French paper L’Equipe has scoffed at Barcelona’s potential cash plus exchange offer for Neymar Jr. The Blaugrana have reportedly offered both Philippe Coutinho and Ivan Rakitic in exchange, plus 40 million euros for the superstar Brazilian forward.

Barcelona have already added Frenkie de Jong (75m euros), Ivan Rakitic (126m euros) and Neto (26m) to their roster this season, and exercised their buy back option on Marc Cucurella.

Neymar still retains the record for the world’s most expensive transfer, but has been long linked with a move away from Parc des Princes. Injury forced him to miss Brazil’s recent Copa America campaign, which the hosts won.

This decade has been one of Spanish domination in the Champions League. For six consecutive years between 2013 and 2018, there was at least one Spanish club always present in the final. However the 18/19 season was a bit of a shocker, with defending champions Real and cross town rivals Atleti both exiting in the Round of 16, and Barca inexplicably knocked out in the semis despite having won their first leg 3-0. Continue reading →

A rather stunning comeback from RCD Mallorca saw them achieve two successive promotions as they beat Deportivo in the Segunda Division playoffs. Trailing 2-0 from the first leg, Mallorca needed something special, and special is what they produced, winning 3-0 to claim a 3-2 triumph on aggregate. That’s two straight promotions- from Segunda B to La Liga in the space of two seasons!

Check out the player ratings and the Spanish media headlines (“historic comeback”)