INTER MILAN HAS BOTH DIARRA & SAMUEL ETO´O ON THEIR AGENDA

Italian Champions INTER MILAN - with possible new coach
Mourinho - wish to jump a level in quality to make a definitive

assault on the European Cup next season.

To help do that, the Italians look to strenghten the midfield & the

forward line with World class players. According to Sp. daily"Marca"
Inter has its eyes on two Spanish based "cracks" that they already
have made offers for.
























For the midfield, REAL MADRID Mali International DIARRA
(pictured above) is their Nº1 priority & have offered 30M€ to
the Spanish Club. Real Madrid has already said that they count
on Diarra for next season & will not sell, plus the player
himself wishes to stay at Real. However, with Real Madrid after
Manchester Utd Portugues star Cristiano Ronaldo, they may

need to sell to get the cash needed to invest on Ronaldo.

SFS believes that the key behind Diarra going to Inter lies with
whether Ronaldo decides to take up Madrid offer or not. It´s a

definate possiblity one cannot disregard.
























The name & the other offer is for FC BARCELONA forward
SAMUEL ETO´O
with 30M€ being put on the table. The offer
could rise to 40M€ if another Barça player DECO is included.
However Barça asks for both, around 65M€, big cash in anyones
language that we
will need to wait & see how the Italian team
reacts.

Stay tuned as it promises to be exciting!

EURO 2008: SPAIN - TEAM PHOTO: WILL IT BE SPAINS TIME?

Yes, SFS knows there is the SPAIN TEAM photo below. But this
is the very latest, taken yesterday with the chosen 23 players that
a whole nation are putting their hopes on. SFS also knows from the
emails it receives that there are many readers that collect the photos
& SFS always wishes to lend a hand.















Staying with the spirit of things , here is a great video found in Youtube
that highlights the lows & highs of the National side. Spain has a "curse"

of getting knocked out in the Q/Final stages & being pleaged with
bad luck, as the 1ºst half of the video shows. The 2º half askes &
believes that this will all change next month at the Euro 2008

competition. Will it be Spains time, or will history & bad luck
continue to reign?

ATLETICO DE MADRID & FC BARCELONA NEWS 2008

According to Sp.daily "Mundo Deportivo" & Cadena Ser, ATLETICO
DE MADRID
may have its 3ºrd signing for the next season tied up.
It´s 27 year old OPORTO midfielder PAULO ASSUNCAO SILVA
(pictured below) & the Spanish club has offered 3º seasons with an
option
to extend a further year.


















The new FC BARCELONA coach Pep Guardiola is busy setting up
the "new look" Barça for next season. Mundo Deportivo publish the
possible pieces to the jigsaw puzzle...


















These are the mentioned names: Valdez, Abidal, Martin Caceres,
Puyol, Alves, Toure, Keita, Xavo or Hleb, Iniesta o Silva, Messi
& Adelbayor. Plenty of speculations here as one can see.

SPAIN WINS THE EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP - IN 1964!

Below is the leyendary Spanish National Football side that claimed
Spain´s only International title: the European Nations Cup in 1964
after defeating USSR 2-1 in the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium (Madrid)

















The 11 players (not in order): Iribar, Zoco, Olivella, Fuste, Pereda,

Marcelino, Luis Suarez, Lapetra, Calleja, Rivilla & Amancio.

Eleven men that should serve as examples to the current side & a
picture that has become famous locally in Spanish Football History.

LATEST TEAM PHOTO: SPAIN 2008

Hi guys & gals, saw the SFS email account full of requests for the
latest team photo of SPAIN. There are a lot of requests from Asia,
which leads me to suspect that Torres, Villa (not in this photo) &
Ramos may have something to do with it.

Found this pic & SFS hopes that it´s OK. Keep on writing in.

