Comments on: Real Madrid’s riches buys the club too many Chiefs

By: haka_cl

haka_cl — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:20:55 +0000

Galacticos part I had the same problem…great group of players on the team list but too many ‘Big Egos’ playing together on the field, to the point that you could perceive that actually there wasn’t a proper ‘team’ playing together…I wish the best to their new Chilean coach (Pellegrini) but I think he has a tough task ahead of him.

Like better Barcelona´s aproach with players ‘made’ at home and a couple of key players from abroad….

By: MVDave

MVDave — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:22:59 +0000

Ronaldo has done a great job at United with a hat trick of EPL titles, a UCL title etc. At Au$160million it is a great deal for the Reds and the money will apparently be given to the ‘Scottish One’ to strengthen the squad. Good luck to Ronaldo but he already has an injury cloud for the start of next season so well done ManU!!

By: Slippery Jim

Slippery Jim — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:57:37 +0000

Ronaldo to Madrid for a new record £80 million? (cue ominous music)…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jun/11/cristiano-ronaldo-manchester-united-real-madrid-transfer

By: whiskeymac

whiskeymac — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:35:06 +0000

galacticos were all glitz and crap defence…. they fell apart when they lost makele to chelski. so unless there’s balance in the team they may be great for selling shirts, but won’t necessarily do much more… still, great fanatsy football. oh and they will probably need to have manager for longer than half a season too.

Apart from Laporta’s (sour grapes ahead of his own raiding of other clubs) comments is anyone else (ie Platini or Blatter) going to stand up to the latest distortion of the transfer market. Surely this is the kind of financial vulagrism and oligarchic inspired irresponsibility (of spending so much on a few players to the dertiment of other leagues and when the club is in so much debt) is what they abhor …or does such sentiment only apply to those chavvy nouveau EPL teams and not the Euro-stocracy?

By: Ryan Steele

Ryan Steele — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:50:19 +0000

The official transfer fee was actually marginally over £58 million (€67.2 million). It’s the highest transfer fee in pounds (due to exchange rates), but the highest in euros (which is the only currency being dealth with between the clubs) is still Zinedine Zidane’s transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid, in 2001, which was €73.5 million (could be converted to “a mere” £46 million at that time).

It’s also been stated tha Kaka made the move to help the club he loves – AC Milan – keep out of financial trouble. More a mutual agreement between the three parties, than anything.

Madrid have a massive €200 million transfer budget for the off-season, so it wouldn’t be a surprise to see plenty of exciting changes at the Bernabeu; possibly half of the “Galacticos 2.0″ outfit moving in by the start of the new season.
Carlos Tevez has states that he would prefer to stay in England, as he and his family are happy there, and is likely to do so, with Manchester City having put an offer on his plate, and United reportedly willing to pay the owner of Tevez’s rights, Kia Joorabchian, the required fee for full ownership.

Frank Ribery, if offered, is likely to head to Madrid. In all honesty, it could probably be the best move he could make. It’s also reported that Valencia and Madrid have agreed on a price for David Villa.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the biggest focus in the world media, though. While he continually says he wants to stay at United (for now, at least), it hasn’t stopped the various reports and speculation. A transfer between United and Madrid is unlikely to happen in this transfer window, however, as Sir Alex and co. are reluctant to release their star child.

Madrid looks likely to out-media Manchester City, this year.