Premier League side Nottingham Forest could launch a summer transfer raid on La Liga to secure one of Mallorca’s key stars. Forest secured a European qualification spot on the final day of the 2024/25 season as Nuno Espirito Santo’s side slotted into the UEFA Conference League.
After becoming the first active La Liga player to participate in Gerard Pique’s King’s League project, RCD Mallorca right-back Pablo Maffeo gave an interview in which he claimed that his clashes with Real Madrid were an obstacle to the Spanish national team.
Real Madrid shrugged Mallorca aside by a comfortable 3-0 scoreline, but Pablo Maffeo managed to get under their skin across the 90 minutes, continuing his long feud with Vinicius Jr.
This weekend, there will only be eight matches played in La Liga. On Thursday, it was confirmed that Real Madrid’s trip to Valencia and Villarreal’s hosting of Rayo Vallecano had been postponed because of the devastating situation in the Valencian community as a result of Storm Dana.
Mallorca are beginning a new era under the management of Jagoba Arrasate, and this will start with the sale of two important players: Predrag Rajkovic and Pablo Maffeo.
Pablo Maffeo was one of several Mallorca players in tears after last weekend’s Copa del Rey final defeat to Athletic Club. In the aftermath of the showpiece event in Seville, a number of social media users used pictures of the Spanish-Argentine defender to poke fun, but others took it too far.
Mallorca’s Copa del Rey campaign ended in heartbreaking fashion on Saturday, as they lost to Athletic Club in the final at La Cartuja. They did so in the cruellest of manners, in a penalty shoot-out (4-2).
Javier Aguirre is undoubtedly one of the biggest characters in Spanish football at the moment. The Mallorca head coach is known for being outspoken on topics, and it appears that this also includes his own players.
It is fair to say that Pablo Maffeo and Vinicius Junior do not share much affection between the two of them, and while the three kings have still to visit Madrid, there was not much good will at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night.