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Let's be honest, Red Bull Salzburg are no great shakes despite having previously played in the Champions League and with the Austrian league underway...

Man United have signed Harry Maguire for 88m euros, breaking the previous record for a defender, the 85 paid by Liverpool for Virgil van Dijk a year ago...

While Paul Pogba does his best to make himself persona non grata at Manchester United, Florentino Pérez has been making eyes at Donny van de Beek, ...

Alfredo Relaño looks back at last night's Trofeo Gamper meeting with Arsenal and Messi's passionate pre-match speech to a 99,000-strong crowd at Camp Nou

Esto ya había pasado en el Valencia, entonces entre Peter Lim, el propietario de tierra exótica,y Amadeo Salvo, el presidente que le había traído, que conocía ...

We have an excellent team but can't seem to win a game, stated Zinedine Zidane after losing to Tottenham in the semi-final of the 2019 Audi Cup.

Up until around the 60s, you'd often hear Spaniards say "uno cero, y Zamora de portero" when the first hand was won in the card game Mus.

Alfredo Relaño looks at the new-look Atlético - one which has been rebuilt virtually from scratch and tore Real Madrid to shreds in their pre-season friendly.

Alfredo Relaño looks back at the conclusion of the Tour de France, won by Egan Bernal - who becomes the first Colombian to win the event.

Historic is a term bandied about too often by sports journalists. But Atléti’s 7-3 thrashing of Madrid was truly that.

Gareth Bale came on for the second half against Arsenal to straighten out a game that had been going badly for Real Madrid.

Alfredo Relaño looks back on Barcelona's pre-season game against Chelsea in Japan, which saw Antoine Griezmann star in the new checkered shirt.

La International Champions Cup, que venía aspirando a ser el suceso futbolístico del verano y de hecho nació con esa intención, empieza a desinflarse.

Alfredo Relaño looks back on Real Madrid's first outing of the summer - a game in which Gareth Bale didn't figure. Zidane has decided the Welshman's number is up.

Alfredo Relaño takes a look at the new Asif Kapadia documentary which details the rise and fall of Diego Maradona - a film not to be missed.

As with most summer tournaments, the Carranza Trophy was not in particularly good shape. Let’s just say these competitions have seen better days...

Making my way back home one evening, I drive through the tunnel on Madrid's M-30 ring road, a construction which, while it was being built, led me to curse the city's then-mayor...

On the eve of his return to Paris, Neymar claimed that his best moment as a player was the 6-1 with Barcelona over his current side PSG.

Griezmann ya viste los cuadros blaugrana del Barça, ya es historia en el Atleti, donde su placa en el paseo de las leyendas ha empezado a ...

The Real Madrid youngster finds himself entering his second season after his first campaign in Europe could be defined with a 'Napoleon hat' graph.

Real Madrid are already in Montreal, a destination chosen by Zidane for the first nine days after their return to work.

Atlético Madrid's star summer signing, Joao Félix, was yesterday presented to the media and, by extension, the fans...

After coming into being on the Old Continent, football took a while to be accepted across the pond, where its lure was countered by the claims of baseball, basketball and their own football...

Atleti have broken the bank shelling out 127 million euro for a promising striker, albeit one who has just had a single successful campaign with Benfica in the Portuguese league.

There is no longer any doubt: Messi finding success with Argentina is becoming an even taller order, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Alfredo Relaño takes a look at some of the new rules which have been introduced in the tax system - it's the 'Beckham Law' but the other way around...

Like last year, there is an aura of intrigue surrounding Antoine Griezmann and where his future lies only less so this time, writes Alfredo Relaño.