Melli is the new defender

Melli, the latest player for CD Tenerife arrived today in Compoamor to join Arconada's squad. He has signed for 3 years having been released by Real Betis yesterday










Melli is the new player in the CD Tenerife squad. The defender from Andalucia has signed for three season. Juan Alberto Andreu, Melli (6/6/1984, Barbate, Cádiz), has joined the blue and white group today in Campoamor. He was met by sports director, Santiago Llorente. He will pass the medicals and if every thing is right will then sign his contract.

The player comes from Real Betis. He has been a member of their squad since 2002 and was in the international youth squads. The defender talked to the press today and said he was pleased that the objective of the teams was to be at the top of the table and fight to go up to the first division. "I am now in a club where you can see how they competed the last two years. New players have arrived and we hope to be one of the teams who lead the way in the second division. Since I knew CD Tenerife was interested in me I was very clear I wanted to come. I am excited about the new season. This will be a new chance, but as I said from the moment I knew CD Tenerife were interested in me I was looking forward to being here" he finished.




Kome has renounced playing for the Cameroon national team. He says it is too much in the second division where there is no break and he would loose too many games with the club. Cameroon this week signed Javier Clemente this week. The Spanish trainer last trained Valladolid at the end of last season culminating in their going down from the first division to the second division.

The presentation game will be against Real Club Deportivo Mallorca on Friday the 20th of August at 9pm in the Heliodoro stadium. The team who were last years great surprise finished fifth and would have been eligible for the Europa league if financial difficulties hadn't stopped them taking part.
Ex-player who now play for Real Mallorca and might visit with the trainer Laudrup's team include Martí, Pau Cendrós & Ayoze Díaz.

Training intensifies for the game on Monday.

The first team in CD Tenerife continued their trainingon Friday in preparation for Monday nights game against RCD Mallorca. This will be the 22nd round of the lBBV league. The team trained for an hour and 50 minutes in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium. Amongast other things there was a talk form their chief trainer José Luis Oltra. Then they warmed up and worked both at ball skills and with pressure exercises. The session finshed with a game between two teams. All the players started out at training including the winger Carlos Bellvis but he only took part in some of the group training so he could continue with his recovery plan.

This morning the team again trained in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium from 10am and after that trainer José Luis Oltra had his usual press conference. The team trained today for 90 minutes this is the penultimate session before the game against Baleric team.

The session started at 10am and the players practised strategies and finshed with shots at goal. The next training will be tomorrow, Sunday in The Heliodoro form 10am

La práctica tuvo lugar en el Heliodoro y dio comienzo pasadas las 10:00 horas. Tras el habitual calentamiento se llevó a cabo trabajo de estrategia y más tarde centros y remates. Se acabó la sesión con series de disparos a portería. Todos los jugadores de la primera plantilla tomaron parte del entrenamiento. After this session trainer Jose Luis Oltra will give the list of the players called up for Monday's game.