Until the final day of August last year, most Premier League fans would dismiss the overflow of transfer speculation surrounding their club, as many football journalists today will write articles...
With Athletic Bilbao set to pack up and move to their new stadium – which has rather fittingly been built next door – Chris Clements says a final look at the history of the iconic San Mames s...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2013/04/farewell-to-bilbaos-cathedral-of-football/
After suffering heavy defeats at the hands of los Rojiblancos over the last year, most notably the 3-0 loss in the Europa League final, Athletic finally got the better of Atleti last night in a c...
Just nine months ago Marcelo Bielsa and his Athletic Bilbao side were being hailed as the next big thing to come out of Spain’s La Liga. Going great guns in the league and blazing a trail acros...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/12/bielsa-and-bilbao-masters-of-their-own-downfall/
Over the summer Spanish international Javi Martinez made the move from La Liga side Athletic Bilbao to German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. Any player grows up dreaming of playing for a club l...
Ahead of their Champions League match against Manchester City, Real Madrid produced a performance which was enough to comfortably see off Athletic Bilbao with a convincing 5-1 victory. Mourinho m...
Outside La Liga’s big three of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Radamel Falcao, sits a man on a mission. Scorer of eight goals in just ten games, Aritz Aduriz currently sits fourth in the ra...
There was unabridged excitement in the Basque city of Bilbao last summer as Argentine tactician Marcelo Bielsa was named as the new coach of Athletic Club. And who could blame the fans of los L...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/11/the-man-in-the-bowler-hat-beautiful-football-comes-to-spain/
Valencia emerged victorious from an open and enjoyable game at the Mestalla on Saturday evening, however, it was Athletic that started the brightest, playing at a high tempo and at a level much ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/10/valencia-vs-athletic-club-three-short-observations/
It’s a shame it’s ending like this, but Fernando Llorente’s time at Athletic Bilbao is drawing to a close. The Basque sides talismanic striker has already stated his intention to leave San ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/10/farewell-fernando-where-next-for-spanish-star-llorente/
Among the players with flair and an eye for goal that have wowed us in La Liga over the years, we can sometimes forget about those who’s job it is to frustrate them. Goalkeepers rarely get the ...
Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao met at the Vicente Calderon for the first time last night since that evening in May when Atleti won the Europa League crushing Athletic Bilbao in the process. ...
Last night’s 4-0 thumping at the hands of Atletico Madrid compounded the misery for Athletic Bilbao fans, as the memories of last season fade in the background amidst turmoil at San Mames. The ...
It is no secret that Italian giants Juventus are in the market for a striker, and not just any striker. Juventus are clearly on the hunt for the best of the best, proven strikers who have fired i...
While recent press reports linking Fernando Llorente with a move away from San Mames maybe somewhat premature, there is growing speculation that all is not well up in the Basque Country. English ...
When Diego Maradona arrived at Barcelona airport in June 1982, many believed it signalled the beginning of a new dawn for the city’s most famous football club who had won just one league title ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/07/when-diego-maradona-met-the-butcher-of-bilbao/
With the start of the 2012/13 La Liga campaign still over six weeks away, Athletic Bilbao coach Marcelo Bielsa is at the centre of a chaotic situation that threatens to throw the Basque club’...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/07/the-madness-of-marcelo-bielsa-leaves-athletic-club-in-chaos/
There is a feeling in Spain that Athletic Club of Bilbao are currently on the verge of entering a ‘golden generation’ at the club and, on the back of a campaign that saw Marcelo Bielsa’s si...
Nagusi eroa baino, gogorra hobe. A harsh boss is better than a crazy one. The Basques are renowned for their wisdom, however there are probably many who would suggest the current boss of the regi...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/06/marcelo-bielsas-basque-revolution-reaches-a-crossroads/
With Athletic Bilbao set to pack up and move to their new stadium – which has rather fittingly been built next door – Chris Clements says a final look at the history of the iconic San Mame...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/06/exploring-bilbaos-cathedral-of-football/
AFP PHOTO/JAVIER SORIANO The Copa del Rey was supposed to be a showcase for Athletic, a parameter of how much the club have progressed over the course of the 2011-12 season under Marcelo Bielsa. ...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/05/what-now-for-bielsa-and-his-lions-of-bilbao/
REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu And so, in his 247th game in charge, Guardiola secured his 179th win as manager of Barcelona. In doing so, Barcelona won the 110th final of the Copa del Rey and collected ...
GETTY IMAGES Trophy number fourteen, check. It was almost inevitable that Pep Guardiola would end his four year reign as coach of arguably the greatest team in history with yet another win in a f...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/05/unstoppable-barca-inflict-more-final-heartbreak-on-athletic/
LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images A cup final against mentor Marcelo Bielsa has to be the perfect ending for Pep Guardiola’s managerial reign at Barcelona. The clubs invade the Spanish capital as ...
GETTY IMAGES Football has a habit of throwing up moments of poetic brilliance, and nowhere else does that tend to occur than with Barcelona. As Pep Guardiola prepares to oversee what could be his...
GETTY IMAGES Two of La Liga’s most exciting footballing teams will meet at the Estadio Vicente Calderon on Friday evening to contest the final of the 108th Copa del Rey. Athletic Club de Bilbao...
https://www.centrocampista.com/2012/05/copa-del-rey-final-preview/