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Friday, October 7, 2011

La Liga

Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao president Josu Urrutia is unhappy that his side will have to play afternoon ties less than 72 hours following a European game.

Atletico Madrid
Tiago Mendes believes this is the best Atletico Madrid squad since his arrival at the club, and urges his team-mates to continue their growth.

Barcelona
Barcelona defender Eric Abidal has failed to fully recovered from a hamstring problem and has been ruled out of France's line-up for Friday.

Espanyol
Espanyol goalkeeper Cristian Alvarez believes he is in his best physical condition and insists he never has any problem with Carlos Kameni.

Getafe
Getafe defender Rafa Lopez said the friendly match against Segoviana was very important for him, after spending seven months on the sidelines.

Granada
Granada midfielder Diego Mainz has urged his side to be more effective up front, as two goals in six games are not good enough for top flight.

Levante
Levante sports chief Manolo Salvador, who has renewed his contract until 2014, is excited to see the club sharing the top spot with Barcelona.

Malaga
Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini is still looking to strengthen his squad and is reportedly considering a move for Jefferson Farfan of Schalke.

Osasuna
Osasuna striker Dejan Lekic could not explain his lack of minutes so far in the league, even though he was the top scorer in the pre-season.

Racing Santander
Racing Santander striker Lautaro Costa, who has begun his recovery from a ruptured meniscus, is hoping to return to action in early December.

Rayo Vallecano
Rayo defender Alejandro Arribas said he is sufferring from a small crack in the fourth vertebrae and expects to be fit again in six weeks time.

Real Betis
Real Betis keeper Fabricio is back in training after two and a half months out, and hopes to use the international break to regain his fitness.

Real Madrid
Milan will reportedly make a January move for Sami Khedira of Real Madrid as the Rossoneri's midfield come under criticism after a slow start.

Real Mallorca
Chori Castro has warned that no player on the Real Mallorca bench may give up and that each one of them must stretch themselves to win a place.

Real Sociedad
Sociedad coach Philippe Montanier is facing selection problem after losing Diego Ifran and Asier Illarramendi to injuries in the last 24 hours.

Real Zaragoza
Real Zaragoza captain Leo Ponzio is open to a contract renewal at the club and insisted that he is not going anywhere during the winter market.

Sevilla
Sevilla have reportedly joined the 'mad dash' for the signature of Benfica striker Javier Saviola, who is in the final year of his contract.

Sporting Gijon
Sporting Gijon midfielder Andre Castro claimed his side are eager to get back into action because they need to change their situation quickly.

Valencia
Valencia midfielder Pablo Piatti has admitted he would have liked to have scored or complete a game for the side in order to be more relaxed.

Villarreal
Villarreal have reportedly joined the 'mad dash' for the signature of Benfica striker Javier Saviola, who is in the final year of his contract.

Serie A

Uh oh, this is my 666th post.

AC Milan
Milan will reportedly make a January move for Sami Khedira of Real Madrid as the Rossoneri's midfield come under criticism after a slow start.

AS Roma
Juventus are reportedly interested in Juan, who is keen on a January exit having failed to force his way into Luis Enrique's plans at Roma.

Atalanta
Atalanta are at the bottom of the Fairplay chart with 19 penalty points after the Orobici side accumulated 19 yellow cards so far this season.

Bologna
Gaston Ramirez's has dismissed talk of a January exit from Bologna, but he did confirm this will be the player's last season with the Rossoblu.

Cagliari
Roberto Donadoni has labelled Cagliari president Massimo Cellino 'extremely cruel' and claimed his dismissal was shrouded in a web of lies.

Catania
Midfielder Alejandro Gomez said Catania are convinced that they can play in any stadium and get a result against their next opponents Inter.

Cesena
Cesena striker Adrian Mutu is uncomfortable in his current position and hopes the coach will revert him to his old role as a second striker.

Chievo
Santiago Morero said the win over Napoli and Genoa, plus the clean sheet in a difficult pitch such as Cesena have given Chievo piece of mind.

Fiorentina
Manuel Pasqual revealed that Fiorentina have offered a new three year contract and is hopeful that they can come to an agreement by next week.

Genoa
Genoa midfielder Juraj Kucka has admitted that there is a possibility he could make a move to Inter Milan as early as January rather than June.

Inter Milan
Douglas Maicon has rejected talks that he has considered an Inter exit and that the rumours came from an agent that does not represent him.

Juventus
Juventus and Napoli are all showing an interest in Torino stopper Angelo Ogbonna, who is valued at around EUR16 million by the Serie B side.

Lazio
The agent of Stefan Radu has cooled talk that Paris SG, Barcelona and Chelsea want the Lazio man, insisting that no one has made any contacts.

Lecce
Lecce are in 19th place in the Fairplay chart with 18 penalty points after accumulating 14 yellow cards and 2 red cards so far this season.

Napoli
Napoli and Juventus are both showing an interest in Torino stopper Angelo Ogbonna, who is valued at around EUR16 million by the Serie B side.

Novara
Novara defender Hernan Dellafiore admits he did not expect to be playing regularly so soon at the club, after going through 2 difficult years.

Palermo
Palermo director Sean Sogliano has confirmed they have already reached an agreement to sell Mattia Cassani to Fiorentina on a permanent basis.

Parma
Sebastian Giovinco's agent would not rule out a move to Napoli as he confirmed that coach Walter Mazzarri is interested in the Parma striker.

Siena
Siena coach Giuseppe Sannino believes Emanuele Calaio will be fit to take on Cagliari, but warned his squad not to rely on a single player.

Udinese
Director Fabrizio Larini is pleased to learned that Rennes have made Udinese as a reference point and model for the management of the club.