Almeria
In: Esteban Solari (undisclosed, Pumas), Pablo Piatti (undisclosed, Estudiantes La Plata), Michel (undisclosed, Flamengo), David Moreno (undisclosed, Real Madrid), Esteban (free, Celta Vigo), Julio Alvarez (free, Numancia), Hernan Pellerano (undisclosed, Velez Sarsfield), Chico (undisclosed, Cadiz)
Out: Felipe Melo (€13m, Fiorentina), Veljko Paunovic (free, FK Partizan), David Rodriguez (loan, Celta), Ruben Pulido (free, Real Zaragoza), Mario Bermejo (free, Xerez), Francisco (free, Alicante)

Athletic Bilbao
In: Jose Garcia Del Olmo (undisclosed, Eibar)
Out: Asier Del Horno (loan return, Valencia), Daniel Aranzubia (free, Deportivo), Unai Exposito (free, Hercules), Iban Zubiaurre (loan, Elche), Toquero (loan, Eibar), Aritz Aduriz (undisclosed, Mallorca)

Atletico Madrid
In: Tomas Ujfalusi (free, Fiorentina), Johnny Heitinga (€10m, Ajax), Florent Sinama Pongolle (undisclosed, Recreativo), Gregory Coupet (undisclosed, Lyon), Paulo Assuncao (free, Porto), Ever Banega (loan, Valencia)
Out: Falcon (free, Celta), Mista (free, Deportivo), Braulio Nobrega (undisclosed, Zaragoza), Cuellar (free, Murcia), Roberto Jimenez (undisclosed, Recreativo), Raul Llorente (free, Alaves), Josne Manuel Juardo (loan, Mallorca), Mario Suarez (undisclosed, Mallorca), Ze Castro (loan, Deportivo), Jose Antonio Reyes (loan, Benfica), Cleber Santana (loan, Mallorca), Diego Costa (loan, Albacete), Jacobo (free, Alaves)

Barcelona
In: Seydou Keita (€14 mil, Sevilla), Daniel Alves (€32 mil, Sevilla), Gerard Pique (undisclosed, Manchester United), Martin Caceres (€16. Click to continue reading...

Benfica have completed their fourth signing of the summer by agreeing a one-year loan deal for Spanish winger Jose Antonio Reyes. The 24-year-old makes the move from Atletico Madrid, with the Lisbon club also having the option to buy the player at the end of his loan spell. Benfica coach Quique Sanchez Flores continues to [. Click to continue reading...

I'm back from hot, hot, hot Florida. Last Pre-season friendly: Rayo 2 Atlético 4 I didn't watch it, but apparently Maxi had a great game as did Ujfalusi. Poor positioning by Leo Franco led to the second goal. CHAMPIONS Aguirre submitted this squad for our Champions clash against Schalke: GK: Leo Franco, Coupet, Ángel Bernabé. Click to continue reading...

Portuguese giants SL Benfica have announced the signing of Atletico winger Jose Antonio Reyes on a season long loan. The former Arsenal player, deemed surplus to requirements after just one season at Vicente Calderon, becomes Benfica's fourth summer signing after Pablo Aimar, Carlos Martins and Javier Balboa. Click to continue reading...

JOSE ANTONIO REYES did not wish to leave ATLETICO DE MADRID for Portugues Club BENFICA, were both Clubs had come to en agreement for the players transfer. However, Atletico put more pressure on... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

RAÚL GARCÍA CAMACHO MOTTA MANICHE CLEBER SANTANA MIGUEL SIMAO MAXI REYES LUIS GARCÍA ASSUNCAO I read recently that Maniche is trying to 'patch things up' with Aguirre, his teammates, and club officials for his wreckless behaviour that led to his loan spell last season. Of course, we all know why he is humbling himself: He's not attracting worthwhile offers! Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have reportedly missed out on the signing of Atletico Madrid striker Jose Antonio Reyes. The former Arsenal ace had been targeted by Magpies boss Kevin Keegan but it now appears as though French side AS Monaco have beaten the Premier League side in the race to sign Reyes.



The Spanish international is likely to complete a £5. Click to continue reading...

Jose Antonio Reyes couldn't get out of Arsenal fast enough and apparently now Atletico Madrid have very little interest in the 24-year-old too. Enter Newcastle United and Roma as possible homes for the Spanish striker who has failed to catch... Click to continue reading...

AS Roma captain Francesco Totto has hinted he may come out of retirement to help the Italian national team in World Cup qualifying. The 31-year old who was a member of the 2006 World Cup winning team had retired from international play due to the effects of grueling league, European, Coppa Italia, and international schedules. Click to continue reading...

