Barcelona icon, Xavi 'agrees £5.4m-a-year deal' to replace Quique Setien as new manager of the club

Barcelona icon, Xavi has reportedly agreed to replace Quique Setien as the new manager of the Spanish giants. 

#COVID19: Cheers as Spanish La Liga to resume on June 11th 2020

Spain's La Liga will resume on 11 June when Real Betis face Sevilla, and next season will start on 12 September.

#COVID19: La Liga gets Spanish Govt’s green light to resume from June 8

Spanish football’s top flight division La Liga can return to action from June 8 after being disrupted by the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.

#COVID19: La Liga will return with matches every day, says league president

La Liga will return with matches every day, league president Javier Tebas has revealed.

Spain’s top division has been shut down since March in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

#COVID19: Spanish La Liga set for individual training return on May 4

Spain’s professional athletes including La Liga players can restart basic training from May 4, the country’s government announced on Tuesday.

The Spanish top-flight has been on hold since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

#COVID19: Top four clubs will qualify for Champions League even if season is abandoned’

The Spanish Football Association (RFEF) has taken a decision on what to do if the La Liga season is cut short or abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic, an official says.

Valverde finally sacked as Barcelona coach, Setien set to take over

Barcelona have announced the dismissal of head coach Ernesto Valverde, with Quique Setien taking charge of the Spanish champions on that deal that runs until 2022.

Messi could walk away and terminate Barcelona contract. Read why

Lionel Messi may be contracted to Barcelona until 2021, but the he has the option to walk away at the end of this season, Goal reports.

Wow! Barcelona and Lionel Messi could play in the English league if Catalunya gains independence from Spain

Ahead of a very important referendum set to be staged on Sunday which will give the right to Catalunya to be recognised as a sovereign nation independent of Spain, the region’s Sports minister has stated that Barcelona, along with Girona and Espanyol could join the English premier league, Italian league or start up their own league if they gain independence from Spain just the same way Welsh and Monaco clubs are allowed to play in the Epl and French league respectively.

Diego Costa's move from Chelsea to Atletico Madrid finalised

Diego Costa’s return to Spanish La Liga side Atletico Madrid from Jan. 1 has been finialised, English Premier League champions Chelsea said in a statement on Tuesday.

The two clubs agreed the transfer last week and on Monday the 28-year-old Spain forward passed a medical to return to the Spanish capital.

Returning Diego Costa watches Griezmann fire Atletico Madrid into second in La Liga

Diego Costa watched on from the directors’ box as Atletico Madrid leapfrogged Sevilla into second in La Liga thanks to goals from Yannick Carrasco and Antoine Griezmann in a 2-0 win at the Wanda Metropolitano on Saturday.

Costa’s drawn out move back to Atletico from Chelsea was finally agreed on Thursday, but the striker isn’t allowed to feature until the January transfer window opens.

Breaking!!! Barcelona new star Ousmane Dembele ruled out for 4 months after hamstring tear

Its a sad one for Barcelona and new French signing Ousmane Dembele as he has been ruled out for four months after injuring his hamstring in yesterday's game against Getafe streamed live on The Forefront Media HD4 sports, a match Barcelona won from behind 2-1. 

A club statement read: "The tests have come back following first team player Ousmane Dembélé who has ruptured the tendon in his femoral bicep in his left thigh.

Zidane wants transfer window to generally close before season begins

Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane, has lent his support to calls for the summer transfer window to close, before the new season begins across Europe.

On Thursday, English Premier League clubs voted to shut the 2018 close-season transfer window before the start of the 2018/2019 campaign.

And La Liga asks UEFA to investigate Man City over transfers

The Spanish football league, La Liga, has asked European football’s governing body UEFA to open an investigation into whether big-spending Manchester City have breached Financial Fair Play regulations.

La Liga, outspoken over what it dubs “state-aided financial doping”, “is pleased that UEFA has opened a formal Financial Fair Play (FFP) investigation into Paris Saint-Germain. The investigation comes after La Liga formally requested such probes into PSG and Manchester City FC in August”.

More trouble for Barcelona as Suarez injury rules him out for at least 4 weeks

Barcelona forward Luis Suarez will miss out on four to five weeks of action due to a knee injury, according to the Uruguayan Football Association.

The Uruguayan international picked up an injury during the second leg of the Supercopa de Espana against Real Madrid. 

Real Madrid star Ronaldo's 5 match ban stands as appeal is rejected

Real Madrid have failed in an attempt to have Cristiano Ronaldo's five-match suspension overturned.

The Portugal international star was handed the ban in light of his actions in Sunday's 3-1 Spanish Super Cup win over Real Madrid, when he was sent off for receiving a second booking then pushed referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea. 

KABOOM!!! And Cristiano Ronaldo bags 5 match ban after shoving ref in Real Madrid win

Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo has been given a five match ban after pushing the referee following his red card in Sunday’s El-Clasico.

Ronaldo reacted angrily to being dismissed during the second half of a 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup.

Exuberant Ronaldo shoves ref after sending off in El Clasico, faces lengthy ban

Cristiano Ronaldo sensationally shoved Sunday's Clasico referee after scoring a wondergoal in Real Madrid's 3-1 win over Barcelona. 

The Portuguese star came on in the 57th minute of the Spanish Supercopa at Camp Nou and, by the 81st minute, he had fired the European champions towards victory, earned two yellow cards and pushed the referee to leave him facing a lengthy ban. 

Neymar close to PSG debut, French Football Federation still not definite

The president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noel Le Graet, has said Neymar will be able to make his debut for Paris Saint-Germain soon.

Neymar’s world-record €222million move from Barcelona went through last week and he was unveiled at the Parc des Princes before Saturday’s Ligue 1 win over Amiens.

Breaking!!! See PHOTOS as Barcelona begins tearing down of Neymar’s giant posters in Nou Camp

Spanish giants, Barcelona has started tearing down Neymar’s giant posters in and around their ground.

This is in preparation for activities without the player after his shocking world record move to Paris Saint-Germain in France.