[JaredL]

In a fairly big signing, Real Madrid have apparently signed Jose Antonio Reyes from Arsenal. Reyes is an ex-Sevilla player, he signed for Sevilla when quite young. He's a favorite among Sevilla fans and it's going to be tough to see him playing for Real Madrid.

The deal sends Julio Baptista to Arsenal. Baptista hasn't done much for Real Madrid but when he was at Sevilla he was ridiculously good. He has the potential to be one of the main attacking options for Brazil next world cup. I think he'll fit in with the Premier league style as he's a big forward and happy to run around defenders or through them. I'm actually somewhat curious if Sevilla will get some transfer money for this as both players in the transfer were sold a couple years ago by Sevilla.

This move is probably good for all parties. Baptista wasn't happy with his lack of playing time in Madrid, a problem that would be worse this year. Reyes never settled in at Arsenal.

For the team neutral Sevillano fan it's a pretty sad couple of days with the transfer of Reyes to Real Madrid and the transfer of Joaquin to Valencia. Both were boyhood players of the two teams in Seville and both will be playing for other clubs in Spain.