps up back into the Top 10 Football Nations.




FIFA Ranking for August 2013:

1.

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WORLD SOCCER | TOP 10 HISTORICAL TRANSFERS - SIGNINGS

This is a "trivial pursuit" question: what are the Top 10 transfer signings in the History of World Football to date? I say to date because until the 31st of August 2013 the signing season is open & we may see surprises.

Spanish Sports paper "Marca" has done a write up that I think will interest the Spanish Football Sports Blog readers & global visitors.




The Nº 1 World Football Historical

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REAL MADRID CF 2013 MOST VALUABLE SPORTS TEAM IN THE WORLD

According to the prestigious american financial magazine "Forbes", Spanish Football Club Real Madrid CF overtakes English giant Manchester United as "The 2013 Most Valuable Sports Team in the World" with an overall value of 3.3 Billion US$.



The calculations take into account numerous factors like all the assets ( including players, stadium, infrastructure) plus revenue sources & potential. For

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UEFA TOP 10 CANDIDATES EUROPEAN PLAYER SEASON 2012-2013

UEFA has released its 10 candidates that will opt for the UEFA European Footballer of the Year ( season 2012-2013). Two players will represent Spanish Football in Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona ) & Cristiano Ronaldo ( Real Madrid). The list is full of Bayern Munich Players as to expect with their tremendous last season of success ( Bundesliga, German Cup & Champions League).





The list of 10

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URUGUAY 1 - SPAIN 0 | QUARTER FINAL FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULT

The Spanish U-20 National Football Team was knocked out by Uruguay 1 - 0 in extra-time in the quarter-final of the FIFA U-20 World Championship being held in Turkey. The "knock-out" blow came in the 102 th min from a free-kick that found the head of giant Uruguayan Avanatti who put his team ahead & scored the goal that was to be the winner.



In fact this mentioned fixed play was the difference

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THE GREATEST 11 PLAYERS - COACH OF ALL TIME | WORLD SOCCER

Football Magazine "World Soccer" has asked the question, which is the "Best XI" of all time & the "Best Coach" ? To get an answer, the magazine, asked all its journalist correspondents  around the globe. The answers & voting were varied but there was overall consensus that gave the following players & Coach.




Yashin; Cafú, Bobby Moore, Beckenbauer, Maldini; Zidane, Cruyff, Di Stéfano, Maradona

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FIFA RANKING JULY 2013 | SPAIN NUMBER ONE

FIFA has released its monthly ranking - July - of Football Nations with Spain remaining in the Nº1 position. The big movers are Brazil that jumps back into the Top 10 positions after their Confederations Cup win & performance & Colombia grab attention with their Nº 3 position. England surprisingly drops places from 9th to 15th position. Full list below.




1 Spain 1532 pts
2 Germany 1273

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SPAIN 2 MEXICO 1 | FIFA U-20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Spanish Football U-20 National Team made a laboured comeback to defeat Mexico 2 - 1 in the FIFA World Championship last 16 team phase being played in Turkey. This game was knock-out & Spain was on the ropes against a very talented Mexican team that went down due to defensive mistakes & some bad luck. 



Oliver Torres


Mexico started on fire with a 2º min goal from Gonzalez that "rocked" the

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BRAZIL DEFEAT SPAIN 3 - 0 IN FINAL FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP

Brazil won Spain 3 - 0 & took the FIFA Confederations Cup in a Final that will be remembered as perhaps the "rebirth" of Brazilian Football. Lead by their young star Neymar Brazil suffocated literally the Spanish play makers & took the ball away from them to dismantle the "Spanish Machine".Said this it was a night too forget for Spain as it seemed that it was destined to be the night of Brazil as

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FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP SEMI FINAL | SPAIN WINS ITALY 7 - 6 IN PENALTY SHOOT OUT

Spain has won Italy in a dramatic semi-final with a dramatic penalty shoot-out 7 - 6 after 120 minutes of extreme Football which ended in a 0 - 0 draw. Both sides took themselves & their rival to the limit & almost to complete exhaustion as the heat & humidity took its toll. The penalty shoot-out is a lottery &,  the nerves of steel plus some luck are more a factor than Football in itself.

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WORLD SOCCER | SPAIN WORLD RECORD AS DEFEATED IN OFFICIAL FOOTBALL MATCHES

An important current of International Football observers, Sports media & ex-Footballers are going on the record claiming the the current Spanish Football Team is the "Greatest National Football Team" of all time. Huge acclaim & honour as those some commentators insist that Spain is better than the 1970 Brazil squad of Pele & the 1974 Dutch squad of Cruyff. The back to back European Championships

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NIGERIA 0 SPAIN 2 | FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP GROUP B RESULT

Spain has finished in top spot of Group B in the FIFA Confederations Cup after defeating African Champions Nigeria 0 - 3 in the city of Fortaleza in Brazil. The Spanish Football National Team will stay there as they now will meet the second placed Nation of Group A which is Italy next Thursday in the semi-final. The other semi-final will be on Wednesday between Brazil & second placed Group B

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USA 1 SPAIN 4 | FIFA U - 20 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GROUP A RESULT

Spain kicked off its participation in the FIFA U-20 World Championships being held in Turkey with a 1 - 4 victory over USA in its Group A match. An opening victory in theses types of tournaments is vital so as to not suffer unnecessary nerves & pressures in the other Group matches, & what a Group. The other two teams are France & Ghana both are physically stronger & will test Spain to the limit.

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