SPAIN WINS U-19

SPAIN keeps up with its winning ways in European Football claiming the U-19 EUROPEAN TITLE after defeating GREECE 1 - 0 in the Final. Extraordinary year for Spanish Football at all levels, with the Female Spanish U-19 team nearly winning their U-19 Final yesterday against Sweden ( lost 0 - 1 extra-time) which would have put the cherry on the cake.

Jese for Spain

Take note of these names as they are the Spanish U-19 starting 11 in the Final:
Kepa, Castro, Grimaldo, Ramalho, Derik, Campaña, Oliver, Suso, Deulofeu,Jesé & Paco Alcácer.

Most already are playing in the top class or are about to get in & many are still around the 16 - 17 year old mark. The MVP of the tournament & the European U-19 Leading goal-scorer with 5 goals is JESE RODRIGUEZ, forward with REAL MADRID ( Castilla, their B - team ).


The match victory was well deserved for Spain as they created chances all match & dominated. Greece was solid in defence all game & very rocky which made Spain work very hard to find the winning goal which came finally in the 80th min when Deulofeu found Jese who scored.

Congratulations to the Spanish U-19 boys, well done!

Wolves sign Cologne's Poland winger Slawomir Peszko on loan

Wolves have signed Cologne winger Slawomir Peszko on a year-long loan deal with a view to a permanent move.

The 27-year-old Poland international joins the day after Michael Kightly moved to Stoke for an undisclosed fee.

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“Like a lot of us, I think he will be looking for revenge for last season”

Stale Solbakken Wolves manager

Peszko worked with new Wolves manager Stale Solbakken last season and scored twice in 43 appearances.

"Slawo is a player who can operate on both wings and had a very good first half to the season last year," Solbakken told the club website. 
"To be honest, and I think he would admit this himself, the second half to the season wasn't as good and was maybe complicated by him trying to get into the Polish squad for the Euros.
"But I know the quality he can offer us, including great acceleration.
"He is also not afraid, so, while he may not be the biggest player in stature, he is fearless, which is one of his real strengths.
"Like a lot of us, I also think he will be looking for revenge for last season, and he is ready for a new challenge."

Robin van Persie: Manchester Utd's bid for Arsenal striker stalls

Sir Alex Ferguson says Manchester United's attempts to sign Robin van Persie from Arsenal have stalled.

The Netherlands striker, 29, has 11 months left on his Arsenal contract and has declined an offer to extend his deal at Emirates Stadium.
"We've made a bid, they [Arsenal] have been trying to negotiate with other clubs," said United manager Ferguson.
"I don't have a gut feeling about it. We can't get a breakthrough with Arsenal."
Ferguson

UEFA BEST PLAYER 2011- 2012 CANDIDATES | NINE SPANISH PLAYERS

UEFA has revealed its list of 32 players elegible to be prized the "Best European - based - Player" for season 2011-2012. Seven players on the candidate list are from REAL MADRID & four are from FC BARCELONA. Apart from Clubs their are nine Spanish born Football Players, including the now veteran Raul Gonzalez.

On the 14th of August UEFA will announce the three finalists after 53 associations of Football Sports journalists have handed in their votes. On the 30th of August the winner will be named. 

casillas - xavi 

Here is the full list of candidates:


Sergio Aguero (ARG) - Manchester City FC
Xabi Alonso (SP) - Real Madrid CF
Mario Balotelli (ITA) - Manchester City FC
Jakub Blaszczykowski (POL) - Borussia Dortmund
Gianluigi Buffon (ITA) - Juventus
Iker Casillas (SP) - Real Madrid CF
Petr Cech (CZE) - Chelsea FC
Fábio Coentrão (POR) - Real Madrid CF
Leslie Davies (WAL) - Bangor City FC
Didier Drogba (IVC) - Chelsea FC (now at Shanghai Shenhua FC)
Cesc Fabregas (SP) - FC Barcelona
Falcao (COL) - Club Atlético de Madrid
Joe Hart (ENG) - Manchester City FC
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (SWE) - AC Milan
Andres Iniesta (SP) - FC Barcelona
Shinji Kagawa (JPN) - Borussia Dortmund (now at Manchester United FC)
Vincent Kompany (BEL) - Manchester City FC
Frank Lampard (ENG) - Chelsea FC
Lionel Messi (ARG) - FC Barcelona
Luka Modric (CRO) - Tottenham Hotspur FC
Mesut Özil (GER) - Real Madrid CF
Pepe (POR) - Real Madrid CF
Andrea Pirlo (ITA) - Juventus
Sergio Ramos (SP) - Real Madrid CF
Raúl González (SP) - FC Schalke 04 (now at Al-Sadd Sports Club)
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) - Real Madrid CF
Wayne Rooney (ENG) - Manchester United FC
David Silva (SP) - Manchester City FC
Fernando Torres (SP) - Chelsea FC
Yaya Touré (IVC) - Manchester City FC
Robin van Persie (NED) - Arsenal FC
Xavi Hernandez (SP) - FC Barcelona

SPANISH FOOTBALL PROMISE | JESE

Continuing with posts that highlight some upcoming & bright young SPANISH FOOTBALL talent, today we give the stage to JESE RODRIGUEZ RUIZ. Born in the Canary Islands back in 16.02.1993 the player was brought over to REAL MADRID CF when he was scoring more than 100 goals a season at the junior levels at Club Hurracan. 

Jese

Big talent that is accompanied by a "hot" character the youngster is slowly maturing both as a person & player to the stage that he got some minutes (scored on the last pre-season China tour ) with the senior Real Madrid team under Coach Mourinho. Explosive forward that helped lift the Real Madrid B team - Castilla - into the 2º Division with 10 goals, Jese has "exploded" during the U-19 European Championships.

Maximum Spanish & U-19 European tournament goalscorer (Golden Boot) with five goals, the Spanish International was also voted MVP of the Final which Spain won 1- 0 against Greece with his goal.

This does not guarantee anything at Real Madrid, many young forward stars have had to leave to find a place in Spanish Football. Roberto Soldado ( Valencia CF ), Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla FC) & Juan Mata ( Chelesea FC) are just three - now - big names. Up to Jese to find & fight for his place.

REAL MADRID TRANSFERS GAGO - CANALES TO VALENCIA CF

REAL MADRID Argentine International midfielder FERNANDO GAGO, on loan to AC Roma last season, was sold & transferred to VALENCIA CF today. Along with Gago who signs for 4 years, young REAL MADRID player SERGIO CANALES, also on loan to Valencia, was "thrown" into the package but in this particular case with a buy-back preference clause. The deal puts into the Real Madrid bank account around 9M€

Gago

It is reported that Gago accepted a salary cut in order to stay in Spanish Football & to be able to enter into the Valencia plans. Sergio Canales continues with his long recovery of a serious knee injury ( his second).

Ancelotti: "Prendre confiance"

Carlo Ancelotti s'avance confiant vers la saison 2012-2013, que le PSG devra absolument ponctuer d'un titre de champion de France. Coiffés la saison dernière par Montpellier, les Parisiens n'ont plus le choix au vu de leur recrutement de classe internationale. Le coach italien le sait, même s'il n'ignore pas non plus qu'il lui faudra un peu de temps pour façonner son collectif.