Madridistas All Over Copa And Euros Collide While Colombians Dominate - The Other Teams Thread

So Bayern saw Bryan Zaragoza score a brace at Granada vs Barcelona last season and convinced themselves that he's the next wonderkid. Paid 19 ME to bring him in January when they were in "crisis" and he barely played.

Now he's available on loan and Girona, Valencia intersted according to Sky Germany.

 

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸 JUST IN: In the next few hours, Conor Gallagher will give his final response to Atlético Madrid.

If it is negative, Atlético already has Javi Guerra from Valencia secured.

[🎖️: @MatteMoretto] pic.twitter.com/A2go4BTcIv

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 4, 2024

💣🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: An agreement has been reached between Valencia and Atlético Madrid for the transfer of Javi Guerra.

• Fee will be €25M fixed plus €5M in bonuses and 5/10% of a future sale

• Only the agreement between Javi and Atlético is missing.

[🎖️: @Generaldepie_] pic.twitter.com/Mnip7f1AY3

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 4, 2024

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Villarreal CF have reached an agreement with Nicolas Pépé for the French-Ivorian player to play in yellow for the next two seasons, until 30th June 2026.

🍿 Id pillando palomitas para la nueva temporada 🍿 pic.twitter.com/2C2retQCzQ

— Villarreal CF (@VillarrealCF) August 4, 2024

 

Wouldn't be a bad move for Girona since they lost Savio and Dovbyk.

 

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 JUST IN: Conor Gallagher has asked Atlético Madrid for more time to think, but the club will not grant it. Everything will be resolved tomorrow.@edu17burgos pic.twitter.com/TkLfPdWlZ7

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 4, 2024

🚨 The Javi Guerra deal was finalized last night by Gil Marín with Peter Lim through a video call.

[🎖️: @Generaldepie_] pic.twitter.com/4eEZkMy96w

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 4, 2024

🚨🇪🇸 Javi Guerra wasn’t trying to leave Valencia, but he evidently listened to Atlético Madrid’s offer because he sees them as one of the great European clubs.

[🎖️: @Generaldepie_] pic.twitter.com/VGsYAZrR9r

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 4, 2024

‼️ Javi Guerra’s salary was not even among Valencia’s top 15 of a squad of 25, which made it easy for Atlético Madrid to improve and almost triple his salary since he was not earning even a million gross.

[🎖️: @Generaldepie_] pic.twitter.com/W7c6GoZWbx

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 4, 2024

 

Valencia's ownership these days is absolutely criminal.

 

💣🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Conor Gallagher has said YES to join Atlético Madrid! HERE WE GO later today.

[🎖️: @FabrizioRomano] pic.twitter.com/H8nLp6IFYH

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Two Premier League clubs tried to enter the race for Conor Gallagher, but he only considered two options: signing a new two-year deal at Chelsea or joining Atlético Madrid. He chose Atleti and will sign until 2029 for a La Liga record fee of €40m.

[🎖️: @FabrizioRomano] pic.twitter.com/6CoD1zq2eF

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Conor Gallagher is set to fly to Spain tomorrow to complete his move to Atlético Madrid.@NizaarKinsella pic.twitter.com/S60odBX97e

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

💣🚨 BREAKING: Conor Gallagher will earn around 235,000 euros per week with bonuses taken into consideration. In other words, he will be making €12m per year.

[🎖️: @Matt_Law_DT] pic.twitter.com/7JbnszosUK

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

💣🚨 BREAKING: Kieran Trippier and Diego Simeone were key in convincing Conor Gallagher to join Atlético Madrid.

Simeone assured Conor that he sees him as a key component of Atleti’s rebuild and that he will fit perfectly into his system and style of play.

Trippier convinced… pic.twitter.com/hzkrQFNyhE

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

 

🚨🔴🔵 Excl | It’s almost a DONE DEAL: Willian #Pacho is on the verge to join @PSG_inside with immediate effect ✔️

▫️Agreement between the clubs is close to be done: €45m all-in

▫️ Total verbal agreement between Paris and Pacho about a long-term contract is done.

Luis… pic.twitter.com/gdWq1OrcUK

— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) August 5, 2024

Sorry @Hendrix22.

 

If they also can bring Alvarez they will be better candidates for the title race than Barca.

 

Another centerback on the move that we weren’t in for…

 

So is this going to be a yearly summer routine?

Last year we bellyached about starting strikers, this summer it's 4th string CBs, what will next summer be?

The anticipation!

I'm gonna go with FBs.. like backup RB.

 

If Juni doesn't rate him, I am good. Some just want any desperation signing at this point. Campos signed 3 flops last summer alone - Ramos, Ugarte, RKM.

I know people get irritated when academy options are mentioned. But someone like Juni has all the information to compare. Just because we rated Yoro as a good talent doesn't mean other young CBs on the move will be RM quality.

 

It’s going to take me time to come to terms with the fact that Tchouameni is our 3rd string cb lol. I just don’t like that and I’m sure neither does he. I simply dislike the reality that he’s likely going to play over 2000 minutes there, even if I think he is excellent wherever he plays.

Militao getting back to an elite level would help, but that’s highly uncertain at the moment. I also don’t expect anything out of Alaba for practically this whole season if I’m being honest. To me he was already losing many levels before a devastating knee injury in his 30s. I find it hard to imagine him getting into the necessary form given how long it’s taking Militao.

and don’t hate on my Ecuadorians, that ain’t desperation.

 

Another odd thing is people complaining looking in both directions. They complaining that we never develop youth talent all while complaining we didn't buy every upcoming one.

I mean I wanted Yoro as well but not because I thought he was the key to our season lol! I wanted him to develop for some years in a small usage role and be ready by the time Rudigier is leaving.

We didn't get him because he didn't absolutely want to come to us. It's okay. People talk like he would be challenging Militao when the reality is our manager wouldn't even give him minutes over Alaba and Tchouameni (for the big CL clashes).

 

Will help them fund Alvarez deal.

🚨🇪🇸 JUST IN: Chelsea has come back strong for Samu Omorodion. The operation is going forward on the basis of €50m.

[🥇: @DiMarzio] pic.twitter.com/aYLkUpvqFv

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

 

There were reports that club rates Hincapie highly but nothing about Pacho. Frankfurt has made a fortune cashing in on players after one good season. Jovic, Silva, Haller, RKM all failed to replicate that after bigger move. Vallejo too but probably more because of injuries.

 

🚨🇪🇸 The departure of Samu Omorodion will help finance the Julián Álvarez operation, at least part of it. Atlético values him at almost €60m.

In the coming days, his future will be decided. But it all points to Chelsea.@edu17burgos pic.twitter.com/F8rzRavvw7

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

💣🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Javi Guerra to Atlético Madrid is still ON!

Everything is finalized, and all morning, documents have been exchanged between the clubs. The clubs are exchanging contract drafts to finalize the deal.

[🎖️: @Generaldepie_] pic.twitter.com/5RcnEpYxjJ

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

💣🚨 BREAKING - Pending Confirmation: The arrival of Conor Gallagher at Atlético de Madrid does not halt the departure of Javi Guerra. The operation continues.

[@lagrada914 via @Objetivoatleti] pic.twitter.com/M9Df8t1zLg

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

🚨🇦🇷 Diego Simeone: “We need to have more players than usual; we are going to play in the Club World Cup, which is a huge step for the club and creates more competition for us.” pic.twitter.com/mRyS12l77h

— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) August 5, 2024

 

CWC is a weird situation. For example, player contracts are until June 30 and CWC is till mid July. What would clubs do about players who are out of contract at the end of June ? There could be new summer signings playing in CWC.