Ian Hawkey

By end of May — Mikel Arteta, Unai Emery and Iñigo Pérez — from within barely 60 miles of one another, may have claimed every senior Uefa club trophy available

On-loan forward ensured club retained La Liga title with stunning free kick and German coach is desperate to keep him — but salary terms are a big problem

Not a good week for multi-club ownerships, but for Madrid president the Portuguese coach could be the difference at snap election

Promising striker was first player from his nation to move to the Camp Nou following transfer from Al Ahly

Football fans' sense of wonder in this year's edition of the tournament is being tarnished by politics

Even Maradona and Ronaldo weren’t ready to make impact at such young age, but players pack so much into formative years that likes of Lamine Yamal are nearly veterans

Club president re-elected by supporters of Spanish club after announcing plan to end trophy drought by rehiring former manager

Boastful head coach Luis de la Fuente aims to repeat feat of 2010 World Cup winners but there are questions over form and fitness of much of his squad

Forward with footwork like a ballet dancer has most assists at World Cup after zigzagging journey to the top unlike that of any of France’s superstars

Barcelona great cradled a six-month-old Lamine in 2007. Now, 19 years later in World Cup final, Spain prodigy and his idol meet for first time in a competitive match