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How Chinese investors rescued Atletico’s palatial plans

Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano stadium hosting the Champions League final was an impossible dream which could still have an unhappy ending.

Fri, 31 May, 2019

At least Arsenal won't face a Calderon of noise

Atletico Madrid’s creaking Estadio Vicente Calderon Stadium was not a ground any opponent fancied visiting, especially on big Champions League nights when the old concrete bowl literally shook with emotion and noise.

Thu, 03 May, 2018

New Atletico are still not matching the old

In the build-up to Friday’s La Liga game at Deportivo La Coruna, there was plenty of talk about a ‘new’ Atletico Madrid side again challenging for this season’s title.

Mon, 02 Nov, 2015

Spain’s cavalier clubs dicing with danger

In La Liga’s latest example of club chiefs writing cheques their teams can’t cash, Barcelona announced last Monday that its socios would vote in the new year on whether to spend 300m “remodelling” their current stadium or at least 600m on a new ground elsewhere in the city.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2013