ATLETICO DE MADRID | PINOCCHIO PART III

Back on the 18th of Febuary I posted an article titled “…Pinocchio Part II”, expresing my personal disbelief to all recent comments from Atletico de Madrid Directives. Please take a moment to put yourself back into context by reading the post.



Today I would like to continue expressing my disbelief with a “Part III” after comments expressed by Atletico de Madrid Director General Miguel Angel

MANCHESTER UNITED TIES UP ATLETICO DE MADRID GOALKEEPER DAVID DE GEA ?

SPANISH FOOTBALL generates enough news to keep more the 10 papers surviving & feeding a Football mad Nation. That gives for a lot of daily content & news which covers a whole range of "scoops", truths, reviews, updates, previews, pink & lots of rumours.

The "hot rumour" for today is the news "bomb" dropped by Spanish radio "Onda Cero" ( a bit  known for its love of gaining attention) that 

ATLETICO DE MADRID NEGOTIATING WITH GALATASARAY FOR TURAN

News from Spanish Sports paper "AS" comments that Spanish Football Club ATLETICO DE MADRID is negotiating with Turkish Club GALATASARAY for midfielder ARDA TURAN. Altletco is said to be also "testing the waters" to see if they can sell Diego Forlan while in Turkey doing business talking with Besiktas. 



Arda Turan

The market price for the Turkish player is speculated to be around 12.5M€, a

ATLETICO DE MADRID | 11M€ PROMISE TO SERGIO AGUERO

Interesting article from Spanish Sports paper "Marca" & at the sometime conflicting & curious in its context. The piece highlights that ATLETICO DE MADRID has come to an agreement to increase the salary of its star Argentine forward SERGIO "KUN" AGUERO next season to 11M€ (gross) , making Aguero one of the highest paid players in the World.



Sergio Aguero for Atletico de Madrid

Firstly, if it

LILILE PLAYER GERVINHO HEADING TO ATLETICO DE MADRID ?

Ivory Coast winger & French Club LILLE player GERVINHO has not as yet signed his renewal contract offer. This has been interpreted, especially by Spanish Sports press, that the player is seriously considering an apparent offer from Spanish Club ATLETICO DE MADRID.



Gervinho for Lille

The speculated price is around 10M€ & Lille would welcome the injection of cash. The player seems to feel that

ATLETICO DE MADRID STARTING 11 - ONE OF THE MANY - TEAM PHOTO 2011

Found this photo of one of the many starting line-ups this 2010 - 2011 season of ATLETICO DE MADRID. One of the characteristics of current Coach Quique Sanchez Flores is his high number of differing starting line-ups; up to 59 different since he took over.

Here is one of the most recent ones for all the global Atletico fans.



Atletico de Madrid 2011
Top: De Gea, Forlán, Mario Suárez, Ujfalusi,

ATLETICO DE MADRID 2011 | NEWS BRIEFS

Here are some quick ATLETICO DE MADRID news pieces for all the fans spread across the globe




Diego Forlan

Its no secret that Atletico de Madrid foward DIEGO FORLAN is not happy at the Club. The man has been trying to leave for the last year, to such extent that he even offered himself to arch rival Real Madrid earlier in the year. The man has again expressed his discontent to Italian Sports

ATLETICO DE MADRID RECEIVES APOLOGY FROM LAW FIRM OVER ERRONEOUS DEBT NUMBERS

On the 18 of Febuary 2011 Spanish Football Sports Blog ( yours truely ) picked up a news piece spalshed all over the Spanish Sports press & did a post. The article made reference of a report handed in publically by prestigious law firm Cremades & Calvo - Sotelo that claimed that Spanish Football Club ATLETICO DE MADRID had a debt of +700M€. The firm had made the report after an opposition "lobby"

KOKE | ATLETICO DE MADRID 19 YEAR OLD PROMISE

ATLETICO DE MADRID does have a some positive elements, their improving youth teams & the flow of young players making a place for themselves in the first team. There is already present Defender Dominguez, Goalkeeper David De Gea & now midfielder JORGE RESURRECIÓN MERIODO alias “KOKE”.



