Thursday, 14 February 08, 10:08 PM
Behold this ridiculous quote from Real Madrid chief Ramon Calderon that accompanied the news of Iker Casillas and Raul signing contract extensions to stay for life.
"Iker Casillas and Raul have both agreed to stay with the club for the rest of their sporting lives.
On this day, which is Valentine's day, Iker, Raul and Real can say they love each other, they need each other, and complement each other and will commit for life."
Well, fantastic stuff really. You don't hear things that candid anymore from official sources, nevermind unofficial ones.
And I lied a bit in the title, Guti hasn't yet signed, but is scheduled to do so soon. Calderon said - "Next week, it will be the same with Guti, another symbolic player for the club. We haven't signed yet because he is a little lazier, but it will be with the same conditions."
Well how nice.
26 year old Casillas has signed a massive extension until the summer of 2017.
30 year old Raul has signed a 1 year extension to his deal, until the summer of 2011.
31 year old Guti has done the same, and his deal now goes until 2011 too. I am also shocked that Guti is 31... seems like he got very old very fast.
2 Comments
All cantera players. Well Raul did start at Atleti when they had an academy. I think this is a good move, but they need to put their money where their mout is and give a chance to the cantera players to play more with the first team and promote more to the first team.
Can you print Ramon's quote in Spanish? I want to see if it is lost in translation. But you know Spaniards are very emotional and overly dramatic.