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Published 12:16 11 Aug 2016 BST
Updated 14:59 11 Aug 2016 BST
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Woodgate, who also represented Leeds and Newcastle, was released by Middlesbrough after his contract ended at the end of last season. As well as picking up plenty of injuries during his two years in Madrid, he also picked up the language. The Liverpool Echo report that he's likely to be working for the club in Spain as a result.
Naturally, the news was quite a surprise, but it didn't take long for football fans up and down the land to start cracking the same highly predictable jokes...
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