Former Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes was linked with Newcastle United in one of the more shocking rumors on the weekend. The 24-year-old didn't score at Atletico Madrid this past season after leaving Arsenal following a season on loan at...

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Lots of players on international duty for EURO and WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS. Ujfaluši played a full 90 minutes for the Czech Republic's opening game against Switzerland. Simão played 83 minutes for Portugal against Turkey. Seitaridis & Heitinga have games this coming week. Speaking of Seitaridis, I do recall reading that the Greek might leave the club this summer. Click to continue reading...

It's been another rollercoaster of a season, hasn't it? Lots of highs, lots of lows, and I'm glad it's all over because my nerves are shot... Let's have a look at our pre-season objectives: -Be crowned Liga Champions. (too many dropped points) -Win the UEFA Cup. (dumped out at the hands of rubbish Bolton) -Win the Copa del Rey. Click to continue reading...

Or, will we throw it all away in the final games of the season? I don't think I can take much more of this, to be honest. Our next fixtures: -home to Recreativo Huelva -away to Espanyol -home to Deportivo la Coruna -away to Valencia This will be the longest four weeks of our lives. Meanwhile, we are linked with Oporto's Argentine left [. Click to continue reading...

The Other Madrid Derbi. #4 Atleti 54 ... #13 Getafe 41 STARTING 11: Leo Franco; Antonio López, Pablo, Perea, Pernía; Camacho, Raúl García, Maxi, Luis García; Forlán and Agüero. SUBS: Abbiati, Zé Castro, Seitaridis, Cléber, Jurado, Miguel, Mista. This lineup frightens me a little bit, I won't lie. Click to continue reading...

WORDPRESS, the site that hosts my blog, has changed a few things recently. Long story short, I finally figured out how to updated my sidebar with the goals. Next five games: -away to Real Valladolid -home to Real Betis -away to Getafe -home to Recreativo Huelva -away to Espanyol With the exception of SuperGeta and perhaps Espanyol, I think we have a [. Click to continue reading...

Everyone's favourite Geordie Toonsters Newcastle United are set to splurge in the summer and the person at the top of their transfer lust list is none other than former Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes. The Evening Chronicle reckons that Newcastle will snap up the still rather young (24) year old winger-striker thingy? Click to continue reading...

Firstly, this game will be televised (en vivo) in the US 3.00pm, NY time, GolTV. Secondly, this is a must-win game� against a team� that is struggling to avoid the drop this season. [At the moment, they're #15 with 26 points.] NB: We've played them already (0-2 victory); Refresh your memory on that game here and here. Click to continue reading...

Los Colchoneros climb to #3 after another bizarre night at el Vicente Calderón the final minutes were unbearable! Pure suffering. Agüero scored the only goal� thanks to� a shocking error by Valencia goalkeeper Hildebrand. Abbiati; Perea, Pablo, Eller, Antonio López; Raúl García, Cléber Santana, Maxi (Luis García 91'), Simão; Forlán (Reyes 71') and Kun Agüero (Valera 93') Truth be told, [. Click to continue reading...

After 17 long years, Los Colchoneros finally collect 3 points at Estadio Riazor against a very poor, clueless Deportivo. BRIEFLY: Our overall game was average, but the goals were of the highest quality. Abbiati; Perea, Pablo, Eller, Antonio López; Raúl García, Jurado (73′ Luis García), Maxi, Simão (75′ Reyes); Kun Agüero (67′ Cléber) and Forlán. Click to continue reading...

Atleti reach the final 32 of the UEFA CUP. Abbiati; Antonio López; Pablo; Eller, Pernia; Simão (Maxi 67′); Motta; Cleber (Maniche 73′); Luis; Agüero; Forlán (Raúl García 72′). UNUSED SUBS: Falcón; Reyes; Mista; Perea The good news is that Perea, recovered from his injury, but still not quite ready to start, was able to sit this one out. Click to continue reading...

Leo Franco; Seitaridis (Eller, 46'), Perea, Pablo, Antonio López; Maniche, Cléber, Simão (Motta, 73'), Reyes (Luis García, 59') Maxi; Kun Agüero We had a glorious opportunity to return to a Champions League spot� & failed miserably. Instead, we are #6 with only 1-2 points separating� us from� Racing Santander & Sevilla. What else is there to say? Click to continue reading...

Brief, Random, Unstructured� Notes First some good injury news: Reyes, Zé Castro, Motta (hell froze over?), Miguel, & Valera were all fit to participate in today's (Friday) training session. The players who travelled to Moscow trained for less time than the newly fit players, of course. Seitaridis and Mista are the only players who are still too injured to [. Click to continue reading...

