Samuel Eto´o is back into the fray as it was annouced today that he will face Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.
Eto´o has been in a bad patch these past few months with injury and misunderstanding with the team causing him to lose his place in the squad, but now he’s back and hopefully he starts scoring [...]

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Yeah, where exactly did those Spanish primera teams get their name from?
Thanks to Culture of Soccer who posted recently about the meaning behind those nicknames i can safely say that Real Madrid got the nick los merengues as an apparent gastronomist saw the resemblance between the uniforms and the lovely French dessert and the nickname [...]

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It seems Chelsea are not the only ones facing the possibility of losing their coach,Barcelona are also having similar problems and though there was a ’show’ of love in the training ground recently nothing can be taken for granted.
‘Me and the rest of the team want him to stay on,’ Xavi was quoted as telling [...]

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Benfica lay claim to the title of having the most supporters just a few months back after beating Man Utd to it but now the folks from the Guinness Book of Records have to rewrite their books as Arsenal can now claim to have more fans/membership than any other footy club in the world beating [...]

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The underperforming Real Madrid has suprisingly retained it’s crown as the richest club in world football thanks largely to Zidane, Ronaldo and David Beckham.
Real’s revenue for the 2005-2006 season amounted to €292.2 million, the large chunk of which was dereived from the massive marketing appeal of their former stars (Zidane retired, Ronaldo now with Milan [...]

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A few days ago former Brazil and now Portugal coach,Scolari, hinted that Cristiano Ronaldo should move to Barcelona in order to fully recognize his potential.Scolari says that he has worked with Ronaldinho and Cristiano and believes that the duo would complement each other on the field with Barca.
There were also rumors that Real Madrid made [...]

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A few months ago he was labeled an ‘extra’ and kinda like a reject in the eyes of the management team at Barcelona, Saviola however has taken it his stride and good favour shone on him when Samuel Eto’o was sidelined which allowed the petite Argetinian a chance to play for Barca more regularly.
He has [...]

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It was all about Ronaldinho in the game against Villarreal, having scored from the spot he wrapped up the day with a fantastic overhead kick in the dying minutes of the game, this goal kind of reminded me of a similar overhead kick by Rivaldo for Barcelona a few years ago.
Ronaldinho’s goal was exceptional but [...]

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