Holy Sh*t! Villa Takes Walk in Madrid!!!

By: Cesar | May 20th, 2009
   

Stop the presses.
Our worst nightmare has come true.

I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
But being the Offside’s Valencia CF blogger, it’s my duty.

Take a seat. Take a deep breath.
Want a cup of tea to sooth your senses?
Comfortable? Breathe in, breathe out …

There now. Ready?

So here’s the news:

David Villa took a walk in Madrid yesterday.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO …

Obviously, this means he’s off to Real Madrid. He’s gone, my friends. Gone …
Oh, whatever will we do without our beloved ‘El Guaje’?

At least we have Curro Torres …

The Spanish press continues to deliver the hard ‘news,’ telling us that Villa was in Madrid shopping with his wife a day after their match against Atletico Madrid. The horror!

This ridiculous piece of non-news even made the front pages of Spanish rags MARCA and AS.

Honestly, can these ‘newspapers’ sink any lower?

I’m not going to go off on another ‘Cesar v. MARCA’ rant. No worries there.
This news story is kind of funny, to be honest.

The one thing that stands out about Villa’s stroll through the posh boutiques of Madrid yesterday are some of the things he said.

Villa told AS: “Next year I will be in the Champions League. There are many rumors, but I ignore them. I will decide what is best for my future. But Valencia fans should not be upset that other clubs want their players. They should be proud.”

I’m proud. But what I’d like to know is how he proposes to play in the Champions League if he’s with us.

Have you checked out the standings, Davey? We need some goals, my brother! We need your help!

Check out Four Four Two’s excellent La Liga Loca blog and what they had to say about this Villa non-news item …

“Valdano negotiates with Villa!” yells Marca. “Villa takes a walk to Madrid!” screams AS. “Over my dead body!” splutters Raúl.

Those were Wednesday’s headlines that greeted the appearance of David Villa in the streets of the Spanish capital the day before – an appearance that had him pestered and probed by stalking hacks and photographers.

The Valencia striker was seen with his wife (face blurred by AS, but not Marca) strolling hand-in-hand through the sunny streets!

The Valencia striker was seen near the Santiago Bernabeu!

The Valencia striker was in town to “buy a suit for my brother-in-law’s wedding,” explained the man himself.

‘Doesn’t matter!’ was the answer from the Madridista press desperately hoping that at least one of their Ribery, Ronaldo, Kaká, Silva, Zlatan, Villa, Wenger, Mourinho, Ancelotti stories comes true over the summer.

Only in Spain, my friends. Only in Spain.


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  • Kooshin |  May 20th, 2009 at 8:08 am

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    well the worst thing is selling villa to either madrid or barca.If we have to sell him then it is better to ship him to Mancity or Chelsea!.

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  • alessio |  May 20th, 2009 at 8:09 am

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    Haha good stuff

    James, it’s obvious. Real Madrid has a lot of strikers, but Villa is better than all of them

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  • steef |  May 20th, 2009 at 9:06 am

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    Oke. Villa to Madrid BUT Van der Vaart, Miguel Torres and Negredo to Valencia, including 45 milion. Otherwise no DEAL:d.

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  • steef |  May 20th, 2009 at 9:18 am

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    I love David Villa no doubt about that. I have a shirt with his name. But last 3/4 matches what has he do? nothing!! I hope he will score Saterday and bring us to the CL Spot. David you have to stand up know!!!!!! Plsss

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  • Kyle |  May 20th, 2009 at 10:12 am

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    To everyone asking about Valencia’s financial news this week, here you go…

    http://loco4losche.com/blogweb/index.php

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  • El Rey |  May 20th, 2009 at 10:32 am

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    Sorry guys to inform you that Villa doubtful to play against villareal according to goal.com
    No Villa, no Silva, no Vicente, no M fernandes.
    ill guess it will be morientes as our striker (funny)
    mata our left man!
    Juaquin our middle man!
    pablo our right man!

    Seriously guys, i think our chance of winning is like 20%
    UEFA here we come again!

