Marcelo

The Brazilian full-back arrived to fill the enormous shoes of his legendary compatriot, Roberto Carlos, and the rest, as they say, is history.

The end of each season sees us potentially wave goodbye to some players, and three of the current group have announced their intentions to leave.

Ancelotti’s side face the Spanish Copa del Rey champions in their last league game, ahead of the Champions League final next weeked.

Real Madrid’s meeting with Getafe wasn’t pretty to watch but it did give us the chance to enjoy watching Marcelo in one of his final games for the club, writes Alfredo Relaño.

Alfredo Relaño reacts to Real Madrid's 3-0 LaLiga win over Real Mallorca on Monday, as Los Blancos took another step towards the Spanish title.

The game itself was nothing to write home about but the extra time was scintillating.

Marcelo has bought a Portuguese second-tier club, Mafra, which is in the quarter-finals of their domestic cup, ‘la Taça’, and also has a chance of promotion ...

After recent indifferent form, Barça delivered a well below-par performance in Vallecas where they only managed one shot on target in the 90 minutes