Mercado de verano: La Liga Transfers - Summer 2010

BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:Kinda surprising that he's left Europe given he's only 32. Then again, he is shit.

Breaking news:

Aduriz deja el Mallorca y ficha por el Valencia

El delantero vasco Aritz Aduriz, hasta ahora en el Mallorca, jugará en el Valencia. El acuerdo se ha cerrado por cuatro millones de euros y el jugador se ha comprometido a perdonar el dinero que le debía el club mallorquín, una cantidad que ronda los 700.000 euros.

Aduriz tenía otros pretendientes, como el Getafe, pero finalmente se ha impuesto la voluntad del jugador, que prefería jugar en el Valencia.

A sus 29 años, Aduriz llega en el mejor momento de su carrera al club valenciano después de firmar una gran temporada en el Mallorca, donde se convirtió en una de las piezas clave en la gran temporada del club balear, que peleó hasta la última jornada por entrar en la Champions League. En Mallorca, donde llegó para cubrir el vacío dejado por la marcha de Dani Güiza, ha pasado dos temporadas. Antes jugó en el Burgos, Valladolid y Athletic de Bilbao.

Aduriz, para el secretario técnico del Valenica Braulio Vázquez, "es un delantero contrastado en la Liga española, con gol, capacidad de trabajo, aportación al juego colectivo y que nos da un perfil de delantero que ahora no teníamos. Esperemos a que se concrete todo, pero estamos muy satisfechos y pienso que completamos una plantilla amplia, competitiva y con muchas variantes".

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/aduriz-deja-mallorca-ficha-valencia/dasftb/20100714dasdasftb_38/Tes

Good signing, especially for 4m euro. And between Soldado and Aduriz I think Valencia will be able to replace the goals that Villa provided. Neither has the quality of Villa of course but in terms of goalscoring I think they will be ok. If they lose Mata though...

Apparently Atletico have finalised the signings of Filipe Luis and Diego Godin.

Marchena to Villarreal to replace Godin.

I can't believe Atletico will have a proper back 4!!! And apparently Fran Merida was impressive for them in a friendly...if he can nail down a starting spot, he could really become a star.

Marchena is a good signing by Villarreal, but weakens Valencia further. He's mentioned in Barça's list of DM replacements too...can cover CB and would only cost around 3-4m euros since his contract runs out next summer.

Great transfers for Atletico and now they just need to buy Thiago and they will actually be a balanced team. I still don't rate Assuncao but for now they can live with him since the defence is so much stronger.

Surprised Valencia hasn't bought any good defenders yet because I don't think they really have a decent one. They should definitely get rid of some of the crap and buy one or two good Cb's. Alba looked fine as a Lb and they will have to live with Bruno a Rb.

They'll need to find some free transfers though. Maybe they should have gone for Botia.

btw, Atletico do look like getting Tiago permanently, but as part of a deal that will take Forlan to Juventus. So then they'd need a striker from somewhere...or at least a new backup if Salvio is promoted to first choice alongside Aguero.

kas wrote:They'll need to find some free transfers though. Maybe they should have gone for Botia.

btw, Atletico do look like getting Tiago permanently, but as part of a deal that will take Forlan to Juventus. So then they'd need a striker from somewhere...or at least a new backup if Salvio is promoted to first choice alongside Aguero.

Forlan probably has 2 good years left in him and if Atletico get 20M, that Juventus are supposedly offering plus Thiago and Grosso(not needed now), then they would be better of and especially if they keep Aguero which it looks like they will.

Im guesing Quique will switch to 4-2-3-1 because it made sense with two so good strikers as Forlan and Aguero. And Salvio is a winger and Jurado will better suited along with Merida behind a striker.

Super Madrid wrote:Great transfers for Atletico and now they just need to buy Thiago and they will actually be a balanced team. I still don't rate Assuncao but for now they can live with him since the defence is so much stronger.

Surprised Valencia hasn't bought any good defenders yet because I don't think they really have a decent one. They should definitely get rid of some of the crap and buy one or two good Cb's. Alba looked fine as a Lb and they will have to live with Bruno a Rb.