SPAIN BEGINS THE EURO 2008 FINALS ROAD










The Spanish National Football squad has began its preparation for
the upcoming EURO 2008. The squad all gathered in Madrid &
were asigned their shirt numbers for the competition, here is the
official list:

.1 Casillas
.2 Albiol
.3 Navarro
.4 Marchena
.5 Puyol
.
.6 Iniesta
.7 Villa
.8 Xavi
.9 Torres
10 Cesc
.
11 Capdevila
12 Cazorla
13 Palop
14 Xabi Alonso
15 Sergio Ramos
.
16 Sergio García
17 Guiza
18 Arbeloa
19 Senna
20 Juanito
.
21 Silva
22 De la Red
23 Reina

Some national sides have an overwhelming attraction, & some would
say, even good luck. The current World Champions, Italy were visited
by Miss Venezuela & friends at training (see video):



Obviously the girls managed to lift the teams spirit.

WORLD FOOTBALL TRANSFER MARKET 2008: DO YOU HAVE THE CASH?

Spanish Daily "Sport" gives its readers today a birds eye view
of the current Football market: Players & their apparent market
price.















Cristiano Ronaldo - offered by Real Madrid
Fernando Torres - offered by Chelsea FC
Benzema - price put by Lyon; Interested FC Barcelona
Adelbayor - price put by Arsenal; Interested FC Barcelona

Dani Alves - price put by Sevilla FC; Interested Barça & Madrid
Samuel Eto ó - interested Manchester City, Tottenham & Milan

Drogba - price put by Chelsea; interested R Madrid, Milan & Inter
Ibrahimovic - price by Inter; offered to R Madrid & Barça

Stay tuned for developments!

FC BARCELONA & VILLAREAL ANNOUNCE SIGNINGS FOR 2008-09 SEASON

FC BARCELONA has announced this afternoon its first big signing
for next season, Mali midfielder KEITA (below) from SEVILLA FC.
Barça paid 14M€ of the players contract release clause & side passed

Sevilla in the negotiations.

Keita is the midfielder called onto replace Deco for next season &
big things are expected from him.




















After announcing the incorporation of Edmilson from Fc Barcelona for
next season, VILLAREAL has announced it´s 2º signing in the name

of VALLADOLID forward JOSEBA LLORENTE (below).

The 28 year old has had a grand season scoring from left-right &
center & signs for the next 4º seasons. Llorente is hoped to give

Villareal the fire power up front needed to take it as further as
possible in the Champions League 2008-09.


CHELSEA FC WANTS FERNANDO TORRES FOR 2008-09

So you may think Real Madrid are mad to offer 90M€ for Cristiano
Ronaldo, how about this piece of news from English paper "Daily
Mail".


CHELSEA FC is preparing a 62M€ (50Mpound) offer to put on the
LIVERPOOL FC table for its Spanish International star forward
FERNANDO TORRES.
























A record offer if it comes to reality, which SFS doubts that it will.
The news is however there & the offer is attractive, let´s wait &
see, but Liverpool fans sleep comfortably...let´s hope :)

SPANISH FOOTBALL : TRANSFER RUMOURS 2008

ATLETICO DE MADRID have not forgotten about Portugues
International midfielder THIAGO ( below). The Spanish Club see

the JUVENTUS player as the midfielder they need to strenghen
the side in the European adventure for next season.

The player has given his ok to the Spanish club, but Juventus is

another story, they wish to get back their investment & won´t go
below 12M€. Stay tuned!





















This week FC BARCELONA hope to announce some definite
signings. KEITA from Sevilla Fc is on the verge along with PIQUE
from Manchester Utd. The other three Alves, Silva & Hleb are a
bit more complicated & "Sport" announce that Barça will make big
advances this week with the last three mentioned players. Stay tuned!


