Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic, who has been a major reason behind the club’s great start to the season, says that he wants to be behind yet another Real Madrid defeat. The former Sevilla man has already been on the winning team against Madrid. His Sevilla side managed a 2-1 win over Carlo Ancelotti’s men last season. Barcelona will be going into the first El Clasico of the season in an imperious form especially in terms of league. They have yet to concede a league goal this season, which is a new record.

QPR manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed that the club has looked into the possibility of signing Peter Crouch for a number of times in the last two transfer windows. The 33-year-old striker has an uncertain future with Stoke City, has his contract runs out in the end of the campaign. Given his age, it is highly unlikely that Stoke will be looking to renew the deal. This has opened the possibility of Crouch being reunited with Redknapp. The pair have worked together on several occasions before. Redknapp signed him when he was manager at Portsmouth and Tottenham.

Chris Brunt is going to continue captaining West Bromwich Albion. The new boss Alan Irvine confirmed that yesterday.
West Brom has changed managers quite a lot in the last few seasons, but, there’s been no change in captaincy. Brunt has been leading the side for the last three years and he will have the armband during the 2014-15 Season too.
According to Irvine, there is no point replacing Brunt as skipper at the moment. He has been pretty good at that position in the recent times. Also, he is a unanimously respected figure in the dressing room.

Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos has confirmed that he will be joining Real Madrid in the next few days. The future of Kroos has been subjected to much speculation. He was linked with Manchester United several months ago, but Bayern Munich refused to consider him. He has lost 12 months left on his contract. After several weeks of negotiations, it became clear that Kroos was not going to sign a new contract. Hence, Bayern Munich have decided to sell him rather than lose him for nothing.

Unlike your usual FIFA EA game series, Real Madrid The Game for the PC does not only offer game play, but also players can live the life of a Real Madrid superstar.

Now that’s excellent news. Who wouldn’t want to be Cristiano Ronaldo even if it’s only living vicariously virtually? The Game is a combination of RPG/Arcade and Sims. It integrates all the facets of a football superstar’s life.