For some reason they really really rate David Navarro who I think is mostly sh!t. Alexis is ok but he's quite injury prone. Angel Dealbert is decent but probably not CL quality. They've just signed Ricardo Costa who I know nothing about really but Calidad, I think, was saying he is sh!t. So even if Marchena leaves that is 4 CBs and I don't suppose they will be adding anyone, at least not if you believe Manuel Llorente.

Super Madrid wrote:Forlan probably has 2 good years left in him and if Atletico get 20M

I don't know why I think it but for some reason he strikes me as a player who can be class even until his mid-thirties. I wouldn't be surprised to see him star at for Uruguay again in four years time.

RE: Fran Merida

He's one player I'm going to be keeping an eye on over the next few years. If the manager finds the right position for him in his team and gives him time to settle I'm sure he will go on to become a very good player, maybe even an international at some point. I can remember someone on here over the last twelve months saying he will end up being more of an Arteta type player can say an Xavi/Fabregas and I'd call them 100% right on that.

Super Madrid wrote:

kas wrote:They'll need to find some free transfers though. Maybe they should have gone for Botia.

btw, Atletico do look like getting Tiago permanently, but as part of a deal that will take Forlan to Juventus. So then they'd need a striker from somewhere...or at least a new backup if Salvio is promoted to first choice alongside Aguero.

Forlan probably has 2 good years left in him and if Atletico get 20M, that Juventus are supposedly offering plus Thiago and Grosso(not needed now), then they would be better of and especially if they keep Aguero which it looks like they will.

Im guesing Quique will switch to 4-2-3-1 because it made sense with two so good strikers as Forlan and Aguero. And Salvio is a winger and Jurado will better suited along with Merida behind a striker.

Which Thiago is this?

Atletico are starting to look good... now they seem the most likely team to give top 2 something to think about, so I hope Forlan stays.

Jaime wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:Great transfers for Atletico and now they just need to buy Thiago and they will actually be a balanced team. I still don't rate Assuncao but for now they can live with him since the defence is so much stronger.

Surprised Valencia hasn't bought any good defenders yet because I don't think they really have a decent one. They should definitely get rid of some of the crap and buy one or two good Cb's. Alba looked fine as a Lb and they will have to live with Bruno a Rb.

For some reason they really really rate David Navarro who I think is mostly sh!t. Alexis is ok but he's quite injury prone. Angel Dealbert is decent but probably not CL quality. They've just signed Ricardo Costa who I know nothing about really but Calidad, I think, was saying he is sh!t. So even if Marchena leaves that is 4 CBs and I don't suppose they will be adding anyone, at least not if you believe Manuel Llorente.

Alexis looked good at Getafe but very shakey for Valencia. Dealbert is not good enough and neither is Navarro. From what I remember from Costa at Tottenham he was a bit of a failure. Incredible that The Coward isn't demanding some decent defenders.

Cesc Soler wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:Forlan probably has 2 good years left in him and if Atletico get 20M

I don't know why I think it but for some reason he strikes me as a player who can be class even until his mid-thirties. I wouldn't be surprised to see him star at for Uruguay again in four years time.

RE: Fran Merida

He's one player I'm going to be keeping an eye on over the next few years. If the manager finds the right position for him in his team and gives him time to settle I'm sure he will go on to become a very good player, maybe even an international at some point. I can remember someone on here over the last twelve months saying he will end up being more of an Arteta type player can say an Xavi/Fabregas and I'd call them 100% right on that.

I have the same feeling about Forlan but recent history shows that once you are past 30 your goalrecord worsens. So far I think Forlan hasn't shown any signs and perhaps he will be able to keep on going but the sensible thing to do is to cash in if you can get 20M and Thiago and perhaps another player. If they managed to get Poulsen they would have a very good squad.

bluenine wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

kas wrote:They'll need to find some free transfers though. Maybe they should have gone for Botia.

btw, Atletico do look like getting Tiago permanently, but as part of a deal that will take Forlan to Juventus. So then they'd need a striker from somewhere...or at least a new backup if Salvio is promoted to first choice alongside Aguero.

