La Liga

[Big Sam]

Villarreal bounce straight back after finishing runners-up in the second division. Elche, a club that hasn't been in La Primera for 27 years was champion.

Final place play-offs start on Wednesday.

 

[HowHigh]

Can anyone tell me about Iago Aspas?
Close to signing with Liverpool apparently but I know nothing about him.
Good signing or going to be another flop?

 

[Twizzle]

flop

 

[HowHigh]

Just as I suspected

 

[Big Sam]

He's a bit of a hothead. Was suspended for 5 matches back in April.

 

[Bulldog Force]

It looks like Barca are starting to feel the co$t of Neymar - David Villa to Atletico Madrid.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Also the future of Fabregas is still unclear.

 

[AusKnightRKO]

Villa for 5.1mill aswell.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Villa for 5.1mill aswell.

Is that all??? Surely one of the best Spanish strikers could've gone for more?!?!

 

[AusKnightRKO]

Wonder why Valencia didnt go for him at that price.

 

[Bulldog Force]

I'm sure he left for reasons that go deeper than money. Probably doesn't want to go back there.

 

[AusKnightRKO]

he left because Barcelona came knocking, must show how scint Valencia really are.

 

[Twizzle]

he has family at Madrid which is why he chose Spain over the EPL

 

[Big Sam]

Well he's not Falcao but he's still a quality signing for Atleti, particularly at that price.

 

[Twizzle]

agree, I would have taken him at Spurs, he and Barca agreed to terms with Spurs, Goons and Athletico all in the last 6 months but he chose to stay in Spain, all deals were around 5 mill apparently

 

[Big Sam]

Saw a Spanish news report showing that LFP clubs are collectively in almost €4b of debt. Absurd.

As the attachment shows, it's really gotten out of control in the last 5 years.

It's also interesting to again see in the 2nd graph the discrepancy between the top 2 and the rest in terms of TV rights relative to other leagues.

This is the news report from which I got those screenshots (it's in Spanish though):
http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/...fesionales-deben-4000-millones-euros/1943728/

 

[Big Sam]

It's not just the PL starting this weekend...

 

[Bulldog Force]

What a way to kick off our season - 7-0.

 

[Helmet Man]

And Levante are a decent team...

 

[BDR]

Such a dull league. 7-0?

It's like watching Spain vs Tahiti except it's every week.