Defender Domingos Duarte, midfielders Jaime Seoane and Luis Milla and forwards Portu and Borja Mayoral are all sensible additions who will strengthen a team that lost a record seven consecutive games at the start of last season. Quique Sanchez Flores has also steadied the ship after previous coach Michel's struggles.
During his second spell in Bilbao, which lasted four years and ended in 2017, he led the Basque side into the Champions League and never failed to finish outside the top seven, qualifying for Europe in every campaign. In the five seasons since he left, Athletic have finished 16th, 8th, 11th, 10th and 8th. Athletic will always have their hands tied due to the fact they are committed to signing only Basque players, but Valverde knows the club inside and out and how it operates. There is talent in the squad in the form of Inigo Martinez, Iker Muniain and Inaki Williams, and the club's academy at Lezama continues to produce talent for the first team. -- MarsdenGetafeGetafe's transfer window -- led by new director of football Ramon Planes -- has been quietly excellent.
BarcelonaBarcelona finished second last season and it was reluctantly accepted as a success after Xavi Hernandez took over as manager in November with the team languishing ninth in LaLiga. A second-placed finish this time round will not be so highly regarded after what could perhaps be dubbed one of the most remarkable transfer windows of all time. More on Barcelona's mess: - Lowe: How is the club signing, chasing players? - Marsden: Explaining who can, can't yet register and why - Barcelona, reimagined: What if they made no signings after 2016? After losing Lionel Messi a year ago because they could not afford to keep him, Barca have since sold off 25% of their domestic television rights and 25% of in-house production company Barca Studios for over €600 million.
Club president Joan Laporta says success is a requirement at Barca and that is why he has sanctioned this summer's spending. Now it's up to Xavi to stop Ancelotti's Madrid, who have also strengthened with the signings of Antonio Rudiger and Aurelien Tchouameni, retaining the title. The Clasico battles (Oct. 16 in Madrid, March 23 in Barcelona) for the top of the table will be full of promise. -- MarsdenWill Madrid be fazed by Mbappe snub? "Kylian who? " That's been the message from the Bernabeu ever since Madrid missed out on their long-term top target when France star Kylian Mbappe signed a new contract at Paris Saint-Germain.
If so, there can be no excuses for Xavi and Barcelona this season. While it's true Xavi transformed Barca last season after floundering midtable for a part of it, it's also true he was given much more leeway than his predecessor, Ronald Koeman. Xavi was backed in January with the signings of Ferran Torres and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and has been spectacularly backed this summer. Robert Lewandowski is the standout arrival at €45 million, but big money has also been invested in exciting Brazil winger Raphinha and vibrant defender Jules Kounde. It's going to be fascinating to see how all the new signings do at Camp Nou, but also to see how Ousmane Dembele progresses after signing a new contract and how youngsters Pedri, Gavi and Ansu Fati continue to evolve.
After Nikola Vucevic’s three-pointer put the Bulls up 111-110 with 1:28 left in overtime DeRozan scored Chicago’s last eight points – six of them from the foul line. The Heat’s Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo spoiled LeBron James’s latest return to Miami, leading the hosts to a 112-98 victory over James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Butler, back after missing one game with a sprained ankle, scored 27 points with five rebounds, four assists and six steals. Adebayo, sidelined for a game by non-Covid illness, had 23 points and 14 rebounds.
-- MarsdenAtletico MadridLast year's LaLiga season was characterised by the failure of any of Real Madrid's rivals to deliver a proper title race. Nowhere was that more evident than at Atletico Madrid, whose bid to defend the 2020-21 crown fell apart in an identity crisis as coach Diego Simeone struggled to find a balance between defence and attack. This season could be different, especially with the departure of Luis Suarez -- Joao Felix is increasingly influential at one end of the pitch, while Reinildo Mandava has brought back some of the old bite at the other. Summer business has been limited to the free transfer signing of Axel Witsel and the belated arrival of a specialist right-back in Nahuel Molina. Elsewhere around the league, there are concerns about Sevilla's readiness for a top four battle, having lost both Jules Kounde and Diego Carlos, although sporting director Monchi looks to be readying a late sweep of the transfer market.
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That victory over Liverpool, close on the heels of a 35th LaLiga title wrapped up a month earlier, left Madrid feeling self-assured and confident about this team's trajectory. Stability and prudence have been the watchwords this summer, with no panic buying, and a determination to move only for elite players who can genuinely add something to the side. - Stream LIVE: Real Madrid vs. Almeria, Sunday, 4 p.
Villarreal are strong contenders to follow up last year's remarkable Champions League semifinals run by pushing for fourth, while Real Betis and Real Sociedad will both expect to challenge. -- MarsdenTeams to struggle... ValenciaGennaro Gattuso's coaching record in Italy (AC Milan and Napoli) was passable, if not exceptional, but Valencia represent a different challenge altogether. Los Che are one of the biggest teams in Spain, but it feels like until the continued confrontation between supporters and owner Peter Lim ends, they will struggle to be where they should be in LaLiga: at least competing for the Champions League places. For years now Valencia have struggled to fill their potential, in part because of that tension between Lim and the fans.
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Stability has also been a problem as they have raced through coaches. Each of the past four campaigns has now begun with a new manager. Their summer has been low-key, with Samu Castillejo and Samuel Lino interesting signings, but there remains uncertainty around two of their best players. Both Carlos Soler and Jose Luis Gaya are in the final 12 months of their deals, with no immediate resolution to their futures in sight. -- MarsdenSevillaIf there's a club that has made a virtue of departures, always able to assimilate loss and reinvent itself, that club is Sevilla. And yet, this time feels different: sales are happening because they have to rather than because they are planned per se, both central defenders (Jules Kounde and Diego Carlos) have departed, and they have actually not been very good for quite a while now -- look at their results since the turn of the year and they don't lose often at all but they don't win much either.
LaLiga 2022-23 preview: Will Barcelona topple Real Madrid? What to watch for ahead of new seasonFootball fans around the world will tune in as LaLiga returns to action (stream matches, highlights on season on ESPN+). Spain's top flight kicks off Friday with Osasuna hosting Sevilla, while Barcelona host Rayo Vallecano on Saturday at Camp Nou.
Durant made a pair of baskets sandwiched around one for Atlanta’s John Collins and the Nets escaped with the win. “Sounds pretty good, ” Durant said of the 10-game streak, noting the struggles the Nets have endured for a couple of years — including this season’s slow start, the sacking of coach Steve Nash and the anti-Semitism row that engulfed Irving. “It’s good to get some stability and win a few games along the way and have some fun, ” he told an on-court television interviewer, noting the depleted Hawks played “faster and harder without their leader.
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Anthony Edwards and D’Angelo Russell scored 27 points apiece for the Timberwolves, but Edwards missed a potential game winner as the clock ticked down. In Chicago, DeMar DeRozan scored 42 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the Bulls, who withstood a 45-point, 22-rebound performance from Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. DeRozan came up with a steal and fed Ayo Dosunmu for the game-tying dunk in the waning seconds of the fourth quarter.
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