We have some incredibly important games in� the remaining weeks of October: LIGA *home to Zaragoza *away to Levante *home to Sevilla UEFA *away to Locomotiv Moscow Luis García� once again said that the club will take each game at a time and that� the team� are� focused after the defeat in the Camp Nou. After� that sort of� loss, it's important, as Luis says, to return back to [. Click to continue reading...

Here's an eye-opening interview of Garcia Pitarch, sporting director. Some of the phrasing is difficult to translate to English, but I tried my best. INTERVIEWER: The name Riquelme [looms constantly...]... Reply: The [expectation is normal]. There are, of course, external factors: the media, who give their opinion. And fans believe them, but that's not how it is. Click to continue reading...

Just a bit of sour news on Jornada 7 before� moving on to the UEFA group stage draw tomorrow� (Tuesday).� In the 54th minute, Jose Antonio Reyes was substituted out and replaced by Maxi. Reyes didn't agree with the decision and footage reveals him saying a few times "Me cago en su puta madre", kicking a water bottle, [...] Click to continue reading...

INJURY NEWS Perea will be unavailable for at least 3 weeks. Leo Franco will not play against Osasuna this Sunday he hopes to be fully recovered for round 7, in a couple weeks. We should have Motta back in about by mid-October. Meanwhile, Pablo spoke to the press after the away win at Athletic Bilbao: "The win tonight is [...] Click to continue reading...

Thoroughly deserved victory over a Racing side that did absolutely nothing prior to and after the sending off of Jordi in the 69th minute. We had the better chances throughout the game. GOLS Raúl García 11′ Kun 69′ [Assist by Reyes.] Forlán 76′ [Assist by Kun.] Simao 86′ [Assist by Luis.] Here's Aguirre's squad: Leo Franco; Seitaridis; Perea; Pablo; Pernía; Maniche; Raúl [. Click to continue reading...

A must-win game- this Sunday. Starting 11: Leo Franco; Seitaridis, Pablo, Perea, Pernía; Raúl García, Maniche, Maxi, Reyes; Kun Agüero and Forlán. Subs: Cleber, Antonio Lopez, Luis Garcia, Eller, Abbiati, Mista, Simao Reyes starts his first Liga game for the club- let's see if we note the difference. Will this single change alter the lacklustre performances we have [. Click to continue reading...

Today's training session only included twelve players: Leo Franco, Falcón, Jurado, Zé Castro, Forlán, Raúl García, Motta, Luis García, Cléber Santana, Mista, Reyes and� Antonio Lopez. International Duty *Giorgios Seitaridis *Mariano Pernia & Pablo Ibanez *Simao & Maniche *Aguero *Perea Injured Players At the Moment *Fabiano Eller injured his ankle during the UEFA qualifier. Click to continue reading...

After six long years of no UEFA action, we finally qualified today after winning Serbian club FK Vojvodina,� 1-2 (1-5 agg)!� I didn't follow this as carefully as I could have because I'm at work, so I can't offer any incite on specific performances. The important thing is that we've officially qualified. We went down towards the end [...] Click to continue reading...

I first talked about this in mid-July when the rumour first surfaced and a little over a month since then, it has finally happened. Brilliant signing as we lack a playmaker. I don't want to speak about the true genius of Riquelme (we all know about his abilities and vision on the pitch) but I [...] Click to continue reading...

First and foremost, my thoughts are with Antonio Puerta's family, friends, and teammates.� Best wishes to them� during this time.� Click� here for photos of the funeral. Here's a video of some of the� events.� Did you know...the largest officially-formed group (aka 'peña') of Atleti supporters outside of Spain exists in Serbia? According to AS, there are over 1000 of them. Click to continue reading...

Jose Antonio Reyes, like Antonio Puerta,� is product of the Sevilla youth academy. The news of Puerta's condition� has moved Reyes to visit his ex-teammate in hospital. I was watching that game live as it happened and was deeply worried for the young left-back. Best wishes & speedy recovery to Puerta. Click to continue reading...

First, I'm disappointed with the result, but I'm also disappointed that I will not be able to watch this at all on TV. WHY? GolTV claims there were difficulties in broadcasting the derby live, worldwide. Unless you were physically at the stadium OR reside in Spain and purchased the derbi a la Pay-Per-View, then you [...] Click to continue reading...

I have pre-derbi thoughts below; this is an addendum to that with some recent news. Here's the chosen squad: Leo Franco, Abbiati, Seitaridis, Pablo Ibáñez, Perea, Fabiano Eller, Pernía, Antonio López, Maniche, Cléber Santana, Raúl García, Luis García, Simão, Reyes, Maxi Rodríguez, Kun Agüero, Forlán and Mista. It's a bit curious to me that Braulio was left out [. Click to continue reading...