Liverpool right back Alvaro Arbeloa is certain that his team mate Fernando Torres can move past his 33 goals, which he scored last season and make an even bigger mark in the Premier League.

Torres, who joined the Reds last season from Atletico Madrid for a fee of £20million and became the first Liverpool player to score 20 league goals in a single campaign since Robbie Fowler along with breaking Ruud van Nistelrooy's record for Manchester United, for most Premiership goals by a foreign player in their debut season. Click to continue reading...

Obviously the true bargains won't be known for some time, but there were a few transfers which caught the eye before the participants had even put on their new shirt. Eliminating loans made sure somebody has actually bought up the entire contract this summer, and everyone of these guys happened to come in at under [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have confirmed today that they rejected a £50 million bid for their Spanish striker Fernando Torres on transfer deadline day. The former Atletico Madrid man was subject of a massive bid from the world's newest richest club, Manchester City.

Torres, 24, has been linked with Chelsea also in recent months with rumours claiming that Roman Abramovich was also willing to bid £50 million for the Euro 2008 winner. Click to continue reading...

Auxerre
In: Jeremy Berthod (undisclosed, Monaco), Cedric Hengbart (undisclosed, Caen), Moussa Narry (undisclosed, Etoile du Sahel), Dariusz Dudka (undisclosed, Wisla Krakow), Amadou Sidibe (undisclosed, Djoliba Bamako)
Out:

Bordeaux
In: Yoann Gourcuff (loan, AC Milan), Yoan Gouffran (undisclosed, Bordeaux), Diego Placente (undisclosed, San Lorenzo)
Out:

Caen
In: Pablo Barzola (undisclosed, Caen)
Out: Yoan Gouffran (undisclosed, Bordeaux), Benoit Castil (loan, Vannes), Stephane Sanson (undisclosed, Reims), Cedric Hengbart (undisclosed, Auxerre)

Grenoble
In: Daniel Moreira (loan, Rennes)
Out:

Le Havre
In: Nicolas Dieuze (undisclosed, Toulouse)
Out:

Le Mans
In: Anthony Le Tallec (undisclosed, Liverpool)
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Ecco i trasferimenti effettuati dai club spagnoli nell'ultimo giorno di mercato.

Spiccano le cessioni eccellenti in attacco di Real Madrid (Robinho al Manchester City), Betis Siviglia (il brasiliano Rafael Sobis agli arabi dell'Al-Jazeera per 10 milioni di euro) e Saragozza (Diego Milito torna al Genoa).

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Son şampiyon Real Madrid Deportivo deplasmanında sıfır çekerek başlarken, peşinden koştuğu David Villa'lı Valencia evinde 3-0 ile başladı. Mestalla'da perdeyi açan D. Villa olurken devamı Meta ve Vincente'den geldi. En farklı başlangıç Atletico Madrid'ten 4-0 ile geldi. Sezonun ilk golü yeni transfer Heitinga'dan geldi. Click to continue reading...

Gary Megson is said to have had a bid of €10 million shot down for Atletico Madrid midfielder Maniche. It's thought that a three-year deal is waiting if a move can be facilitated. Click to continue reading...

This weeks Champions League draw will see Fernando Torres revisit Vicente Calderon as Atletico Madrid are pitted in the same group as Liverpool.

Fernando Torres spent six idolised years at Atletico Madrid, accumulating a multitude of appearances despite his young age.

El Nino hasn't taken long to win over the Liverpool support scoring some fantastic goals in his debut season, and looks set to continue that trend this campaign. Click to continue reading...

An all-foreign starting 11 thump newly-promoted Málaga Coupet; Seitaridis, Heitinga, Ujfalusi, Pernía; Assunção, Maniche, Simão, Maxi (Raúl García 77'); Agüero (Sinama-Pongolle 55') & Forlán (Luis García, 59)' GOALS 25′ Heitinga 37′ Forlán 42′ Forlán 80′ Sinama Pongolle Internet connection died midway, so I missed a large portion of the game. Click to continue reading...

Oscar Washington Tabárez not only has to deal with the pressure that the Uruguayan media is putting on him, but he will have to play two vital games against direct rivals that are fighting for one of those direct spots to South Africa 2010.   Uruguay is currently in sixth place and depending on how they [. Click to continue reading...

The intent of Jorge Luis Pinto´s 22-man roster leaves no doubt as to his intent.   A six-point sweep would put them in second place in the standings since Argentina will face Paraguay next weekend.   The six points would leave them only nine points away from the magic number of 25 that is going to be [. Click to continue reading...