Atletico de Madrid young promise Koke 

The 19 year old midfielder played his second straight game with the

ATLETICO DE MADRID MAKES 18M€ OFFER FOR LAMEAL OF RIVER PLATE ?

ATLETICO DE MADRID is a fascinating Club. While there is a debate to whether the Clubs debt is +700€ o +182M€ ( a big difference) an issue that has the Club in courts against those who published the first, the Spanish Football Club is reported from Argentina to have made a 18M€ offer to RIVER PLATE for their "creative" midfielder LAMELA.



Lamela in action

The 19 year old is also said by media

OBAMA AT ATLETICO DE MADRID | FUTURE PROMISE

Did you know ATLETICO DE MADRID has OBAMA? No, not US President Barack Obama, but SALOMON BARACK ( 04.02.2000) a young Football player from African country Equatorial Guinea, a Spanish speaking nation which was an ex-Spanish colony.

The 11 year old kid is a goal scoring machine & is looking like heading towards bigger things after Atletico de Madrid defeated Real Madrid 3 - 5 yesterday big "

ATLETICO DE MADRID | PINOCCHIO PART II | A SUSPICION

The 9th of February  I posted an article here on ATLETICO DE MADRID & the rumours about the possible selling of SERGIO AGUERO &/or DIEGO FORLAN at the end of the season. I titled the post "ATLETICO DE MADRID | SERGIO AGUERO | PINOCCHIO",  basically saying I did not believe a word from Atletico Directives that they would not sell under any circumstances Aguero & finished with Forlan as already a

ATLETICO DE MADRID TEAM PHOTO 2011

Thought the ATLETICO DE MADRID fans around the World may wish to have the latest Team photo. The below image is the starting 11 against FC Barcelona.  



Atletico de Madrid 2011
De Gea, Tiago, Ujfalusi, Valera, Filipe Luis y Godin
Reyes, Agüero, Merida, Assunçao & Antonio López

Yes, you also noticed it, Diego Forlan did not start against FC Barcelona.

To end, just some information that may

ATLETICO DE MADRID | SERGIO AGUERO | PINOCCHIO

The message was directly aimed at the ATLETICO DE MADRID members & the fan base; a multitude who are very angry with the Clubs Directives & with some players who are not thinking in the Club but more about their future. Added to this the team has entered a downward spiral course that is putting in threat the only objective left of this season: to finish in the Champions League classification

SPANISH FOOTBALL FLASHBACK | 19 September 2009 Round 3 | FC BARCELONA 5 AT.MADRID 2

Big game in SPANISH FOOTBALL tonight as part of Round 22 of the Spanish League, the always exciting FC Barcelona - Atletico de Madrid clash. These encounters have traditionally been high scoring games that have tantalize spectators & fans.


Atletico de Madrid is looking to win back some pride tonight, lost form & grab three vital points so as to not lose the "Euro classification table"

REAL MADRID - SERGIO AGUERO | OFFER 28M€ + ALVARO NEGREDO ?

The connection REAL MADRID - SERGIO AGUERO intensifies on a daily basis even though it still is on the rumour level. Spanish Sports paper "Marca" - with a reputation of exaggerating & looking for exclusives at all costs: real or false - publish on their front cover that Real Madrid has "prepared" a package to offer ATLETICO DE MADRID for forward SERGIO AGUERO. According to the "spot light" hungry

DIEGO FORLAN CLAIMS REAL MADRID MADE AN OFFER | I DON´T BELIEVE IT

ATLETICO DE MADRID Uruguayan forward DIEGO FORLAN has said to Spanish media today that REAL MADRID contacted his Club early in the week - concretely Director General ( in fact the real owner of Atletico de Madrid) Angel Gil Marin - to make an offer & attempt to sign the player. Forlan added that Atletico refused the offer & said that he was not for sale.  


BULLSHIT . This is my personal

REAL MADRID | SERGIO AGUERO THE CHOSEN ONE ?

REAL MADRID has put its eye firmly on ATLETICO DE MADRID star forward SERGIO "KUN" AGUERO? The rumours are building & getting more viral as Spanish Sports media have increased their publishing space with more & more articles dedicated to this idea. 



Sergio Aguero

The first hint was when Aguero renewed his contract with Atletico de Madrid until 2014 BUT with a reduction in his contract release