Atletico Madrid winger Jose Antonio Reyes says it's time for Arsenal's young players to deliver on their promise.
Unlike his own career, which has seemingly gone into terminal decline since leaving the Gunners, Reyes believes the Gunners are finally poised to reclaim a major trophy this season. Click to continue reading...

Video goal highlights from the Everton vs Benfica Europa League game on November 5, 2009, Thursday. Game KO time- 21.05 CET from Goodison Park. Final score :- Everton 0-2 Benfica ( Javier Saviola 63′, Oscar Cardozo 76′) Benfica inflict another defeat upon Everton after thrashing the Toffees 5-0 a fortnight ago in Portugal. Click to continue reading...

Prior to last night's match against Chelsea at the Estadio Vicente Calderon, Footy Factor called in some favors from our Spanish counterparts and shot some telling footage of Atletico Madrid's pre-match warm-up. Do you notice who's missing?

PS. On a side note, check out Jose Antonio Reyes' hop-step-jump over the touchline.

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See, I told you I'm a bit good

Let's face it. We all remember Julio Baptista once played for Arsenal on a season long loan from Real Madrid. Jose Antonio Reyes went the other way in the same deal. I don't know about you but for the life of me, I can't remember much of his performance during that season bar for one.

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Having failed to make an impact with Arsenal after joining from Sevilla, Jose Antonio Reyes revealed to the News of the World how he has good memories of his experience with the North London Club ...

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Having failed to make an impact with Arsenal after joining from Sevilla, Jose Antonio Reyes revealed to the News of the World how he has good memories of his experience with the North London Club ... Click to continue reading...

The Fabregas to Barcelona rumours have been circulating for some time now and they appear to be showing no signs of going away after Xavi claimed that the Arsenal player has "Barca DNA".

Fabregas joined Arsenal from La Liga club Barcelona in 2003 aged just 16 and with the Gunners enduring a difficult few years, he may just be ready to make the return journey.

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The CL draw will take place today. The choices are Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Celtic FC, RSC Anderlecht, and FC Timisoara. So who will it be?

Fiorentina: The Violas were in the news recently with a possible Felipe Melo transfer to Arsenal which fell through. He eventually went to Juve. The club finished fourth in the Serie.

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Kolo Toure told the BBC that Arsenal have sold their leaders

Listen Kolo so tell me something we didn't know.

"When you look at Arsenal you see all the great players have left and are now in the past,"

"Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira and Ray Parlour have gone.

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Super sub Andrei Arshavin scored two fantastic goals for Arsenal to send the home side top of the Emirates cup after a 2-1 victory over Athletico Madrid.

The Russian playmaker looked to have won the game after breaking the deadlock five minutes from time. But their Spanish opponents replied instantly through Pacheco before Arshavin sealed the win with a last gasp strike from an impossible angle.

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Arsenal take on Atletico Madrid today in our own Emirates� Cup at The Emirates today in what should be a very lively game, with both teams having a slick passing, attacking nature. It should be a very exciting, end to end� game. Arsène Wenger will be looking to showcase the teams ability without Kolo Toure [. Click to continue reading...

The real ‘fireworks' of our pre-season will kick off tomorrow at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal will entertain Athletico Madrid and Rangers on Saturday and Sunday respectively in order to retain the Emirates Cup.

This year's competition will kick off with Paris Saint Germain against Rangers but then the host will play Spanish outfit Athletico Madrid in what is to believe going to be an entertaining encounter.

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Ex-Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes believes the Arsenal are still one of the strongest teams in Europe, despite losing important players such as Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure.

The Spaniard said:

I don't think they are weaker.

Arsenal are one of the strongest teams in the Champions League.

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Three years ago, Jose Antonio Reyes and Ricardo Quaresma were the talk of the football world. Both were talented offensive player that played with flair. Fast forward a couple of years and both have almost lost their ways.
Reyes dazzled as a young player at Sevilla and then Professor Wenger made a move to bring him to his football factory in London. Click to continue reading...

