As for this season, pretenders for the title will probably be Sevilla, as I believe they have recruited very well and more than made up for the players that’ve left. Villarreal have spent wisely too and they’ll be up there. Valencia can’t be taken out of the equation, and with a sensible coach in Emery taking over from that volatile retard Koeman, they might pose a challenge for us, particularly if Silva and Villa stay. I remain unconvinced by Atletico, they don’t seem to have the depth required at the back and I believe competing on two fronts will be their undoing and they’ll end up settling for an Inter-toto/UEFA cup position at the end of the season. Depor could be a surprise package, with Guardado and the pace-y Omar Bravo causing defences problems, and former Castilla player Filipe spurring them from behind, although Coloccini seems to be on his way to Newcastle.

Betis’ relegation woes always have me perplexed, they seem to have a quite decent time on paper. They’ve brought in Emana who was a star midfielder at Toulouse, Mehmet Aurelio who had a decent Euro campaign, and Michael Chretien supposedly signing on soon (he’s a pretty solid right full back, supposed to have a bright future). Also Manuel Ruiz de Lopera has quit the club as Chairman so perhaps his overbearing influence and the pressure it causes will dissappear.

As a Real supporter, I realy hope Getafe go places this season. Almost toppling Bayern was amazing, after those pompous egotistical Germans said they’d never even heard of Getafe (i think it was good ol’ Franzy Beckenbauer). With 3 Real products in Soldado, Granero and Adrian Gonzalez, it’ll be interesting to see how far they can go. Wish Laudrup had stayed on as coach though, I loved his style and reckon he could be one of Europe’s leading coaches in future.