Espanyol

Burnley is close to a deal to sign Italian youth international winger Luca Koleosho from Espanyol, sources involved in the deal tell The Athletic. The fee will be €3 million and the 18-year-old is set to have a medical on Monday. The Daily Telegraph first reported on the deal. Koleosho briefly broke through into the Espanyol first team last season with a goal across four substitute La Liga appearances. Espanyol suffered relegation last season, finishing 19th. The winger just won the U-19 European Championships with Italy. He is also eligible for the United States and Canada, both federations...

In 2016, Joselu was struggling to make the team at Stoke; now, he's fired Real Madrid into the Champions League final. How did he do it?

Real Madrid have completed the signing of Joselu from Espanyol on an initial loan deal with the option to buy at the end of the season. The Athletic reported on Sunday that Madrid were set to pay an initial loan fee of around €500,000 ($548.22, £427,649) for Joselu and the option to buy is expected be around €1.5million ($1.6m, £1.3m). He will be presented as a Madrid player on Tuesday. Joselu played for Real’s ‘B’ team Castilla from 2009-2012 and made two appearances for the senior team during his time in the Spanish capital, scoring twice. He scored 16 goals in 33 La Liga ...

Javier Tebas has implemented strict financial rules of La Liga clubs to, in his eyes, allow for long-term success for Spanish teams

Two side are already down, but the Spanish league's finale will see another spot decided in a highly unusual relegation tussle

RSC Internacional (Real Madrid ‘C’ from next season) head coach Luis Garcia is set to replace Diego Martinez as the new Espanyol boss. Martinez took over from Vicente Moreno as Espanyol manager in May 2022 on a deal that would see him stay at the club until 2024. However, after four consecutive losses including a 2-1 defeat to Girona on Saturday, the club have taken the decision to replace Martinez with Garcia. Garcia, who came through the Real Madrid youth academy as a youngster, rejoined the club last summer becoming RSC’s head coach in July 2022. The 42-year-old, who...

Marc Roca talks about the ups and downs of his first season at Leeds United, hoping for a Spain call up and working with a psychologist

La Liga president Javier Tebas believes the Premier League transfer market is “doped” and the large spending of its clubs threatens the sustainability of European football. Premier League sides spent £815million ($1bn) in the January transfer window (per Deloitte) — more than 30 times the...

The January transfer window is here — keep track of all the deals completed by La Liga clubs