According to Spanish Sports paper "AS", ATLETICO DE MADRID is on the verge of signing 25 year old Brazilian & CORINTHIANS midfielder ELIAS MENDES TRINIDADE for a price of around 7M€. The player has Portugueses Club Benfica asking & interested as well but it seems that the player will end up in Atletico as of this January 2011.
Elias for Corinthians
Corinthians is fighting with Fluminense for
Spanish Sports newpaper daily “AS” highlights today that ATLETICO DE MADRID has a firm eye on 22 year old SCHALKE 04 midfielder IVAN RAKITIC. The Spanish Club has been following the youngster & has the player in its 2011 – 2012 season plans.
Ivan Rakitic
The key here is that the player becomes free at the end of the season – 30th of June 2011– thus allowing Atletico to avoid making an
ATLETICO DE MADRID Directives, fans & Spanish Football experts all agree that 19 year old Goalkeeper DAVID DE GEA is destined to be a World class player & Spain´s next goalie after Casillas gives way. In fact, De Gea is already a vital piece of the Spanish U-21 Squad.
David De Gea
Readers may be surprised to learn that the current salary of David De Gea at Atletico de Madrid is “only” 400.000
This is not the first or the second post that I put up commenting the interest that English Club MANCHESTER UNITED has for young U-21 Spanish International & ATLETICO DE MADRID goalkeeper DAVID DE GEA.
Atletico de Madrid Goalkeeper
David De Gea
According to the English paper “The Times” both mentioned Clubs have begun talking & studying possibilities of a transfer deal. In fact, the paper
For those who went to pick up the Spanish Sports daily “Marca” this morning they may have been surprised to read, that according to the paper, ATLETICO DE MADRID has Uruguayan forward DIEGO FORLAN on sale & for the upcoming “Winter Market” next January 2011. That’s not the big surprise, the eye lifter is that the daily says that his Club has offered the player to REAL MADRID! But there is more
REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho has left out midfielder LASS DIARRA from the squad that travels to Milan for their Champions League match tomorrow against AC Milan. This is a trend that is repeating itself & may be sending signals to other teams that Diarra isn’t a priority for Real Madrid.
Real Madrid midfielder Lass Diarra
According to Spanish Sports newspaper “As”, English Premier League
It comes “straight from the horses’ mouth”. FC BARCELONA Football Director Andoni Zubizarreta has confirmed to Barcelona radio that the Club is definitely interested ( the Football qualities) in Welsh & TOTTENHAM HOPSPURS 21 year old player GARETH BALE.
The FC Barcelona directive left it clear that although he likes the player there have not been any talks with anyone in reference to his
The 24 year old PSV EINDHOVEN attacking midfielder IBRAHIM AFELLAY is sounding more & more as a possible “2011 Winter Transfer Market” operation with direction Spain. Earlier the player was sounding as a possible Atletico de Madrid signing, but Spanish giant FC BARCELONA has entered the picture in a very serious manner. The Dutch player finishes contract this year & will be a free agent as of
"Si no juego, buscaré alguna solución"
(If I don’t play, I will find a solution)
Straight from the mouth of Brazilian International & SEVILLA FC forward LUIS FABIANO. The Brazilian renewed contract with his current Club a month back, but the player is spending more time on the bench than on the playing field. This has turned the spirits of the player in a “dark mood” as he wishes more playing
According to Spanish Sports paper “AS” Spanish Club ATLETICO DE MADRID has decided to accelerate its attempts to sign 24 year old PSV EINHOVEN midfielder / forward IBRAHIM AFELLAY. Atletico has communicated to PSV its intention to begin negotiations & attempt to have the player shut & tied for this upcoming “Winter Market”. This way the Spanish Club gets a leading edge over other competitors like
It´s not the first time that the news has been put on the front covers of the Spanish Sports papers, last August rumours arose that AT.BILBAO & Spanish International forward FERNANDO LLORENTE was on the REAL MADRID list of future candidates. The news again gets prime-time after a magnificent performance last Friday with two goals for Spain against Lithuania.
Fernando Llorente scores for the
The “kid” has enough pressure on his shoulder to now deal with the rumoured offers being received by his Club. REAL MADRID French International KARIM BENZEMA is said to be on the list of players wished by Italian Club JUVENTUS,English giants MANCHESTER UNITED, MANCHESTER CITY & now TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS who have 28M€ to invest on the player in the January 2011 “Winter Market”.
Karim Benzema.
At first I though it was just plain “bullshit”, however the news that started coming out of Italy some weeks back is now beginning to spread here in the Spanish Sports press & I am now not so sure anymore. The piece in question has appear today out in the Spanish Sports daily “AS” online edition & they reiterate that REAL MADRID Coach José Mourinho has given his OK to sell Brazilian star KAKÁ to
It’s not the first time that this story has appeared in the Sporting papers. To add wood to the fire, yesterday MANCHESTER UNITED Manager Sir Alex Ferguson was in the crowd to watch the Valencia – At Madrid “Liga” Round 4 clash. One could think that the Scotsman was there to “spy” on Valencia, but what he saw was another brilliant performance from DAVID DE GEA the 19 year old ATLETICO DE MADRID
The news comes out of Italy & from the web “calciomercato.it”. According to this online media source specialized in European Football, English Premier League Club CHELSEA FC could make a 20M€ offer to SEVILLA FC for its young Spanish International winger JESUS NAVAS.The move would be during the Winter “transfer window” & taking advantage of the fact that the players contract with Sevilla FC ends
The rumour is hot in Italy, so hot that it has not gone away even after the players transfer period window shut last Wednesday the 1st of September. Did INTER MILAN really offer SAMUEL ETO´O to REAL MADRID? It’s the talk of the “Calcio”, gossip that has reached Spanish media who are now analyzing if true & if Real Madrid missed a bargain.The apparent idea according to the rumour was that Inter
The ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC situation with FC BARCELONA & negotiations with AC MILAN continue with new developments according the Barcelona based Sports papers. Apparently all sides have returned to the original formula of a LOAN, but with a twist.The idea now is that Barça LOAN Ibrahimovic to AC Milan this year with an obligatory clause that forces Milan to buy the player at the end of the season.
The news comes out of Italy, from a Silvio Berlusconi owned “Mediaset” website, which informs that what was originally a LOAN option negotiation yesterday for FC BARCELONA player ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC has now become a BUY option with a price of 40M€. Things changed today as negotiations continued between AC MILAN & FC BARCELONA to find a way to make a Ibrahimovic transfer operation
According to Spanish Sports daily “AS”, REAL MADRID is negotiating with LIVERPOOL FC the possible transfer of MAHAMADOU DIARRA, while Italian Club JUVENTUS has entered the picture in talks for Dutch player RAFAEL VAN DER VAART.In reference to the last name, Juventus offers 14M€ while Real Madrid wishes 16M€, plus to complicate things, Coach Mourinho is hesitant to let go Van Der Vaart because he
The key message is that LIVERPOOL FC Argentine midfielder JAVIER MASCHERANO will not play in tonight’s Premier League game against Manchester City, instead of the official Club announcement that Liverpool has rejected the initial offer from FC BARCELONA. The offer is said to be 15M€ + variables + player Hleb which is estimated to be around 20M€ +/-, an offer that Liverpool has rejected “for the