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  • bob |  May 20th, 2009 at 10:42 am

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    and as much as id like us to be in the cl next year,have won the cup and liga.as well as being 800 million in profit……..that aint so bad when you consider where we were only a year ago.

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  • Kyle |  May 20th, 2009 at 11:34 am

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    @ El Rey.

    Never believe goal.com

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  • Kyle |  May 20th, 2009 at 11:34 am

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    Goal.com also said Manuel Fernandes was “highly doubtful” against Real Madrid three weeks ago. They are idiots. They said Miguel would start one match like a month ago when he wasn’t even in the squad…

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  • Amir |  May 20th, 2009 at 12:51 pm

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    I still think Bilbo will either beat or draw with Athletico, it is such a tough place to go, as much as i want us to win realistically it is going to betough our away record is rubbish!
    This week decides it!!!!

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  • Amir |  May 20th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

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    Also a lot was made out of the Aguero dive but really the main issue should have been the two goals we had disallowed for “offside” the referees are sooo shyt in Spain, these days it is not the teams who determine their fate it is the referees!

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  • El Rey |  May 20th, 2009 at 5:47 pm

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  • Timothy Lakefront |  May 20th, 2009 at 6:13 pm

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    Atletico will drop points. Simply put, we have to win.

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  • Kyle |  May 20th, 2009 at 7:24 pm

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    Telecommunications giants Orange are in negotiations to buy the naming rights to Valencia’s new stadium Nou Mestalla, and possibly shirt sponsorship as well…

    http://loco4losche.com/blogweb/index.php

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  • Almendras |  May 21st, 2009 at 12:39 am

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    Well, with Villas ” Next year I will be in the Champions League (and) Valencia fans should be proud other clubs want their players” It is easy to see why he hasnt managed to score one goal in the last 4 matches.
    I cant see his enthusiasm getting us a winning result on Saturday either. I wondered what was wrong. Almendras

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  • mohamed |  May 21st, 2009 at 3:11 am

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    i remember u guys asking about how to learn a language for FREE!!!!!.if anyone interested here it is.
    http://www.livemocha.com/users/register/l:es-mx

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  • Bane(Belgrade,Serbia) |  May 21st, 2009 at 3:17 am

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    It will be much harder for us to win at Villareal then Atletico to drop points at Bilbao.BTW,what are the rules if 2 (or more) teams have same number of points at the end?Goal difference or better score between clubs?

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  • Martijn |  May 21st, 2009 at 3:29 am

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    @Bane the head to head results between the 2 clubs if im correct.

    @El rey goal.com states Vicente is a doubt as well, so it’s not ruled out he can play.

    @Kyle Well i would love orange as a sponsor! fits nice with the team colours as well so it might also produce a decent looking shirt :)

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  • 7amanito |  May 21st, 2009 at 3:46 am

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    “the orange mestalla”

    this is the name of our new stadium guys.!

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  • Kasia |  May 21st, 2009 at 4:52 am

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    Isn’t it obvious? Villa is allowed to leave Valencia only with the team.
    Nice that he’s wearing club colours.

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  • Kyle |  May 21st, 2009 at 5:24 am

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    Go on Las Provincias guys. Villa left training as a precaution, nothing more. Vicente and Silva are OUT. Moretti should be fit.

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  • Kyle |  May 21st, 2009 at 5:42 am

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    Villa will play against Villarreal. Vicente, according to Marca is doing better, better Valencia’s site was doubtful. The only players not training are Silva, Fernandes, and Hugo Viana.

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  • Kyle |  May 21st, 2009 at 5:43 am

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    ^but Valencia’s site was doubtful about Vicente^

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  • siva |  May 21st, 2009 at 8:53 am

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    Albelda had a message for potential Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, saying that if he does try to sign David Villa it “would not be the first time” he has come to Valencia and “not got what he wanted”.

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  • mohammed allah |  May 23rd, 2009 at 4:00 am

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    Watch and read mohammed T-shirt art from Sweden at,
    http://www.mohammedt-shirt.com
    Please read in English.

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