Posts Tagged ‘ Soccer ’

The drain to Spain

IT IS kick-off time for European soccer. As national league seasons open across a continent that still manages to attract the world’s top talent, eyes are turning to the so-called galácticos– the superstars joining Spain’s La Liga. Spain is posting some of Europe’s worst GDP numbers, yet summer spending on soccer players has been...
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Real Madrid Needs a New Goal

Real Madrid Needs a New Goal Via cash and glamour, Florentino Pérez made his soccer club a sensation. Now on a losing streak, can it get income kicking again? Over the past two decades, Florentino Pérez has succeeded at transforming ailing Catalan building company ACS into the undisputed leader of Spain’s booming construction industry....
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