الأحد، 5 يونيو 2016

La Liga News: 5 June 2016: Leganes Secure Promotion To La Liga, Nolito Backed For Starring Role

Leganes made history when the small town football club from the south of Madrid earned promotion from the Spanish second division (Liga Adelante) to the La Liga for the first time. A 1-0 win away on Saturday over Mirandes thanks to a 48th minute Pablo Insua goal was enough to earn Leganes, based in a sleeper town just south of the capital, a ticket to the top flight following Alaves' promotion the previous weekend, reports Xinhua.
Sevilla manager Unai Emery is favourite to take over from Ronald Koeman according to media sources. Unai Emery was allegedly a candidate for the job at St Mary's two years ago before Koeman was appointed, now after another two Europa League titles Saints are reportably about to go for the Spaniard again.
James Rodriguez has reportedly avoided serious injury but remains a doubt for Colombia’s Copa America clash with Paraguay on Wednesday. James was forced off in Colombia’s 2-0 victory over the United States on Friday as the Real Madrid midfielder landed awkwardly on his shoulder after a challenge with Michael Bradley.
According to L’Équipe, Villarreal and West Ham United are interested in securing the services of OGC Nice striker Alassane Plea. He has a €40m release clause and a contract that currently runs until 2019.
David Villa is backing Nolito "to have the same fate as me" for Spain after the Celta Vigo star’s goalscoring exploits in pre-tournament friendlies. Nolito scored braces in friendlies against Bosnia-Herzegovina and South Korea to stake his claim as best he could for a start in Spain’s Euro 2016 opener against Czech Republic, prompting praise from his former Barcelona teammate and the legendary Roja attacker.


from Barca Blaugranes - All Posts http://ift.tt/1PwAKhE

0 التعليقات:

إرسال تعليق

.