The sports pages were full of the cricketer who almost single handedly tore the heart out of the Australian cricket team by his bowling performance on the last day of the second Ashes test match at Lords. This is a football blog, but as I watched the highlights on Monday evening in awe, I couldn't help admiring the desire and effort put into what can only be described as the finest spell of consistent fast bowling within this amphitheatre of cotton clad Gladiators, the home of cricket.

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Patrick Vieira is a cunning bastard. Well past his prime and entering retirement territory as the ability to time a tackle has left him entirely, the only possible way for Patrick, once the most sought after midfielder on the planet, to bump to the head of transfer gossip queues was to link himself to a [. Click to continue reading...

UPDATE: According to FourFourTwo.com, Everton and Liverpool are both interested in Atletico Madrid striker Jose Antonio Reyes.

June 29th, 2009 According to the Daily Mirror, Everton are interested in Atletico Madrid midfielder Jose Antonio Reyes.

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Reports in Spain and Portugal claim Benfica have offered just 4m euros to buy out the remaining 75% of Atletico Madrid's former Arsenal star Jose Antonio Reyes's contract. The club has missed a number of deadlines imposed by Atletico in regards to the deal leaving the Spaniard's career in limbo as he is not wanted in Madrid. Click to continue reading...

According to the Daily Mirror, Everton are interested in Atletico Madrid midfielder Jose Antonio Reyes. Reyes is supposedly available for around £4million.

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The Toffees are hoping they can tempt a cut-price Reyes back to England. Everton are the latest club to be linked with a move for Atletico Madrid's Jose Antonio Reyes. The Toffees are reportedly keen on offering the Spaniard the chance to return to the Premier League and are hoping to secure him for as little as [. Click to continue reading...

Who is Arsenal's most expensive ever signing?
I've seen that Jose Antonio Reyes (£17m) was, Arshavin is (£15.8m), Sylvain Wiltord (£13m) is in the frame too!
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Rarer than that species: a winning English coach, is a sighting of Freddy Adu.

Fear not, Freddy is still in AS Monaco. Alive, just on the bench a lot.

He is most likely return to Benfica because it appears Monaco is not interested in buying him out. So far he has logged 169 minutes of playing time in 11 appearances.

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Atletico Madrid have announced that they have parted company with Portuguese midfielder Maniche by mutual consent. Maniche's contract was set to expire this June, but both the parties reached an agreement that makes Maniche a free agent again. Maniche, whose real name is João Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro, joined Atletico from Dynamo Moscow in 2006. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while your kindergarten is robbed by kindergarteners........ Granada FC protest against their lack of pay midgame. (101 Great Goals) The next soon to be ex-coach of Bulgaria. (Guardian) Luca Toni has a doppelganger. (Dirty Tackle) Sometimes the B team is where the glory's at. That goes for Jose Antonio Reyes, too. Click to continue reading...

El futbolista andaluz ya es propiedad del conjunto portugués. El Benfica llegó a un acuerdo formal en la noche de ayer con el Atlético de Madrid para fichar definitivamente al jugador, quién, por boca de su representante aseguró estar "muy contento" en el equipo que dirige Quique Sánchez Flores. Click to continue reading...