Forlan probably has 2 good years left in him and if Atletico get 20M, that Juventus are supposedly offering plus Thiago and Grosso(not needed now), then they would be better of and especially if they keep Aguero which it looks like they will.

Im guesing Quique will switch to 4-2-3-1 because it made sense with two so good strikers as Forlan and Aguero. And Salvio is a winger and Jurado will better suited along with Merida behind a striker.

Which Thiago is this?

Atletico are starting to look good... now they seem the most likely team to give top 2 something to think about, so I hope Forlan stays.

Thiago Mendes

I think Atletico will be in a good position even if they don't sell Forlan because they have finally given attention to the defence and Filipe Luis will bring a real attacking contribution to that flank which would improve Simao in turn. Ulfalusi on the righ will be more defensive. Still think they will have creative problems in central midfield but things are finally moving forward for Atletico.

Super Madrid wrote:

bluenine wrote:
Which Thiago is this?

Atletico are starting to look good... now they seem the most likely team to give top 2 something to think about, so I hope Forlan stays.

Thiago Mendes

I think Atletico will be in a good position even if they don't sell Forlan because they have finally given attention to the defence and Filipe Luis will bring a real attacking contribution to that flank which would improve Simao in turn. Ulfalusi on the righ will be more defensive. Still think they will have creative problems in central midfield but things are finally moving forward for Atletico.

It will be good for the league to see a strong Atletico...

bluenine wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:

bluenine wrote:
Which Thiago is this?

Atletico are starting to look good... now they seem the most likely team to give top 2 something to think about, so I hope Forlan stays.

Thiago Mendes

I think Atletico will be in a good position even if they don't sell Forlan because they have finally given attention to the defence and Filipe Luis will bring a real attacking contribution to that flank which would improve Simao in turn. Ulfalusi on the righ will be more defensive. Still think they will have creative problems in central midfield but things are finally moving forward for Atletico.

It will be good for the league to see a strong Atletico...

No doubt and for once Atletico are looking really good. Quique is a good coach and his teams are normally well organised. So far I would say they are on par with Sevilla of 2005-2007 which challenged for the title. However mentally Atletico have some big problems whereas Sevilla were quite strong and meanwhile Real Madrid and Barcelona have improved so I don't know if they can really compete allthough it would be nice.

Unfortunately Atletico is weak mentally.. I cant remember how many times I have thought.. ¨this time they will challenge¨only for them to fail spectacularly..

Yeah, let's not forget that last season they gave up on even finishing in the top 4, halfway through the season. And in the end did well in the Cups. Despite these signings, they still don't have a big enough squad to compete in all competitions...so some prioritisation will be in order once again.

Hercules have made an offer for Giorgios Samaras, Celtic have yet to decide whether they will accept it or not.

fcb wrote:Yeah, let's not forget that last season they gave up on even finishing in the top 4, halfway through the season. And in the end did well in the Cups. Despite these signings, they still don't have a big enough squad to compete in all competitions...so some prioritisation will be in order once again.

I think you also lamented that Barcelona did not have a 'squad to compete in all competitions' the year you won the treble. Or was that last year? Probably every year actually.

Anyhow. I think Atletico would prioritse anyway. I'd say after just winning the EL last year their main focus will be finishing in the top 4 which should not be unrealistic.

No, that was only last year

In 2008-2009 I thought we were ok but in reality as the season went on, the likes of Caceres and Hleb never even got used.

This summer we have some really good youngsters on the cusp of breaking through, and there's no World Club Cup, so I think a 21 or 22 man senior squad would be good enough, provided the World Cup hangover isn't worse than expected.

RUMOURS!

*Hércules trying to sign Alberto Zapater from Genoa. Zapater just went to Italy last year and without following it too closely seemed to have a pretty decent statistical year. Will be interesting to see if the newly promoted side can tempt him back to la Liga.

*Hércules also being linked with Uruguay's WC standout Arévalo Ríos as a possibility for the centre of midfield.

*Newcastle United want to sign Mahamadou Diarra! It appears that the Maliean's wages are the primary obstacle as Madrid has told him he can go for free if there is a team interested.

