Atletico Madrid said Wednesday they had signed Spanish international Victor Machin Perez, know as 'Vitolo', from Sevilla but immediately loaned him to Las Palmas to comply with a FIFA recruitment ban.

France striker Antoine Griezmann tied the knot with his long-term partner Erika Choperena in a secret ceremony at a beauty spot in Toledo, Spanish media revealed on Friday.

French star Antoine Griezmann has extended his contract with Atletico Madrid by a year, the Spanish club announced on Tuesday.

Manchester United have cooled their interest in signing Atletico Madrid's French forward Antoine Griezmann, according to British media reports on Thursday.

Atletico Madrid will be unable to sign new players until January 2018 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday upheld their transfer ban.

After saying a transfer to the English Premier League was "possible", 26-year-old Griezmann was asked to rate the possibility out of 10.

Atletico were playing their final competitive match at their home for the past 50 years before moving to the new 67,000 capacity Wanda Metropolitano stadium on the other side of Madrid next season.

Jurgen Klopp admitted it was a "strange" experience to be a hologram guest, along with Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone, at a Munich press conference on Friday -- while sat in Liverpool.

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos insists the European champions will not be cowered by an intimidating atmosphere as they visit Atletico Madrid's Vicente Calderon for the final time on Wednesday.

For all coach Diego Simeone has changed at Atletico Madrid, one thing remains the same -- an inferiority complex when faced with their richer, more successful cross-city rivals Real Madrid.

Atletico Madrid secured Champions League football for a fifth straight season as Saul Niguez's solitary strike earned a 1-0 home win over Eibar on Saturday.

Past Champions League glory over Atletico Madrid is of no advantage to Real Madrid for Tuesday's semi-final, first leg between the pair, Real boss Zinedine Zidane claimed on Monday.