DAVID BECKHAM 70 YARD GOAL VIDEO - LA Galaxy Vs. Kansas City Wizards

It´s got nothing to do with Spanish Football nor with Spanish Sports,
except a remote connection via English Footballer DAVID BECKHAM
who played for Real Madrid. However, the English star scored a 70
Yard ( American metrics) goal that is worthy of a watch in any
Football/Soccer &/or Sports Blog:


ALEX FERGUSON LASHES OUT AT REAL MADRID

It´s not often that we get the chance to listen to one of Footballs
great minds & hear what opinions he has about the sport, his team
& other Football Clubs. Here is a video of an interesting press
conference
given by Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson,
where
he touches issues as his teams Champions League win & the
possibility
of star forward Cristiano Ronaldo going to Real Madrid.

He has some harsh words for the Spanish Giant that he considers

lack any moral or ethical sentiment. Check it out, great 9 minutes
worth
of ..."Get to know your thoughts":

SPANISH FOOTBALL TRANSFER BRIEFS 2008

Here are some transfer news & rumours for today, not that they
will end, as we are ensured a whole summer of speculations with
names & supposed operations.

VALENCIA CF have accepted that their star forward DAVID VILLA
will leave & find a new club for next season. Therefore, the club is
looking for a substitute & the name sounding, according to "Marca"
is Swede JOHAN ELMANDER, currently at French Club
TOULOUSE. His market price is said to be around 15M€. Stay

tuned!














VILLAREAL has announced officially that they have signed for
two seasons Brazilian midfielder EDMILSON ( seen below) from
FC BARCELONA














ATLETICO DE MADRID is negotiating with REAL MALLORCA
for its goalkeeper MIGUEL ANGEL MOYA ( seen below) The deal
is 4M€ plus a possible player ( a younger goalkeeper in the lower
leagues). AC Milan goalkeeper ABBIATI on loan to Atletico for this
season, returns to Italy & Moya is seen as the substitute. Stay tuned!







REAL MADRID 2008: UP TO 90M€ FOR CRISTIANO RONALDO

It´s this man again, CRISTIANO RONALDO, the main Football
news in the country & in all the Sporting papers. The Portugues

star has responded to media that he will make a decision in the
next week, plus he does´nt feel obliged to anyone.

Optimistic words to REAL MADRID ears, as they will prepare an

astronomical 85-90M€ transfer offer, converting the operation in the
biggest in Football History, going well beyond the Zidane transfer of
75M€ in its day.
















To add a little pressure, Real Madrid has set a deadline, the
7th of June for an answer. The Spanish team has a budget of
100M€ for buys & does´nt wish this to become a "Summer
Saga", if Ronaldo says no they will quickly wish to move on.

In case, the Ronaldo operation fails, Real has its "Plan B" to

strenghten the side with names such as:
Huntelaar (Ajax of Amsterdam)
Hleb (Arsenal)
Vicinic (Roma)

Diego (Werner Bremen)
Quaresma (Oporto).


Looks interesting, all this will surely generate plenty of news.

Stay tuned!

FC BARCELONA: 10 NAMES FOR NEXT SEASON 2008-09




According to "Sport" FC BARCELONA has 10 names on it´s list
of new signings for next season, of which it wishes to incorporate

7 of them. The ambitious plan is part of a 85M€ transfers budget
that aims to put back Barça at the Top.











The names from top/left to bottom/right are: Dani Alves (Sevilla FC);
Malouda (Chelsea FC); Hleb (Arsenal); Keita (Sevilla FC); Pique
(Manchester Utd); Abelayador (Arsenal); Silva (Valencia CF); Benzema
(Lyon); Coloccini (Deportivo) & Berbatov (Tottenham).

Those in black, are closer to Barça than the others mentioned, those of
which are rumours, speculations or are extremely difficult. Stay tuned!

*Thanks to "Mundo Deportivo" for the FC Bcn header

ATLETICO DE MADRID TRANSFER TALK 2008




News out of Italy confirm that FIORENTINA Chec defender
TOMAS UJFALUIS (below) has finally signed his contract until
2011 with ATLETICO DE MADRID. The signing of the Chec
International has been on the cards for months & it seems that
the speculation has finally been formalized. He joins ex-Ajax of
Amsterdam defender John Heitanga at Atletico for the new
"Champions" proyect.














