La Liga

Athletic Bilbao
Bilbao coach Marcelo Bielsa believes the club should have 20 to 30 percent more points, considering the quality of players at their disposal.

Atletico Madrid
Diego Pablo Simeone has resigned as coach of Racing Avellaneda and is being linked as a replacement for Gregorio Manzano at Atletico Madrid.

Barcelona
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell said it is up to coach Pep Guardiola to decide whether they need to add Santos attacker Neymar to the squad.

Espanyol
Espanyol are through to the Copa del Rey round of 16 after eliminating Celta Vigo thanks to goals scored by Weiss, Vazquez and Sergio Garcia.

Getafe
Getafe president Angel Torres has underlined that despite their irregular start to the season, the Azulones must aim to be in the top ten.

Granada
Granada coach Fabriciano Gonzalez admits until all the clubs can compete on equal financial terms, the smaller teams will always lag behind.

Levante
Coach Juan Ignacio admits it is difficult to believe that Levante are currently in fourth place as he was hired only to keep them in La Liga.

Malaga
Malaga are reportedly set to launch a bid to sign Chelsea striker Fernando Torres, despite Villas-Boas insistence that he is not for sale.

Osasuna
Osasuna coach Jose Luis Mendilibar hopes his team will show intensity against Almeria, despite their two-goal lead over the Segunda Liga side.

Racing Santander
Racing Santander have lost another member of the board after Ramon Muniz tender his resignation, citing the pressure is affecting his health.

Rayo Vallecano
Rayo head coach Jose Ramon Sandoval is missing Dani Pacheco, Susaeta, Movilla, Botelho, Javi Fuego and Lass for the Copa clash with Racing.

Real Betis
Real Betis president Miguel Guillen announced that the club are working to improve the team and will sign new players if the prices are right.

Real Madrid
Real Madrid are in the Copa del Rey round of 16 after eliminating Ponferradina thanks to goals scored by Callejon, Sahin, Varane and Joselu.

Real Mallorca
Real Mallorca are through to the Copa del Rey round of 16 after Emilio Nsue scored the winning goal to eliminate Sporting Gijon from the race.

Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad defender Inigo Martinez has appologised for his sending off, after admitting that he needs to keep a cool head in future games.

Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza manager Javier Aguirre is hoping a win over Alcorcon in the Copa del Rey will help his players to recover their self esteem.

Sevilla
Sevilla are through to the Copa del Rey round of 16 after striker Fredy Kanoute scored the winning goal to eliminate San Roque from the race.

Sporting Gijon
Real Mallorca are through to the Copa del Rey round of 16 after Emilio Nsue scored the winning goal to eliminate Sporting Gijon from the race.

Valencia
It was reported that Valencia are hot on the trail of Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Lars Bender, who is tied to the BayArena side until 2014.

Villarreal
Juan Carlos Garrido said the Villarreal president has voiced his concern about their situation and confidence that the coach can get them out.