*Racing trying to get two CBs signed as they only have Torrejon and Oriol, I think, on their books at the moment. They want Henrique back and as it looks like he is refusing to train perhaps Barcelona will let him go. Also, Racing could be signing David Mateos from RM Castilla. Since Canales is going to stay in Madrid, Racing are owed an additional 1m euro but would wave this fee if Mateos is allowed to join the cantabrians.

*This was from a couple of days ago but apparently Zaragoza still owe Valencia money for the signings of Arizmendi and Aimar and if they don't make payments by the end of the month they could be relegated.

*Real Madrid are going to sign Evra and Vidic.

*Filipe Luis has not traveled with the Deportivo squad to Austria for preseason training further indication that he is about to complete his move to Atletico.

*Manchester City are preparing an offer for Pedro. He will soon be replaced by Neymar. Or Robinho.

UPDATED!

ALMERÍA

IN: José Ulloa (Castellón - €600.000), Michael Jakobsen (Aalborg - €1m), Carlos García (Betis - end of loan), Ángel Luque (Barcelona Atlètic - free)

OUT: Álex Quillo (Recreativo - free), Domingo Cisma (Racing - free), Fernando Soriano (Osasuna - free), Leonardo Borzani (free), Esteban Solari (Apoel Nicosia - free), Guilherme (Valladolid - loan), Natalio (free)

RUMOURS: Nino (Tenerife), Miguel Pinto (Universidad de Chile), Lucas Viatri (Boca Juniors)

ATHLETIC

IN: Mikel San José (Liverpool - €3m), Igor Martínez (Alavés - €200.000), Ibai Gómez (Sestao - €10.000), Ander Murillo (Salamanca - end of loan), Mikel Balenziaga (Numancia - end of loan)

OUT: Joseba Etxeberria (retired), Armando Riveiro (retired), Iñaki Muñoz (free), Fran Yeste (Al Wasl - free), Xabi Etxeita (Elche - €280.000), Iban Zubiaurre (Albacete - loan)

RUMOURS: Ander Herrera (Zaragoza)

ATLÉTICO

IN: Fran Mérida (Arsenal - free), Mario Suárez (Mallorca - €1,8m), Diego Costa (Valladolid - end of loan), Keko (Valladolid - end of loan)

OUT: Pablo Ibáñez (West Brom - free), Tiago (Juventus - end of loan), Germán Pacheco (Independiente - loan), Roberto (Benfica - €8,5m), Mariano Pernía (free)

RUMOURS: Rod Fanni (Rennes), Tiago (Juventus), Filipe Luís (Deportivo), Diego Godín (Villarreal)

BARCELONA

IN: David Villa (Valencia - €40m), Henrique (Racing - end of loan), Martín Cáceres (Juventus - end of loan), Aleksandar Hleb (Stuttgart - end of loan), Adriano (Sevilla - €10m)

OUT: Alberto Botía (Sporting - free), Thierry Henry (NY Red Bulls - free), Yaya Toure (Manchester City - €32m euro), Dmitro Chygrynskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk - €15m), Keirrison (Santos - loan),

RUMOURS: Francesc Fàbregas (Arsenal), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Juan Mata (Valencia), Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax), Robinho (Manchester City)

DEPORTIVO

IN: Míchel (Valencia - loan), Aythami (Xerez - end of loan), Saúl Fernández (Elche - free), Yves Desmarets (Vitória SC - free), Jonathan Urretavizcaya (Benfica - loan), Ianique Santos Tavares "Stopira" (Santa Clara - undisclosed), Rubén Castro (Rayo - end of loan)

OUT: Brayan Angulo (Leixões - end of loan), Mista (Toronto FC - free), Sergio Rodríguez (free), Bodipo (Vaslui - loan), Álex Bergantiños (Granada - loan)

RUMOURS: Rodrigo (Real Madrid Castilla), Diego Costa (Atlético), Sergio Escudero (Murcia)

ESPANYOL

IN: Oswaldo (Bologna - loan), Valdo (Málaga - end of loan), Román Martínez (Tenerife - end of loan), Lola Smiljanic (Sporting - end of loan), Jesús Datolo (Napoli - loan), Ernesto Galán (Girona - end of loan)

