El Classico: Last News

Gareth Bale appears to have become the first bespoke footballer on the planet. On paper he might belong to Real Madrid, but Bale now resembles someone who was made for just one customer - Wales. It's astonishing how Bale isn't deemed fit enough to turn out for Real, but can then conjure incredible moments for his national team to fire them to within 90 minutes of a place at the World Cup for the first time in almost seven decades.

Don't wait around for updates - sign up for our daily football email newsletter today!Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are poised to face off once again after Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain were drawn together in the Champions League group stages.The two clubs have been pitted against each other in Group A of the competition, which will begin on September 14 and 15. They will be joined by RB Leipzig and Club Brugge in a tough-looking group.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi has kept his promise to a fan after discovering the man had a gigantic tattoo of himself on social media.The Argentinian signed the back tattoo, which is based off the image of Messi holding up his Barcelona shirt at the Bernabeu after scoring a late winner in the El Classico in 2017.Barcelona won the game 3-2 after Messi curled in a winner from just outside the box in what was virtually the last kick of the game.Four years later, the man has started to make headlines after a TV crew filmed him watching Argentina train during the Copa America in Brazil.A video was then posted online by TyC Sports, which was seen by millions of people including Messi himself, which prompted him to respond.On Instagram, Messi

Don't wait 30 years - sign up for our daily football email newsletter today!Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have spent their entire careers being compared to each other.Both have enjoyed impeccable careers, with a total of 11 Ballon d'Or awards between them.Much of their primes were spent lighting up El Classico together, with Messi at Barcelona and Ronaldo at Real Madrid.Messi came out on top in the majority of those clashes, winning 16 of the 36 matches compared to Ronaldo's 11.But it was the Portuguese ace who came out on top on Tuesday night as they squared off for what could be the final time.Both are in the twilight of their careers, and it will likely not be long before one or both decide to call it a day.They missed out on

Miralem Pjanic has revealed that ex-teammate Cristiano Ronaldo was fully supportive of his shock move to Barcelona – despite his Real Madrid alleigances.