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Big Weekend Preview: Brave Rayo to take another Barça beating, Piqué tries to pee
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard looks ahead to a jam-packed weekend of La Liga fun and frolics...

Big Weekend Preview: Will champions Atletico Madrid show some stones?
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard rounds up the biggest talking points ahead of another La Liga weekend...

Why Zizou is suffering an early coaching crisis
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La Liga Loca It's not all peaches and cream for the Real Madrid and France legend, writes Tim Stannard...

La Liga Lessons: Messi & Malaga merry as Madrid sides do just enough
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La Liga Loca How went the weekend in Spain? Ask Tim Stannard...

La Liga Lessons: Atlético as Doctor Who, Iker’s new exile and La Liga 0-9 Serie A
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo's Tim Stannard rounds up the latest weekend action from La Liga...

Plight of Pedro Leon highlights how La Liga’s finest could face economic exile
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish football expert Tim Stannard explains why the former Real Madrid man has been frozen out by Getafe...

La Liga Lessons: Real Madrid forget to defend, Enrique makes statement at Barca
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard rounds up the second weekend of action from Spain, after the European champs fluff a two-goal lead...

Valencia still in Lim-bo over billionaire buyout
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La Liga Loca Due diligence dragging on throughout the summer and hampering rebuilding, says FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard...

Alexis Sanchez: Arsenal’s new pint-sized power station
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Alexis Sánchez FFT's Spanish expert Tim Stannard on the Gunners' new boy...

Bog-roll, Harry Potter, stolen sausages and trigger-happy Deportivo
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La Liga Loca La Liga's 2014/15 season is six weeks away but the first axe has already fallen...

Can Atlético Madrid win the title all over again? (Yeah, they can)
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert, Tim Stannard, explains why last season's La Liga winners still have enough to fluster the Big Two again...

Barça sign “230-year-old” defender in potentially disastrous deal
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La Liga Loca FourFourTwo's Spanish football expert Tim Stannard assesses Barcelona's big summer signing...

Is James Rodríguez “too good for Real Madrid”?
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert, Tim Stannard, discovers why the young Colombian's move to the Bernabeu hasn't been greeted with joy everywhere...

Four ways Barcelona can show off Luis Suarez perfectly legally
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La Liga Loca FFT's Spanish expert, Tim Stannard, offers a helping hand to the Catalan giants about their new signing...

Messi's King Joffrey approves move for Suarez (presumably)
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La Liga Loca Barcelona's bandana-clad revolutionary gives the thumbs-up to ol' chompy-chops...

Cardiff goes Spanish as Real Madrid and Sevilla battle for Super Cup
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UEFA Super Cup It’s the European Super Cup! Grr! Bah! Our Spanish expert Tim Stannard looks ahead to the continental Community Shield between Real Madrid and Sevilla...

Champions League set for Messi-Ronaldo Groundhog Day
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard exhales a sigh at the mundane Champions League record ready to exchange hands...

Anfield-loving Ancelotti irked by Clásico questioning, Ter Stegen getting rough deal
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard looks ahead to a glittering night at Anfield, as Cristiano Ronaldo aims to break a rare goalscoring hoodoo...

La Liga Lessons: Sneaky Sevilla, Saint Bravo and a double dose of dismissals
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard discusses the big talking points from Spain, including the first two sackings of the season...

Real Madrid’s ascendance, Athletic’s reappearance
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La Liga Loca The European champions transcended their domestic woes, says Tim Stannard, excitedly awaiting a big Basque party...

Why Vicente del Bosque is staying sane despite Chelsea row
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard suggests why the Spain boss isn't tearing out his hair despite an ongoing battle with Jose Mourinho & Co...

Ancelotti in “I quit!" pledge (sort of) and Barcelona's Andorra problem
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La Liga Loca The Italian says he won't take no messing from nobody, writes Tim Stannard...

La Liga Lessons: Messi’s cunning plan, Ronaldo’s new philosophy
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La Liga Loca Tim Stannard rounds up the big stories from the seventh round of La Liga action – including a goal you really should see...
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