Valencia CF

Can you imagine this? CESC FABREGAS in a FC BARCELONA
uniform? Impossible? Yes, we know he has a contract with ARSENAL
until 2014, but the alarms are sounding & the optimisim is lifting at
“Camp Barça” after knowing that Cesc Fabregas has not signned a
renewal offer with Arsenal & the jurisprudence that the “Andy
Webster Case” has put in place.

What is the “Andy Webster Case“, see this link for more news.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_3097055,00.html

In a nutshell (& forgive me , I am not a lawyer), its a legal decision
taken over Scottish & HEARTS player Andy Webster in his battle to
free himself from his contract to sign for Wigan, in which he still had
2 years left. The battle went to FIFA who sentenced a 625,000
pounds compensation.
Debate: how did Fifa come to that figure? Appealed at the Court
Arbitration for Sports (CAS) the sentence was reduced to 150,000
pounds .
Why? That´s the contract salary left to pay the player with 2 years
left at Hearts = JURISPRUDENCE - “new revolution in World
Football”

Summary - if your under 28 years of age, played more than 3 years
at your club, have no contract restriction clause laws ( only Spain has,
therefore this law does not affect here), you can leave your club by
compensating the club the amount of salary left in your contract .

Back to CESC FABREGAS. He has not renewed with Arsenal &
that has put everyone nervious at Arsenal. His contract ends in 2014
& he earns 3.5€/season, if FC BARCELONA ( or any other club) pays
3.5 x 8 years = 28M€, he can leave Arsenal tomorrow! Imagine this
with Cristiano Ronaldo?

Possible solution - introduce contract restriction & payment clauses
like Spain. The new “revolution” in World Football.

Many consider JOHAN CRUYFF the “Darth Vader” of FC
BARCELONA as he his considered the man behind President Laporta
& maintains a strong influential force ( my punt!) on Barça.
The ex-World Football megastar, ex- Fc Barcelona legend, ex- Barça
“Dream Team” coach ( won Barça 1ºst ever European Cup) & now
sports journo & President Laporta´s “advisor” has slammed publically
the Barça midfield as the problem in last Saturday´s draw against
Sevilla FC

According to Cruyff, Edmilson, Iniesta & Xavi sinned by over touching
& passing of the ball without an aim, so much so, that they halted the
vertical direction of the team. Technical words indeed, but easy to
understand, the Barça midfield “played with itself” too long.
However, the Dutchmen did have great words for goalkeeper
VALDEZ who he gave 10 out of 10.

May the force be with you Barça & avoid the “Cruyff side”.

Due to popular demand here is the Real Madrid 7-0 game over Valladolid
& Atletico´s 0-2 win over Racing with a fabulous goal by Diego Forlan

Huge Sunday in Round 23 of “La Liga” with plenty of goals, specially
for Real Madrid & Atletico de Madrid who got back on track. Here is
the full round up of results, scorers & images.

The big news that will overshadow all other games is REAL MADRID´s
historical 7-0 victory over VALLADOLID, which enabled them to
open up a 8 point gap over their nearest rival Fc Barcelona who could
only manage a draw yesterday against Sevilla.
Little to add here except the steamrolling that Valladolid got, even
though they did play a good game & even touched the post. The only
bad news was the injury suffered by ROBINHO, which allowed
Drenthe a run who did an excellent job & game. GUTI was excellent
& ROBBEN deserves a mentioned as he was a real protagonist on
the field & livened up the forward line. Here are the scorers;

BAPTISTA scored first in the 8th min from a Robben pass.

After 8 years DKV JUVENTUD has claimed the SPANISH CUP
2008 after defeating TAU CERAMICA de Vitoria in the final
80 - 82

The motor of the winning team was its charismatic leader RUDY
FERNANDEZ ( below) who contributed with 32 points. The best
for TAU were Rakocevic & Teletovic each contributing to their
team 17 points each.

Obviously the MVP Award went to 22 year old Rudy Fernandez who
as his points show, put in an incredible game. This performace will
set him up to leave Spanish Basketball for the NBA next season

The Asian SFS readers have flooded the SFS email with request to
see the goals in yesterdays big clash. Here are the two goals, Enjoy!

(Sevilla score 1st via Diego Capel; 33min)

(Barcelona equalize via Xavi Hernandez; 75 min)

According to Spanish daily “Marca” REAL MADRID has young
19 year old Brazilian & CORINTHIANS foward DENTINHO on
its agenda of possible signnings. In fact, the daily goes further to
comment that both clubs are actually talking right now & that the
figure roams the 2-3M€ mark, a real bargain if you consider that
if the player “explodes” in 5 years that price may x by 10.

Real Madrid has its scouts all over South America & Africa looking
for new talent & hoping to come across the next Bojan, Messi…etc.
Other youngsters in Real Madrid´s list include TIAGO LUIS &
16 year old Vasco de Gama player PHILIPINHO.

Three games played tonight of Round 23 of the Spanish 1º Division,
here are the results, scorers & images.

The big game was the SEVILLA FC - FC BARCELONA clash that
finally ended in a 1-1 draw. This gives the opportunity to Real Madrid,
who plays tomorrow against Valladolid, to open further open the points
gap to 8 points if they manage to win.

Sevilla FC deserved to win the game but ran out of steam towards
to end when they went down to 10 men with the red card given to
Keita midway through the 2º half. However the 1ºst half was all
Sevilla who managed to score first via the goal of DIEGO CAPEL
(above) in the 33rd min. Barça goalkeeper Valdez managed to stop a
few more to go into the dressing rooms with Barça still alive.

In the 2ºhalf, Barça brought on Ronaldinho & Marquez to shake up the
team, but they did little. In fact, things went worst when Thierry Henry
pulled a muscle & was taken off. However, with Sevilla down to 10 men due
to the double yellow card to Keita & some luck on Barça´s side, XAVI
HERNANDEZ once again saved his side in the 75th min to score the draw.
Towards the end, Capel had another chance but screwed it up.

Just result in the DEPORTIVO - GETAFE game with a 1-1 draw.
MARIO for Deportivo got his team in the lead in the 43rd min, but
UCHE (above) managed the draw in the 68th min.

The Real Sociedad Football Club & the Spanish Football community
is mourning the death of 53 year old ex- Sociedad player GENERO
CELAYETA after a long battle with disease.
Genero started with the Real Sociedad team in the 1979-80 season,
& was a vital part of the “Dream Team” the won back to back 1º
Division Spanish League Titles in 1980-81 & 81-82.

Genero played 302 times with Real Sociedad & was also a Spanish
International. From SFS, RIP.