"La Liga" - the window of transitions opens [Part I]

2007-01-06 18:16 © EuroFootball.com

By visitors' request, the portal EuroFootball.com briefly reviews the situation of the opened winter transfer window in Spain. On January 1st, new players were allowed to be registered again, and some clubs rushed to reinforce their squads, while others just began negotiations with the clubs of the players they are interested in.

Today we are publishing the first part of the article, which reviews ten "La Liga" teams. Tomorrow, read about the actions of the remaining ten Spanish teams in the player market.

"Athletic Bilbao"

In: Unai Alba ("Barakaldo") Out: None Interested in: Ivan Campo ("Bolton")

The biggest "Athletic" "problem", if it can be called that, is that the club's policy allows them to only acquire players with Basque citizenship. For this reason, they acquired goalkeeper Unai Alba from the lower-league Basque club "Barakaldo".

Recently appointed head coach Mane has shown interest in 32-year-old center-back Ivan Campo. The former Real Madrid defender would undoubtedly strengthen this unique team, which has been fighting for survival in the league in recent years. However, Bolton's desired amount of around 3.5 million euros might be too high. Additionally, according to the latest reports, I. Campo's agent stated that the player wants to stay at Bolton.

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