LUIS FABIANO LEAVES SEVILLA FC FOR BRAZILIAN CLUB SAO PAULO

It was well known the Brazilian International & SEVILLA FC forward LUIS FABIANO thought his time at the Spanish Football Club had come to an end & was planning to leave. What has caught many off guard is the announcement tonight by Brazilian Football Club SAO PAULO that they have secured the services of Luis Fabiano from Sevilla FC for 8M€. The Brazilian player then confirmed the news via his

LUIS FABIANO LEAVES SEVILLA FC FOR BRAZILIAN CLUB SAO PAULO

It was well known the Brazilian International & SEVILLA FC forward LUIS FABIANO thought his time at the Spanish Football Club had come to an end & was planning to leave. What has caught many off guard is the announcement tonight by Brazilian Football Club SAO PAULO that they have secured the services of Luis Fabiano from Sevilla FC for 8M€. The Brazilian player then confirmed the news via his

ARSENAL FC SIGNS JON TORAL 16 YEAR OLD FC BARCELONA PEARL

There was a very heated arguement last week in the VIP Boxes of the "Emirates Stadium" (London) between FC BARCELONA President Sandro Rosell & ARSENAL FC Chief Executive Ivan Gazdis before the Champions League match between both Clubs. The cause of the anger was 16 year old FC BARCELONA junior midfield player JON MIQUEL TORAL HARPER 





Jon Toral Harper



ARSENAL FC has signed the player for

ATLETICO DE MADRID PRESENTS NEW SIGNING ELIAS

Thought our Brazilian readers & global ATLETICO DE MADRID fans may be interested in seeing the new signing ELIAS MENDES from Corinthians with the Atletico shirt on. Although the players is already training with the squad the Club presented their new midfielder to the national media this afternoon. 



Elias presented as Atletico player
One wonders if Elias has a sense of humour when he commented

REAL MADRID | DANI PAREJO TO RETURN NEXT SEASON

DANI PAREJO was literally born, raised & educated at REAL MADRID. A young promise that has risen through all the junior sides of the Spanish National Team the player simply had too many "A" Internationals ahead of him at Madrid. The solution was to transfer the young man to GETAFE with a first buy-back option, to allow their promise to continue playing & gaining experience in the Spanish League.

ATLETICO DE MADRID | SIMAO LEAVES FOR BESIKTAS IN 2011 WINTER TRANSFER MARKET

Turkish Club BESIKTAS have announce & made official via their Web the Winter Market Transfer of ATLETICO DE MADRID player SIMAO. The charismatic midfielder finishes contract & Atletico wished to make some cash before Simao became a free agent at of the 1st of January. The economic details have not been made available & the Portuguese player will join ex Real Madrid player Guti & Coach Schuster.

VIDEO | ELIAS - NEW ATLETICO DE MADRID SIGNING

Brazilian & Corinthians 25 year old midfielder ELIAS is headed to Atletico de Madrid & will arrive in the "Winter Market" this Juanuary 2011. Here is a taste of what the man can do & hoping he can transfer it to Atletico:

FC BARCELONA HAS AGREEMENT FOR IBRAHIM AFELLAY FOR JANUARY 2011

According to news just in to Spanish Sports daily "Marca",  via its online channel, FC BARCELONA has come to an agreement with PSV EINDHOVEN for the transfer of 24 year old midfielder IBRAHIM AFELLAY. The Dutchman will arrive in Juanuary 2011 during the "Winter Transfer Market" opening window. The player finishes contract this season & would have become a "free agent" as of the 1ºst of January

FOOTBALL FINANCE | DAVID VILLA TOP TRANSFER DEAL FOR 2010-2011

An interesting post on Football Finance Portuguese website “futebolfinance” where they give us the Top 25 transfer operations during the last summer for this new 2010-2011 season.

Two observations:
1. Spanish International forward DAVID VILLA was the most expensive transfer operation for season 2010-2011 with a 40M€ move from Valencia CF to FC Barcelona
2. The market was less “inflated” & more

REAL MADRID 2010 | THE END OF THE DUTCH CONNECTION

Once upon a time REAL MADRID had six Dutch players in their squad for a cost of 123M€ paid to have their services. Today, & with the departure of Rafael Van Ver Vaart to Tottenham, the number of Dutch players in the team is zero.To get to that zero, Real Madrid sold them for a price of 63M€ (- 60M€ loss) & Drenthe loaned out to Spanish Club Hercules. Here is a clear summary:Van der Vaart. Signed

