player ratings: getafe 3-1 valencia

... miguel torres - 6

transfer rumours and round-up: september 1

... elsewhere, defender miguel torres has left real madrid for getafe and anthony mounier has joined nice from olympique lyonnais

real madrid's miguel torres nearing getafe move - report

... miguel torres could be set for a move across madrid, as getafe prepare a bid ... according to as, current getafe coach michel, who coached torres during his time in madrid's youth teams, is keen to sign him up ... "while they face stiff competition for his signature, los azulones are hoping that michel's presence at the club will convince torres to join them

nistelrooy, diarra set to return for real

... coach manuel pellegrini will be without christoph metzelder, miguel torres and sergio ramos through injury for the match against the norwegian side, while out-of-favour dutchmen wesley sneijder and rafael van der vaart are not selected

homecoming for madrid starlets

... the return of esteban granero, alvaro negredo and most recently alvaro arbeloa has added extra strength to a dressing room which already boasts former youth-academy graduates raul, casillas, guti and miguel torres

food for thought: are arsenal making a mistake in selling their players?

... the former deportivo la coruna defender arrives from premier league club liverpool on the cheap and adds to an already large defensive unit of sergio ramos, raul albiol, pepe, ezequiel garay, marcelo, gabriel heinze, michel salgado, christoph metzelder and miguel torres

nicknames: a scholarly debate

... 1 iker casillas mahamadou diarra - djilla (from his lyon days) 25 jerzy dudek 5 fernando gago 30 antonio adán 23 esteban granero - pirata 29 felipe ramos 14 guti - to easy 18 raúl albiol - albi-own goal (from his valencia days) 8 kaká - wwkd (what would kaka do from kxevin) or jesus 12 marcelo 9 cristiano ronaldo - thong boy 15 royston drenthe ezequiel garay - eazy g 10 wesley sneijder 16 gabriel heinze 37 marcos tebar gary kagelmacher - i think his last name is bad enough rafael van der vaart - van der fart (yep i said it) 3 pepe 19 karim benzema - benzinho or benzigol 21 christoph metzelder 35 palanca 7 raúl - el capitan 4 sergio ramos - gold trunks (like gold finger from james bond lore) 20 gonzalo higuaín - pipita 2 míchel salgado 22 miguel torres gómez negredo 27 javier velayos 11 arjen robben - mr

miguel torres praises cristiano ronaldos performance in real madrids pre-season training

... miguel torres has lauded cristiano ronaldo\'s efforts during real madrid\'s pre-season training camp in ireland ... the portuguese star has been getting to know his team-mates in recent days, and torres has been pleasantly surprised, telling marca, \"he has surprised me in person, he is different to how he appears on television ... \"torres then spoke of his own future at the club, continuing, \"it was my decision to stay, and i hope the coach will give me opportunities

kaka absent from real squad

... \"real madrid squad to travel to ireland: michael salgado, kepler laverandelima, fernando gago, mahamadou diarra, lassana diarra, raul, cristiano ronaldo, wesley sneijder, arjen robben, marcelo antonio, jose maria gutierrez, royston drenthe, gabriel heinze, ruud vannistelrooy, klas jan hentelaar, gonzalo higuain, christoph metzelder, miguel torres, rafael van der vaart, javier garcia, jerzy dudek, karim benzema, ezequiel marcelo garay, alvaro negredo, agustin garcia, miguel palanca, marcos tebar, tomas mejias, javier velayos, daniel parejo

campaign to bring back canteranos: sergio sanchez?

... pochettino’s strict drilling in defense helped develop players such as sergio sanchez, marc torrejon, daniel jarque and chica torres into a more formidable back line ... which means more opportunities for miguel torres or a big money move for brazilian maicon ... or course that means torres will start at right back, but i have crusaded to make him our starting left back with marcelo as back up ... if one is not brought in, the torres and marcelo our the two options (heinze too i suppose) ... if one is brought in, torres is the backup right back