Joan Laporta

Laporta won the Barcelona presidential election and takes over a club in a financial mess, with doubts over the squad structure. Alfredo Relaño takes a look

Alfredo Relaño looks at the race to control Barcelona, with Joan Laporta in pole position to re-take the presidency of the footballing giants.

Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi defined the global game over the past decade or so with both players almost exclusively winning the Ballon d'Or award year after year.

The audacious and clever marketing ploy from FC Barcelona presidential candidate Laporta with his massive banner right beside the Bernabéu put an end to a depressing spell hanging over the Catalan club.

AS columnist Alfredo Relaño gives his take on the resignation of Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu.

Real Madrid and Barcelona were both beaten on Saturday ahead of the Clásico and the Champons League, while Atlético Madrid profited from the results.

The first memories of Radomir Antic in Spain is that of a fine defender with a great ability to bring the ball out from the back

For some time now, LaLiga has supposedly been run stringently, under the unyielding hand of Javier Tebas and his big financial controller, Javier Gómez.