Alright I can say it now. Whew! the jinx is over. No not really, because Little Buddha De La Pena is out again from a leg injury and won’t be fit against Madrid, but there are encouraging signs that capitan Tamudo might be able to return from his broken arm in time, and there is the very impressive win over a Valencia squad that is still dealing with the after-effects of the Koeman Reolution. Luis Garcia scored both goals, the first off a pretty bad goalkeeping error by Timo Hildebrand, and the second off a deserved penalty, and for the first time in weeks we fairly dominated.
The other important news of the week is that constant speculation over keeper Carlos Kameni’s future at the club are weighing on Ernesto Valverde. Sure Jarque, Riera and Torrejon have all been linked recently to moves away from the club, but Kameni has been putting out feelers through his agent since going off to play in the Africa Nation’s Cup. It looks like his move to Tottenham has almost been finalized, but Dinamo Tiblisi keeper Didier Ovono has been lined up as a replacement. I wish agents and players would start drumming up interest after the season is over. This constant harping to AS or Marca is just ridiculous.
Beyond that, I’d say it’s a slow newsweek as the attention is riding high on the European Championships. More next week.
