Earlier in the week, both the Guardian and Independent reputable members of the British media in my view claimed Chelsea were ready to throw around £40 million at Atletico Madrid for striker Sergio Aguero in the January transfer window.

Move forward a couple of days.

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The Football Finance website "Futebol Finance" (Portugues) publishan interesting article to hightlight the "Top 20 Most Valuable U-21Players in the World". The first Top 3 named "youngsters" all play inthe Spanish League - "La Liga". (Sergio Aguero for Atletico de Madrid)LIST: The TOP 20 players U-21 most valuable in the world 2009Name Age Country Club Amount€1 . Click to continue reading...

ATLETICO DE MADRID Argentine forward SERGIO AGÜERO must haveimpressed CHELSEA FC in their last Champions League group match,as news from England informs that the Premier League Club ispreparing a 45M€ offer for the "2010 Winter Transfer Market" thatopens the 1st of January for the forward.The British paper "The Daily Telegraph" informs that Chelsea FC,after having had the FIFA signing ban lifted, Click to continue reading...

Carlo Ancelotti closes in on Argentine sharp shooter.

Chelsea will push through a £40m deal for Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero it was reported today.

The Argentine international has been a long term target for the Stamford Bridge outfit and it would appear that a deal will finally go through in January.

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With the international break over and the Leagues ready to embark upon their run in to the January transfer window, the rumours continue to hot up. Atletico Madrid's 21 year old Sergio Aguero could be heading to Chelsea now that their transfer ban has been overturned, a move that will see the Spanish side receive, what is currently believed to be, around £40 million, while AC Milan's needlessly violent bulldog Gennaro Gattuso has apparently made mention of a move to England, specifically Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

What is Spain's key to beating Argentina tonight? If you believe Uncle Del Bosque, it's being tranquilo ("even when you're on a plane that's about to crash..." a Brazilian reporter once told us).

"We must always be thinking about maintaining our enthusiasm, because there is no comfort zone.

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Atletico Madrid battled hard to make up a three goal deficit but two late finishes from Diego Forlan and Sergio Aguero were not enough to peg back ten man Real Madrid.

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0-1 Kaka

0-2 Marcelo

0-3 Higuain

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Vale, you gotta admit that Baby Benjie is adorable but bears no resemblance to his grandpa, The Dona. He does however, look a lot like Kun Aguero. Speaking of your favourite Grammy award-winning singer, he has been included in the squad list for tomorrow's Madrid derby.

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MESSAGE TO RAFA:
SPEND IT WISELY!
Latest rumours suggest that fresh capital is finally about to be injected into the club by the hated Hicks and Gillette selling up to 30% of their joint holding to new investors in a hope to raise £100 million for the club.
Some of that money is supposedly for the new stadium, although I doubt that, much of it will go on repaying the debt. Click to continue reading...

Time to get the chequebook out Roman.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has granted Chelsea's request to suspend their transfer ban.

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These are all from the Champions League and Europa League, and they are all of superb quality...Let's begin with a thunderbolt from Liverpool's Ryan Babel. I'm tellin' ya, Rafa... don't sell this one away on the cheap.Atlético Madrid's Sergio Aguero rescues his side a point against Chelsea with a choice free kick. Click to continue reading...

Sergio Aguero inherited the mantle of star striker at Atletico Madrid from Fernando Torres and on Tuesday night he showed exactly why, scoring two excellent goals in a 2-2 draw against Chelsea in the Champions League.

Aguero has been the subject of intense transfer speculation in the last 18 months, and there were claims by Atletico Madrid this summer that they rejected a £42m bid for the Argentina international.

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Hotshot striker pleased to hear about potential interest from Stamford Bridge outfit.

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Atletico Madrid star Sergio Aguero has admitted he is flattered to be linked with a move to Chelsea.

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Atletico de Madrid put on a brave display to snatch a draw against Chelsea. The Spanish club have had a harsh time in the Primera Division, as well as in the Champions League. But two sensational strikes from Sergio Aguero ensured that fans at the Vicente Calderon did not go home unhappy. Aguero opened the scoring [. 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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Here is the VIDEO of all the goals in yesterdays 2-2 draw in theAtletico de Madrid vs Chelsea FC match. Great play from Drogba& two great goals from Sergio Aguero, of which you MUST NOT miss the last free-kick goal:Last nights performance by Aguero lifted plenty of eye browses. ChelseaCoach Ancelotti said he would "enjoy" to have Aguero upfront with Drogba. Click to continue reading...

Sergio Aguero scored a last minute equalizer to give Atletico a draw against Chelsea in this pulsating Champions League clash.

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1-0 Aguero

1-1 Drogba

1-2 Drogba

2-2 Aguero

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According to Fleet Street, Chelsea will launch an enormous transfer binge in January.
The FIFA transfer ban hasn't had much, if any, impact on the Chelsea gossip train – I guess journalists just aren't prepared to give up the stories that would fill hundreds of otherwise empty column inches every six months.