OUT: Raúl Tamudo (free), Iván Pillud (Tiro Federal - end of loan), Facundo Roncaglia (Boca Juniors - end of loan), Fernando Marqués (free), Grégory Beranger (Tenerife - undisclosed)

RUMOURS: Nino (Tenerife), Adrián (Getafe)

GETAFE

IN: Borja Fernández (Valladolid - free), Ibrahim Kas (Besiktas - end of loan), Iván Marcano (Villarreal - loan), Javier Arizmendi (Zaragoza - €2m), Pedro Mosquera (Real Madrid Castilla - free)

OUT: Fabio Celestini (Lausanne - free), David Cortés (free) , David Belenguer (free), Roberto Soldado (Valencia - €10m), Adrián González (free), Joffre Guerrón (Atlético Paranaense - €1m), Pedro León (Real Madrid - €10m)

RUMOURS: Gojko Kacar (Hertha Berlin), Diego Castro (Sporting), Joel (Atlético), Adrián Colunga (Recreativo), José María Callejón (Espanyol)

HÉRCULES

IN: Olivier Thomert (Le Mans - free), Matías Fritzler (Lanús - loan), Javier Paredes (Zaragoza - free)

OUT:

RUMOURS: Dani Güiza (Fenerbahçe), Aythami (Deportivo), Abel Aguilar (Udinese), Cristian Pulhac (Dinamo Bucharest), Hugo Ayala (Tigres)

LEVANTE

IN: Xavi Torres (Málaga - loan)

OUT: Javi Guerra (Mallorca - end of loan)

RUMOURS: Javi Guerra (Mallorca), Roberto (Osasuna)

MÁLAGA

IN: Eliseu (Lazio - €1m), José Salomón Rondón (Las Palmas - undisclosed)

OUT: Milan Stepanov (Porto - end of loan), Roberto Santamaría (Las Palmas - end of loan), Valdo (Espanyol - end of loan), Felipe Caicedo (Manchester City - end of loan), Victor Obinna (Internazionale - end of loan), Fernando Forestieri (Genoa - end of loan), Gustavo Munúa (free), Xavi Torres (Levante - loan)

RUMOURS: Jonathan Sesma (Valladolid), Carlitos (FC Basile), Miguel Pinto (Universidad de Chile), Rui Patricio (Sporting CP), Dani Güiza (Fenerbahçe)

MALLORCA

IN: Felipe Mattioni (Gremio - €1m), Javi Guerra (Levante - end of loan)

OUT: Borja Valero (West Brom - end of loan), Mario Suárez (Atlético - €1,8m), Aritz Aduriz (Valencia - €4m)

RUMOURS: Antonio Amaya (Wigan), Juan Albín (Getafe), Albert Riera (Liverpool)

OSASUNA

IN: Fernando Soriano (Osasuna - free), Asier Riesgo (Real Sociedad - free), Kike Sola (Levadiakos - end of loan), Nicolás Medina (Castellón - end of loan), Dejan Lekić (Red Star Belgrade - €2,5m)

OUT: César Azpilicueta (O. Marseille - €7m), Dady (Bucaspor Kulübü - free), Roberto (Granada - free)

RUMOURS: Ignacio Camacho (Atlético), Albin Ebondo (Toulouse)

RACING

IN: Domingo Cisma (Almería - free), Francis (Xerez - free), Kennedy Bakircioglü (Ajax - free)

OUT: Sergio Canales (Real Madrid - €5,5m), Jorge Gonçalves (free), Henrique (Barcelona - end of loan), José Ángel Crespo (Sevilla - end of loan), Nasief Morris (Panathinaikos - end of loan), Brian Sarmiento (Real Unión - loan)

RUMOURS: Víctor Sánchez (Barcelona), Radosav Petrović (Partizan), Henrique (Barcelona), David Mateos (Real Madrid Castilla)

REAL MADRID

IN: Sergio Canales (Racing - €5,5m), Ángel Di María (Benfica - €25m), Pedro León (Getafe - €10m)

OUT: Christoph Metzelder (Schalke '04 - free)