French forward & RECREATIVO DE HUELVA player
SINAMA
PONGOLLE
has said publically that he is speaking with
ATLETICO
DE MADRID
about next season. The Spanish Club sees Sinama as
a perfect complement upfront with Forlan & Aguero.
The price is rumoured to be around 10M€, but Atletico may put
in players in a deal to lower the price. Stay tuned!


















*Thanks to "Mundo Deportivo" for it´s AT.Madrid header.

XAVI ALONSO GOING TO JUVENTUS?

Spanish International & LIVERPOOL FC midfielder XAVI ALONSO
maybe heading to Italian Club JUVENTUS for next season. That´s the
news that comes out of the Spanish daily "El Mundo".
























Negotiations between Liverpool & Juventus are well advanced & the
issue is simply that Juve wants to pay 15M€, while Liverpool wishes
20M€, it´s likely that a middle ground maybe found around the 17-18M€
Stay tuned!

FC BARCELONA & REAL MADRID TRANSFER SPECULATIONS 2008

More believe it or not news on the local transfer front.

Starting a FC BARCELONA who are currently negotiating hard

for Sevilla FC players Keita & Alves, another name pops up from
"Mundo Deportivo", 27 year old French International & CHELSEA

FC winger FLORENT MALOUDA. The player has not adapted
100% to English football & Barça see him as a player for its new
proyect next season. Stay tuned!














ARSENAL player ALEXANDER HLEB is rumoured to be flirting with
INTER, AC MILAN & FC BARCELONA. However, news from "AS"

reveals that REAL MADRID has entered the picture & wishes to "test the
waters" with the player. Stay tuned!


















Lastly, the story that will be selling papers all this summer, the
REAL MADRID & CRISTIANO RONALDO saga. News from

todays "Marca" sports daily comments that the MANCHESTER
UNITED
star has given his YES, & "I wish to go over to..." word to
Real Madrid.
However, Manchester will NOT sell under any circumstance & have
shut the door. The only option is if Ronaldo enters in "rebellion"
mode &/or threathens with going to FIFA. These actions are highly

unlikely from the Portugues star.

What is assured is a whole summer of yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, yes,

no...., someone has to sell papers, right!

CHELSEA FC MAKES REAL MADRID AN OFFER FOR ROBINHO

According to Spanish press, in SFS case I use "Marca", English
Premier League Club CHELSEA FC has made a 35M€ offer for

REAL MADRID Brazilian forward ROBINHO. Real Madrid has
already answered that the player is NOT for sale. Robinho has gone
publically on record to say that he wishes to stay in Madrid & his
coach Schuster
also agrees.
























Is that clear? Well no. If Real Madrid´s dream of signing
Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo is to be a reality,
they may have to consider selling Robinho to finance the

astronomical 70M€ + that Real may have to fork out for the
Portugues sensation. But that´s not going to happen , right?
Stay tuned!

MALLORCA FORWARD DANI GUIZA WINS SILVER BOOT AWARD 2007-2008

Big season for REAL MALLORCA Spanish forward DANI GUIZA
with
27 goals, which has earned him the Spanish League "Pichichi"
Title, a Spanish International place & the European "SILVER
BOOT" Award, that is, the 2º Best Goalscorer in Europe this
season.

Another Spaniard in the list is FERNANDO TORRES with a 4th
place, who plays in English Club LIVERPOOL FC with 24 goals,
a position he shares
with Spanish Club based & SEVILLA FC player
the Brazilian LUIS FABIANO.

(Dani Guiza)




















Here is the Full List with goals & the points corresponding to each
goal, which is a weight giving according to the League. For example

Spanish, Italian & English league has more points per goal than
the Dutch League.

