Ancelotti explained that the Belgian struggles with back-to-back matches Eden Hazard and Carlo Ancelotti Angel Rivero / MARCA Eden Hazard is part of the Real Madrid travelling squad for their Sunday night match away at Valencia, but Carlo Ancelotti knows he has to be very careful with the Belgian. The 30-year-old didn't play a single minute against Inter on Wednesday, suffering from a minor k...Full Story »

LaLiga has said Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao want to prevent the growth of other Spanish clubs after they challenged the league's agreement with CVC Capital Partners. The Spanish league agreed to sell 10% of its business to the investment fund CVC in August. The deal was unanimously approved by LaLiga's executive committee, with 38 of the 42 teams in the top two divisions later ...Full Story »

Barcelona president Joan Laporta is ready to stick with coach Ronald Koeman - for now. Nobody can deny that the relationship between the president and coach is extremely tense, and in the last few days things have only worsened with a series of words exchanged to one another via the press, reports Marca. Laporta doesn't want to add any more fuel to the fire. At least not for now. On Thursda...Full Story »

Hit out at Real Madrid for making an offer late in the summer window Leonardo embraces Mbappe. Paris Saint-Germain sporting director Leonardo made clear that the club have not contemplated any scenario where Kylian Mbappe is not member of their squad at the end of the 2021/22 campaign when his current deal expires. Leonardo lamented Real Madrid for making an offer in the last few days of the ...Full Story »

On-loan Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has, on Monday evening, provided an insight into his ambitions with Real Betis. La Liga return The name of Spanish full-back Bellerin of course took centre stage in the media chatter on the red half of North London throughout the recently-closed summer transfer window. This came with the 26-year-old, on the back of another difficult campaign at the E...Full Story »

Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman says the board owes him. In an interview with NOS, Koeman insists Barca "have a future" after the past year's upheaval thanks to his work. He stated, "Thanks to me, this club has a future." Therefore, he said, he is "open" to staying. Although he also admitted to the doubts about his continuity that there were this past summer: "I think you should always create...Full Story »

The Bavarian giants and the Catalan heavyweights will kick off their Champions League campaigns in a Group E encounter this week Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann has warned that Barcelona still pose a major threat to his side's Champions League prospects, even without the departed Lionel Messi, ahead of the pair's clash on Tuesday. The Bavarian giants and the Catalan heavyweights will ki...Full Story »

Eduardo Camavinga's Real Madrid career has got off to the perfect start. The 18-year-old came on to a great reception at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu and within six minutes was putting the ball in the back of the net to give Los Blancos a 4-2 lead. The French midfielder, a deadline day signing from Rennes, was Carlo Ancelotti's first change, on 65 minutes, and the crowd, finally back at the ...Full Story »

Carlo Ancelotti has hit out at UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin over his criticism of Real Madrid's Florentino Perez and the club's continued involvement in the Super League project. Ceferin -- in an interview published by the Barcelona's Joan Laporta and Juventus' Andrea Agnelli as "incompetent leaders" who "tried to kill football" with their bid to launch a breakaway league. "It seems a bit...Full Story »

Sergio Aguero doesn't think that Barcelona should be written off this season, not even in the Champions League. The Catalans are a long way from their recent best this season and many are expecting them to have a tough campaign with more lows than highs, but Aguero isn't so sure. "Barcelona are Barcelona, so we have to fight for every title," Aguero told RAC1. "We're not favourites in the C...Full Story »