It was widely reported that Manchester United wanted Uruguayan defender Diego Godin during the last few days of the summer transfer window, The Guardian even suggested a €25m bid was lodged by the Premier League giants. As soon as United’s interest was declared Atletico Madrid stepped up their efforts to tie veteran Godin to a […]
Posted on January 2nd, 2019 by scott
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It’s looking increasingly likely that Antoine Griezmann’s time at Atletico Madrid is coming to an end and I certainly wouldn’t bet against him leaving next month. Atleti’s transfer ban comes to an end, when January the first comes around, and they already have striker Diego Costa waiting in the wings to make his long awaited […]
Posted on December 20th, 2017 by scott
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It would be hard to argue with Diego Simeone if he decided to leave Atletico Madrid at the end of the season, especially if he believes he’s taken the side as far as he possibly can. Under his stewardship Atleti have won a La Liga title, the Copa del Rey and tasted a Europa League […]
Posted on May 11th, 2017 by scott
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Antoine Griezmann was hardly the talking point after the first leg of the all-Madrid Champions League semi-final. Real’s 3-0 victory over Atletico came thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo who grabbed a sensational hat-trick – and all the headlines. Griezmann, by contrast, cast a sunken figure as his side was left with a mountain to climb in […]
Posted on May 10th, 2017 by admin
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Back in the summer of 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United for his boyhood favourite club Real Madrid. The cost of the transfer was £80m, which was a world record transfer fee at the time. Fast forward five years and Ronaldo has almost done it all with Los Merengues. He has won La Liga, two […]
Posted on May 24th, 2014 by scott
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I knew as soon as Fernando Torres scored against Atletico Madrid last night he wouldn’t celebrate and I also knew that he would get heavily criticised for it. Commentators on Twitter and other social media outlets were quick to have a go. A few of the newspapers have also picked up on it and tried […]
Posted on May 1st, 2014 by scott
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Chelsea have been very impressive in their defensive duties recently. In the past two fixtures they’ve held Atletico Madrid to a 0-0 draw last week and then kept another cleansheet as they defeated Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield on Sunday. Now the stubborn Chelsea defence face up against Diego Simeone’s Atletico again in their second leg […]
Posted on April 30th, 2014 by scott
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