The central midfielder left the Emirates for Barcelona there years ago, and although he won a Liga and
Spanish Cup title with the Catalans, the Barca fans never fully took to him.
Not exact matches
He won the Champions League, the
Spanish title and the Uefa Super
Cup during his time at the Bernabeu.
He was replaced at Barca the summer after he scored 21 goals in 54 appearances, he already won a
spanish league
title, a
spanish Cup and a host of other trophies with them, and he has to know he is a star and an absolute fan favorite with us, so I see no reason to go back to la liga.
Despite his on - going fitness woes, the decision to join the Catalan giants has been a fruitful one as he has won La Liga,
Spanish Cup and Champions League
titles.
During his time with Barcelona, the player has managed to fill his trophy cabinet to the brim, as since his arrival, the
Spanish giants have won one Champions League, two La Liga
titles, one Supercopa De Espanya, one Copa Del Rey, one European Super
Cup and one Club World
Cup.
Since the player's arrival in 2013, Zidane's side have managed to win three Champions League
titles, one La Liga
title, one
Spanish Super
Cup and one Copa Del Rey, as well as three UEFA Super Cups and three Club World Cups.
Real are now eight points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona in the
Spanish title race, and will have expected to do better than take one point from two games against Spurs in their bid to retain the European
Cup.
The 24 - year - old has won two
Spanish titles with Barca, the Champions League and the Club World
Cup.
The World
Cup finalist didn't bring home any silverware during his time at Anfield, but has won three
Spanish titles, two Champions Leagues and two Club World Cups during his time in Catalonia.
I've heard it all now... Yeah, we don't want that champions league,
Spanish title, World
Cup and European championship winning centre back that is regarded as one of the best in the world, he gets too many yellow cards!
With defence clearly a weakness for the Red Devils last season as they conceded more than nearby rivals Chelsea, Arsenal and even Southampton, the addition of a world class performer like the
Spanish World
Cup winner could make all the difference as they look to mount a more serious
title challenge.
Since his arrival, the
Spanish giants have managed to win one La Liga
title, two Copa Del Rey's and one
Spanish Super
Cup.
«But Liverpool basically went with Benitez, because he'd just won the
Spanish league
title and UEFA
Cup with Valencia and they thought that was more solid an appointment than someone who had only done it, and that time, in Portugal.
The 28 - year - old moved to Spain in 2012 after spending seven years with Arsenal, and while he leaves having won a Liga BBVA
title and the
Spanish Super
Cup, he has wholly failed to make the impact he would have hoped for.
Since they sold Claude Makélélé to Chelsea in 2003 — perhaps the most emblematic of the headscratching transfer moments, even though he never actually got to extract any on - pitch revenge — Real have won three
Spanish titles, two
cups and last season's Champions League, and even if it could be argued that a club of their size and standing should have won more, that's still not too bad.
While the
Spanish coach has achieved considerable success at the Allianz Arena, having won three Bundesliga
titles, the German
Cup, the Uefa Super
Cup and the Club World
Cup during his time with the club, many may consider his time with Bayern to have been a disappointment considering his failure to take the club back to the final of the Champions League.
Since that moment when the «Flea» entered the pitch, hair flowing, he was won three Champions League
titles, six
Spanish league
titles, two World Club Championships, two European Super
Cups, two
Spanish cups and six
Spanish super
cups.
The World
Cup winner, and former Everton man, has been in fantastic form for the
Spanish side this year, helping them maintain a solid defence that has only conceded 27 times this season, five less than
title - contenders Real Madrid, and keeping them in the hunt for a spot in next year's Champions League.
There have been players who were not really flashy, or skilled like others but manage to win trophies throughout their careers for example some of the golden generation of
Spanish national team who not only won 2010 world
cup but two back to back European
titles as well as success with their respective club teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid.
With three European
Cup medals, six
Spanish league
titles and a total of 21 trophies, Puyol will be recognised as one of Barcelona's all - time greats.
Marco Reus who missed Germany's successful 2014 World
Cup campaign through injury will come as a blow to Premier League
title rival Manchester United, German champions Bayern Munich as well as
Spanish champions Atletico Madrid who have been linked with the German international if the feelers we are getting that he is interested in Arsenal is true.
The Frenchman joined Real Madrid from Lille back in 2011, has won Champions League
title, La Liga, European Super
Cup, Copa del Rey and
Spanish Super
Cup.
The 3 - 0 win at Granada secured the league
title on the final day of the campaign, while the 2 - 0 win against Sevilla set Barça on their way to winning the
Spanish Super
Cup.
Even with a game in hand to come, Madrid have never overcome such a deficit to win the league and to remain in the
title race would realistically need to inflict Barca's first defeat since they last visited the Bernabeu back in August to win the
Spanish Super
Cup.
They have watched their fierce rivals Real Madrid win two Champions League
titles and one La Liga
title over the two seasons and were beaten heavily over the two legs of the
Spanish Cup earlier at the start of this campaign.
A third Club World
Cup in four years brings Madrid level with rivals Barcelona as the most successful side in the competition's history and adds to the La Liga, Champions League, UEFA Super
Cup and
Spanish Super
Cup titles already won by Zinedine Zidane's men this year.
Real Madrid might not have the best of start in their
Spanish La Liga season, but Los Blancos continue to fill their trophy cabinet as this weekend Zinedine Zidane's men won their second FIFA Club World
Cup title.
Real Madrid bossed over their El Clasico rivals during the
Spanish Super
Cup in August, but they face a fight to retain the
title, having fallen eight points adrift after just 13 games into the season.
Beating Real Madrid to win the
Spanish Super
Cup and stand a fighting chance of defending their La Liga
title.
They have just won their 2nd treble in the last season and they are eying now their next 2
title of UEFA Super
Cup and
Spanish Super
Cup of the year.
Atletico ended Bayern's dreams of a sixth European
Cup title at the semi-final stage of last season's competition and Yannick Ferreira Carrasco's first - half strike set the
Spanish side on course for a repeat of their victory on home soil in April.
After great success with Tenerife and Valencia, where he beat the big to to the
Spanish title twice and won the Uefa
cup, he moved to England and Liverpool where he won the Champions league.
Ernesto Valverde will probably win a
title in his first season, but the chance to lift the European trophy after that horrible
Spanish Super
Cup will surely be the perfect ending to what looked like a terrible season.