Lawrence Cohen

Real Madrid found a provisional solution at right midfield by obtaining the services of French international Julien Faubert on a six-month loan but the Merengues have the option to buy him from West Ham United for an estimated six million euros. Faubert began his career playing for French side Cannes and then moved to Bordeaux. […]

ESPN The Magazine just came out and in that cover we see none other than LA Laker star Kobe Bryant wearing the blaugrana colors. Every time an athlete, actor, actress, or person in the media express either an interest or fanaticism towards a team, its fans' chests expand with pride. It is the nature of […]

Mauricio Pochettino showed off his vast knowledge of the game by suggesting names from South America as potential reinforcements for the team as they try to battle against relegation. According to Friday's digital edition of Sport, Los Pericos agreed to terms with embattled River Plate midfielder Oscar Ahumada. The article states that the Espanyol […]

Zaragoza forward Ricardo Oliveira might be the player that earns the title of last-minute blockbuster transfer deal. The Brazilian has every intention of returning to the Spanish top flight and according to local sources, the deal is pretty much done between the player and the Andalucian side, but we all have become familiar with those […]

Mad About Futbol is back! I hope that all is good and that this is the beginning of a long relationship with the readers of La Liga Talk and World Cup Buzz. We plan on having various entertaining shows for you. George, Juan, Mike are back and they have a guest- already. Mike's friend Alberto, […]

Ladies and gents.. Mad About Futbol is on the air... just not yet on LLT! As soon as we get some glitches fixed, we will be on. But we will offer you some of what we call "Shortys". These will be five-minute discussions on a topic that is relevant in Spanish as well as in […]

Wednesday Betis 0-0 Mallorca (MLL adv. on 0-1 agg.) Sporting 1-2 Athletic SPO: Carmelo (1') ATB: Gabilondo (41'), David López (51') (ATB adv. on 1-2 agg.) Thursday Sevilla 2-1 Valencia SEV: Kanoute(35'), Squillaci (90') VAL: Marchena (7') (SEV adv. on away goals) Barcelona 3-2 Espanyol BAR: Krkic (34', 48'), Piqué (57') ESP: Coro (58'), Callejón(69') […]

If I had any doubts as to George Metellus being Fabio Cappello's lovechild, they ended after this video began to make its rounds on YouTube. Fabio Cappello left English fans thinking that he prepared the same way as Sven-Göran Eriksson. Others looked at him as ¨Smooth Don Fabio¨ who has experience in social art of […]

Diego Maradona called up 22 players for his upcoming friendly against France. Five players that earn their bacon in Spain were called up by El Diego. As promised, Lio Messi was part of that list. Gabriel Heinze and Fernando Gago were the two players that were called up from Real Madrid and Maxi Rodríguez and […]

Former Danish international and Real Madrid midfielder Thomas Gravesen announced his retirement on Monday after months of being without a team. For Gravesen, 32, it was the end after a tempetuous end of 2008. "I spent 12 fantastic seasons abroad and I played in four different countries for which I am very grateful for. I […]

¨Five straight wins, in second place, barely get any goals scored, they have Robben, Saint Iker is back, but...right now, it´s more exciting to watch Messi sleeping than towatch Juande´s side play.¨ (Courtesy of Sport) Let us know what you think about the Doodle of the Day

The first half of the season is already in the books, but there were less people watching. In Spain they are talking about the fact that the game itself could be in danger of changing radically in the coming months to years. The significant drops in attendance across the board are being looked at carefully; […]

¨To Madrid? Of course I´m going. I´m going to go in week 34... to score three or four goals.¨ Courtesy of MundoDeportivo Messi Making A Statement At La Masia "My name is Leo Messi... remember my name." Messi Making A Statement At The Nou Camp "Florentino...forget my name!"

Barcelona continued their tear through La Liga and there is no sign of them letting down. They avenged their only loss of the season against Numancia and the leagus has now become a two-horse race.

As many of you know, there are occasional instances in which I stray from the topic of the passion of billions and have to talk about something that is going on in the world or my life.