La Liga 2016/2017

[deano ou812]

the keeper playing for real sociedad geronimo rulli at Real Madrid tonight do we have an option to sign him or something as have seen him mentioned on threads looks decent enough..

 

[Powello]

not impressed

 

[aguero93:20]

the keeper playing for real sociedad geronimo rulli at Real Madrid tonight do we have an option to sign him or something as have seen him mentioned on threads looks decent enough..

Yeah it's complicated but he's basically our player.

 

[deano ou812]

Yeah it's complicated but he's basically our player.

Cheers mate,hope it's not third party related ..

 

[aguero93:20]

Cheers mate,hope it's not third party related ..

Nah, we signed him from a south American club and sold him onto Sociedad with a buy back clause, basically a risk free punt.

 

[deano ou812]

Nah, we signed him from a south American club and sold him onto Sociedad with a buy back clause, basically a risk free punt.

Which we will take up for next season? Cheers again..

 

[aguero93:20]

Which we will take up for next season? Cheers again..

No idea, might not be a bad call though.

 

[TCIB]

Anyone watching Barcelona v Atlético Madrid in the Copa Del Rey tonight. Looking forward to this, hopefully it is a cracker.

 

[Southern]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38928615

La Liga lack of drug tests worries anti-doping agency Wada
The lack of drug testing under the Wada code in Spanish football is "alarming", according to the anti-doping organisation.

Spain's anti-doping body (AEPSAD) was declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency in March 2016.

Wada hoped Fifa or Uefa could take on the country's drug testing in the interim but no agreement was struck.

"It will do little to instil confidence in clean sport at a time when it is needed most," said a Wada statement.

Following the ruling over AEPSAD, a Wada-accredited laboratory in Madrid was suspended in June and was prohibited "from carrying out any Wada-related anti-doping activities including all analyses of urine and blood samples".

"The lack of testing in a country with one of the leading football leagues worldwide for a period of almost 12 months is alarming," said Wada.

During the period of non-compliance, Wada said it "encouraged" AEPSAD and International Sport Federations (IFs) to arrange that "testing would be carried out on national level athletes in Spain during the period of non-compliance".

However, this failed to materialise in what Wada described as a "deeply disappointing" move which "prevented effective anti-doping programs from being run at the national level in Spain in a number of sports" during this period of non-compliance.

Analysis
BBC sports editor Dan Roan

Given the global status of La Liga's clubs and star players, it will dismay many that literally no valid drugs testing has been carried out in Spanish football by the country's national anti-doping agency for almost a year - and that both FIFA and UEFA failed to step in to help.

For comparison, last season, 799 tests were carried out by UKAD on Premier League players.

The reputation of Spanish sport has already been seriously dented by the Operation Puerto blood-bags scandal, and this is another blow.

I honestly would not be surprised if they had a high rate of failing tests if the testers were to just turn up unannounced at training anytime soon

 

[aguero93:20]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38928615

La Liga lack of drug tests worries anti-doping agency Wada
The lack of drug testing under the Wada code in Spanish football is "alarming", according to the anti-doping organisation.

Spain's anti-doping body (AEPSAD) was declared non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency in March 2016.

Wada hoped Fifa or Uefa could take on the country's drug testing in the interim but no agreement was struck.

"It will do little to instil confidence in clean sport at a time when it is needed most," said a Wada statement.

Following the ruling over AEPSAD, a Wada-accredited laboratory in Madrid was suspended in June and was prohibited "from carrying out any Wada-related anti-doping activities including all analyses of urine and blood samples".

"The lack of testing in a country with one of the leading football leagues worldwide for a period of almost 12 months is alarming," said Wada.

During the period of non-compliance, Wada said it "encouraged" AEPSAD and International Sport Federations (IFs) to arrange that "testing would be carried out on national level athletes in Spain during the period of non-compliance".

However, this failed to materialise in what Wada described as a "deeply disappointing" move which "prevented effective anti-doping programs from being run at the national level in Spain in a number of sports" during this period of non-compliance.

Analysis
BBC sports editor Dan Roan

Given the global status of La Liga's clubs and star players, it will dismay many that literally no valid drugs testing has been carried out in Spanish football by the country's national anti-doping agency for almost a year - and that both FIFA and UEFA failed to step in to help.

For comparison, last season, 799 tests were carried out by UKAD on Premier League players.

The reputation of Spanish sport has already been seriously dented by the Operation Puerto blood-bags scandal, and this is another blow.

I honestly would not be surprised if they had a high rate of failing tests if the testers were to just turn up unannounced at training anytime soon

There have been plenty of rumours concerning the main 2 clubs over the last 6-7 years, hard to tell whether it's just motivated by jealousy or there's something genuinely going on.