VALENCIA CF SIGNS PABLO PIATTI FROM ALMERIA | PRESENTS GOALIE ALVES

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Football Club ALMERIA, recently relegated to the Spanish 2º Division League, has announced today that they have transferred Argentine Forward PABLO PIATTI to Liga Club VALENCIA CF. Valencia pays approximately 7.5M€ for a fine class player that they will have for the next 5 years. 

New Valencia CF player PIATTI

Another winner in this operation is Argentine Club Estudiantes de la Plata that due to a contractual clause when signed to Almeria will receive 25% of the tranfer fee (1.5M€). The player was also followed very closely by Atletico de Madrid but it was Valencia which finally managed to get the Argentine over to their Club.

The player has been part of Spanish Football for the last 3 seasons & has played 101 games with Almeria & scored 20 goals. Piatti goes to Valencia to fill the gap left by Joaquin who has been transferred to Malaga. 

Diego Alves

Staying with ALMERIA & VALENCIA CF, the latter has officially presented Brazilian goalkeeper DIEGO ALVES , ex Almeria player. Although the transfer was shut between both Clubs before the end of the last Spanish League season, today Valencia took advantage to formalize everything publicly along with new signing & still team-mate Piatti.

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REAL MADRID FC BARCELONA THINKING ABOUT DIEGO ALVES

Source: Sp Football Sports Blog /
Brazilian goalkeeper DIEGO ALVES is a class act, no one doubt it, he has proven this on numerous occasions with his team ALMERIA. It was a matter of time that the BIG Clubs take note & begin their moves on the player (again) & attempt to lure him over to their team.

The list of hopeful candidates is long & they include Villareal, Sevilla FC, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Fiorentina & Arsenal, but there are two that will most likely be fighting with each other to get Alves to their side. REAL MADRID & FC BARCELONA are both heading onto a crash course situation with this player. Real Madrid needs a substitute for second goalkeeper Dudek who ends contract & Barça wish a class substitute for Valdes in case of suspension &/or injury. Diego Alves will not be cheap, his Club desires to sell & gain some much needed cash, but they refer to his contract release clause which is 15M€.

The other unknown is what Diego Alves thinks concerning his future. It is clear that if he decides to fly into the bright lights of Real Madrid or FC Barcelona he would be THE second goalkeeper. Does Alves wish this for his future? A tough decision that may sway the player to go to a Club were he is the main protagonist defending his team goal.

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REAL MADRID: DIEGO ALVES TO REPLACE DUDEK?

Spanish daily Marca informs today that REAL MADRID is on the move
& thinking already about a substitute goalkeeper for the current 2º
onboard 36 year old Jerzy Dudek who ends contract on the 30th
of June.
(photo: Diego Alves_marca.com)

According to the paper DIEGO ALVES, current goalie of ALMERIA, is the
man as he fits in well having all the correct qualities that Real are
looking for to be the perfect substitute to Iker Casillas. However, the
Almeria player has contract until 2012 & thus a contract release clause
of 15M€, a figure that is higher than what Real wishes for a
goalkeeper. Lastly, Alves will need to contemplate closely if it is
worth a career move to Real if his future prospects of playing
constantly will be “blocked” by the still young & current World
Nº1 Goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Tweet

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