FINALLY, the start of the 08/09 season! Fortunately, I have VERIZON FIOS as my cable provider, so I can watch Liga games (en vivo). Unfortunately, though, our opening game will NOT be televised. I will, instead, follow through the Internet. In any case, we face newly promoted Málaga CF, a team that has been a bit [. Click to continue reading...

Brazil midfielder Thiago Neves is to sign for Hamburg this Saturday ... Click to continue reading...

Tottenham target Diego Forlan has revealed that he has received offers to join a Premier League club this summer, but insists he is happy to remain at Atletico Madrid. Forlan was thought to have been identified by Juande Ramos as an ideal replacement for Robbie Keane, who completed a £20million move to Liverpool last month. Click to continue reading...

The qualification rounds of this year's European competitions concluded yesterday. The good news is, that no Bundesliga team has been knocked out yet. The bad news is, that Schalke made the overcrowded UEFA Cup even more overcrowded, by losing to Atletico Madrid (1-0 / 0-4). I give them credit that they were missing five starting [. Click to continue reading...

We've been landed with a tough Champions League group, no question about it. Assuming we find our form in a few weeks, we should be able to turn over the likes of PSV Eindhoven, Marseille and Atletico Madrid. Of the 3, Atletico Madrid pose the most obvious and interesting threat.

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The 08/09 Spanish Primera kicks off this weekend, a brief warmup before the international break for World Cup qualifiers. Bill Turianski does a nice preview of the season, looking at attendance figures from the 07/08 La Liga season. Notes: With Real Zaragoza gone (and replaced by minnows Numancia), the average attendance is set to drop this season. Click to continue reading...

There are only a few days left in the window, so I'm sure there's a lot in store for what I hope will be a frantic few days in transfers. Today, there's plenty to report on from around Europe, as clubs are trying to finalize their squads with the new season still fresh or [...] Click to continue reading...

SORTEGGIO POSITIVO A MONTECARLO.NEL NOSTRO GIRONE I FORTISSIMI BLUES MA ANCHE DUE FORMAZIONI ABBORDABILI. GLI OTTAVI SONO PIÙ VICINI

SI PARTE CON UNA BOTTA DI CLUJ

Oltre a Chelsea e Bordeaux peschiamo gli sconosciuti r omeni. Spalletti: «Interessante». Totti: «Contento così»

Di DANIELE GIANNINI
Eravamo nelle mani di Bruno Conti, e
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By now you probably know about UEFA's group stage draw for their signature club event, the Champions League (cue that stupid music they adopted as the Champions League anthem). We could just cut and paste the groups like a lot of other bloggers did, but seriously, what good would that do you, our loyal readers? Click to continue reading...

Common knowledge at this point, but for the blog's sake, here's our Group: GROUP D Atlético de Madrid Liverpool FC PSV Eindhoven Olympique de Marseille MATCH DAY 1: PSV v Atleti MATCH DAY 2: Atleti v Marseille MATCH DAY 3: Atleti v Liverpool MATCH DAY 4: Liverpool v Atleti MATCH DAY 5: Atleti v PSV MATCH DAY 6: Marseille v Atleti [. Click to continue reading...

In our world, death is inevitable. Except when you decide it's not. It took me 14 years to apply this perspective to my soccer fanaticism. Like many things that apply to soccer, it applies to real life as well. This may sound a bit dramatic, but what's soccer without a little drama? The story of my support for the Spanish national team begins and ends, as many stories do, with short gentlemen from Southern Europe sporting bad haircuts. Click to continue reading...

The high-rollers meet in Monte Carlo for draw 1. Liverpool are going to struggle. In their current form and up against PSV Eindhoven, Marseille and Atletico Madrid, it could spell trouble. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Champion's League Trophy.
The UEFA Champion's League group stage draw took place today at 12:00 EST. Lyon are in Group H, and drew: FC Bayern Munich, FC Steaua Bucuresti and AFC Fiorentina. This looks like one of the most balanced of the groups. There is no power imbalance in this group- like Barcelona last year- and Bayern, Steaua and Fiorentina are certainly stronger than Rangers, Stuttgart and an injury-riddled Lyon last year.

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Former fan's favourite Luis Garcia will be returning to Anfield when Liverpool face Atletico Madrid in the Champion's League group stages; as will fellow Atletico team mate Florent Sinama Pongolle.

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