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La Preview: Kaká gives in, Kondogbia flashes the cash & La Real await Old Trafford
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La Liga Loca FFT's man in Spain, Tim Stannard, looks ahead to the coming weekend's action in La Liga...
Sackings, sea food and a new deal for Simeone in La Liga
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La Liga Loca Five more years of El Cholo in La Liga, everyone – but there's some fishy goings-on too, writes Tim Stannard...
Agonised Atlético await Simeone’s next move
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La Liga Loca Argentine gaffer considers his options – but where, asks Tim Stannard, could he go?
Spanish game launches clean-up, clamp-down
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La Liga Loca Potty-mouth fans face sanction in Spain, writes Tim Stannard...
Barça face cross-border issues, Athletic hit rock bottom
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard reflects on a bad night in Europe for the Spanish mob – in particular, poor Gerard Pique...
10 big questions in La Liga: Will Simeone be Atlético’s Sir Alex?
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard previews the weekend in Spain's top flight...
Benzema and Ronaldo go rogue as injury fears increase for Champions League
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard looks ahead to a pivotal weekend in La Liga, with the battles at the top and bottom of the table ready for another twist...
Barca boost Arsenal’s bank balance once again, while Suarez waits on naughty step
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard reflects on a busy week for Barcelona, who welcome another former Gunner – and some returning mopers – to Camp Nou...
Getafe survive, Mendes sticks his oar in at Valencia, Athletic make Segunda strides
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard mulls over the big talking points from Spain this week...
Dani Güiza: A living (if "confused") legend returns to Spanish shores
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard rejoices as Spain's fun-loving night owl heads home to join the team he said he never would...
The Week In Real Madrid: It's all smooth sailing at the Bernabeu
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The Week In... Any- and everything that could have gone right for Real Madrid did so over the last week, Tim Stannard notes...
Real Sociedad hope for second-chance Champions League
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La Liga Loca The English champions visit the smaller La Liga club who were supposed to showcase Spain's strength in depth. Tim Stannard on Real Sociedad vs Manchester United...
How can Diego Simeone break his Luis Enrique duck?
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La Liga Loca El Cholo has mastered most of La Liga’s biggest beasts, but an Enrique-led Barcelona isn’t one of them – yet. He’s got his chance in the Champions League, writes Tim Stannard...
La Preview: Athletic await new home, Tata gets a ticking off
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo's Spanish expert, Tim Stannard, looks ahead to another weekend of La Liga action.
La Review: Will it be bye-bye Benítez after Clásico calamity?
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La Liga Loca The big two faced off at the Bernabeu, and one of them bit the dirt. But other things happened this weekend in Spain too, insists Tim Stannard...
La Liga Lessons: Barcelona slain, but why isn't everyone hailing Celta Vigo?
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard assesses the fallout from another weekend in Spain, as Barca's defeat makes things tasty indeed at the top...
La Preview: Big Two set for cricket scores as Betis look for Mestalla mayhem
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard predicts merry riots for Barcelona and Real Madrid this weekend. Goal fight!
Even Marca growing bored of Gareth Bale soap opera
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo's man in Spain, Tim Stannard, on the continuing coverage of the summer's most going-on on-going transfer saga...
La Liga players behaving badly as battle at the bottom gets weird
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La Liga Loca Valencia and Levante have had to deal with misbehaving players, while Barcelona look to bounce back from their Champions League exit explains Tim Stannard...
La Liga’s sack race: Who could be first for the chop?
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard evaluates the men currently under fire in Spain – including a former Chelsea favourite...
La Preview: Why Barça need to get nasty, and G-Nev needs a games console reboot
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La Liga Loca Last weekend was boring, writes Tim Stannard – so it’s a good job this one won’t be...
10 things we learned in La Liga: Messi can put his feet up and Valencia are the new Betis
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La Liga Loca FFT.com's Spanish expert Tim Stannard on Messi's day off, awesome Atlético and vexed Valencia...
Why Valencia's saviour has stepped aside to save their future
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard reports on the latest big story from La Liga Land as Los Che make changes...