Welcome To The World Flavia Lopez Otero!

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¡Bienvenida Flavia! A las 15:00 de este 25.4.2018 llegaste para completar nuestra gran familia. Gracias @diegolopezofficial por hacerme todo tan fácil y al hospital @dexeusmujer y todo su equipo por el gran cariño recibido 💕

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DLo and Iria welcomed their third daughter today and named her Flavia!  Adorable big sisters Zoe & Bianca will have a new playmate. Mazel tov to the whole family! (And you know what this means, Shigs: BONNETS!)

– Lozil

Pre-Sevilla Concentración, More Karim Drama & I Am A Bad Friend

The team met up for concentración this morning. Honestly, I can’t help but think that these two could get up to some ridiculous trouble together and more trouble is the last thing Karim needs. Speaking of…

It’s Official: Mateo Kovačić Signs To Real Madrid

21 year old Inter Milan & Croatian National Team midfielder Mateo Kovačić has become our newest player signing for the next six seasons. He will be presented tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Raul!

Happy 38th birthday to the glorious Raul! Having managed to get about 6 inches away from him back in May, I can vouch for the fact that he is perfect in every way. Shigs particularly likes his flaring nostrils. That may seem strange, but I must agree, they are fabulous.  Feliz cumpleaños, Raul!

– Lozil

Transfer Rumors: Andrea Pirlo To NYC FC?

When watishista Dr. P mentioned this to me earlier, my squeals must have deafened my colleagues.

Catching Up: Internationals, Training, Hello/Goodbye

It’s a bit of a weird week, what with 17 of our players off on international duty (Gareth, Sami, Benz, Cris, Fabio, Pepe, Lady Edith, Marcelo, Angel, Nacho, Iker, Sese, Isco, Arbie, Carvajal, Morata and Jesé).

Friday Training, Transfer Drama, Spain Call Ups

Casanova picked a great person to bromance with, didn’t he? Casacelo? Anyhow, these two were adorable at training. You can see them goofing around in the video after the jump.

Updated: Sunday Bits & Bobs, Part I

Okay, by opening with this Kaka in China shot, I’ve just assured that Shigs will not read the post ever. Girl, think of it as ripping off the Bandaid quickly. There’s more Kaka within, but I’m getting it out of the way first.

This is what happens when you basically take a weekend off from posting. Tonight will be a two post mammoth bumper crop of photos. Please bear with me as its more or less a photo dump. The weather here is too bloody hot and I’m too tired to do much more. All I can say is thank god for air conditioning otherwise, I’d be a puddle on the floor somewhere. Without further ado here’s A-L of the Bits & Bobs! (Updated to add pictures of Enzo, Guti, Antonella & Thiago. Please note Guti has a terrible hat on. Enzo does not)