Xabi Alonso News

Real Sociedad midfielder Asier Illarramendi will undergo a late fitness test ahead of the weekend clash against Real Madrid after suffering a muscle injury in last Saturday's win at Sevilla.

With the 20-year-old absent through injury, the Marco Reus will be charged with the task of stopping Javi Martinez from dictating proceedings in the middle of the park TACTICAL ANALYSIS By Jonathan Wilson About a month before Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League, their coach, Jurgen Klopp, was asked how his ... (more)

After witnessing an enthralling 2012-13 season and the rise of a new position, who are the best suffocos in world football? "Suffoco" is a relatively new role in which the midfield No.

Over the past few years we have seen others come over to the MLS. Robbie Keane, Thierry Henry and, of course, David Beckham are just a few of the outstanding talent that have found resurgences in America's top league.

An examination of the record of Florentino Perez, who is celebrating a decade at the helm of the most decorated club in football history, shows that he has invested almost 860 million in the transfer market to win just ten trophies over the last ten years.

Michael Essien has dismissed persistent reports manager Jose Mourinho is at war with some of his players at Real Madrid.

Ahead of his 737th and final appearance for Liverpool on Sunday, Jamie Carragher has revealed his belief that tackling has become an 'overrated' skill in the modern game and that the role of the defender is changing.

A year from now, Rafa Benitez can look forward to his unveiling at Santiago Bernabeu as the replacement for Carlo Ancelotti.

The club has already agreed to a new deal with long-time Chelsea legend Frank Lampard, according to The Telegraph , and more changes are expected to shake up the side in the coming weeks.

Manuel Pellegrini's one spell at a club commensurate with Manchester City, in terms of size and pressure, ended badly after only a season.

Regarded as a hero, Jamie Carragher has served Liverpool from 1996, and his boots will be big ones to fill.

'To be continued' proclaims the legend on the poster which spools down the front of Old Trafford, behind the statue of Sir Alex Ferguson, but Manchester United are not waiting around for the sequel.

Michael Essien will start Real Madrid's Kings Cup finals against Atletico on Friday after manager Jose Mourinho revealed his starting lineup.

The following slides assemble the best of them into a 4-2-3-1 formation, as it is the most commonly used in La Liga.

Real Madrid's Xabi Alonso could perhaps help former club Liverpool to sign Raul Albiol, after turning down a move away from the Spanish giants.

Manuel Pellegrini is going to be the new manager of Manchester City. And right there is the reason why Manchester United's appointment of David Moyes was so important for English football.

It is a measure of how highly Manuel Pellegrini is regarded in Spain that after moving to Real Madrid in 2009, failing to win a trophy with the most expensively assembled squad in La Liga's history, and being sacked at the end of his first season, he managed to emerge with his reputation not just intact but, in the eyes of many, enhanced.

Real Madrid gifted Barcelona the La Liga title when a second-string side could only draw 1-1 at Espanyol on Saturday to leave Tito Vilanova's leaders seven points clear with their rivals having only two games left.

Real Madrid decided against holding their traditional pre-match news conference on Friday in an apparent attempt to defuse the war of words between coach Jose Mourinho and members of his squad.

THE RESOLVE of Borussia Dortmund will be put to the test by Arsenal in the summer when they make a play for right-back Lukasz Piszczek .