Both won the League, Europa League and cup of Portugal titles in 2011. Decisive day negotiation by both players, with the attacker Colombian as a priority, was settled with the agreement between the three parties, both clubs and the Portuguese Jorge Mendes, agent of the two players and that he returned to Vicente Calderon, where he already was on Wednesday to finalize the operation. Falcao, internationally with Colombia and who played with his selection, last July, the America’s Cup played in Argentina, turned 25 years on February 10 and has fought in the Argentine River Plate and Porto, which this summer has also lifted the Portuguese Supercup title. The attacker arrived at the Portuguese club in July 2009. That campaign, in 2009-10, scored 34 goals in official matches with blue and white t-shirt, 25 of them in League and eight in the Champions League. Last season he signed 33, sixteen League and seventeen in the Europa League, which broke the record of annotation in an edition that German Juergen Klinsmann had since 1995-96. The resolution of his signing closes weeks of negociacione s, accelerated by Atletico in the last days to hire as soon as possible the attacker, which, in any case, may not play the round of the Europa League against Vitoria de Guimaraes, like Ruben Micael. Both are not registered for that round.
The March of the Argentine Sergio Kun Aguero, traded to Manchester City for 45 million, the value of his termination clause, and the lesion of the Brazilian Diego Costa, at the end of the month of July broke his anterior cruciate ligament in the right knee, they urged to Atletico to reinforce their lead. Ruben Micael, Zaragoza Atletico also closed down the signing of Ruben Micael, within the operation by Falcao. The midfielder, who Friday celebrates its 25th birthday, is also international for his country and comes from Oporto, where he has played the last year and a half, with eight caps and three goals included in the Europa League. He has signed with Atletico for the next four years, the first of them as ceded in Zaragoza. They are the seventh and eighth signing of Atletico this season. Have arrived the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, ceded by the Chelsea; the dense Silvio Azevedo (Sporting de Braga) and Joao Miranda (Sao Paulo); the midfielders Gabi Fernandez (Zaragoza) and Arda Turan (Galatasaray); and striker Adrian Lopez (Deportivo de La Coruna). Source of the news: Atletico tab to Falcao and Ruben Micael by 45 million