AC Milan want Huntelaar, Ribery wants Real + Maicon to Real?
Sunday, 05 July 09, 03:08 AM · Comments (172)
Klaas Huntelaar to AC Milan?
AC Milan's vice-president Adriano Galliani was quoted saying: "We are going to sign a great forward. Luis Fabiano and Huntelaar are options, but neither will arrive before Monday."
Well, I hope they manage to reach an agreement with Fabiano as soon as possible because I'd like Huntelaar to stay at Madrid. The arrival of Karim Benzema could mean, to some of you, that Huntelaar is no longer needed, but in my humble opinion, Huntelaar is a player that we need. He is the perfect replacement for Ruud Van Nistelrooy. He has played 20 games for us and scored eight goals. You have to consider that he only came in last January and the team wasn't in its best shape especially after the Barcelona game. If you still have doubts over him, check out his fantastic statistics with Ajax and the Netherlands (75 goals in 90 games for Ajax, and 7 goals in just 11 matches for the Netherlands)
I think If Real want to offload a striker then it has to be Van Nistelrooy. It is not because he is bad, actually he could be more useful than all of those we have, it is because he is over 30, has only one year left on his contract, and the only striker left that we could or should sell. We can't sell or force Rau'l to retire and we can't sell Higuain either, it would be dump to do so.
Galliani has an excellent relationship with Perez and If we are going to sell him, then he'll surely go to AC Milan. They are a great club with a great history are attractive to anyone. Yet again, I hope Perez offloads Ruud instead as it would be a huge mistake to let a young goal-scoring-machine like Huntelaar go to another club.
Ribery wants Real
"It is Madrid or nothing", Ribery told French newspaper L'Equipe. This means Bayern can do nothing to prevent him from going and this will be a good thing for us. We'll have the upper hand in negotiating because the player wants to come, and Bayern will have to lower their asking price.
Both clubs have been in negotations for a while now, but nothing has been reached yet. I'd say that personal terms have been informally agreed, but Real still have to reach an agreement with Bayern.
Beckenbauer says that Real can't pay for Ribery after signing Kaka, Ronaldo, Albiol and Benzema. I don't think so, I think we can still pay. We didn't spend a lot of money last season and we have loans from banks this year. We also still have revenue generated from ticket sales, shirts and TV rights. The bottom line is, If Bayern say yes, Perez will pay.
Maicon To Real?
I don't get this one. We already have a right-back and all we need is a left-back. Maicon is a world-class right-back and If we didn't have Ramos, then he'd be useful, however, If he comes we'll surely have problems. You can't bench one of them and none of them would love to be the "backup". His agent claims that Real are interested in him. I know for a fact that agents are sometimes liars, and they use other clubs to get better contracts from their clients' current clubs. So my guess is that they are just using us to get an improved contract from Inter, nothing more or less.
What are your thoughts on these rumors?
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If Ribery is that determined to transfer to Real without a second option then I hope Perez & Co. will really pursue it.
In my humble opinion i think we should let Huntelaar go,just like Negredo if they stay we will destroy their talent just like we did with Saviola
About Ribery he already said that he wants to play for Real Madrid or nothing else,and now its Perez's move to convince Bayern we really ned him but what about Robben?
and Maicon can play instead of Ramos,he is better than him in both defencive and offensive roles and Ramos can play in the left just like he did against Barcelona
HALA MADRID!
Reply to MadridistAli:
Huntelaar should stay. Higuain, Benzema and him should be those who play. Rau'l has to step down and be benched. If none of those three play well, Raul has to play and if he does well then he continues to play; in other words, who plays well, plays.
As for Maicon, I agree he is a great right-back, but Ramos is a great player as well though he can't play as a left-back. He just had to do it against Barcelona and sucked at it. It is not his natural position.
Reply to MadridistAli:
Huntelaar is NEEDED. Great penalty box player! However, AC Milan have been good to us, and gave us a good deal on Kaka. We should return the favour if they really want Huntelaar.
As for Ribery, it's not in our hands.
The thing I like about Florentino is that after he makes an offer, and the other club says 'he is not for sale' Florentino leaves well alone. Florentino understands that you can't force clubs to sell if they don't want to, and there is no need to make enemies by insisting, like Calderon did, on buying players that are not for sale.
Now it's up to Ribery to convince Bayern to let him go. Florentino can't do that because he would just be interfering in another club's affairs.
AS for Maicon: I think the idea is that Ramos moves to centre back, where he played in his first season for Real Madrid - and did very well too.
Reply to Caracoleo:
Now why do we have Pepe,Albiol and Garay then???
