Having arrived on British shores unknown in the summer, Swansea striker Michu has exploded onto the scene, briefly topping the Premier League scoring charts with 13 goals to his name. Priced at roughly £2m, he is proving to be the bargain of the season and other clubs have begun to focus on what gems could be unearthed beneath the Barca-Real dominance. We detail 5 potential exports who could make a similar impact in foreign leagues from some of the unheralded La Liga teams. … [Read more...]
Video: Brilliant strike from Duda maintains Malaga’s unbeaten Champions League run
Duda's fantastic first half finish was the main highlight in Malaga's 2-2 Champions League draw against Anderlecht this evening. The winger's brace extended his side's unbeaten run in the competition and with qualification to the knock-out stages already done and dusted, Manuel Pellegrini's side can take heart from this well-earned draw at La Rosaleda tonight. … [Read more...]
Man City on verge of signing midfield maestro Isco
Following the departure of midfield talisman Santi Cazorla from Manuel Pellegrini's Malaga side last summer, Los Boquerones look set to lose yet another important creative asset in the form of highly-rated youngster Isco who looks set to move to Man City in January according to goal.com. … [Read more...]
Málaga set for Fateful Night in Greece
The future of Málaga CF will be decided on Greek soil, when the Spanish hopefuls play Panathinaikos in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League playoff. The clubs were drawn together at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon on Friday, and the last week of August is now a do-or-die period for Málaga. With financial troubles rife at the cash-strapped club, progression to Europe’s elite club competition may be the only way to stop them plummeting down La Liga this season. … [Read more...]
How to level the financial playing field in La Liga
The first thing you usually hear when someone mentions La Liga to you is the response: "oh, well, it's just Barcelona and Real Madrid competing every year for the title". And while those two teams are undoubtedly the best in the planet, most football fans would agree that La Liga is not the deepest league. Serie A and the English Premier league have more teams capable of doing well in Europe and going after world class players. Outside of Malaga and the Big Two, we don't see great players going into other teams. Instead we see players like Juan Mata, David Villa, David Silva, Sergio Aguero and … [Read more...]
Levante: The team that dare to dream
Just when you thought the La Liga title race couldn't get any more predictable and one-sided, the football gods throw us a much-needed curveball in the form of this season's over-achievers Levante - a side very much expected to face another relegation battle this season have had a miraculous turnaround in fortunes and after an impressive start, quite unbelievably sit in the lofty heights of 3rd place in the La Liga table after already claiming scalps off football powerhouses Real Madrid, Malaga and Villareal so far this campaign. … [Read more...]
La Liga: The New SPL?
Okay. It took Revista de La Liga just thirty minutes on Tuesday to mention a topic that has very much become the elephant in the room of Spanish football recently - the domination of Barcelona and Real Madrid and the ever-growing gap between them and their fellow La Liga competitors in terms of finance, performance and control. … [Read more...]
Life after Aguero and De Gea for Atletico
Lighting up Manchester with a scintillating performance on Monday night reminded all at the Vicente Calderon what they have to be prepared not to witness this season. Kun Aguero and his new Manchester City teammates can bask in their cash spewed paradise (until United once again come to town and teach them a lesson) following a routine 4-0 demolition of newly promoted Swansea City while Los Rojiblancos stare into a rather different oblique subsequent to the sale of their star men as former keeper David De Gea also settles into life in the same city. … [Read more...]
Barca way behind in pre-season preparations
Even the most seasoned of pundits will tell you not to pay too much attention to a side's pre-season friendly results when formulating a prediction for their season. However, the over-whelming success for Barcelona recently has meant this rule has now kind of become exempt in a city where fans are accustomed to success and with two defeats on the bounce to Manchester United and Chivas, Barcelona boss Pepe Guardiola now faces a balancing act if he wishes his players to be ready for their opening away clash against big spending Malaga on the 21st August. … [Read more...]
The Top 10 La Liga WAGS
Now a days WAGS aren't only something exclusively available for the over-paid has-beens of the English national team. With the footballing domination of Barcelona and the Spain in recent times, La Liga stars up and down the country now have the pick of some of the world's finest women. Today La Liga Blog counts down the top 10 very best Spanish football WAGS. … [Read more...]