Zubimendi Linked With Move to Atlético Madrid
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Martín Zubimendi may move to a new football club.
He could join Atlético de Madrid.
This may happen in the winter transfer window.
The winter transfer window is in January.
A football man named Mateu Alemany is working on this move.
He is a sporting director. A sporting director helps a club buy and sell players.
People say Alemany is planning a big transfer.
A transfer is when a player moves to a new club.
News reports also talk about another player, Julián Álvarez.
Álvarez may move to Arsenal.
Arsenal is a football club in England.
Some people call this news a 'bombazo'.
'Bombazo' means big surprise news in Spanish.
One report says the Zubimendi move is 'close'.
This means the transfer could happen soon.
Many fans are excited about this news.
Nothing is official yet. We must wait for more news.
Vocabulary15 words
- transfer window
- a time when clubs can buy and sell players
- sporting director
- a person who helps a club choose and buy players
- transfer
- when a player moves to a new club
- Atlético de Madrid
- a big football club in Spain
- Arsenal
- a big football club in England
- bombazo
- a Spanish word for big surprise news
- close
- near; almost happening
- official
- confirmed and true, from the club
- fans
- people who love and support a team
- January
- the first month of the year
- winter
- the cold season of the year
- club
- a team and its organisation
- deal
- an agreement between people or clubs
- report
- a piece of news in the media
- move
- to change clubs
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1. Atlético de Madrid 2. January 3. No
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Martín Zubimendi may move to a new football _____.
He could join _____ de Madrid.
This may happen in the winter transfer _____.
A football man named Mateu Alemany is working on this _____.
He is a sporting _____.
People say Alemany is planning a big _____.
News reports also talk about another player, Julián _____.
Álvarez may move to _____.
One report says the Zubimendi move is _____.
Nothing is _____ yet.
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