Paper Talk: Atletico Madrid looking to make “jump above everyone”

– ‘Jumping above everyone’. Game by game, and now against Levante, Atletico are looking to become leaders not only in the league but also in the race for the Pichichi, the Zamora while they could claim a record number of points.

– A terrible deal has it been this year. Iker returns to the stadium where he was injured and lost his starting place.

– Earthquake in Barcelona. Cule convulsions as Lionel Messi surprisingly criticises the club’s vice-president.

– “Faus does not know football, he wants to run the club as if it were a company”. “Nor I nor anybody around me has asked for a new contract”.

– Victor Valdes considers England.

– “La Liga is a three-horse race,” Michel.

– “I see Ancelotti as someone very firm in front of the media, he has brought peace to the club. If we play at the Bernabeu, I will be made to feel comfortable, I am one of their sons”.

– “Now I am a different coach, I could not come to Greece and die by my ideals”.

– What a night, what a day that was!

– Today is the celebration of the team that 30 years ago beat Malta 12-1.

– Xabi’s renewal is complicated. He apparently has offers from City, United and Juventus.

– Objective: To be Christmas leaders. Diego Costa, who has a knock, is trying to be fit for Levante.

– Messi blasts his vice-president. “Faus does not know nothing about football”.

– ‘Messi shoots’.

– His response to Faus: “He does not know nothing about football”. Denies recent allegations: “The games are 100 per cent for charity”.

– Confronts rumours: “My father wanted to be president of our company and the foundation”.

– Valdes confirms that “there is a campaign against Barca”, and he asks for unity.

– Mou punishes Cole after being “unfaithful” with Arsenal.

– Real Madrid: Already a year since Casillas lost his starting place.

– Valencia: Coach Pizzi comes to the rescue.