Filipe Luis Presented
By: Al |
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The first step toward improving our cursed back line has finally been made. Filipe Luis (24, left back) has signed a 5-year deal with Atlético. Many other big clubs were interested in signing him, but our club won his signature first (and Deportivo owed us money) and now we are blessed with having probably the best left back in Spain. With great signings like this must come even more important signings (a center back) and talks with Diego Godin’s agent are going well. Anything to keep Perea and Valera away sounds good to me.
In other good news, a deal to keep Tiago is almost done, and we can breathe a sigh of relief that he will (likely) be staying. The transfer rumors for Forlan and Aguero are dying down at incredible rates because everybody is too concentrated on the ridiculous Fabregas transfer saga, so we will be keeping our star strikers for at least another season.
As for the Rod Fanni negotiations, do you think that signing a new left back and possibly a center back will make it less likely that Fanni joins us?
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La Liga Kicks Off Against Sporting; Filipe Luis Is Ours
By: Al | 18 Comments
The league fixtures are finally out! We will be kicking off La Liga at home to Sporting Gijon on August 29th, a mere two days after the Supercup in Monaco against Inter Milan. Some other important fixtures: Atletico-Barcelona on September 19th, Valencia-Atletico on September 22nd, Sevilla-Atletico on October 3rd, and Real Madrid-Atletico on November 7th. With our participation in the Europa League, expect the season to be quite busy and just as entertaining as the last one. There are a lot of good games within the first two months of our season. Check out the rest of the fixtures here.
In even better news, Filipe Luis, 24-year-old left back for Deportivo, is nearing completion of his transfer to Atletico. Many people may be puzzled as why Depor opted to sell to us when a host of big clubs were interested in him, and could have even offered more money. It’s simple: Depor owed us 2 million from an old transfer, and they also owed one of their own players 4 million in wages that could have gotten them in trouble if not paid. So with the 12 million we are paying for him, Depor are cleared of both. They are also cleared of one of the league’s best left backs, a position that in general is very hard to find quality players for. Filipe Luis is a tireless player with lots of energy and can even score too. He’ll fit right in with all the talent that we have. Antonio Lopez just got beat out of a place and Filipe hasn’t even signed yet!
Now, lets actually sign a center back and a right back because those positions are what we actually need enforcements for! Will a deal for Rod Fanni finally be reached? Stay tuned…
Category: Team NewsThe Diego Forlán Song
By: Al | 4 Comments
I cannot stress how badass Diego Forlan is, and apparently neither can the band “The Golden Vuvuzelas”. So they composed this little song for Diego with great lines such as “his hair is like the sun on the Uruguay flag” and “his enemies cannot handle him, he is Diego Forlan”. Here are the lyrics in Spanish, and Google Translate is your friend:
Su pelo es como el sol
en la bandera de Uruguay
y su gol siempre es
una lanza en el rival
en el tercer juego con su garra
es una furia
no pueden con el los enemigos
es Diego Forlán
Es un titán, el campeón
deja todo por triunfar
su seleccion oriental
siempre lo apoyará
Nuestra fe, nuestro honor
Diego Forlan
Escucha son mil vuvuzelas
es gol de Forlan
Su pelo es como el sol
en la bandera de Uruguay
y su gol siempre es
una lanza en el rival
en el tercer juego con su garra
es una furia
no pueden con el los enemigos
es Diego Forlán
Es un titán, el campeón
deja todo por triunfar
su seleccion oriental
siempre lo apoyará
Nuestra fé, nuestro honor
Diego Forlán
Gracias Diego
Pichichi
el balon de Oro
Category: Team NewsCongratulations, Spain!
By: Al | 4 Comments
Congratulations to Diego Forlan as well for winning the Golden Boot. What a performance by our one and only Uruguayo.
This victory goes out to the long suffering Spanish supporters of Atletico Madrid, who not only had the Europa League victory to celebrate after 12 long years of nothing, but now have a World Cup to be even more happy about. There might have been no Atletico players on the Spain squad, but I guess that our club was somewhat represented by Fernando Torres, who pretty much did a whole lot of nothing with the minutes that he got, and Joan Capdevila who spent a year in our youth team before making the jump to the Primera. Hatreds of other clubs put aside (pretty much Real Madrid), it’s great to see fans of different clubs celebrate in unison and consider the likes of Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos as national heroes. Now, the pesky and dirty Madridista press looks at Iniesta, a Barca player, as a legend. Good stuff.
In other news, our team sans the World Cup players has begun its training. Quique Sanchez has been experimenting with lineups (he’s been playing Fran Merida in Simao’s position, and Ujfalusi back into the center) and looking to see what else the team needs. Diego Costa and Mario Suarez (both on loan last season) are also back and are looking to make an impact. Negotiations for Rod Fanni continue, with Rennes calling Atletico’s current offer for him “unacceptable”. We’ll see how this story develops.
But for now, those of you who are Spanish, keep drinking away! Aupa Atleti y Viva España!