.1. Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Manchester United) 31 goals 62pts
.2. Daniel Güiza (SP/Real Mallorca) 27 goals 54pts
.3. Klaas Jan Huntelaar (HOL/Ajax Amsterdam) 33 49,5
.4. Emmanuel Adebayor (TOG/Arsenal) 24 48
.+. Luis Fabiano (BRA/Sevilla FC) 24 48
.+. Luca Toni (ITA/Bayern Munich) 24 48
.+. Fernando Torres (SP/Liverpool FC) 24 48
.8. Alessandro Del Piero (ITA/Juventus Turín) 21 42
.9. Karim Benzama (FRA/O. Lyon) 20 40
.+. Rhys Griffiths (PDG/Llanelli) 40 40
.+. David Trezeguet (FRA/Juventus Turín) 20 40.





















The winner & this years GOLDEN BOOT Award goes to
MANCHSETER UTD. Portugues forward CRISTIANO
RONALDO - 31 goals/62 pts. Possibly the Best Player In The
World at this moment.

REAL MADRID SIGN RACING DEFENDER EZEQUIEL GARAY

REAL MADRID has swooped ahead of FC Barcelona & has signed
Argentine 22 year old RACING DE SANTANDER defender
EZEQUIEL GARAY for 10M€. The news was forwarded directly today

to media by Real Madrid President Calderon.















For the moment the idea is to allow the defender to stay 1º more
year on loan with Racing - they play Uefa next year - before finally
joining Real Madrid. If the technical team considers that Garay should

join Real next year ( & not be loaned) the club would have to pay 1M€
more to Racing.

The Argentine defender is considered one of the potentially great future

defenders & Real has got in ahead of many European Clubs, including FC
Barcelona.

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - BEST GOALSCORER & GOALKEEPER FOR THE 2007-08 SEASON

Here are the winners of the "Pichichi" Title - Top Goalscorer in the
Spanish League for 2007-08 - & the "Zamora" Title - the Best
Goalkeeper in the Spanish Laegue for 2007-08.

Let´s begining with the "Big Guns", the Highest Goal Scorers:
























1. DANI GUIZA ( Real Mallorca) - 27 Goals
























2. LUIS FABIANO ( Sevilla FC) - 24 Goals
























3. SERGIO AGUERO ( Atletico De Madrid) - 19 Goals

4. RAUL (Real Madrid); DAVID VILLA (Valencia CF); NIHAT
(Villareal) & OLIVEIRA (Real Zaragoza) - 18 Goals

The Best Goalkeeper - least goals that have enter their net


















1. IKER CASILLAS (Real Madrid) - 36 goals


















2. DIEGO LOPEZ ( Villareal) - 40 goals
























3. TOÑO (Racing De Santander) - 41 Goals

4. VICTOR VALDES (FC Barcelona) - 43 Goals

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - SUMMARY 2007-2008 (PLUS REAL MADRID 5 - LEVANTE 2 VIDEO)

This is a post for the loyal SFS readers, thanks for your support &
great comments. Here is the Spanish 2007-2008 Liga season in a
very brief summary, plus the Video Highlights of yesterdays
REAL MADRID 5 - LEVANTE 2 game:



CHAMPIONS REAL MADRID















FINAL CLASSICATION - Table of Honour (Champions, Uefa,
Intertoto & Relegation)





















Descenso = Relegation

SPANISH FOOTBALL - LA LIGA - ROUND 38/2008 SUNDAY GAMES RESULT

Round 38 has just finished & with it the Spanish League 2007 -
2008 season with joy & the sadness of those teams that go down to
2º Division. The highlights are that Real Madrid are Champions,
the Champions League teams are Villareal , Fc Barcelona & At.
Madrid, that Racing get into Uefa along with Sevilla Fc & the 3
teams that go
to 2º Division are Levante, Real Murcia & Real
Zaragoza - see the full ladder on the right hand side of SFS.
























Above is the sad image of the day, REAL ZARAGOZA lost 3-2
to MALLORCA & have been relegated. The two goals from
RICARDO OLIVEIRA were not enough, as Mallorca played
better with goals from GUIZA ( 27 goals & the Spanish League
Top Goalscorer), WEBO & CASTRO. Sad night at Zaragoza, &
Mallorca just missed out on Uefa!
















