There had been much hype and headlines this summer over Gareth Bale's protracted move from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid. Not many doubted that the deal would actually take place, but the announcement of Gareth Bale's transfer to Real Madrid went tantalisingly down to the last day. The big surprise and story for the UK media on deadline day, however, was the late news that Mesut Özil would be moving in the opposite direction to Spurs great rivals Arsenal, for a club record fee of £42.4 million (interestingly, it is also the highest fee Madrid have ever received for a player). … [Read more...]
Real Madrid’s Bale Conundrum
On the surface, there would appear to be little wrong in Madrid. The club, fresh from a 3-1 win against Chelsea in the final of the Guinness International Champions Cup, are preparing for a new Welsh-inspired era of dominance. That will cost the princely sum of £105m. Oh, and they have Cristiano Ronaldo and Champions League-winning coach Carlo Ancelotti. So a new season for Real Madrid and what might it hold? … [Read more...]
Transfer Latest: Have Real Madrid pulled the plug on Gareth Bale?
Gareth Bale to Real Madrid; a transfer saga that was once so talked about that even your neighbour's cat would have formed an opinion on whether the Welshman will go the Bernabeu or not. Yet here we are, smack bang in the middle of August and all looks very quiet on the Castillian front, perhaps a little too quiet one may hasten to add. … [Read more...]
Gareth Bale – would he fit in as a Real Madrid player?
“Real Madrid offer world record offer for (insert player name here)” has been a common headline since the “Galacticos” era of Real Madrid under the stewardship of Florentino Perez. In came world record transfers Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane, followed eight years later by Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo for a combined £136 million. Real have always had the allure of attracting the world’s biggest and best, since the glory days of European domination in the 1950’s right through until the present day. … [Read more...]
Is Daniel Sturridge ready for an England call-up?
As the England national team look ahead to securing their place in the European Championships next year Liquid Football ponders whether one man - Bolton’s on-loan striker Daniel Sturridge is ready to get his chance in Don Fabio Capello’s England squad when his side face Wales this month. … [Read more...]
Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham Highlights
A five goal thriller was played out at the Emirates this afternoon as Arsenal lost 3-2 to north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur. The Gunners originally took a two goal lead thanks to Samir Nasri and Marouane Chamakh but Spurs came fighting back and Rafael van der Vaart, Gareth Bale and Younes Kaboul all got on the scoresheet and secured a memorable victory. Final score - Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur. … [Read more...]
Goal of the week – Gareth Bale (25/10/10)
Gareth Bale, we're sure will be delighted to hear that he this week takes home the Liquid Football Goal of the week prize after his stunning hat-trick against Inter Milan for Spurs in the 4-3 defeat midweek in the Champions League. See his hat-trick here! Hosted at Youtube. This video is provided and hosted from a 3rd party server. Our search functionality is helping you discover publicly available websites & their content. Liquid Football as a search engine does not host or upload this material and is not responsible for the content. … [Read more...]
Inter Milan 4-3 Tottenham (Highlights)
A late Gareth Bale hat-trick saved Spurs some face after going down to ten men and a four goals defecit in the San Siro this evening, eventually losing the tie 4-3. Video hosted at rutube.com which is a 3rd party server. Our website simply acts as a search function to find available content from 3rd party websites. Liquid Football as a search engine does not host or upload this material and is not responsible for the content. If you wish the content to be removed we suggest you contact the 3rd party sites hosting the content. … [Read more...]