Valencia: I spend a lot of extra time working on my crossing

Antonio Valencia has insisted that he spends a lot of time working on his crossing and does extra practice with David de Gea in order to improve.

The 28-year-old has shown positive signs this season he can work his way back to his devastating best but as of yet, his crossing has still been pretty terrible on the whole.

In his pomp, every cross seemed to find the head of a team-mate (mainly Rooney) but nowadays Valencia’s final ball has been frustratingly poor. He has clearly been working on improving behind the scenes and he certainly needs to.

'I'm living the dream' - Jese in wonderland after winner against Valencia

The 20-year-old was thrilled with his decisive strike at Mestalla, explaining that he celebrated with Blancos assistant coach Zinedine Zidane as he's been a huge influence on him

Jese Rodriguez admitted he had fulfilled "a dream" by netting the winner for Real Madrid in their La Liga clash with Valencia on Sunday night.

The 20-year-old struck late at Mestalla to hand Los Blancos a vital 3-2 victory that saw them draw back to within five points of Liga leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

Bale back for Real at Valencia

Gareth Bale could return for Real Madrid in Sunday's La Liga fixture away to managerless Valencia.

The Wales international missed Wednesday's cup win over Olimpic Xativa through injury but is in contention for a starting place as the Spanish league returns.

Anything less than a win risks Real slipping further off the pace of La Liga leaders Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, who share a five point advantage at the top of the table.

Rami to make AC Milan debut against Young Boys

The defender cannot play in official matches until January, so will face the Swiss side in a friendly game during the international break.

AC Milan are planning to hand defender Adil Rami his first match in the club's colours in a friendly game against Young Boys in Bern on November 16.

The 27-year-old stopper has already been training with the San Siro side for over two weeks after joining on loan from Valencia, where he fell out with coach Miroslav Djukic.

Diego Alves eyes Barcelona move

The keeper has admitted his interest in moving to Camp Nou as the Catalans look to replace Victor Valdes ahead of his decision to leave the club next summer

Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves has revealed he would be interested in a move to Barcelona.

Victor Valdes' decision to leave Camp Nou when his contract expires next summer means the current Liga champions are on the look out for a replacement.

And the Brazil international admitted he is happy to have been linked with the club but says no approach has been made as yet.

Laudrup revels in Swansea's rout of Valencia

Wilfried Bony, Michu and Jonathan de Guzman were all on target as the Swans kicked off their Europa League group stage with a 3-0 win over the Liga side, who had a man sent off

Michael Laudrup hailed his Swansea City players after their dominant 3-0 win over 10-man Valencia in the Europa League on Thursday.

Wilfried Bony scored his fourth goal in four European games to put Swansea ahead in the Group A fixture at Mestalla, just four minutes after Adil Rami had received his marching orders for hauling down the Ivorian.

Rooney joy at reaching 200-goal mark

The forward, who appeared set to leave during the summer, scored twice at Old Trafford to help David Moyes' me get off to a perfect start in this season's Champions League.

Wayne Rooney was understandably delighted after scoring his 200th Manchester United goal in Tuesday night's Champions League win over Bayer Leverkusen.

The England international opened the scoring at Old Trafford before adding a second after the break, with Robin van Persie and Antonio Valencia also on target for the Red Devils in an exciting 4-2 win.

Casillas could leave Madrid for Barcelona, believes Canizares

 

The Spain international has been linked with a sensational move to the Catalan giants and the former Valencia man thinks a transfer to Camp Nou is a realistic option.

Former Real Madrid goalkeeper Santiago Canizares says Iker Casillas should consider leaving the Santiago Bernabeu side for Barcelona.

The Blancos captain lost his starting berth to Diego Lopez last season while Jose Mourinho was still at the helm, and is also seemingly second choice under new coach Carlo Ancelotti.

Valencia Line Up Loan Move For Chelsea's Senegalese Striker Demba Ba

Valencia are launching a bid for a new striker from Chelsea.

The Daily Mail says Valencia are keen to take either Senegalese forward Demba Ba or Romelu Lukaku on loan as they look to replace Roberto Soldado.

Fernando Torres has previously been discussed, but it seems the Spanish side will look beyond the Chelsea striker and aim for his team-mates instead.

Chelsea midfielder Oriol Romeu has returned to Spain with Valencia on a season-long loan deal in June, having previously played for Barcelona.

Cissokho on brink of Liverpool switch

Valencia defender Aly Cissokho is on the verge of joining Premier League side Liverpool after agreeing personal terms at Anfield.

The left-back, who joined Valencia from Lyon in 2012, has been heavily linked with a move to the Premier League, with both Liverpool and Sunderland thought to be interested in his services.

Valencia have yet to agree to allow the 25-year-old to leave the Mestalla, but Liverpool appear to have stolen a march on other potential suitors.