REAL MADRID TRANSFER VAN DER VAART TO TOTTENHAM

REAL MADRID has come to an agreement with English Club TOTTENHAM for the transfer of midfielder RAFAEL VAN DER VAART. The operation is speculated to be around 11M€However there could be a problem with the shutting of the English transfer market period. Both Clubs insist that the agreement was finalized before zero hour - shutting time. The paper work on the otherhand may have arrive late & here

ATLETICO DE MADRID TRANSFERS MIDFIELDER JURADO TO SCHALKE 04

Hi guys. Was invited yesterday to watch Atletico de Madrid & Sporting de Gijon at the Vicente Calderon stadium & had a great time watching Atletico win 4-0. I also watched Atletico player JURADO play his last game with Atletico, as it is official that he has been transferred to SCHALKE 04The German Club pays 13M€ & offers the player 4 seasons with a 4.5M€ salary per year. An offer dificult to

AC MILAN MAKES OFFICIAL THE SIGNING - TRANSFER OF ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC FROM FC BARCELONA

FC BARCELONA has transferred forward ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC to AC MILAN after 5 hours of intense negotiations this afternoon with all parties involved. A year ago Barça paid Inter Milan 45M€ + Samuel Eto´o (= 75M€) to sell him tonight for 24M€. Surreal turn of events in 24 hours as yesterday the price was 40M€, but there is more to this than first meets the eyes. In the future we may really know what

FC BARCELONA LIVERPOOL FC COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER JAVIER MASCHERANO

FC BARCELONA & LIVERPOOL FC have come to an initial agreement for the transfer of midfielder JAVIER MASCHERANO. The English Club has "given" official permission for Barça to talk with their player so they can shut an agreement. It is expected that this part will have very little problems & that Javier Mascherano will fly to Barcelona this weekend to pass the medical exams & sign.The deal is

SEVILLA FC TRANSFERS FRENCH DEFENDER SQUILLACI TO ARSENAL FC

SEVILLA FC & ARSENAL FC have come to an agreement for the former to transfer to the latter 30 year old French International defender SQUILLACI. The Frenchmen flew yesterday to London to undergo the medical examinations before signing for the “Gunners”. The transfer price has not been given but speculations in the Spanish press comment that it could be between 6.5 – 7M€, amount that Sevilla paid

SPANISH FOOTBALL | TRANSFERS SIGNINGS SEASON 2010 - 2011

Spanish Football Sports Blog thought that its global readers may be interested to see how all the SPANISH LEAGUE - LA LIGA - Clubs have reinforced their teams with new signings for season 2010 - 2011Below is a list of SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs & their new signings to date. Take note that there is still time for new transfers & incorporations, apart from the possibilities that some players listed

EUROPA LEAGUE 2010 PRELIMANARY GAMES | GETAFE 1 APOEL 0 VILLAREAL 5 DNEPR MOGILER 0

Two Spanish Football teams were involved tonight in the 1ºst leg of the preliminary games for the upcoming 2010 - 2011 EUROPA LEAGUE competition. Madrid Club GETAFE managed a slim 1-0 victory over the competitive APOEL NICOSIA team from Cyprus. Getafe midfielder PAREJO (above) managed the only goal & the winner in the 42th min. Entertaining match which saw chances at both ends, but was

REAL MADRID SIGNS MESUT OZIL FOR 15M€

The German Club WERDER BREMEN has decided to not risk & take the new 15M€ offer from REAL MADRID for its 21 year old midfielder MESUT OZIL. The midfielder will fly into Madrid tomorrow to pass the medical examinations to later sign his speculated 6 year contract with a 5 M€ salary per year.It has come to light that the father of Ozil & the player shut the deal at the home of Real Madrid President

REAL MADRID | A RECORD 1.022M€ SPENT ON NEW SIGNINGS SINCE THE YEAR 2000

Hi guys back from some days of holidays & glad to be with you again with Spanish Football news & curiosities.An interesting story featured today in Spanish Sports daily “Marca” on REAL MADRID & their spending on new players since 2000. Real Madrid is the Club that most money has “invested” (spent) on new signings since the year 2000 in the whole World of Football. The below diagram illustrates

ATLETICO DE MADRID SIGNS VILLAREAL DEFENDER GODIN

ATLETICO DE MADRID has shut the transfer of Diego Roberto GODIN with VILLAREAL. The Uruguayian International defender signs for the Madrid Club for the next 5 years. The deal is apparently worth between 8 – 10 M€ with a 50-50 deal on players rights after 2 weeks of intense negotiations. Atletico de Madrid continues to reinforce further their defense which was one of its weak areas last season.