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  This man is really growing frustrated.  Just few weeks after loosing the champions league final to city rival, Real Madrid, his club faces another great challenge ahead of the new season as big clubs in Europe have started poaching on his best talents.   Diego Simeone is becoming exasperated over the selling off of his Atletico Madrid squad. The Daily Mail says the Spanish champions are wary that coach Simeone is growing frustrated at the sales taking place with Diego Costa and Filipe Luis heading to Chelsea with free agent Tiago. Midfielder Koke is also the subject of fevered interest but all interested parties are being referred to his buy-out clause of £48m. Koke is also being linked with Chelsea, along with Barcelona . Really bad for this great coach.

The FIFA world cup 2014 kick-started yesterday in Brazil in a grand style as Brazil the host country started on a winning note. Neymar struck twice as Brazil won the World cup opener against Croatia 3-1. Neymar, Brazil's Barcelona talisman, proved the key for the win in a sparkling and controversial  match that may well set the tone for a World cup of thrills and skills.  Each Brazil goal, two scored by Neymar  the second after a dubious penalty won by Fred  and a third by Oscar was greeted by a flurry of fireworks bursting across the Sao Paulo skyline. Croatia had had the impertinence to take the game to the hosts - and score first courtesy of an own goal by Marcelo but the drive of Brazil not to fail on such an occasion proved decisive.  Croatia coach Niko Kovac said afterwards: "I don't think anybody, anywhere in the stadium, saw this as a penalty. If you continue like this you will have 100 penalties. I think 2.5billion people wa...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger 's relationship with Cesc Fabregas remains close, despite his move to Chelsea. Arsenal secured a first-option buy-back clause as part of the £35million deal which saw Fabregas return to Barcelona Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had considered taking up the option once it became clear Barca were looking to sell the midfielder.  But with the likes of Aaron Ramsey , Mesut Ozil, Jack Wilshere , Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain already at the club, Wenger decided his squad did not need another creative midfielder, says the Daily Mail.  Wenger and Fabregas continue to have a close relationship, while it is understood returning to north London was Fabregas' preferred destination.  Despite the fact Fabregas' move to Chelsea has been mooted for several days, there remained an element of surprise that Wenger snubbed the opportunity to re-sign Fabregas from within the club yesterday. Chelsea yesterday completed the signing of ...