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Lautaro MARTINEZ edges closer to Atletico Madrid move

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August 26, 2017

Lautaro MARTINEZ edges closer to Atletico Madrid move

Lautaro MARTINEZ is edging closer to a move to Spain.

Atletio Madrid are reportedly very close to signing Lautaro MARTINEZ of Argentine Primera club Racing Club de Avellaneda. The transfer would be in the region €11 million region and the 20 year old would be moving next summer. The Argentina U20 forward’s agent spoke to Fox Sports and had this to say:

Lautaro MARTINEZ:

“There’s a 99 percent chance that the deal will be done. Lautaro asked us for the transfer to be completed. He likes the idea of Atletico Madrid and they have agreed to it. Lautaro wants to remain for another season because he wants to play the Copa Libertadores with Racing Club.”

Make sure to check out our Player Database page to see where there are Argentinians playing in the top European leagues!

Eduardo SALVIO out of Argentina team, Emiliano RIGONI in

World Cup Qualifiers

Roy Nemer

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August 26, 2017

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Eduardo SALVIO out of Argentina team, Emiliano RIGONI in

Eduardo SALVIO has been discarded from the Argentina team due to injury.

A first blow has been dealt to Jorge SAMPAOLI as he will be without Benfica man Eduardo SALVIO for Argentina’s upcoming World Cup Qualifying matches. Argentina’s official Twitter account send out a tweet saying a replacement has already been named with Zenit’s latest signing Emiliano RIGONI being called-up.

Uruguay were dealt a blow last week after talisman Luis SUAREZ sustained an injury and will be out for them. Argentina will play away to in Montevideo on August 31 before hosting Venezuela on September 5. If you missed it, Mundo’s own Matias WODNER wrote this about how Argentina have several things in their favor ahead of their first match.

Spanish La Liga Matchday 2: Preview

La Liga

Roy Nemer

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August 24, 2017

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Spain’s La Liga is well and truly underway with the La Liga Matchday 2 fixtures on Friday!

Two matches on Friday, both involving Argentinian players. Geronimo RULLI (who was selected by Jorge SAMPAOLI for the Argentina National Team) will be Real Sociedad’s goalkeeper when they host Villarreal’s Argentinian duo of Leonardo SUAREZ and Mariano BARBOSA. The second match will be between Real Betis (who no longer have any Argentinian representation following German PEZZELLA’s transfer to Genoa) hosting Celta Vigo with Facundo RONACGLIA and Gustavo CABRAL.

Nine Argentinians in one match in La Liga Matchday 2

All matches this weekend have at least one Argentinian representative. The match with the most Argentinians will be on Sunday as Getafe host Sevilla in Madrid with nine Argentine’s in the squads. A total of six players between Getafe and Sevilla have represented the Argentina National Team Getafe have veteran Daniel DIAZ with Sevilla having Ever BANEGA, Gabriel MERCADO, Guido PIZARRO, Joaquin CORREA and Nicolas PAREJA all representing the Albiceleste at senior level. As always, you can view the full list of Argentinians in La Liga by visiting our La Liga section.

Friday:

Real Sociedad (Geronimo RULLI) vs. Villarreal (Leonardo SUAREZ and Mariano BARBOSA)
Real Betis vs. Celta Vigo (Facundo RONACGLIA and Gustavo CABRAL)

Saturday:

Alaves vs. FC Barcelona (Javier MASCHERANO and Lionel MESSI)
Girona vs. Malaga (Emmanuel CECCHINI and Esteban ROLON)
Levante vs. Deportivo (Federico CARTABIA)
Las Palmas (Hernan TOLEDO, Jonathan CALLERI, Leandro CHICHIZOLA and Sergio ARAUJO) vs. Atletico Madrid (Angel CORREA, Augusto FERNANDEZ and Nicolas GAITAN)

Sunday:

Espanyol (Pablo PIATTI) vs. Leganes (Alexander SZYMANOWSKI, Ezequiel MUNOZ, Martin MANTOVANI and Mauro DO SANTOS)
Eibar (Gonzalo ESCALANTE) vs. Athletic Bilbao
Getafe (Daniel DIAZ, Emiliano MARTINEZ and Nicolas GEROSITO) vs. Sevilla (Ever BANEGA, Gabriel MERCADO, Guido PIZARRO, Joaquin CORREA, Nicolas PAREJA and Walter MONTOYA)
Real Madrid vs. Valencia (Ezequiel GARAY)

If you missed it, Angel CORREA scored this cracker of a goal last week for Diego SIMEONE’s Atletico Madrid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIq-3-_QUgc

Esteban ROLON signs for Malaga

Juli2014

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August 24, 2017

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Young gem Esteban ROLON of Argentinos Juniors has been just sold to La Liga club Malaga. The Spanish club will pay almost 3.2 million euros for him. The 22 year old midfielder who was almost signed by Boca and Independiente will join fellow Argentine Emanuel CECCHINI who also signed for Malaga last month.

Esteban ROLON

What do you all think? It seems like a lot of young Argentines are moving abroad. Is this a good thing for our National team and for futbol Argentino?

VAMOS ARGENTINA!

Zenit officially unveil Emiliano RIGONI

Transfer

John

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August 23, 2017

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Zenit St. Petersburg have officialy unveiled Emiliano RIGONI.

The Russian club had sealed the transfer of the Argentinian a few days ago but only unveiled him today. RIGONI signed a four year contract with the club. They also tweeted out the following.

Emiliano Rigoni joins us on a 4-year contract and makes it 🇦🇷✖️5️⃣ here at Zenit!
📝https://t.co/7HkmGIroun pic.twitter.com/y0gpeeglwV

— FC Zenit in English🌊 (@fczenit_en) August 23, 2017