Around La Liga 06.07

Valencian Community:
Valencia: ex-Real Madrid midfielder Dani Parejo is about to be signed straight-away from the grasp of Getafe Club Dubai. Fun to say that. Are they going to change the Burger King logo by the way?

Villarreal: In a weird bit of musical chairs, ex-Valencia keeper Cesar Sanchez has signed with Villareal as Almeria's former keeper Diego Alves is taking up Cesar's role with Los Che. Does this mean that Villarreal's keeper Diego Lopez will replace De Gea at Atleti with the youngster finally travelling to Man Utd.? I'm tired just typing that.

Levante: a local businessman, Eduardo Jarque, has come forward with a proposition, acting as a mediary with funding coming from "English money", to buy Levante for 70 million euros and eliminate the 68 million euros in debt that saddles the club. He even wants to compete for Europe and tried in vain to contact former coach Luis Garcia-Plaza from accepting his deal with Getafe Dubai Club. Love saying that.

Andalusia:
Real Betis: with Ghanaian keeper Razak Brimah not continuing with Real Betis, the club are studying an offer for either Fabri who is owned by Real Valladolid but is playing his time with Recreativo Huelva and/or Keylor Navas who plays for Albacete.

Sevilla: Marcelino Garcia Toral was publicly unveiled as Sevilla FC's new coach and offered these words, "We have a duty to fight for Champions League qualification and to get third place in the Liga. We have a real chance to do it and we are optimistic."

Malaga: Joaquin, Valencia's right winger, has one year left on his contract with Los Che who are baulking at extending his deal. Malaga are keen on signing him but are negotiating the 7 million euro price-tag. He would prefer to stay but would like a better deal this late in his career.

Madrid:
Atletico de Madrid: with the former Barcelona B coach Luis Enrique formally accepting the AS Roma job in Italy, the lead candidate to walk the plank at the Vicente Calderon is not Athletic Bilbao's Joaquin Caparros, but former Sevilla and Mallorca coach Gregorio Manzano. Manzano is a tough disciplinarian. I wonder who cracks first. This would be his secon term in charge at Atleti.

Real Madrid: how credible are the Kaka-maicon swap between los blancos and Inter Milan? At this part of the silly season nothing seems implausible. More likely is the Fabio Coentrao rumor from Benfica who are trying to inflate the transaction and Lassana Diarra stating the obvious that his future lies in England. A center-midfielder with few ball-skills and a penchant for dirty play? Perfect for the Premier League.

Getafe: Luis Garcia-Plaza is the hot-ticket item in La Liga. He took the lowest payroll into permanency for at least another year (the yo-yo is stalled) but now takes over at a club with a much higher payroll and higher profile. How successful will he be? He won't be able to hide any-more. His paymasters expect a spectacle now.

Rayo Vallecano: another Lass, this time promising striker Alhassane Bangoura Lass who plays for Rayo and made his debut for Jose Ramon Sandoval is in Real Madrid's sights, as he is for Udinese, Villarrealand Sevilla FC whose new coach Marcelino knows him very well as his son Sergio plays in the Rayo Vallecano youth team.

Asturias:
Sporting de Gijon: the Jose Angel signing is officially dead. Barcelona have opted instead for negotiating with Jose Enrique of Newcastle Utd. if the Daily Mail are to be believed. In the end I still think the player makes it to the Camp Nou. Clubs are inflating prices to cheat Barca. As well they should, but in the end when the transfer window looms I think they'll settle.

Cantabria:
Racing Santander: the club have asked the regional government in Cantabria and their previous ownership group to step in if current head Ahsan Aly-Syed of WGA does not meet his financial commitments (13.5 million euros owed to players and a tax debt of 9 milllion euros). Racing are unable to take legal action against Ali. We've said it here before. This is no surprise.

Pais Vasco:
Athletic Bilbao: if Caparros does leave Athletic, either to the unlikely choice of Atleti or to some other club willing to spring for such a higher rated coach, the Daily Mail in England have tipped Wigan coach Roberto Martinez to take over. If that isn't strange enough for you, former Barcelona forward Sparky Hughes who left Fulham FC in a tizzy would be the next likely candidate. Enough Premier League nonsense for you?

Real Sociedad:with French boss Philippe Montanier arriving at Anoeta, rumors are flying that David Trezeguet and former txuri-urdin midfilder Nihat Kahveci are likely to sign.

Navarra:
Osasuna: former Espanyol and most recently CD Tenerife defender Marc Bertran Vilanova has signed with Osasuna for three seasons.

Aragon:
Real Zaragoza: Mexican coach Javier Aguirre is looking at bringing in countryman Efren Juarez. The little used Celtic midfielder is a full international and could land for around 3.5 million euros.

Catalunya:
Barcelona: the rich get richer. The club have apparently come to terms with highly touted forward Chilean Alexis Sanchez for around 3 million euros. His current club Udinese have not yet agreed to the deal but it is looking more and a fait-accompli.

Espanyol: President Daniel Sánchez Llibre has stated that as of July 2nd, he will be stepping down. Vice-President Ramon Condal looks the likely candidate to take over.

Mallorca:
Real Mallorca: Valencia coach Unai Emery has stated he needs a central defender and a left-back. Mallorca players Ivan Ramis and Gonzalo Castro are in the mix.