Sid Lowe explains why it will be tough for Real Madrid to move on from Gareth Bale in January. Steve Nicol urges Man United to do everything in their power to keep Paul Pogba from leaving for Real Madrid. Ale Moreno says Napoli can’t afford to sell Kalidou Koulibaly to Real Madrid with the club
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ESPN FC’s Ale Moreno explains why Kylian Mbappe’s presence at PSG makes Neymar an expendable asset. Alejandro Moreno says that Real Madrid displayed their excellent ability along with their fragility in their nail-biting 3-2 win against Levante. Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid will be both play their Champions League Group A opener on Wednesday without
Alejandro Moreno says that Real Madrid displayed their excellent ability along with their fragility in their nail-biting 3-2 win against Levante. ESPN FC’s Sid Lowe analyzes how Eden Hazard changes the feel for Real Madrid and gives them creativity and speed. ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens delves into Jose Mourinho’s recent “flirting” of a potential return
ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti examines the difficulties Real Madrid will have in trying to raise funds to pay for their new acquisitions this transfer window. Steve Nicol explains how adding Eden Hazard puts Real Madrid in a better position to challenge Barcelona for next season’s La Liga title. Real Madrid left-back Marcelo has no intention
Marcelo’s season to forget continued against Leganes, the Brazilian again failing to convince. Real Madrid’s slow and tortuous end to 2018-19 continued with a very underwhelming 1-1 La Liga draw at near neighbours Leganes on Monday evening. Positives Just six games left now in 2018-19, and then the “changes” that coach Zinedine Zidane keeps talking
Everybody is expecting a summer of change at Real Madrid following last week’s elimination from the Champions League and the prospect of a season without a trophy. Club president Florentino Perez and chief executive Jose Angel Sanchez have some huge calls to make and if history is anything to go by, they’ll be making most
It’s been a week of new beginnings in La Liga or at least, a week of new opportunities. One was merited, one is doubtful and one disastrous. The three characters on stage are Ernesto Valverde, Diego Simeone and Marcelo, so let’s start with the disastrous and build from there. Even though it’s the decision that,
Alejandro Moreno and Matteo Bonetti explain how Real Madrid exploited Atleti’s weaknesses, reminding everyone of the UCL winning quality they possess. Real Madrid left-back Marcelo says all the club need to do is “pay me up” and he will leave this summer if they want to him to. Marcelo, 30, has won 20 trophies including
Marcelo was, until recently, one of the first names on the Real Madrid team sheet. Is that no longer the case? Santi Solari’s diplomacy was deadly; there was something eloquent in how evasive he was. At the end of the Copa del Rey clasico on Wednesday night, with a 1-1 draw setting up the second
FC’s Ale Moreno delves into what is going wrong for Isco at Real Madrid as rumours continue to swirl over his future at the Santiago Bernabeu. The FC guys are incredulous that Isco keeps being left out as Real Madrid struggle to put together results under Santi Solari. Real Madrid made very heavy work of
Real Madrid’s Marcelo holds onto his place as the best left-back, but there’s controversy amongst his challengers. Back in 2006, when a teenage left-back called Marcelo made a huge impression with Fluminense in his home city of Rio de Janeiro, a consensus was already forming: this was a player whose long-term future was likely to
Gareth Bale was a one-man show vs. Kashima Antlers, scoring a hat trick in 11 minutes of game action. Real Madrid strolled to a 3-1 win over Kashima Antlers in Abu Dhabi on Thursday to qualify for Saturday’s FIFA Club World Cup final against hosts Al Ain — with all three Los Blancos goals coming