Atletico commercial oddities

Pato Sosa, Avi Nimny or Pilipauskas are just some of the signings of infamous memory that plan step by the cries of Atletico Madrid, where their fans come with mixture of resignation and anger the designs of his club and drift to which is submitted from the presidential chair. The purchase and sale of players at the Calderon always leave behind an aura of mistrust and doubts about its suitability, and far from decreasing, each passing year the worst predictions are confirmed. This summer has been no exception.

I do not know if you remember the names of Lawal, Lima, Maxi-not to be confused with the Argentine who arrived from Espanyol, or Djan. Perfect strangers who arrived at Manzanares for a small fee of 2,000 million pesetas. Operations bizarre forgotten and stored in the drawer of disasters. Things have not changed much. For the offices of the Atletico Madrid player contracts are still unknown parading without anyone knowing very well why contracts. Away from the spotlights that illuminate the stars as Agüero, De Gea, Forlan, Diego or Falcao, know other operations that have stood summer as much as mentioned.

We started with Dani Pacheco, the more understandable but no less striking. At 20, this young player has already given time to grow up in quarry Barca, be international in lower grades, joining Liverpool Benitez, Champions League play with the Reds and be on loan at Norwich City. This summer confirmed his transfer to Atletico, who in turn gave it to Rayo Vallecano. Yes, keeping an option to buy the red and whites. That is, if excels in Vallecas, you card. A practical, but unusual.

We Ruben Micael, Portuguese midfielder from Porto 25 years. Included in the transaction by Falcao, the Portuguese club's president, Pinto da Costa, demanded its inclusion as a condition for the signing of Colombian striker. Of course, payment of five million euros. Atletico, who suddenly found herself with a player you did not, gave it to Zaragoza. That's the official version. Atletico swallowed a signing he did not want the condition to pay a fortune for Falcao. I imagine the paperwork two signings, not one, not a problem for the offices of Atletico. By the way, Michael is representative Jorge Mendes Ruben. Sure they sound.

Beginning of unknown names, and that in the present case, neither the most seasoned of parabolic know of the existence of Kayode Samson Olaleye, Nigerian striker playing in the Dong Thap FC, the league competitive Vietnamese. It appears that the African player excelled in this competition and a report sent a video to Atletico, who did not hesitate in taking their services. After being hired was loaned to Sporting Braga, completed this summer with Atletico other operations such as assignments or Fran Merida Pizzi. The club argued that the signing of Olaleye not assume any risk, it came free. What most surprises me about all this is that a top club in Portugal Braga has agreed to become a participant. Maybe I'm wrong, and whether the new Amokachi.

And we end with a player not as unknown as above, but with the most bizarre operation. It is the story of Julio Alves, the signing ghost. Brother Bruno Alves, who plays for Zenit came Rio Ave luso to join Atletico Madrid for approximately 24 hours. Jorge Mendes, a guy with a tight schedule, is also his agent. The LFP was recorded in writing on 29 August that Alves was new Atletico, but a day later and passed without the player even for the office of Calderon, it was to all intents and purposes a new player of Besiktas Turkish. Atletico said in a statement that the player would move soon to Istanbul to sign for his new club, but he already had two days in the Ottoman city.

A club with centuries-old tradition of athletics and the name of which was always the third team in Spain does not deserve this dance of names and clandestine operations of dubious origin and purpose. A club become a recipient of sinfíndand contracts, twists and turns that occasionally makes good signings to appease the fans. Also to maintain your fitness level, is that they are the ones who want the club to remain in the elite.

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