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He always seems to wear skintight jeans, doesn't he?

Joke going round Atlético fans that Chelsea, instead of inserting a "fear clause" in Torres loan, has inserted one where Atlético is forced to play him against Chelsea

Ayoze scored a brace in last year's Canary Islands derby; f*** this buffoon

Why? They need an alternative to Mandzukic, imho. I guess there's the slight chance Simeone can work his magic on him too. Most Atlético fans I know are collectively banging their heads against a wall, though. Still, it was written in the stars he would go back there at some point.

Wasn't it running until 2019 previously? What's the point of give him a new one already? No, 2018. It's a two-year extension.

I think anybody on this board would probably be more helpful to Bolton on the pitch, just by purposely staying away from the ball.

Hey, at least I put it in the NWOAT thread

Neymar's agent has confirmed that he will sign a new contract, running until 2020

Torres back to Atlético.

55 points despite all my 3 strikers misfiring, I'll take that I guess.

They don't; they only have 3 votes (Barça, Madrid, and Barça B); they have been able to block previous initiatives because the other clubs have never agreed themselves on a model (Atlético and Valencia, for example, have often voted with the big guys since they themselves are at a big advantage over the smaller clubs). The Spanish government has threatened with implementing it via sports law if there isn't an agreement.

Sevilla's president has revealed what he claims is the draft of the new collective TV deal that La Liga will approve before the end of the season: 50% of all money split in equal parts. 25% distributed according to final league position. 25% distributed according to TV ratings of each team. Sounds good to me, but I'll believe it when I see it.

There's been a few cancer survivors that have kept with their sports careers; Penev in particular recovered from testicular cancer and went on to do to the double with Atlético in the 90s.

They remind me of Real Sociedad last season; they can't cope with the CL and La Liga with a short squad. Even in the Bielsa season they pretty much threw the league in order to reach those cup finals.

Really disappointed by being robbed of the chance of seeing Xisco in the flesh today. Soured the win for me.

Fucking hell most of them are from the WC, that's a bit lazy It's got to be González for me, love how he fouls Wondolowski and then makes it looks like he's been shot when the American protests

The Spanish police made a raid against Atlético hooligans yesterday, arresting 36 people implicated in the brawl that resulted in the death of a Deportivo hooligan. Among the arrested there's a member of the state police and a member of the military.

Bergkamp was one of my favorite players to watch. I remember scrambling with my brother to watch the PL highlights show just to see the Arsenal game. I think lack of European success denied several players from that Arsenal side the right to be named alongside people like Zidane or Ronaldinho, imho - which probably they deserved on ability alone.

Burnley, Leicester and Hull are comfortably worse, imho.

I thought QPR were doing worse, to be honest, they are just one point off safety. Reckon they'll be safe.

I'm back in the first page of the NO league after f***ing around with Costa when he was banging hat tricks after Mourinho pronounced him injured (another thing I will never forgive the c*** for ), hope I can stay there this time. I'm also in the top 250 overall for Spanish users

Wasn't aware the PL sold highlight rights exclusively to one station. I believe such a thing might be even against the law here in Spain. But our sports legislation is a bit embarrassing on that regard.

We'll lose, Messi will post a transfer request, no star players will want to come, and finish no higher than third (THIRD!!!!) for the next 10 years. I'll get Kaka's avatar...

Home by Last 16. We're frankly terrible at the moment.