RUMOURS: Javi Martínez (Athletic), David Luiz (Benfica), Maicon (Inter), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern), Sami Khedira (VfB Stuttgart), Thiago Silva (Milan)

REAL SOCIEDAD

IN: Joseba Llorente (Villarreal - €2,5m), Francisco Sutil (Eibar - free)

OUT: Asier Riesgo (Osasuna - free)

RUMOURS: Vadim Demidov (Rosenborg), Jo (Manchester City), Javier Garrido (Manchester City)

SEVILLA

IN: Mouhamadou Dabo (Saint Etienne - free), Alejandro Alfaro (Tenerife - end of loan), Arouna Kone (Hannover - end of loan), Javier Chevantón (Atalanta - end of loan), Tiberio Guarente (Atalanta - €5,5m), David Prieto (Xerez - end of loan), Emiliano Armenteros (Xerez - end of loan)

OUT: Marius Stankevicius (Sampdoria - end of loan), Marc Valiente (Valladolid - free), Adriano (Barcelona - €10m), José Ángel Crespo (Padova - free), Marc Valiente (Valladolid - free)

RUMOURS: Óscar Cardozo (Benfica), Víctor Ruiz (Espanyol), Nicolás Pareja (Espanyol), Luca Cigarini (Napoli), Chico (Almería)

SPORTING

IN: Ayoze García (Tenerife - free), Gastón Sangoy (Apollon Limassol - €1m), Nacho Novo (Rangers - free), Alberto Botía (Barcelona - free), Sebastián Eguren (Villarreal - free)

OUT: Kike Mateo (free), Gerard Autet (free), Lola Smiljanic (Espanyol - end of loan)

RUMOURS: André Castro (Porto), Ander Iturraspe (Athletic)

VALENCIA

IN: Mehmet Topal (Galatasaray - €4,5m), Ricardo Costa (Lille - free), Sofiane Feghouli (Grenoble - free), Roberto Soldado (Getafe - €10m), Alberto Costa (Montpellier - €6m), Aritz Aduriz (Mallorca - €4m)

OUT: Rubén Baraja (free), David Villa (Barcelona - €40m), Nikola Žigić (Birmingham City - €7m), Míchel (Deportivo - loan), Renan (Internacional - loan), David Silva (Manchester City - €30m)

RUMOURS:

VILLARREAL

IN: Gonzalo Castellini (Ferrocarril Oeste - €400.000), Borja Valero (West Brom - €5m), Dorian Dervite (Tottenham Hotspur - free), Jozy Altidore (Hull City - end of loan), Leandro Somoza (Velez Sarsfield - end of loan)

OUT: Javi Venta (free), Robert Pires (free), Ariel Ibagaza (free), Iván Marcano (Getafe - loan), Joseba Llorente (Real Sociedad - €2,5m), Damián Escudero (Boca Juniors - €2,5m), Sebastián Eguren (Sporting - free)

RUMOURS: Albert Riera (Liverpool), Ayoze Díaz (Mallorca), José Enrique (Newcastle United), Maarten Stekelenberg (Ajax), Carlos Marchena (Valencia)

ZARAGOZA

IN: Toni Doblas (Betis - free), Matteo Contini (Napoli - €2,5m), Marco Pérez (Gimnasia y Esgrima - loan), Leo Franco (Galatasaray - undisclosed)

OUT: Juan Pablo Carrizo (Lazio - end of loan), Eliseu (Lazio - end of loan), Roberto (Atlético - end of loan), Humberto Suazo (Monterrey - end of loan), Adrián Colunga (Recreativo - end of loan), Matteo Contini (Napoli - end of loan), Abel Aguilar (Udinese - end of loan), Javier Arizmendi (Getafe - €2m), Javier Paredes (Hércules - free)

RUMOURS: Juanfran Moreno (Real Madrid Castilla), Diego Costa (Atlético), Mehdi Lacen (Racing), Diego Castro (Sporting)

Jaime wrote:
*Newcastle United want to sign Mahamadou Diarra! It appears that the Maliean's wages are the primary obstacle as Madrid has told him he can go for free if there is a team interested.

