The Return of King Muppet Baby

He’s baaaaack! Alvaro Morata has returned home to the Bernabeu and was officially presented today.

Official Comings & Goings: Morata & Cheryshev

Those rumors have become official. We are exercising our buy back clause on Morata and he’s returning home for the pre-season.

Real Madrid Catch Up

The Women’s World Cup and work have been keeping my attention away from RM, which to be honest, I’m kind thankful about because this pre-season is quite clusterfucky. But now it’s time to bite the bullet and catch up.

First off, Dani Carvajal signed a contract renewal which will see him at Real Madrid until 2020. A very important occasion indeed!

It’s Official: Lucas Vázquez (Re-joins) Real Madrid

A canterano returns home! The mothership made the announcement today.

Real Madrid C. F. has exercised their buy-back contract rights over Lucas Vázquez in the existing agreement with R. C. D. Espanyol. The player will remain linked to our club for the next five seasons.

– Lozil

It’s Official: Casemiro To Return

RM officially announced today that they have activated Casemiro’s buy back clause from Porto. The Portuguese club had wanted to make the loan permanent to the tune of €15million but Los Blancos said nuh-uh. You can see what he’s been up to while here was away in this video.

– Lozil

It’s (Finally) Official: Rafa Benitez Presented As New Coach Of Real Madrid

As was expected, Rafa Benitez was presented today as the new coach of Real Madrid. It’s a homecoming for a man who came up through the cantera and also coached our youth sides.

Welcome Back To Madrid, Fernando!

Nando had his presentation at Atleti yesterday and received a rapturous reception. 45,000 fans packed the Vicente Calderon to welcome their favorite son back home.

Is This The Happiest Man In Spain?

I think it might be. It’s wonderful to see him so damn happy. He was in the stands today for Atleti’s first game of the year, which was a 3-1 victory over Levante.

Presenting The Pirate

Esteban, looking for all the world in that picture like he was just asked to listen to Matchbox 20 b-sides, was presented today at Anoeta.

Mazel Tov: El Pirata Returns To Real Sociedad

Tan bonita como siempre. http://t.co/nw2TqzW9Kn—
Esteban Granero (@eGranero11) July 27, 2014

We knew the news was probably imminent when he posted this picture from his apartment in San Sebastian (and Marca was reporting it to be a done deal) yesterday, but 15 minutes ago, he put the following picture  up.