To play as left-backs??? Gimme a break!!
Reply to Caracoleo:
Just because Milan have been good to us doesn't mean we should sell them Huntelaar. We paid 64m euros for Kaka and so they didn't give him to us for free. If Perez is going to sell him, then he better get more than we paid for him (27m euros).
Reply to Adambader:
I'm honestly puzzled why did we go for Benzema
when we already had Higuain?? They are almost
same type of players and maybe Benzema has little
more pace! But these 2 don't complement each
other! What we needed is a box poacher like
Klaas-Jan who can put away the easy chances which
Ronaldo and Kaka are gonna make for him! Also I
think Huntelaar has a brilliant shot power and
accuracy!!
If I had to choose between either Benzema and
Klaas for goal-scoring purposes, I'd certainly
choose Hunter, as his records speak for
themselves while Benzema's record is not as good
as him either with Lyon or France.
Reply to Adambader:
Yeah what is this "Milan has been good to us??
" 
We paid 64 million Euros for Kaka, a record at the time! And this is business, why should we do Milan any favours?? That sounds totally dumb to me for us to do!!
They only sold Kaka becuz they are in ruins financially and could not afford to play his salaries!!
Reply to themadridguy:
* pay his salaries!
I read on Marca.com that Vincent Soriano is the new owner of Valencia. What does this mean for Villa and Silva now?? Does Villa go to Barcelona and Silva to Madrid?? Or do they both stay at Valencia??
Hey what do you think will we go for Ashley Cole now that he rejected new contract with Chelsea.
we dont know yet, i mean cum on... its rumours mate.
i think we shud go for silva if we cant get ribery,, but da rumours said that they both r not for sale... aaah... life is so hard 4 perez.. 
Reply to themadridguy:
that was a reply for 10. los_galacticos..
Reply to themadridguy:
I hope they both stay with Valencia
Reply to themadridguy:
I don't think Garay is going to feature much. I've heard he is very slow...
Plus many people believe that Ramos' best position is centre back.
Reply to themadridguy:
If we are talking about records then Huntelaar is better than both Benzima and Higuain
Reply to Adambader:
A little bit of quid pro quo is important. If we want to maintain good relations with clubs like Milan then we have also have to play ball with them.
The reality is this. We got Kaka for less than Chelasea and Man City bid. For that alone we should be grateful to AC Milan.
Huntelaar is not a crucial player in the eyes of Valdano and Pardeza.
Milan want Huntelaar.
I think it is natural to sell him, maybe for around 19 to 20 m.
If we ever feel the need to bid for one of their players they will at least give us the time of day. And we need to offload some of our no-hopers, they might be willing to take a punt.
Of course I would rather have Huntelaar. But not at the expense of losing a strategic European ally.
Reply to MadridistAli:
Yeah I know,
but we cannot axe Higuain becuz he has already become a crowd favourite! 
Reply to Caracoleo:
You make it sound like Real Madrid is United States government- "we cannot lose a strategic European ally!" I hear that kinda of stuff from American politicians on CNN!!
Reply to Caracoleo:
I was thinking much along the same lines mate, as per Ramos possibly playing at centreback in the event that Maicon is signed by the team. My uncertainty was as to how well he would be in the position having never seen him play CB.
Benzema and Higuain are alike just as Huntelaars style is more like that of RvN. So I really didnt see the point of buying Benzema, especially since the focus should be on defensive players. Is Perez planning on making the same mistakes over and over again? If he buys Ribery he'll be over the 300 million budget and he'll just have small amounts of money for a defender, so he won't get the best. Also think about the balance in a team, 94 million for Ronaldo and 10 millin for a defender? That's a collision waiting to happen.
Manchester United is also showing interest in the dutch attacker. Funny that it's those 2 clubs. 
Real Madrid rejected Milans loan proposal for Huntelaar, not making friends there.
As for Sneijder, it seems Chelsea is showing interest: LINK
I was just going through archives of this blog from Last November-December and I was amazed to find out that many of the same readers of this blog who were "very excited" about Huntelaar are now willing to dump him after just 6 months! But this is just an observation though!
I'm sad he didn't come to Madrid! If we had him then, we wouldn't need to beg Bayern for Ribery now! 
Also I found that in the winter transfer window we were being linked with "NON-GALACTICO" players such as Di Maria,Crespo and Zarate.
There was also talk of Arshavin coming to Madrid.
What this whole thing taught me is that 80% of the transfer rumours are crap!
So we should take rumours with a good pinch of salt.
Also how do u guys compare ARSHAVIN WITH RIBERY??
