Sergio Busquets

Alfredo Relaño studies Arturo Vidal's situation at Barcelona which has deteriorated significantly during the recent international break.

Alfredo Relaño praises the early goal glut brought to the Spanish national team by new manager Luis Enrique after the friendly win over Wales.

Everything points to the Girona-Barça game scheduled for January as being the match selected by LaLiga as part of their US experiment

Barça are having a rather dull summer. Their trump card was always Griezmann, who finished the summer on top of the world, but it seems that there was no 'Plan B'...

"Rather today than in Russia," said David de Gea after gifting Switzerland a goal in a World Cup warm-up this month. Well, now it has happened in Russia.

Ramos, Busquets and Isco back for the dress rehearsal that awaits us in the city of Krasnodar, within a fantastic stadium which was described to me as 'a futuristic Roman circus'.

If Carvajal is finally ruled out, the most likely replacement is Rodri, a central midfielder, not a defender.

Plenty of good play, but short on that crucial finishing touch. That's how you could summarise Spain's display in their 1-1 draw against Switzerland...

The team with the biggest budget this season in the Liga 123 was Barcelona B and their 47 million euro budget

Lopetegui revealed his squad for the World Cup in Russia, and AS editor Alfredo Relaño sees little to argue about in what he sees as a formidable squad.