La Liga has officially kicked off this weekend, so friendly reminder to stick around for the match spam post later as we face the recently promoted Sporting Gijon. A lot of topics have been covered over the pre-season in this comm... a certain departure, a big renewal, a few signings here and there... So here are some stuff you may have missed:

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Sahin Has The Devil's Own Luck - Kaka Will NOT Play Against Real Oviedo Tonight
Stick this post under transfer rumours, I suppose.

Kaka, who was on the team sheet for a few minutes this morning, has been removed - without explanation - a few hours after meeting with Mourinho and his father (who is also his agent).

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This definitely belongs here too.
I really, really hope he is thinking this through :/
There's no translation on the english website yet so the one here is mine. Sorry if it's really bad I'm completely blocked right now, I can't even...

Comunicado oficial

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Original article from the mothership (I only copied and pasted the second half):

Jose Mourinho addressed the media the day prior to the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy.

( We have 26 players right now and we want there to be 25. )

 Can this Pre-season just end already?

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