more additions… almost there

Five more Madrid players have made their way to Los Angeles.  Yesterday, new signings Sami Khedira and Sergio Canales, along with World Cup finalists Rafa van der Vaart, Álvaro Arbeloa and Raúl Albiol were seen checking in at Barajas.  Well, actually I didn’t see Raúl Albiol, which was strange, considering he’s just about joined to the hip with Arbeloa.  Instead, Arbeloa was seen in the company of Rafa.

I guess Sami was the only one who had time to pass through Valdebebas, since he was the only one decked out in the official travel outfit.  The other three (or four) players wore normal clothes.  And I really want to know what is in that folder with Arbeloa’s name on it!

So all we’re missing is Iker, Sergio and Xabi.  Come on Sergio, spend your last day off at the beach!!!  ¡¡¡Por favor!!!

Meanwhile, Benzema’s Spanish is improving!  See him talk about how he hopes to score a lot of goals this year here.

And Pedro León talks to El Larguero about his idol (Zidane), the origin of the “León” part of his and his brothers’ names (for his grandfather), cycling (his brother Luis León just won the Clásica San Sebastián), his “hermanito” Granero, his national team aspirations, and how he didn’t go shopping during his time off (his back hurt).  Have a listen here.

And tennis player Feliciano López showed up at the training session yesterday, where he got to talk to some of the players.  Ok, that’s not really interesting news, but a picture of these two hotties?  That’s news.

And Feli’s good friend and fellow tennis player (and unamadridista favorite) Rafa Nadal also recently talked about how much he loves Benzema.