Sneijder thrilled to be back for Real Madrid
Friday, 26 September 08, 03:18 AM
Wesley Sneijder expects to be fit for Real Madrid's October 5 clash with Espanyol.
The Dutch midfielder is fully recovered from a preseason knee injury and revealed: "I feel very good. I have trained very hard in double sessions to reduce the time I'd be out and this has helped me to build up very strong muscles in my legs.
"When I was told about the injury, they said I would be three months out and I said, 'it will be two months'.
"I am very keen to get back into the shirt of Madrid."
Sneijder added: "The team looks very good to me and we are strong. We have not changed much, we are the same as last year plus Rafael Van der Vaart. This year we want to play better in the Champions League.
"We have the quality to do so and to win many titles with this team."
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Robinho Salesman Jibe Riled Madrid
Monday, 08 September 08, 03:29 AM
Robinho told Ramón Calderón that he would rather become a travelling salesman than continue to play for Real Madrid in a bid to force through a transfer, according to the player's agent. The Brazilian's unhappiness at the Bernabéu was no secret, yet it was expected that after pushing through his departure, which ended in a surprising switch to Manchester City, that things would go quiet. But Vagner Ribeiro has continued revealing things by stating that Robinho told Caldéron clearly that he had no intention of staying and that was the start of the whole saga. "The key was the meeting with the president. Caldéron told Robinho that he would not leave the club under any circumstances," he told Joven Pan. " Robinho replied by telling him 'I do not want to stay, I would prefer to become a travelling salesman than remain here." "From then on, and with all the rumours and reports created by the press, everyone turned against him." On the subject of rumours, he continued, "It was put about that Robinho was going to be a Chelsea player, so we celebrated that. When the press asked us about Manchester City, I said it wasn't happening." "But at 10:45 in the evening they asked if he was going to City, and I said that he'd be going anywhere except Real Madrid. So Chelsea's Peter Kenyon was frantically calling me desperately trying to figure out what was going on." "By that point, though, I knew that Chelsea and Real Madrid would never agree on a fee greater than €40million, so I gave permission to City to proceed." There have been claims and counter-claims from both sides about why Robinho did not sign a new contract and the way that he was treated and Ribeiro could not stay quiet. Robinho has yet to train with his new team-mates in England after signing only hours before being due in Brazil for the World Cup qualifiers.
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