Around La Liga 11.06

Valencia:

Valencia: (superdeporte.es):#Valencia: in an effort to sign Juan Mata and build around him, Valencia have also dropped his buyout clause from 60 to around 35m euros?

Villareal: (www.levante-emv.com): #Villarreal: along with poets and painters, Villarreal´s internationals will receive the annual Onda Cero Vila-real awards for WC victory

Levante: (www.diariopinion.com):#Levante: in last week´s loss to Mallorca, striker Felipao got in only 3 minutes of work. Reason? He forgot to bring his shirt to the bench

Hercules: (www.alicanteactualidad.es): #Hercules: Drenthe´s mad dash (160 km per hour, running 6 lights and a median) was to transport a drunk girl to the ER. Then he pulls the, ¨Do you know who I am routine with the cops.¨ Funny

Andalusia:

Sevilla: (diariodesevilla.net): #Sevilla: Jesus Navas, out with an ankle injury, received a clean bill of health as he was discharged yesterday from a Sevilla hospital. They cleaned out his ankle and the Dr. noted that the player could return by Christmas.

Malaga: (http://malagacf.diariosur.es): #Malaga: almost 6 months after Pellegrini visited Malaga with #RealMadrid, the new coach will help celebrate the 1,000th match for #Malaga in the first division. He will however, not sit with the first team yet. Youth team coach Rafa Gil will direct the squad against Espanyol.

Almeria: (www.euroweeklynews.com):#Almeria: will not have a new 82m euro training ground despite Almeria City Hall offering the club land to build on. The economic crisis takes another hit.

Madrid:

Atletico de Madrid: (es.eurosport.yahoo.com): #AtleticoMadrid: the last coach to beat Real Madrid in a derby match? Claudio Ranieri, when Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbank netted two, beating Real Madrid 3-1 in 1999

Real Madrid: (Marca.com)#RealMadrid: after much debate whether or not to hold the clásico on a Monday night, the Barca v Real Madrid match will be held on Sunday the 28th of November at 22h:

Getafe: (marca.comwww.abc.es):#Getafe: starlet Adrian Colunga will not play against Barcelona, Miku will replace him, due to a muscular problem.

Galicia:

Deportivo La Coruna: (www.am.com.mx)#DeportivolaCoruna: Andres Guardado, who was due to play in last week´s 3-0 win against Espanyol at the Riazor, has reinjured the same leg he hurt in October:

Asturias:

Sporting de Gijon: (www.ideal.es/):#SportingdeGijon: In the last 7 visits in both Primera and Segunda, the Asturians have taken points in Andalusia.

Cantabria:

Racing Santander: (racing.eldiariomontanes.es):#RacingSantander: the last time Racing and Real Sociedad played was in San Sebastian in June of 2007 which saw the txuri-urdin relegated in a 0-0 draw.

Pais Vasco:

Athletic Bilbao: (http://www.canalathletic.com): #AthleticBilbao: Asked why his club failed to support the proposed television deal, President Roig said, ¨We support a competitive league.¨

Real Sociedad: (foreign.peacefmonline.com):#RealSociedad: Dutch midfielder Jeffrey Sarpong is facing a spell on the sidelines after sustaining a dislocated shoulder during a training-ground clash.

Navarra:

CA Osasuna:(www.diariodenavarra.es)#Osasuna: with the club in danger, coach Jose Antonio Camacho swapped his usual training methods and worked five a side concentrating on defending and set-pieces.:

Aragon:

Real Zaragoza: (www.heraldo.es/noticias/deportes #RealZaragoza: much like Racing did with Canales last year, Zara are determined to sell Ander Herrera for a quick cash intake, but would keep him on until the end of the year

Barcelona: (sport.es)#Barcelona: have opened the door to signing reinforcements in January. Pep has given the ok. The first target, Dutch winger Ibrahim Afellay of PSV Eindhoven.

Espanyol: (http://www.diariodesevilla.es): #Espanyol: looking to get a fifth consecutive win in Cornellá against relegation threatened Malaga, Espanyol also welcome back Kameni, Osvaldo and Márquez.

Las Islas:

Mallorca: (diariodemallorca.es): Mallorca: According to Zaragoza coach Gay, Mallorca should be the example for struggling Spanish clubs. ¨They´ve been in trouble for years, but they´re still doing well.¨ Is he kidding?