Florentino Pérez

A good Valladolid side, on the up this season and currently sitting in the European places, travel to the Bernabéu on Saturday to visit a another team in poor health.

I do feel for Lopetegui but on occasion sinners must suffer penance. The devil took him to a high plan overlooking the kingdoms of the world and said: "All this could be yours if you bow down and adore me”

AS editor Alfredo Relaño analyses the first Clásico of the 2018/19 season, which saw Barcelona thrash Real Madrid 5-1.

When I heard that Miguel Cardenal (the former Sports Minister) was about to join Mediapro, I sent him a message informing him that the move would lead to plenty of speculation.

No sooner had last night’s Champions League tie concluded than Butragueño unequivocally showed his support for Lopetegui, who will be in the dugout to oversee Sunday’s El Clásico.

A head coach whose days are numbered, a president who is is looking (and failing) to find a replacement...

Alfredo Relaño discusses why Julen Lopetegui's reputation is now in tatters, and the rumours that Real Madrid are already searching for a replacement.