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According to Fleet Street, Chelsea will launch an enormous transfer binge in January.
The FIFA transfer ban hasn't had much, if any, impact on the Chelsea gossip train – I guess journalists just aren't prepared to give up the stories that would fill hundreds of otherwise empty column inches every six months.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

If Manchester City attacker Robinho's hidden desire is to play for Barcelona then� he is not doing a good job at keeping it a secret.

On Monday, Robinho told a Brazilian radio station he is happy with the interest Barcelona� has in him, and� that he thinks it is much easier to become the world's best player� with� them� than� with Manchester City.

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by FRANCO PANIZO

If Manchester City attacker Robinho's hidden desire is to play for Barcelona then� he is not doing a good job at keeping it a secret.

On Monday, Robinho told a Brazilian radio station he is happy with the interest Barcelona� has in him, and� that he thinks it is much easier to become the world's best player� with� them� than� with Manchester City.

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Halloween will arrive in a few days, but for Atlético Madrid, this season has been a complete nightmare from the beginning.� Los rojiblancos hit their low point with a dull thud on Saturday when they could not fend off a nine-man Mallorca team and settled for a 1-1 draw at the Vicente Calderón.

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Who would have thought Chelsea would be hosting Atletico Madrid in the Champions League group stages, and the press would be viewing it as somewhat of a relief for the hosts. Wasn't this side supposed to be the Blues' main challengers in Group D?

That's just how bad Madrid have been thus far this season.

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Apologies to Ireland, Slovenia, Ukraine and Bosnia. FIFA does not want you at the World Cup in South Africa next summer. So fervent was its determination that the rules of the competition were changed midway through it with the introduction of a seeding system in the qualifying play-offs.

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Somewhat later than planned (for which we apologise), here's a round-up of last weekend's action from the World Cup qualifiers outside of Europe.
South America
With Brazil and Paraguay already in situ for a place in the 2010 World Cup Finals, it was Chile who were the next to take their chance by beating Colombia 4-2 in Medellin. Click to continue reading...

Who are the very best young players in the world?� For the purposes of this article, "young players" are those no older than 22.

First there are the obvious: Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero, Alexandre Pato, Francesc Fabregas, Karim Benzema, etc.� Their class has been established before this mysterious "young" label vanished, and subsequently they command enormous transfer fees, if their clubs are even willing to part with them.

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• Disculpe amigas but Guti and Casillas will not be sharing a candlelight dinner anytime soon. According to AS (not the most reliable source in the world), Casillas yelled at Guti for failing to man-mark Sevilla's players especially Renato on Sunday.

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Ancelotti s under pressure at Chelsea.

Apoel Nicosia vs Chelsea:

How fast things change. Ancelotti is learning this first hand after Chelsea's shock defeat to Wigan this past weekend. He is under a obscene amount of pressure because of this loss and while he says he is not feeling it I'm sure a win would do him good.

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Based on their records coming into this fixture, the Valencia Atlético Madrid Saturday fixture did not look to be an appetizing match, but knowing each team's penchant to go forward, their stature in Spanish football, and their performances over the past few years, this game was the one to watch, and they did not disappoint.

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Yesterday, I posted video of Fernando Torres' hat-trick vs Hull. Mostly because I just wanted to celebrate and share video of an impressive achievement by a quality footballer, especially the calm and technique the Liverpool striker displayed in the penalty area. (No, I'm not a Liverpool fan, before anyone asks). Click to continue reading...

To say it's been a contrasting start to the season for the two major teams in Madrid would be a massive understatement. On one side, Real are already starting to look like the real deal and currently sit top of the La Liga table with 11 goals and 9 points from their opening three matches.

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"Please, no acclaim, I'm just a humble footballer... who scored twice from two incredible free kicks."

The group stage of the Champions League began on Tuesday evening, and two La Liga outfits looked to initiate the exorcism of their personal demons.

Real Madrid and its galácticos played its first Champions League match of the season against an upstart FC Zürich team who, before the match, seemed more interested in whom they would swap shirts.

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Sergio Agüero and Atlético Madrid cannot see or find their form.

Atlético Madrid prolonged their faltering start with a 1-1 draw against Racing Santander on Saturday.� Even with a man advantage for the majority of the second half, they lacked the finishing touch to nip the win from a feisty Santander side.

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"The loss to Brazil killed us we were very discouraged. It was a tremendous blow to our morale. We were very ill and knew that against Paraguay would have a very difficult match. What did Maradona say? It's the same for us. When you lose, nobody wants to talk.

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Would've been a good buy in my book.

According to a report in Portuguese daily Diario de Noticias, Juventus had set aside €22 million to lure Atletico Madrid winger Simao to the Stadio Olimpico, but could not complete a deal.

The offer was resoundingly rejected by the Spanish club, whose director of sport, Jesus Garcia Pitarch, admitted that several European clubs were keen on the 29-year-old.

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