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July 15th, 2009

Beating Them To The Punch: Athletic’s Third Signing

By: Paul | Comments 9 Comments

According to the latest reports (here and here) Athletic have signed Real Sociedad’s 23-year-old left defender Xabi Castillo for €1 with another €600,000 in based on the player’s performances.



July 4th, 2009

HELLO!

By: Paul | Comments 11 Comments

Hello readers, my name is Paul and I am now the blogger for Athletic Club Bilbao here on theoffside. I have been a follower of Athletic for a little more than a year now and always enjoyed reading this site for some news and opinion in English, and when it went inactive I was disappointed. [...]

July 24th, 2008

Calcio Classic vs Udinese

By: Elisa | Comments No Comments

Athletic is in the final of the Morocco Summer Cup Tournament. They will play Pasquale Marino’s Udinese. I wonder if the big boys will play IE Quagliarella, Di Natale, etc. ?? Gora Athletic!
Los Leones squeaked by with a win on penalties against AS FAR from Morocco in the Semi Finals.

July 13th, 2008

Preseason Time

By: Elisa | Comments No Comments

Athletic returned to pre-season training this week at the Isla Canela near Huelva. The Mister has called into camp 33 players – 5 Canteranos and 28 Lions. Joaquin Caparros has stated that the team is much improved and we need to continue to ensure that Sam Mames is our fortress. President Macua has [...]

June 17th, 2008

New Signing at Athletic and much more

By: Elisa | Comments No Comments

As the rest of us have been inundated with the Euros and looking forward to a mouth watering Spain vs Italy encounter in the quarterfinals, here’s the last news out of Bilbao~*

New signing – Joseba del Olmo Garcia
Athletic has paid the €300,000 buyout clause on Del Olmo’s contract with Eibar. Del Olmo has signed a [...]



June 7th, 2008

Odds and Ends or Much Ado about Goalkeepers

By: Elisa | Comments 2 Comments

Things have kinda slowed to a grinding halt as the Euros begin.
Nevertheless, below is a recap of some of the ongoings at Athletic.
* Natxo Monreal from Osasuna is too expensive for Athletic. President Macua is not interested in paying highway robbery for any player. We need a left back, but we [...]




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