Interesting, the club obviously wants to get rid of him. It would a big loss, after having brought him for €25m.

Jaime wrote:
*Hércules also being linked with Uruguay's WC standout Arévalo Ríos as a possibility for the centre of midfield.

I believe he was signed a few days ago by one Serie A Club. Genoa? Lazio?

stinger wrote:

Jaime wrote:
*Hércules also being linked with Uruguay's WC standout Arévalo Ríos as a possibility for the centre of midfield.

I believe he was signed a few days ago by one Serie A Club. Genoa? Lazio?

Cagliari I believe it was so I find this strange unless that transfer isn't completed.

Super Madrid wrote:

stinger wrote:

Jaime wrote:
*Hércules also being linked with Uruguay's WC standout Arévalo Ríos as a possibility for the centre of midfield.

I believe he was signed a few days ago by one Serie A Club. Genoa? Lazio?

Cagliari I believe it was so I find this strange unless that transfer isn't completed.

It was Cagliari. Leave it to the Spanish rumour mill.

Atlético y Deportivo cierran el acuerdo por Filipe Luis

La llegada del lateral brasileño a Madrid está prevista para mañana martes. Entonces se cerrarán los últimos flecos y se hará oficial la contratación que en principio será por cuatro temporadas y por una cantidad en torno a 12 millones de euros.

Filipe Luis será definitivamente jugador del Atlético de Madrid. El club del Manzanares y el Deportivo de la Coruña han cerrado un acuerdo que parecía cantado en las últimas horas y que no será oficial hasta mañana martes, cuando está previsto que el lateral brasileño llegue a Madrid para cerrar los últimos flecos de una operación que reportará al club gallego una cantidad cercana a los 12 millones de euros. Filipe Luis será colchonero para las cuatro próximas temporadas.

Entonces se hará oficial el fichaje que pone a Filipe Luis en el Vicente Calderón después de una temporada marcada por una lesión que le impidió jugar durante casi toda la segunda vuelta y que enfrío los rumores que le situaban en el punto de mira del Real Madrid. Ya el pasado verano estuvo virtualmente fichado por el Barcelona hasta que las pretensiones de Lendoiro paralizaron la operación y el club azulgrana optó por fichar a Maxwell.

El jugador, mientras y en espera de una resolución definitiva de las negociaciones, ha entrenado esta mañana con los jugadores descartados para la gira que la plantilla ha iniciado hoy por Suiza y Alemania. Trabajó en la ciudad deportiva de Abegondo por la mañana junto al centrocampista Iván Pérez y el lateral derecho Diego Seoane después de haber recibido órdenes del Deportivo de no viajar con sus compañeros en vista de que su fichaje por el Atlético estaba prácticamente encauzado. Ahora ya es una realidad a falta de los últimos detalles y del anuncio oficial.

http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/atletico-deportivo-cierran-acuerdo-filipe/dasftb/20100719dasdasftb_38/Tes

I'm curious where Atletico suddenly found money. Last summer they were broke...this year they've spent 12-13m on Filipe, 5m on Fanni, and ??? on Godin. Plus there's a new rumour today that they'll sell Simao and get Cazorla instead

Even if they expect Forlan to be sold and fund all that (plus Tiago), they still would need more cash to buy a replacement for him. Unless Quique's planning a 4-5-1 or something next season.

fcb wrote:I'm curious where Atletico suddenly found money. Last summer they were broke...this year they've spent 12-13m on Filipe, 5m on Fanni, and ??? on Godin. Plus there's a new rumour today that they'll sell Simao and get Cazorla instead

Even if they expect Forlan to be sold and fund all that (plus Tiago), they still would need more cash to buy a replacement for him. Unless Quique's planning a 4-5-1 or something next season.

But last year they made a net profit on their transfers in both markets i I remember correctly. They didn't really buy anyone and they managed to sell the likes of Heitinga for 7m euro and Simana Pongolle for 6m euro. Even this summer they sold their third choice goalkeeper Roberto for 8m euro to Benfica. So perhaps that has given them a bit larger budget for this summer. Plus I would have thought that their run in the Europa League would have given them an injection of cash that perhaps was not expected.

