Clud Atletico de Madrid Established: 1903 La Liga Titles: 9 (1939-40, 1940-41, 1949-50, 1950-51, 1965-66, 1969-70, 1972-73, 1976-77, 1995-96) Copa del Rey Titles: 9 (1960, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1996) Position in La Liga 2006/2007: 7th
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread Its the same shade bro, the pic is just really really bright.Ill look for a better one. Edit:
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread Marca are reporting that Atletico have made a new bid for Quaresma. This time, Atleti have offered the 25 million euros that Porto were asking for. http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/atletico/es/desarrollo/1016593.html They also reported on Friday that Villarreal and Atleti have already begun negotiacitons to bring Riquelme to the Calderon for the upcoming season. http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/atletico/es/desarrollo/1016143.html I can see one of these happening but I can't see both of these happeneing, finnancialy and logically. The midfield would have a lot of depth but players(star players) might start to complain about a lack of playing time. We would have Maxi, Petrov, Cleber, Luis Garcia, Raul Garcia, Maniche, Costinha and Jurado. Throw in both Riquelme and Quaresma and you have 10 players for 4 or 5 positons depending on what formaton we play.However a couple of those players have experience at the Forward position (Maxi, L. Garcia) so we could find other ways to accomodate them.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread I don't want Jurado or Costinha. Sell them. Garcia is definitely a 2nd half player, a spark off the bench. Everyone else can battle it out for the starting spots. And we still have to figure out who we'll pair up with Aguero up front.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread with Fernando Torres, out, I take it sergio Aguero will be the number 1 striker, considering he won the golden boot AND golden ball in the U-20 fifa championship
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread Its all over the Portuguese press that everything is finalized for the Simao transfer...its a done deal
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread Im suprised by how much we payed for Simao. 20 million plus two players (most likely Costinha and Ze Castro). Man, I'm a little dissapointed that the Board didn't look into selling both Costinha and Ze Castro and using that income to finance Quarema's transfer. I'm sure they could have at least gotten 5 million for both of them,no? Also, it looks like Petrov is on his way out, so thats another transfer fee that could have been used to land Quaresma. I don't know much about Simao so I can't really pass judgement on him, but I've heard good things. However, Quaresma has such a bright future and it would have been truly exciting to see him with Atleti next year. http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/atletico/es/desarrollo/1020803.html
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread Same thing with Quaresma, De La Pena, and Jose Antonio Reyes. Don't believe it until it is officially announced. The media in Mexico had various players "sign" with multiple teams.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread We still have a lot of money left over from the Torres transfer, unless we've already bought Riquelme.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread It looks like Petrov is on his way to Manchester City.The reported transfer fee is 7 million euros. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=447962&cc=5901
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread I can't believe Simao is worth 20 million plus two players like Costinha and Ze Castro (Costinha = 2-3 million euros, Ze Castro = 5-6 million euros). To my knowledge, I don't think there were other teams trying to get him, so this might be a case of bidding against yourself. The president of Benfica said not too long ago that 20 million euros would take him, so I'm surprised the bid was higher than that. In Simao you're getting an upgrade in the last third of the field, he's fast, got great technical ability and is able to shoot from distance and good in set pieces. But I just don't think this is a good fit for some reason. I think he's a guy who can succeed where he's the star and has a supporting cast, but I don't think he can step up his level. He did fail when he was younger at Barça, so I have my doubts he's gotten over that failure now and is ready to succeed. I do wish him and the team the best, maybe this well get them into the Sevilla/Zaragoza/Villarreal echelon and have them fight for Champs League.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread Liverpool was also bidding, as were a few other minnow teams.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread Pretty sure Benitez quit his attempts when he signed Babel/Benyouan. Plus you just haven't heard Liverpool links with Simao since the start of the transfer season.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread So Marca is reporting that Jose Antonio Reyes is on his way to Atleti for 12 million euros. This came as a suprise to me,I know that Atleti were linked to him a few months back but it was srongly believed that he would stay at Real. He seems like a good addition. I haven't seen much of him but he has been impressive at times, especially at Arsenal. http://www.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/1a_division/atletico/es/desarrollo/1021661.html Also,since it seems like Atleti are all done with their transfers, what line-up do you think Aguierre will use?
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread El Mundo has posted a nice video of La Peineta, the new stadium of Atletico: http://elmundo.es/elmundo/2007/07/30/madrid/1185788846.html
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread ^^^Yeah I know what you mean. It will take some time to get used to. At the beginning of the video I was very dissapointed because I thought they were going to have the track there and I absolutley despise stadiums where the closest fans are miles away from the pitch, so I was glad to see that they plan on removing it and adding seats in its place. It seems like it could very possibly receive a 5-star rating from UEFA.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread I haven't been to Calderon, but have driven by it a few times, and it looked great. I had the same thought about the video, but loved it when the track disappeared. I know they have some roadwork to do, and they want to build this stadium for any Olympics bids, but tearing down a stadium -- to build a park! -- seems like too much to me.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread Current First Team: Sergio Aguero Diego Forlan Luis Garcia Mista Maxi Rodriguez Simao Barbosa Jose Antonio Reyes Maniche Costinha Diego Costa Cleber Santana Raul Garcia Peter Luccin Miguel Jurado Valera Antonio Lopez Pablo Ibanaz Luis Perea Mariano Pernia Ze Castro Georgeis Seitaridis Leo Franco Christian Abbiati Ivan Cuellar 25 players overall. I expect 3 more to get cut before the beginning of the season or less. My line up: ----------Forlan----Maxi Lopez------- Simao--------------------------Reyes ------------------------------------- ----------Maniche---Luccin----------- -------------------------------------- Lopez-----Pablo----Ze Castro----Perea ----------------Leo------------------- If things don't work out, I would try Luis Garcia up front or Raul Garcia. In the middle part of the pitch, maybe Costinha if things don't get up to speed. The only weakness I see in this team is the fullbacks although Lopez is good. Perea is a central back so I really would put him in the middle with either Ze Castro or Ibanez on the right. This team I think will go very far this year. The ultimate goal should be a top three in La Liga.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread You meant Maxi Rodriguez right? I like this line-up. I think the only downisde is that Aguero won't see as much starting time as last year and he's coming off a great performance in the U-20's. And I agree that a top three finish should be what the team is aiming for. They managed,albeit roughly, to reach the UEFA Cup this year, now its time to reach the Champions Leauge.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread I think the reason I put Lopez instead of Rodriguez is because I've been following Sporting Club Lisbon a lot lately. Yes I meant Maxi Rodriguez. I would primarily use Aguero against the smaller teams, when he is motivated, and can develop more and more.
Re: Atletico de Madrid 2007-2008 Thread The new season looks promising and I'm "jumping out of my boots" excited to see the new signings in action.