When Tottenham allowed Dimitar Berbatov to be sold on the last day of the transfer window they expected to bring in a top class striker to replace him with Argentina’s Diego Milito the player in question. However, instead the target man moved to Serie A side Genoa leaving Tottenham in turmoil.

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Spanish international and former transfer target of a number of Premier League clubs Ruben De La Red is reported to have a serious heart problem after collapsing on the pitch at the end of last month. The 23-year-old was linked to moves to Tottenham, Arsenal, Everton and Aston Villa in the summer but instead committed himself to Real Madrid.

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Two wins for Espanyol in their last six matches against Real Madrid suggests they can hold their own in this fixture. The only trouble is neither of these recent results have been at the Bernabeu. In fact, the last time Espanyol left Madrid with anything was May 2001 and with the reigning champions drilling out results the way they are, you can’t help but expect another unsuccessful trip here.

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Seventeeth placed Real Betis host the champions this weekend hoping to kick start a poor start to the campaign with a first win. The home side have picked up just 2 points from a possible 12 and face a Real Madrid team who’ve won their last 3 League games after an opening weekend defeat.

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It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Santander. Barcelona last week, Real Madrid this week but the results say they are up for such a challenge.

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One of these teams won on the opening day of La Liga season and the other lost. Now you’d probably expect it was last year’s La Liga champions seeing in the new season with victory while the newly promoted side, who faced Barcelona, were left with a cold, hard dose of reality. You would however have been wrong!

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Much has been made of Robinho’s decision to sign for Manchester City for a British transfer fee record of £32.5m with numerous criticisms being made of the Brazilian star but is his decision to join the Citizens that strange really?

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The Spanish season kicks off this weekend and there’s a peach of a game featured in this week’s Footy 15 to start to season in style. It’s the Primera Liga champions, Real Madrid versus Deportivo La Coruna; 8th place finish last season and Uefa Cup hopefuls this season.

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It’s been reported that Chelsea have upped their bid for Real Madrid’s Robinho to £28.4m as they look to add the young Brazilian to their already impressive looking squad. Fresh from a 4-0 hammering of Portsmouth on the opening weekend, Robinho would add more flair and unpredictability to Felipe Scolari’s ever improving squad of players who look set to live up to their billing as favourites for the title as predicted by Football Pools Pundits Alan Hansen, John Barnes and Tony Cascarino.

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Reports suggest that Real Madrid and Manchester United may be about to launch a £20m bid for one of the most highly-rated strikers in Europe, the Dutchman Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

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