Category: Team NewsAlmost Post-World Cup Atlético News: Rod Fanni Edition
By: Al | 15 Comments
Now that my team has been eliminated from the World Cup already, at this point I have begun caring less and wanting the tournament to end already. Some great matches are left but what I want right now is to see club football begin to pick up again. I’m excited for the transfer window because Atleti looks like they will be making many signings this summer, and hopefully they are all smart signings too. So now, Atletico Offside should be back in business as usual but hopefully some actual news comes soon so that there is something to write about. And the only Atletico left in the World Cup: Diego Forlan. He scored a killer goal against Ghana yesterday too. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsSimao and Tiago Net 3 For Portugal, Forlan To Reunite With Aguirre
By: Al | 4 Comments
I woke up this morning at 6 AM to watch the Portugal vs. North Korea and it was WELL worth it. As you all know, it ended 7-0 and was pretty much entertaining all of the second half, which had six goals in it. While the press raves about Ronaldo’s return to scoring, I’ll point out something much more important: our Atleticos at the World Cup are doing terrific. Forlan scored two against South Africa not too long ago, Kun Aguero provided a sick cross for Higuain against South Korea, and now Simao and Tiago scored 3 goals between them today. To be honest, they aren’t getting Atletico’s name out there or anything, but it’s still great to see our 4 World Cup players do well. And yes, I’m still considering Tiago an Atletico even though he is Juventus property. View the goals here just in case you wanted to see the other ones too and not the 3 that mattered.
In other news, Uruguay faces Mexico tomorrow and that means that it’s Forlan facing off with Javier Aguirre, Atletico manager before Abel Resino took over. Will Aguirre know how to stop Uruguayo? Probably not, because half of Forlan’s goals are simply magic and come from nowhere. As a Mexico fan, this will be the first time that I will be rooting against Diego. If he scores, I will NOT yell “Uruguayo” and cry pineapple tears instead. Thankfully Uruguay are thisclose to the next round so I can resume my rooting for Forlan.
Category: Team NewsForlán Nets Twice Against South Africa
By: Al | 6 Comments
Finally, an Atletico player is making some sort of impact at the World Cup. Diego Forlan netted twice today for Uruguay, with the first one being the best one of the tournament so far. Uruguay ended up beating South Africa 3-0 and putting the Bafana Bafana in their place. Even though I’m a diehard Mexico fan (who share the group with Uruguay) I couldn’t help but scream “URUGUAYOOO” like I have been doing all of last season, even though Uruguay is technically my enemy right now. Here is his cracker if you haven’t seen it a million times already: Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsThe New Atlético 2010/11 Kits
By: Al | 29 Comments
On the same day that Fran Mérida was presented, the new jerseys were finally announced and available for pre-order.
The home kit doesn’t look too different than it did the previous season, with the collar now being white and without a V-neck. Everything else, such as the “Temporada 2010-2011″ on the sleeve and the logos, look the same as they ever did. You can’t spice up the home kit all too much, really. I do notice that it has more of a retro feel and looks similar to the home kits of olden times.
The away kit is a little cartoony looking in comparison to the past two seasons’ away kits, which were dark blue and black respectively. It’s blue with red and white stripes running down the center, and looks a lot like the 2007/08 kits. They look a little less “badass” than the black kits and the collars are gone. The away shorts are dark blue but they would look better with red shorts. Okay, I’m a fashonista, shut up. Read the rest of this entry »
Category: Team NewsFran Mérida Presented
By: Al | 7 Comments
While the entire world is concentrating on the World Cup, our club is hard at work negotiating for new players next season. Our first signing, coming here on free transfer, is Fran Merida (20) of Arsenal. Merida is a product of the excellent FC Barcelona youth system but spent his last years at another great setup, Arsenal. He is a playmaking midfielder who can give us a few more options in that area. He has stated to the press often that he was an Atletico Madrid fan since he was young.
It’s great to have a good signing first of all, but what makes it better is that he is fulfilling a dream by joining us, which means that he is going to play with all his might now that he is here. I don’t know what this means about signing Tiago, as their role is pretty different but Merida could still be played in the center midfield. Signing some defenders are a priority over signing Tiago.
Category: Team NewsQuique Sanchez Flores Renews For Another Year
By: Al | 9 Comments
It was a no-brainer for Quique to continue from the start, and now it’s official. The agreement was met today and Quique plus his assistants, who originally signed to finish off this season only, will remain here for another season. Hopefully more cup finals can be reached (still want that Copa del Rey) and possibly a 3rd place finish in the league. Now that the manager is secured for another season, the new signings are the priority now, and hopefully Garcia Pitarch doesn’t mess up and sign some scrub from Azerbaijan. Speaking of which, there actually is a scrub from Azerbaijan on his radar. What an idiot. At least two defenders must be signed this summer, maybe even three: a solid right back, a center back, and possibly even a left back. Otamendi and Filipe Luis are rumored. And Fran Merida is now ours next season.
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