La Liga Megathread

Taken straight from his Wiki page:

That's exactly what he's done, so what are you on about?

 

Two friendlies in all this time when a striker was a priority? No Confed cup either. What are YOU on about?

Scolari has pet players so he can't complain about Costa playing for La Roja when there's been ample time to prioritize him for Brasil

 

You said he hasn't called him up, HE HAS. And played him.

 

Costa has been capped twice for Brazil, he has no family ties to Spain or a Spanish background, he wasn't educated there yet he may well be leading the line for Spain in next years World Cup, bemusing

 

I hope Atletico win La Liga.

 

He should have played him in the Confederations Cup.

 

The rules are there, in black & white. You can't fault Costa for working within them.

Don't hate the player, hate the game y'all.

 

Well if he hadn't done this swap he would almost certainly be in the squad to face South Korea and Zambia since Fred and Luís Fabiano are injured. Plenty of players that have been out of the squad for awhile (or rarely in it at all) have got a chance for these friendlies - Dedé, Henrique, Maxwell, Lucas Leiva and Alexandre Pato. Then again good strikers this season like Éderson, or Hernane or Jonas, or even a journeyman like William of Ponte Preta haven't got a chance.

I don't see why he should have got into the ConFed squad. Before this season he had failed to ever get more than ten goals in a league season. While at the same time Fred got 20 (and 22 in 2011) and Jô finished top scorer in the Copa Libertadores. Luiz Adriano, a player with a good amount of goals per season didn't get in the squad.

 

Liga - Top doctor: Real may have 'committed error' in signing Bale

A leading Spanish doctor has said that Real Madrid may have 'committed an error' in signing Gareth Bale.

The £86m world record signing from Tottenham is currently suffering from a 'disc protrusion' injury which Real Madrid’s chief doctor Carlos Diez claimed was 'not unusual.'

However another doctor, Dr Avelino Parajon, told Marca that the club should not have gone ahead with the transfer if they knew about the aliment.

"If Real Madrid have signed Gareth Bale knowing about this protrusion, they have committed an error," said Dr Parajon.

"That is not to say that tomorrow it can be operated on and he can continue playing, like has happened many times.
"But if he already has problems with protruding discs, that indicates that it is not a one-off.

"When a person has those problems at that age, it suggests that he has a great possibility of suffering herniated discs and symptoms arising from that over time. It is a bad sign for any athlete."

Real's doctor Diez insisted there was nothing to be alarmed about and they were happy with Bale's medical at the club.

"When Bale had his medical no clinical condition was discovered, just a radiological finding.

"There’s no threat that he will need surgery, although, of course, to avoid any problem, he is undergoing a preventative recovery programme because we are obliged to make sure the player is protected and make sure this discovery doesn’t become anything bigger.

"Our view was that the player was ready and therefore there was nothing to report to the president."

Bale's agent Jonathan Barnett was also furious that Marca were making such a big issue about the injury.

"I spoke to a reporter from Marca, I told him: 'It’s complete rubbish', and yet they still print it. Whatever they say is a lie. How stupid and irresponsible of Marca to have run such a stupid story!," he told La Sexta.

"He passed the medical, he’s 100 per cent fit, there’s no problem.
"He's the most expensive transfer in history, if there was a problem, they would have stopped the transfer.

"There is no problem, he has a slight tear in his thigh, he’ll be fit to play hopefully after the internationals.

"He's back training normally and he’ll be playing in the next few days. It's up to Ancelotti when he plays, but he will play, he'll be fit to play."


http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/...l-committed-error-signing-102314204--sow.html

 

Are Barcelona really, finally going to buy a good center half.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/b...-sign-for-barcelona-next-summer-for-e35m-ild/

 

No need, for now...Puyol, Mascherano, Piqué & Bartra...Plus, Rosell won't entertain €35 million for a defender too similar to Piqué anyway

It's an unsubstantiated claim by Bild, who are usually a bit better than this

 

Hummels is better than any of them though.

 

Just saying the rumour is rubbish, how good Hummels is, is another matter

 

Personally, I like what I've seen of Bartra this season. He's shaping up to be a good player.

 

Barcelona finally drop some points this season, drawing 0-0 with Osasuna. Messi came on late in the 2nd and didn't look sharp really.

Looking forward to the Atletico Madrid game. They're probably my favourite team in La Liga at the moment.

 

How do Espanyol and Barca fans get on? is it a normal aul city derby or do they * hate each other?

 

Is this Atlético slipping? Needing to turn it on now.

 

Betis are really poor tonight so far. Elche wining 2-0 there

 

Spoke too soon 2-1. Both teams not defending well.

 

Nice finish by Fidel for the second Elche goal.