Real Sociedad News

New Sevilla coach Michel is convinced the club have the potential to do well this season as he prepares for his first test at Real Sociedad.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola insisted Friday that his team are not yet out of the Spanish league title race, despite being seven points adrift of leaders and nearest rivals Real Madrid.

Spanish football expert Phil Kitromilides casts his eye over the Liga fixtures this weekend and has three selections including a 29/20 shot at Espanyol This might just be the most generous price of the weekend as Atletico have been transformed under Diego Simeone, and are unbeaten this calendar year.

FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, from Argentina, left, duels for the ball against Real Sociedad's Antoine Griezmann during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb.

The Gunners head to Sunderland this weekend on the back of a 7-1 thrashing of Blackburn at Emirates Stadium, which was a welcome first league win of 2012 and reduced the gap on fourth-placed Chelsea, who drew with Manchester United, to three points.

The paper say that a deal could be done for as little as 2 million for the 32-year-old. He is currently on loan at Real Sociedad , his second spell in Spain, and it looks like he finally wants to settle.

Despite being held 1-1 in the first leg Barcelona are still heavy favourites to qualify from this tie, and Phil Kitromilides does not see it being a goal-filled game Backing Barcelona over the last few weeks would have left you with a surprisingly negligible amount of profit.

Very few managers would regard a 3-3 draw away from home having trailed 3-0 as two points dropped.

Valencia v Real Sociedad is going on right now if you want to keep the live football drip in your veins.

The versatile former Liverpool midfielder is bemused by Mario Kempes' claim that the Catalans' talismanic No.10 is playing poorly of late and is in need of a break Javier Mascherano does not believe that Lionel Messi 's performances for Barcelona have dropped a level in recent weeks or that his team-mate is in need of a rest.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi scores the team's winning goal past Real Sociedad goalkeeper Claudio Bravo during their La Liga match at the Camp Nou on Saturday.

The Dutchman's hat-trick over Blackburn allowed him to gain on the Spain-based duo, while the gap between the two foes has closed thanks to the Argentine's strike on Saturday Cristiano Ronaldo's failure to score in Real Madrid's 1-0 victory over Getafe, coupled with Lionel Messi's strike to seal Barcelona's win over Real Sociedad, saw the Argentine ... (more)

Real Madrid scored a single goal away at Getafe. Real dominated the play and it was odd the scoreline was not dramatic.

One of the worst gaffes by Tim Howard in his EPL career cost Everton a win against Wigan in a match that ended 1-1. Zak Whitbread went off with a hamstring in the first half of ... Read the whole story [AMERICANS ABROAD] Sacha Kljestan continues to make a case for inclusion in the U.S. national team, scoring on a free kick from almost 30 yards to ... (more)

Soccer: Barcelona vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu has denied the club have held talks with Arsenal over striker Robin van Persie.

FC Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola received good news Sunday over the knee injury suffered by midfielder Sergio Busquets.

I'm willing to bet your gut reaction to the news that Sergio Busquets got well and truly knobbled in a challenge with Real Sociedad's Carlos Martinez during the home side's 2-1 win at the Nou CampA last night was somewhere along the lines of 'what goes around, comes around' - but that doesn't make the deep laceration that the Barca midfielder ... (more)

Real Madrid remain seven points clear at the top of La Liga after Jose Mourinho's side beat Getafe and Barcelona clinched a narrow win over Real Sociedad.

Pep Guardiola names a much-changed line-up as Jonathan Dos Santos is also given a start in midfield alongside Cesc Fabregas and Thiago Barcelona have made a number of changes to their starting XI from the Copa del Rey match midweek to face Real Sociedad on Saturday evening.

The Catalan supremo has informed fans that they should wrap up warm for the Primera Division fixture against the Basque club due to the cold weather Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has urged supporters to bring blankets to Camp Nou for Saturday evening's Liga match against Real Sociedad .