Match info

• La Liga - Matchday 1
• Kick-off: Wednesday 19-Aug-2026 | 21:00 CEST
• Venue: Metropolitano
• Ref: Adrián Cordero Vega
• TV broadcast

Link to Part 1

Link to Part 2

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For those who don't speak Spanish: I checked YouTube's auto translated English subtitles and dub and they seem good enough to know what he's talking about.

Link to previous post

• (done) 13th of July: the squad meets to start the preseason. World Cup players will join later
• (done) 14th of July: 5 days pre-season camp at Los Ángeles de San Rafael (Hotel Segovia Sierra de Guadarrama)
• (done) 18th of July: back to Madrid. Pre-season continues at Majadahonda
• New: 29th of July: pre-season friendly v. Getafe at Majadahonda. Closed doors: No public and no broadcast. (source)
• 1st of August: pre-season friendly v. Manchester United at Stockholm
• 9th of August: pre-season friendly v. Manchester City at Seoul
• New: 14th of August: pre-season friendly v. Olympique Marseille at Marseille (source)
• 16th 19th of August: 1st Liga match v. Málaga (postponed because of World Cup)

Full presentation video (Spanish, no subtitles)

Source: official website (Spanish)

• 13th of July: the squad meets to start the preseason. World Cup players will join later
• 14th of July: 5 days pre-season camp at Los Ángeles de San Rafael (Hotel Segovia Sierra de Guadarrama)
• 18th of July: back to Madrid. Pre-season continues at Majadahonda
• 1st of August: pre-season friendly v. Manchester United at Stockholm
• 9th of August: pre-season friendly v. Manchester City at Seoul
• 16th of August: 1st Liga match v. Málaga (might be postponed if any Atleti player makes it to WC semifinals)

We don't know about any other pre-season friendly yet.

Link to Part 1

This megathread is intended for any kind of discussion regarding transfers. This post will be up until the end of the transfer window, although the post may be renewed if it gets too big.

New "Rumor" and "Official" posts linking sources will still be allowed, but standalone posts asking about rumor updates, suggesting new signings, giving an opinion about rumored movements etc will be removed from now on. That kind of discussion must be held here instead.

The most voted players were: Fernando Torres, Luis Aragonés, Futre, Simeone, Gabi, Adelardo, Escudero, Ben Barek, Godín, Gárate, Collar, Kiko, Pantic, Forlán, Aparicio, Arteche y Falcao.

According to Mundo Deportivo, the commission approved unanimously to add Griezmann once he retires.

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Atleti players World Cup fixtures

• Argentina: Juan Musso, Nahuel Molina, Nico González, Julián Alvarez, Thiago Almada, Giuliano Simeone
• Mexico: Obed Vargas
• Norway: Alexander Sørloth
• Spain: Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, Álex Baena
• Uruguay: José María Giménez