David Villa joins Atletico Madrid

Barcelona have sold David Villa to Atletico Madrid for an accumulated fee of about £6m. The 'Blaugrana' will also have 50% of all future transfers involving the player.

Radamel Falcao joined AS Monaco of France last month and the Copa Del Rey champions are keen to find an adequate repplacement for him.

Atletico finished third in last season's Spanish primera liga.

Villa joined Barcelona from Valencia in 2010 for €40m,but a long term injury forced the Spanish international to lose his place in the starting eleven of the club.

The Spanish striker scored 48 goals in over 100 appearances for the Spanish la liga champions.

AC Milan drowned in Spain

AC Milan of Italy have been sent out of the UEFA Champions League for the second consecutive season by Barcelona. The Spanish club went down 2-0 at the San Siro about two weeks ago.
The 'Blaugrana bounced back with a 4-0 win at the Nou camp on Tuesday night. Lionel Messi scored a brace in the first half before David Villa and Jordi Alba added their goals in the second half.

'Massy' Allegri had no tactical answer to the superior fire power of Lionel Messi and his team-mates.

FC Barcelona has become the first club to overturn a 2-0 deficit in the knock out stage of the Champions League.

The Catalans will join Real Madrid in the quarter final of this year's competition.