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...Only Kylian Mbappé comes close to the top stars in terms of social media reach, and he looks destined for a switch to Real Madrid....
...At times the judge, Javier Sánchez Beltrán, told Orcel’s lawyers to stop interrupting Botín: “I want the witness to explain herself, and she isn’t the typical kind who goes on and on,” he said....
...The club, alongside Barcelona, is still battling for the future of the project despite strong opposition from La Liga, led by Javier Tebas....
...“These people travel a lot,” judge Javier Sánchez Beltrán countered, before rescheduling. Stay tuned for the next episode....
...Javier Sánchez-Junco, Juan Carlos’s lawyer, announced last week that the ex-king had paid €678,393.72 to clear the corresponding tax debt, including interest and surcharges....
...“Whenever Sánchez is in trouble, he brings out Franco,” said Javier Maroto, the PP’s spokesman in Spain’s Senate....
...“Even before the crisis, European banks were not profitable, struggling with negative interest rates,” said Francisco Riquel, head of equity research at Alantra Equity Research in Madrid....
...As of Saturday people will also be able once more to go to Madrid’s two other chief cultural attractions — the Reina Sofia, which houses Picasso’s Guernica, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum....
...Francisco Montalvo, Telefónica’s chief data officer, argues that governments need to combine the need to use the data without endangering privacy rights....
...Javier Cercas, author of Soldiers of Salamis, a novel addressing the legacy of the civil war, said he disagreed with rightwing claims that Franco’s exhumation would reignite old divisions....
...A white helicopter bore away the remains of Francisco Franco, past the biggest stone cross in the world....
...Espinoza in Brussels, James Fontanella-Khan, Ortenca Aliaj, Sujeet Indap, Eric Platt and Mark Vandevelde in New York, Miles Kruppa in San Francisco and Don Weinland in Beijing....
...Javier Espinoza’s write-up for the FT is here. Javier has taken up a new beat based in Brussels covering competition and antitrust, where he will keep delivering scoops for the FT and DD....
...Espinoza in Brussels, James Fontanella-Khan, Ortenca Aliaj, Sujeet Indap, Eric Platt, Lindsay Fortado and Mark Vandevelde in New York, Miles Kruppa in San Francisco and Don Weinland in Beijing....
...One scoop to start: CVC Capital Partners has held talks with Fifa and Real Madrid about funding the creation of ambitious new global football tournaments that will challenge the sport’s most popular leagues...
...York, Miles Kruppa in San Francisco and Don Weinland in Beijing....
...Javier Hernani, another long-serving executive, became the company’s top executive....
...Manchester City is the world’s fifth richest team by revenues as of last week — behind FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Bayern Munich....
...But at 33, the Portuguese striker (pictured below) was well past his peak when Juventus paid €100m (plus €12m in fees) for him to join from Real Madrid in the summer 2018....
...When Spain’s dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco died in 1975, Catalonia and the Basque Country had good reason to celebrate....
...The electoral record shows the PSOE needs to do very well in Catalonia and Andalucía to win power in Madrid....
...Houlihan Lokey has acquired Madrid-based Fidentiis Capital, bringing on board the advisory firm’s founders, Carlos Paramés and Juan Luis Muñoz, as managing directors....
...The superstar’s transfer from Spanish rival Real Madrid was part of the Turin-based team’s wider strategy to attract supporters from around the world and raise the value of its corporate endorsement contracts...
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