The joy was at RACING DE SANTANDER who won a boring
& conservative game 1-0 against OSASUNA with a goal in the
85th min by BOLADO. But who cared what type of game it was,
Racing qualifies for UEFA next season & they are now celebrating.

























SEVILLA FC
defeated AT.BILBAO 4-1 & finish 5ºth plus in
a UEFA position for next season. KANOUTE scored twice,
along with KEITA & JESUS NAVAS in a fairly easy match.
For At.Bilbao their only scorer was ADURIZ with a penalty
early in the 3ºrd min of the game.


















RECREATIVO stays in the 1ºDivision after drawing with
VALLADOLID 1-1. Valladolid got ahead first via LLORENTE
in the 39th min & Recreativo equalized late via JAVI GUERRERO
in the 93rd min. Recreativo are celebrating in a big way!
























GETAFE & REAL BETIS played a 1-1 draw with goals from
DE MORAL in the 3rd min & NANO in the 69th min with
a header that gave Betis the draw. The news here was the
farewell of Getafe coach Laudrup.

















Great season for modest ALMERIA who finished well the season
with a 1-3 away victory over ESPANYOL. Goals for Almeria from
MELO (above), CRUSAT & PAUNOVIC. The only goal from
Espanyol came from LUIS GARCIA from a penalty in the 58th
min. Disappointing final part of the season for Espanyol.















VALENCIA CF finished a nightmare season & its veteran goalkeeper
CANIZARES said goodbye with a 3-1 victory over AT.MADRID. The
main figure was DAVID VILLA with his two goals, the other for Valencia
coming thanks to an own goal by Atletico defender Seitardis. For
Atletico SERGIO AGUERGO got a consolation goal after a brilliant
individual play. Atletico will play next season Champions League if it
gets through the prelimary stage.



















Excellent season for VILLAREAL who finish 2ºplace on the table
& straight into Champions along with Real Madrid. They defeated
away 0-2 DEPORTIVO with the goals coming from
MATI
FERNANDEZ
( above) & GUILLE FRANCO at the end.
Well deserved for Villareal.
























Celebrations in front of the home fans as the Spanish League
Champions REAL MADRID turned on the fireworks & the goals
to defeat 5 - 2 last placed LEVANTE.

Real Madrid were relaxed & played as the script said the night should
be with two goals from RUUD VAN NISTELROOY, two goals from
defender SERGIO RAMOS & a goal from SNEIJDER from a free
kick.

The two goals from Levante came thanks to GEIJO who scored
twice.














Real Madrid Captain RAUL (above) was handed the Spanish 1º
Division Champions Cup for the 2007-08 season.

TENNIS: RAFAEL NADAL WINS IN HAMBURG 2008

Spanish World Nº2, & the Best player in the World on a clay surface
RAFAEL NADAL, conquered the only clay court tournament still
not on his trophy mantle, the Master Tennis Serie HAMBURG
OPEN after defeating 4 times in a row winner & the World Nº1
Roger Federer in 3 sets: 7-5, 6-7, 6-3.

Everytime these two meet, it is assured Tennis at its highest
possible level, a spectacule that is hard to surpass that leaves

everyone amazed & speechless. Roger Federer played brilliantly,
however Rafael Nadal went further & left us without words after

scaring the crowd earlier on when he had to call the physio in the
1º set to check his leg muscle. But it was a scare, as he recovered
& took the 1º set
winning the next six straight games.
























From then on Federer showed us why he is a Champion & a great in
Tennis history, he was just superb & took the second set after looking

down the barrel of the Nadal gun. The third set then saw what
differentiates Nadal from the rest, his superhuman will power to
overcome any obstacule & virtually demoralize his opponents.
A continuous array of shots, lobs, running & raw nerve gave Nadal

the set & the tournament.

Amazing tennis & now onto Roland Garros next week.
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