Almeria
In: Esteban Solari (undisclosed, Pumas), Pablo Piatti (undisclosed, Estudiantes La Plata), Michel (undisclosed, Flamengo), David Moreno (undisclosed, Real Madrid), Esteban (free, Celta Vigo), Julio Alvarez (free, Numancia), Hernan Pellerano (undisclosed, Velez Sarsfield), Chico (undisclosed, Cadiz)
Out: Felipe Melo (€13m, Fiorentina), Veljko Paunovic (free, FK Partizan), David Rodriguez (loan, Celta), Ruben Pulido (free, Real Zaragoza), Mario Bermejo (free, Xerez), Francisco (free, Alicante)
Athletic Bilbao
In: Jose Garcia Del Olmo (undisclosed, Eibar)
Out: Asier Del Horno (loan return, Valencia), Daniel Aranzubia (free, Deportivo), Unai Exposito (free, Hercules), Iban Zubiaurre (loan, Elche), Toquero (loan, Eibar), Aritz Aduriz (undisclosed, Mallorca)
Atletico Madrid
In: Tomas Ujfalusi (free, Fiorentina), Johnny Heitinga (€10m, Ajax), Florent Sinama Pongolle (undisclosed, Recreativo), Gregory Coupet (undisclosed, Lyon), Paulo Assuncao (free, Porto), Ever Banega (loan, Valencia)
Out: Falcon (free, Celta), Mista (free, Deportivo), Braulio Nobrega (undisclosed, Zaragoza), Cuellar (free, Murcia), Roberto Jimenez (undisclosed, Recreativo), Raul Llorente (free, Alaves), Josne Manuel Juardo (loan, Mallorca), Mario Suarez (undisclosed, Mallorca), Ze Castro (loan, Deportivo), Jose Antonio Reyes (loan, Benfica), Cleber Santana (loan, Mallorca), Diego Costa (loan, Albacete), Jacobo (free, Alaves)
Barcelona
In: Seydou Keita (€14 mil, Sevilla), Daniel Alves (€32 mil, Sevilla), Gerard Pique (undisclosed, Manchester United), Martin Caceres (€16. Click to continue reading...

Benfica have completed their fourth signing of the summer by agreeing a one-year loan deal for Spanish winger Jose Antonio Reyes. The 24-year-old makes the move from Atletico Madrid, with the Lisbon club also having the option to buy the player at the end of his loan spell. Benfica coach Quique Sanchez Flores continues to [. Click to continue reading...

I'm back from hot, hot, hot Florida. Last Pre-season friendly: Rayo 2 Atlético 4 I didn't watch it, but apparently Maxi had a great game as did Ujfalusi. Poor positioning by Leo Franco led to the second goal. CHAMPIONS Aguirre submitted this squad for our Champions clash against Schalke: GK: Leo Franco, Coupet, Ángel Bernabé. Click to continue reading...

Portuguese giants SL Benfica have announced the signing of Atletico winger Jose Antonio Reyes on a season long loan. The former Arsenal player, deemed surplus to requirements after just one season at Vicente Calderon, becomes Benfica's fourth summer signing after Pablo Aimar, Carlos Martins and Javier Balboa. Click to continue reading...

JOSE ANTONIO REYES did not wish to leave ATLETICO DE MADRID for Portugues Club BENFICA, were both Clubs had come to en agreement for the players transfer. However, Atletico put more pressure on... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

RAÚL GARCÍA CAMACHO MOTTA MANICHE CLEBER SANTANA MIGUEL SIMAO MAXI REYES LUIS GARCÍA ASSUNCAO I read recently that Maniche is trying to 'patch things up' with Aguirre, his teammates, and club officials for his wreckless behaviour that led to his loan spell last season. Of course, we all know why he is humbling himself: He's not attracting worthwhile offers! Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have reportedly missed out on the signing of Atletico Madrid striker Jose Antonio Reyes. The former Arsenal ace had been targeted by Magpies boss Kevin Keegan but it now appears as though French side AS Monaco have beaten the Premier League side in the race to sign Reyes.
The Spanish international is likely to complete a £5. Click to continue reading...

Jose Antonio Reyes couldn't get out of Arsenal fast enough and apparently now Atletico Madrid have very little interest in the 24-year-old too. Enter Newcastle United and Roma as possible homes for the Spanish striker who has failed to catch... Click to continue reading...

AS Roma captain Francesco Totto has hinted he may come out of retirement to help the Italian national team in World Cup qualifying. The 31-year old who was a member of the 2006 World Cup winning team had retired from international play due to the effects of grueling league, European, Coppa Italia, and international schedules. Click to continue reading...

Former Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes was linked with Newcastle United in one of the more shocking rumors on the weekend. The 24-year-old didn't score at Atletico Madrid this past season after leaving Arsenal following a season on loan at...

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