Era of the Spaniards

The year 2008 ended a 44-year trophy winning drought for the Spanish football team and marked the starting of an era which nobody thought would prevail this long.The two-time European champions and the world champions have conquered global football.

The juniors are not far behind either,in fact,the only area where the junior Spaniards are lagging is the mere fact that they are "juniors". The reason- Spain are currently the European champions at the U-19 and U-21 level as well.

Manchester United In Pole Position To Sign Thiago Alcantra, Will Match £15 Mil Release Clause

According to several newspapers in England, Manchester United have stolen a march on Bayern Munich and are now favorites to land Barcelona starlet Thiago Alcantra.

Alcantra, 22, has been on United's radar since a few years and have tried to pries him from Barcelona clutches before. However, it is believed that back then Thiago was prepared to fight his way into the Barca first team under the mentorship of idol Pep Guardiola. Lately though, the young Spaniard has grown disillusioned with the lack of opportunities in Catalunya under new manager Tito Vilanova.

In GIF: What a Goal by Neymar!. Bullet Volley!

In Picture: Confirmed Summer Transfer+Loan 2013 Till Date (England, Spain & Germany)

Side Foot Finish gets you all the latest from the summer transfer of 2013 from England, Spain & Germany in picture.

Pep Guardiola: The Manager To Watch Out For.

Pep Guardiola's three-year stint with the German club Bayern Munich,who completed the Treble this season, commences in less than a month.Guardiola's four-year tenure at Barcelona was a prosperous one.As he gets ready to start afresh with the German club, question looms all over the football world- Will Guardiola provide a fresh impetus to the newly-crowned Champions?

Is more glory waiting for the Bavarians under guardiola?

Will Guardiola and his new team rule the football world in the upcoming seasons?

Lionel Messi speaks out against tax evasion allegations

Earlier today, it was reported in the Spanish media that Messi and his father, Jorge Horacio, swindled up to 4 million euros in taxes from the sale of the Argentinian's image rights.

The allegations claimed that the Barcelona star evaded taxes by moving operations to companies based outside of Spain.

Manchester City: Higest Paid Sports Team of the Planet.

English Premier League side Manchester City is now officially the best payed club in the world above Spanish giants Real Madrid & Barcelona. 

The Mystery behind the next Record Breaking Transfers

Spanish giants Madrid as well as Barcelona are leaving no stone unturned in this summer window with Barcelona signing Neymar at such an exaggerated price, Madrid is sure to make headlines with their interest in Premier League star Gareth Bale.  Madrid's adviser Zidane confirmed the interest in Bale and Madrid's willingness to even shell out £85 million to make sure they have him in their next season line up. 

Sign Big, Pay Big: The Myth of Modern Football Bosses.

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior completed his signing for the Spanish giants Barcelona which has catapulted the Brazilian star  into the list of the most-expensive footballers of all time.
Just days after Monaco shattered the french transfer record with the £50m pursuit of Atletico Madrid's Colombian striker Radamel falcao,Barcelona sealed the fate of  the 21-years old Santos forward by signing him for a whopping £57 million.

Confirmed Summer Transfer of 2013 Till Date.

It has been quite an busy transfer window already having some big money moves across Europe mainly Barcelona, AS Monaco doing the big spending. Side Foot Finish will brief you up with all the confirmed signings till date. Here are the biggest signings of the Summer Transfer window of 2013 so far.

Pele: 'Neymar better than Messi'.

The Brazilian great Pele believes the latest Barcelona introduction Neymar has the potential to become a better complete player than Lionel Messi. Former Santos sensation who accepted a €57 million switch to the Spanish giants, when Neymar was presented to an approx 56,000 fans at the Camp Nou.