Real Murcia sign Celta Vigo forward Fernando Baiano for £3.4 million.
The Primera Liga newcomers have tied the 28 year old Brazilian to a 3 year contract.
Baiano, who has also played for Wolfsburg and Malaga in Europe, is Murcia's 11th summer signing.
01 08 2007
Real Murcia have broken their transfer record after agreeing a fee of 5 million euros (£3.4m) to sign Fernando Baiano from Celta Vigo.
Murcia manager Lucas Alcaraz was chasing a new forward all summer, as he attempts to build a team capable of surviving in the Spanish top flight after last year's promotion, and he has set his sights on the Brazilian.
Baiano, who was also would like by Levante, puts pen to paper on a 3 year deal at Murcia.
The signing makes the 28 year old the most expensive player in the club's history.
Curro Torres has also agreed to transfer to Murcia on a 12 month loan deal from Valencia.
Torres was informed he was no longer in the plans of Valencia manager Quique Sanchez Flores and therefore the defender was forced to find a new club.
The 2 transfers take Murcia's tally of summer recruits to 13.
10 06 2007
David Beckham requires one more triumph to sign off at Real Madrid with a Spanish league title after a dramatic penultimate round of matches.
The L.A. Galaxy-bound former England captain played 90 minutes of his side's amazing 2-2 Primera Liga draw at Real Zaragoza.
Trailing twice and with title rivals FC Barcelona winning against Espanyol, Real's title expects looked to be all however extinguished.
But ex Man Utd forward Ruud van Nistelrooy's double and a late equaliser for Espanyol at the Nou Camp ensured Real go into the final round of games next Sunday top of the table.
Level on points with Barca, a home triumph against Real Mallorca will guarantee Beckham a title winner's medal.
Sevilla are not out of the title race, though, inspite of only managing a goalless draw with Real Mallorca.
Juande Ramos' men were a long way from their best at Son Moix however they dug in inspite of the dismissal of Serbia defender Ivica Dragutinovic with 17 minutes to go.
The results leave Sevilla still 2 points adrift of the top 2 heading into the final weekend of the season.
At the other end Levante ensured they will be playing Primera Liga football next season after defeating local rivals Valencia 4-2 in an incident-packed derby that saw 6 goals and 4 sendings-off.
Levante only needed a point to be sure of avoiding the drop, however they finished up saying that all 3 thanks to a brace from Mustapha Riga and further strikes from Salva Ballesta and Laurent Courtois.
Valencia, who had already guaranteed themselves a Champions League spot before the game and had no chance of winning the league, responded with strikes from Spain internationals Joaquin Sanchez and Ruben Baraja, however they were 2-0 and 4-1 down at the time of those goals.
Valencia were always facing an uphill battle after losing goalie Santiago Canizares to a red card in the 9th minute, whilst the visitors were then reduced to 8 men in the 2nd period following the dismissals of defensive duo Roberto Ayala and Carlos Marchena before the hour-mark.
Levante also had to play a large part of the match with less than their maximum quota after Olivier Kapo saw red a minute after half time.
Real Sociedad are on the brink of relegation after missing a penalty and failing to utilise a 2 man advantage to draw 0-0 against Racing Santander on Saturday.
It seemed their expects of staying in the top flight were in the end looking up when, having dominated the preceding 86 minutes, Santander's Victor Vitolo and Felipe Melo were shown red cards and Real were given a potentially season saving penalty.
But, with the stakes piled high, Mikel Alonso struck tamely at Juan Calatayud and Real finished with a point when they should have had three.
Fernando Baiano scored twice to keep Celta Vigo's expectations of avoiding relegation from the Primera Liga alive as they beat Atletico Madrid 3-2 at the Vicente Calderon.
Atletico's Argentinian forward Maxi Rodriguez scored a well-worked opener in the 28th minute, however Celta levelled 3 minutes later with a Baiano penalty.
Yao Yago put Celta ahead only after half time and Baiano extended their lead in the 70th minute after Atletico had had midfielder Peter Luccin sent off.
Maxi quickly pulled one back for Atletico, however their dreams of reaching the UEFA Cup slipped out of their own hands.
Athletic Bilbao's survival expects were dealt a major blow after losing 3-1 to European-chasing Villarreal at the Estadio El Madrigal.
A brace from Uruguayan hitman Diego Forlan, the 2nd from the penalty spot, and an own goal from Ustaritz helped the home team fight back after conceding the lead to Andoni Iraola's strike.
The 3 points for Manuel Pellegrini's men, coupled with Atletico Madrid's 3-2 defeat to Celta Vigo, mean they now climb above their rivals into 6th, the last UEFA Cup qualifying spot.
Defeat for Athletic, meanwhile, has punched a massive hole in their survival hopes, with the Basque team staying in 17th however with the 4 point gap held over the bottom 3 at the start of the penultimate round now cut to only one.
Real Betis will head into the final match of the season still sweating on their Primera Liga future after a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Osasuna.
Miguel Flano, Pierre Webo, Valmiro Valdo and a brace from substitute Ion Echaide Sola did the damage to leave the Seville club only one point above the bottom 3 following Celta Vigo's win over Atletico Madrid.
Betis, who were also beaten 5-1 by Osasuna earlier in the campaign, must now get something from their finale at Racing Santander next week to be certain of top flight football next season.