Some of today's gossip:

*Osasuna may have found the replacement for Cesar Azpilicueta. Apparently Damiá has been given permission by Betis to leave their training camp to negotiate the terms of a contract with the Rojillos.

*Getafe president Angel Torres has said that they are trying to bring Dani Guiza back to Spain and specifically to Getafe to replace the departed Roberto Soldado. Guiza already played in Getafe from 2005-2007 before moving to Mallorca and then Fenerbahce.

*Pep Guardiola says that Barcelona cannot compete with Real Madrid's spending...even though they have spent more than Madrid this summer.

*Apparently van Gaal wants Rafael van der Vaart in Bayern next season triggering rumours that he could be part of a deal to bring Bastian Schweinsteiger to the Bernabeu.

*Newcastle, Everton, and Aston Villa all trailing Mahamadou Diarra. Please please please take him!

*As kas mentioned - Atletico are potentially lining up Santi Cazorla to replace Simao should the latter return to Portugal.

*Tom de Mul is close to moving to Standard Liege on a one year loan.

*Sevilla are still pushing to sign Luca Cigarini but it looks like the Italian midfielder is closer to Parma. Sevilla are still pursuing Ibrahim Afellay however and it is believed (by the writers of Estadio Deporte ) that the dutch midfielder wants to move to Spain.

Jaime wrote:Some of today's gossip:

*Osasuna may have found the replacement for Cesar Azpilicueta. Apparently Damiá has been given permission by Betis to leave their training camp to negotiate the terms of a contract with the Rojillos.

*Getafe president Angel Torres has said that they are trying to bring Dani Guiza back to Spain and specifically to Getafe to replace the departed Roberto Soldado. Guiza already played in Getafe from 2005-2007 before moving to Mallorca and then Fenerbahce.

*Pep Guardiola says that Barcelona cannot compete with Real Madrid's spending...even though they have spent more than Madrid this summer.

*Apparently van Gaal wants Rafael van der Vaart in Bayern next season triggering rumours that he could be part of a deal to bring Bastian Schweinsteiger to the Bernabeu.

*Newcastle, Everton, and Aston Villa all trailing Mahamadou Diarra. Please please please take him!

*As kas mentioned - Atletico are potentially lining up Santi Cazorla to replace Simao should the latter return to Portugal.

*Tom de Mul is close to moving to Standard Liege on a one year loan.

*Sevilla are still pushing to sign Luca Cigarini but it looks like the Italian midfielder is closer to Parma. Sevilla are still pursuing Ibrahim Afellay however and it is believed (by the writers of Estadio Deporte ) that the dutch midfielder wants to move to Spain.

FFS what pussies.

Wouldn't mind getting Schweinsteiger for VDV. It would be better if we sold him anyway because I don't believe he will accept a place on the bench. Getting Schweinsteiger would be great for us and might allow Granero to stay as well.

Jaime wrote:

fcb wrote:I'm curious where Atletico suddenly found money. Last summer they were broke...this year they've spent 12-13m on Filipe, 5m on Fanni, and ??? on Godin. Plus there's a new rumour today that they'll sell Simao and get Cazorla instead

Even if they expect Forlan to be sold and fund all that (plus Tiago), they still would need more cash to buy a replacement for him. Unless Quique's planning a 4-5-1 or something next season.

But last year they made a net profit on their transfers in both markets i I remember correctly. They didn't really buy anyone and they managed to sell the likes of Heitinga for 7m euro and Simana Pongolle for 6m euro. Even this summer they sold their third choice goalkeeper Roberto for 8m euro to Benfica. So perhaps that has given them a bit larger budget for this summer. Plus I would have thought that their run in the Europa League would have given them an injection of cash that perhaps was not expected.

From my understanding Atletico is still owed by Deportivo for the Ze Castro transfer (worthless), and therefore Atletico is forgiving the money owed plus the 12 million. Sad transfer, because he deserves to play at one of the top clubs but the Lendoiro is chosing to erase some of the debt instead of pushing or holding out for a better transfer from the player's career. But what else is new, the man is just a total dick.

Can already imagine the Atletico line-up...