ATLETICO DE MADRID EYES PORTO DEFENDER OTAMENDI ?

This next piece comes out of Portugal & has been picked up by Spanish Sports media locally. Supposedly Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid has decided that Porto 25 year old Argentine defender Nicolas Otamendi is the central defender they are looking for next season. It was rumoured that Malaga FC defender Demichelis was on the agenda but the youth & versatility of Otamendi is a big plus. The Porto defender can also play on the right flank & could be a useful solution if current player in that position Juan Fran was be be injured.

The Portuguese Football Club has already let known to Atletico de Madrid that they will not be letting go of their player for less than 15M€. Porto has a reputation as fierce negotiators & always manage to get a good price with their transfers. The actual price asked is out of range for Atletico, which although sells players for big money ( Falcao for example ) has a huge debt with Spanish tax authorities that they must solve yearly. Thus the explanations of why they sell every year.

This news piece is speculation & rumour. I will be keeping an eye out for the Atletico fans & readers. ;O)

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ATLETICO DE MADRID: NICOLAS OTAMENDI & HUNTING FOR DEFENDERS

ATLETICO DE MADRID has sent its Football Director Garcia Pitarch
to South America to follow (spy) Argentina in its two World Cup
qualifiers. The main player on the list is 21 year old VELEZ central
defender NICOLAS OTAMENDI (below), although a defensive
winger is also a position that needs strengthening.

Other names (non Argentine) being thrown in the air are 21 year old
right back VAN DER WIEL, 27 year old Stade de Rennes player FANNI
& Arsenal player EBOUE. It is clear that Atletico will be active in the
upcoming “Winter Market” transfer window that opens the 1st of
January. This action should have occurred during the pre-season, but
as the saying goes better late than never. Let’s just hope that Atletico
is in a better shape on the classification table in January 2010 than
now & that the signing does turn out to really help out the Club & not
just becoming another nervous piece of a team fighting to stay out of
the relegation zone & possibly 2º Division. Let´s be optimistic.

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