Stories By Simon Harrison
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Sport
Isco leads the way as Real Madrid sharpen their blades for trophy defences
Cristiano Ronaldo has long been seen as the talismanic presence at Real Madrid. The main figure, threat and marketable presence, all rolled into one. While the Portuguese forward managed to get into peak condition to help Los Blancos romp to both league and Champions League success in the dying embers of last season, Isco helped share the considerable burden of responsibility and saw his reputation surge as a result.
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Sport
Leicester’s new man, Vicente Iborra, where will he fit in?
Since joining Sevilla from Levante in 2013, where Vicente Iborra was both a fan and a youth product, the club’s supporters have taken him in as one of their own. Within those four years, he has consistently been a leading presence that can both offer a physical and goalscoring edge.
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Introducing the Latest LaLiga Imports
The Premier League has dipped its toes into the Spanish transfer market, with four deals in particular catching the eye. LaLiga has been home to all of this group for a while, but there is certainly a chance that a few of their number could be rather alien to an English audience.
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Sport
Villarreal learn from last summer’s mistakes getting business done early
Just a week prior to a Champions League play-off fixture against AS Monaco last season, Marcelino left his position as coach at Villarreal. With some signings having already been made, all with the blueprint laid out by the 50-year-old in mind, the key factor which the Yellow Submarine’s extended success had been based around took his leave, with disagreements with the board over transfers cited as the reason.
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Sport
BILBAO RIGHTLY LOOK IN-HOUSE FOR VALVERDE REPLACEMENT
Athletic Bilbao is both an identity and a club. A representative of a region, a culture and a way of life. It was only fitting that as Ernesto Valverde, a man who has spent two long stints at the club as both a player and a manager, took his leave this week, Cuco Ziganda stepped into the void that was left.
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Sport
ALAVES FACE BRUTAL SECOND SEASON AFTER FAIRYTALE YEAR
Big changes mattered not a jot The summer of 2016 brought plenty of change to Alavés. A promotion to a division within which they had not competed since 2005, a new coach who controversially replaced the man who had brought the group into LaLiga, and a host of new signings to try and equip the Basque club with the correct tools to battle relegation.
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Sport
QUIQUE SETIEN IS THE PERFECT LONG-TERM MAN TO SORT OUT VALENCIA
Football is a results business, everyone knows that. If you fail to hit the targets expected of you, then expect to face the consequences. At Valencia, it is a little more complicated than that. Valencia Managerial Merry-go-round Three coaches walked out the exit door in 2016 alone, with Gary Neville, Pako Ayestaran and Cesare Prandelli taking their leave for various reasons.
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Sport
A CAGEY EL CLASICO IS BARCA’S LAST ROLL OF THE LALIGA DICE
On Wednesday night, as Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League at the hands of Juventus, Camp Nou applauded. Even as Blaugrana took their leave from yet another European competition before the semi-final stages, which has become worryingly regular since the departure of Pep Guardiola six years ago, there was an understanding that the team had outperformed to even squeeze their way beyond Paris Saint-Germain in the most heroic of circumstances during the round of 16.
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Sport
ONLY NEYMAR IS PREVENTING HIMSELF FROM BEING THE BEST
ONLY NEYMAR IS PREVENTING HIMSELF FROM BEING THE WORLD’S BEST The red mist descends once more As Barcelona dropped three points against Malaga plenty of fingers were pointed in the direction of Andre Gomes and Jeremy Mathieu, both regular victims or passengers of Barcelona’s game, but the costliest error of judgement at La Rosaleda came from Neymar Jr.
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Insights
COLOSSUS BETS SYNDICATES: FROM A PUNTER’S PERSPECTIVE
The last couple of months have brought a lot of betting innovation with them, with Colossus Bets offering up some interesting propositions for their customers. Syndicates, a form of crowdfunding to increase the stakes, has received a great deal of interest – but we needed the low-down from a punter.
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Sport
SPAIN WILL SLOWLY ROLL INTO A TRANSITION
Julen Lopetegui’s latest squad shows that Spain will slowly roll into a much-needed transition A new golden generation approaches When Spain crashed out of the last World Cup tournament in the group stages, calls for change were rife.
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