Juan Roman Riquelme may have a new home in Madrid

By: Bob | August 29th, 2007

We’ve tried to do our part around here to help football clubs re-discover the Argentine midfield talent that is Juan Roman Riquelme. If the reports today our true, it looks like a club has finally listened to our pleas. Atletico Madrid are said to have locked up the out of favor Villarreal player who spent part of last season helping Boca Juniors capture the Copa Libertadores.

The deal is said to be for two years. If Riquelme does end up with Atletico he will be joining a club that has been one of the more active players during the summer transfer period. They have already added Simao Sabroso, Diego Forlan, Raul Garcia and Jose Antonio Reyes to a cast of characters that no longer includes the departed Fernando Torres.

The one snag in the deal might be Riquelme’s citizenship. He doesn’t hold a Spanish passport and Atletico already have the maximum number of non-EU players on their roster. If they can get that sorted out and Riquelme comes on board, Atletico might just turn out to be one of the more entertaining teams to watch and one of the more dangerous teams in La Liga.

Now if we can only do our part to find Adriano a new home….

	Soccer Forums	Team/International Results

Category: Spain La Liga, World Football

Tags: Spain La Liga, World Football

« Daily Dose 08.29.07 | Home | Fans pay tribute to Antonio Puerta; European Super Cup might go ahead »

Subscribe   The Offside RSS Feeds

Print

Share

Comments  

• Sal |  August 29th, 2007 at 9:54 am

  
  
  

  Great signing for Atletico. They look serious about making it to the CL.

  Posted from United States

  

• atleti |  August 29th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

  
  
  

  It’s not official, but it would be a brilliant signing, if he agrees to it.

  Posted from United States

  

• mirna |  August 29th, 2007 at 7:39 pm

  
  
  

  I am so excited over this…I love Riquelme and he deserves a good team to play with. I am pretty sure he’ll be in uniform for Atletico soon.

  Posted from United States

  

• Linda |  August 29th, 2007 at 8:06 pm

  
  
  

  I love Roman, but I can’t help but feel that what Atletico actually need are a couple of defenders.

  Posted from Australia

  

• atleti |  August 30th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

  
  
  

  It still boggles my mind that they didn’t transfer a new bloody centre-back yet!!!

  We’ll have a brilliant attack and a hideous defence if it isn’t sorted out in the next 24-48 hours.

  Posted from United States

  

Comments are closed