Mariano Damian Barbosa is leaving Villareal and signed for Recreativo Huelva. The 23 year Argentinian Goalkeeper signed for the the Yellow Submarine 2 years ago but had always been second goalkeeper to Sebastien Viera. In two seasons he played 23 games for Villareal.

German giant Werder Bremen announced the signing of young Dutch goalkeeper Robbert Te Loeke today. The 18 year old goalie will play for the Bundesliga squad for at least 2 seasons. He is scheduled to be third goalkeeper for Bremen, that first expressed interest in him in June. Up until this season Te Loeke was playing for the youth team of Dutch Eredivisie side FC Utrecht.

Utrecht’s goalkeeper trainer Maarten Arts said: “Normally Robbert would join the 2^nd senior team next season but unfortunately we are in a great position having three very talented young goalkeepers already in Michel Vorm, Franck Grandel and Andre Krul. Robbert would most likely not get a lot of playing time because of this”

Liverpool signed Hungarian goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. The 17-year old is regarded as one of Europe’s most talented keepers and earned his contract after being on trial with the Reds last month. Gulacsi, signed from MTK Hungaria, will be on loan for one year with an option to be signed for 2 years.

The goalkeeper is the 3^rd signing for Liverpool from MTK Hungaria, they already signed field players Krisztian Nemeth and Andras.

Dorus de Vries beat out Willy Gueret last season to become Swansea’s first choice goalkeeper. This made Gueret leave for Milton Keynes Dons and left Swansea with only one back-up goalkeeper being youngster Callum Hawthorne. Manager Roberto Martinez then tried to sign Liverpool third choice keeper David Martin but that move was unsuccessful.

"Callum has done really well and he's one we're looking at for the future, but it wouldn't be good for him to be on the bench just now," Martinez said. "So we're looking to bring someone in, maybe in the next few days."

Levante signed another goalkeeper. The Spanish side is getting Marco Storari on loan from AC Milan for 2 seasons with an option to permanently sign him. Interesting detail is that Levante just this past June signed Vladan Kujovic to be their starting goalkeeper. But in recent friendlies against lower ranked opponents they conceded 11 goales which made management decide to contact AC Milan and see if Storari was available.

Irish goalkeeper Robert Duggan will be joining Stafford Rangers this week. The 20-year old former Stoke City goalkeeper already spent 3 months on loan with the Rangers last season. The young goalkeeper, born in Dublin, is manager Phil Robinson’s eighth (!) signing of the week....

Czech Republic U-20 goalkeeper Radek Petr signed with Italian Serie A squad Parma yesterday. The talented young goalkeeper helped the Czech Republic National Team reach the finals at the U-20 World Cup last month. Radek signed a 4 year deal in Parma, according to his agent Tomas Klecka. He was acquired from Czech First Division team Banik Ostrava. Radek is regarded one of the best goalkeepers in his age group after his heroic performances during the U-20 World Cup against Japan and Spain and his key role in eliminating these countries in penalty shootouts. The deal is estimated to be worth around $500,000.00.

Jerzey Dudek left Liverpool last month to join Real Madrid but it didn’t take Rafael Benitez long to find a replacement for the Polish goalkeeper; Liverpool just signed Charles-Hubert Itandje to be the second goalkeeper behind Jose Manuel Reina. The 24 year old goalkeeper was signed from RC Lens to a 6 year deal. This also means that the very talented 21 year old goalkeeper Scott Carson will be on loan again this year. Having played 36 games for Charlton Athletic last season; Carson will be now be joining Aston Villa to gain more experience.

Benitez said: "I am happy with the situation and for Scott to play regularly somewhere else. We do not want to lose him, certainly not sell him because we are very happy with him. He is a good lad and a very promising goalkeeper. But I can understand his need to maintain his place in the England squad. It will benefit him to be out on loan and for us to sign a new goalkeeper, then we will have three keepers all in action."

The deal we reported to be in the making now has been finalized; Craig Gordon is leaving Hearts to join Sunderland. The move involves about 13 million Euro, which is almost 18 million dollars. This transfer makes Gordon the most expensive goalkeeper in the EPL. The second most expensive goalkeeper move in England was when Barthez joined Man U in 200 for a little under 16 million dollars. The 24 year old goalkeeper has signed a 5 year contract for Roy Keane’s squad.

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