Diego21

It was actually the player himself who "proved" he didn't want to play for rival Barcelona, because when the rumor linking him to Barcelona broke, he posted a photo on social media of himself kissing the RCD Espanyol crest with the message "Don't believe the lies" or something like that. But yes. I'll also tell you that things in the market change very quickly. I've been in contact with people who work in Atleti's sporting department, and I know of many signings that, even though they were already signed, didn't end up happening.

At least I hope they made me look good.

I don't think I've ever mentioned this here. When I was at St. James's Park years ago (Newcastle-Norwich in 2018), I was walking around the stadium before going in to watch the game and ran into a woman handing out newspapers/magazines at the door advertising a betting shop. I don't remember which one. The woman was surprised to see that my cousin and I didn't speak Geordie and that we clearly had a strange accent (well, we spoke Spanish to each other). She asked us various questions, and we ended up telling her that we were two kids who had been Atleti fans as kids and that she didn't quite know how we'd ended up being Newcastle fans from afar. I think the woman, who seemed to have a poor understanding of football-related concepts, understood that my cousin and I were Atleti players who had come as fans to watch a Newcastle game. He even asked us for a photo, and when he said goodbye, he told us it would be published in that magazine/newspaper. I was always curious to know if I'd ever be on the cover of a local newspaper. Hahaha.

I've been writing to some friends to see if we can go on a trip...

The same. Looks like he is going to Barcelona.

Today, Joan is playing vs Barcelona. Good match to see him.

In Spain, a source very reliable from RCD Espanyol says GK Joan Garcia is going to Newcastle for 25M€, I haven't seen much of Joan García, but from what people are saying about him, he should be the next goalkeeper for the Spanish national team, and everyone says there are a lot of big teams after him. It could be very interesting to sign him and leave him on loan for a year at his original club while giving Pope another year.

Arsenal, Brighton, Chelsea, Leicester, City, Man United, Wolves... All teams 've rounded off the badges and even put a circle around them, like our previous shield.

I'm pretty traditional about this. I grew up with the current crest. It's the one I like and it represents me. I wish they wouldn't change it, but I understand how this works. And how changing times work. It's difficult for certain IT places to integrate the current crest because it has too many details. That said, it's funny to see how most teams now have very simple round crests... That look similar to our crest from 1976-1983. P.S.: Atlético de Madrid changed their crest in 2017 (the owners never asked the members)... But people never accepted it. They fought to get it back, and based on the rejection and the drop in sales because no one was buying anything with the new crest, they had to go back to the old one this year.

We played a truly terrible game today. If we had won today, I think we'd pretty much sealed our Champions League spot. But we didn't. Now we'll have to wait for the results from Forest and Chelsea... There are three final rounds coming up that could be very tough.

I have to admit this is the first time I've heard of this guy. I don't want to say anything bad about him, but I don't follow the Spanish Second Division at all. I see he's a Spanish U19 international, that he's 18 years old, and that he doesn't have bad stats for a winger (6 goals and 5 assists in 1,600 minutes). If it's free... Welcome. He gives Ayoze vibes.

Onana is not in the Squad. Buyindir will start first time in PL.

I only have one month left to finish my job at the high school where I've been a teacher for the past two years. Yesterday my students gave me a gift.

Love you, lads. You deserve this. We deserve this. Safe travel to people in London today. Enjoy the night, the party. Enjoy with families and friends. We are Champions.

Alex Baena is an absolute scandal of a player. He is not a typical left winger. He plays in the middle. In fact, in games, he tends to play more on the right and plays better there. He would never be competition for Gordon, but rather for Joelinton or even Tonali. (In fact, I'm sure that if we had Baena in this team, the one who wouldn't play would be Murphy and we would have 4 players in the middle) There are few players in the world with his quality to make passes into space. Here are Baena's statistics in the two (and a half) years he has been playing in the First Division (he is only 23 years old). PS: The only thing I don't like about Baena is that he is a bit 'dumb'. PS2: If the source is Fichajes.net, then it is a fake rumor.

There's no point in having Kelly in the squad. It had him while Botman was injured (and Lascelles). A left-footed centre-back can only play on the left side of the centre-backs. We have Burn, Kelly and now Botman. We have to get rid of one. If we want a fifth centre-back (which we could say, when Lascelles is there, that could be Kratfh) it should be a right-footed one.

Agree. Although Malen had a good 2023-2024, he seems to me to be a very irregular player who gets injured a lot.

If it's any consolation, I think I was a little hesitant about the signings of Gordon and Isak. (I will never admit to having said this.)

I don't know him very well, because he started playing this season and I've hardly been able to see Lens. But last year and the previous years I did and I loved the other centre-back they have: Facu Medina.

I did this two hours ago. Players who ending contract un June. There are some like Son or Diallo who will renew because club has 1 year option and thera are others like Mendy or Anguissa that it's not clear if they renewed their contracts or no in the past.

It would be amazing to win and finish the year in the Top 5. We have to start cutting points on Nottingham Forest and get away from them and take advantage of Man City's bad run to get away from them.

Massadio Haidara playing in UCL against Barcelona. Oh la la

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So close Dubravka; Livramento, Krafth, Schar, Kelly; Joelinton, Longstaff, Willock; Almiron, Osula, Barnes

Saturday's game was a tremendous physical challenge. Personally, I would like to see those who have had fewer opportunities. I think Osula, Longstaff and Almirón have to play no matter what. Also Livramento, Hall, Willock and Barnes. It's time to see Kelly and I would like to see Krafth with him. We cannot make the same mistake as last year and see many players take on minutes and start to get injured. I think Joelinton, Gordon, Bruno and Schar deserve a rest today.