WHICH IS BETTER??
Personally I'm a fan of Arshavin ever since Euro 2008 and I loved the game last season when he scored 4 goals all by himself in the Liverpool-Arsenal match.
That game was the best of EPL last season along with Liverpool's 4-1 drubbing of MAN Utd!
Reply to themadridguy:
Arshavin has been a Barcelona fan since he was a little child, so I really doubt he'll come to Real. And I also prefer him over Ribery. I'm not a Bayern fan but I think Ribery is a rat for acting like a silly child walking away from training sessions. It's gone to his head.
Reply to MadridistAli:
Huntelaar's record is actually quite amazing- 75 goals in 90 matches!!
That means an avg. of 1.6 goals in every 2 games!!WOW!!
Reply to Trunks:
I'm also worried if Ribery can handle the Madrid crowd and pressure- what if they boo him like Drenthe and then he wants to go??
Reply to themadridguy:
Another thing I remembered what an injury crisis we had last season!!
We were finding it difficult to have players on the bench even, lol!
Have we got rid of that crap medical-fitness staff or are they still here??
If they are, I'll be worried about our players' fitness this season too!
Reply to Trunks:
We should send all of Zidane,Beckham,R9 and Figo to change his mind!!
I'm not sure about Figo though, maybe he still prefers Barca!!
Reply to Trunks:
It's simple. Real Madrid could not allow Benzema to fall into the hands of non-aligned rivals like Manchester United and Chelsea or especially Barcelona. We would be spending the next 3 years trying to recover the ground lost due to that mistake.
Benzema was a key strategic signing. True, he is not a goal poacher like Huntelaar, but I don't think the current regime is interested in goal poaching. Just good attacking football.
The loan proposal for Huntelaar was always a non starter. Milan know they will have to stump up around 18 - 20 million euros.
There is no sign that Florentino is repeating the same mistakes. He has already signed Albiol. He will sign at least 1 more defender, most likely Arbeloa or Maicon.
Does anyone know what happened with Marcano? I thought we had him in the bag?
Reply to Riken:
I'm not sure if we can actually afford the salaries of all-Kaka, Cristiano, Benzema, Casillas, Raul and Cole! If we sign Cole, we would go bankrupt like AC Milan!!
Reply to Caracoleo:
Didn't Karim say that he wanted to stay at Lyon for one more season and that he left only becuz he didn't want to miss the chance to sign for Real Madrid??
We could have signed him next year after checking out Higuain and Huntelaar's evolution this year!
Also wasn't Robinho a strategic signing too??
What did we do with him?? We let him go!!
What if we let Benzema go after 1-2 seasons?? It would no more be a "Strategic" signing then!!
Reply to themadridguy:
BOTTOM LINE: TORRES AND ARSHAVIN ARE GOING TO BE THE 2 MOST SENSATIONAL PLAYERS IN EPL THIS SEASON!
Reply to themadridguy:
They will never boo him coz he is way way way way way waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy better than C.Ronaldo,but C.Ronaldo is just more popular thats the only thing special about Cristiano
Hey Adam! That Ribery and Benzema pic is quite funny, LMAO!!
What are they doing there??
Reply to Caracoleo:
Kaka said the reason he dumped Man City and chose Real was that Real is a great club with history. That's it. Man City offered Milan and Kaka more money.
As for Huntelaar, I value him at 30m euros. And can you guarantee that If we bid for, lets say, Pato, would Milan just give us the time of day? No, I don't trust Berlusconi.
I beleive Real Madrid is in the "2nd pool" of clubs for the CL draw this year! That means we are gonna be in a group in which 3 out of the 4 teams are Big Boys of Europe!
Remember last year almost all the groups had 2 big clubs and 2 small clubs!
I hope it's not going to be us!! 
It also means 1 out of those 3 is not gonna qualify for 2nd round of CL!
I have a feeling we draw with Man Utd and Inter/ AC Milan in the group stages!
What do U guys feel?? What is your hunch!!
Reply to MadridistAli:
Maicon can play instead of ramos? ARE YOU FEELING OK MATE? and you call yourself a madrid fan...Ramos is the best defender real madrid got...YOU KNOW HES ONLY 23....he is still young and has bad games but he is going to improve maicon is only good at attacking btw! he cant defend at all...i dont know where this rumours are coming from but as you said the agents are talking s**t..madrid needs a left back..ashley cole would be good ... and about hunterlaar if madrid dont sell him and they keep him on the bench he is going to moan alot but if you keep ruud and keep him on the bench he isnt going to say much cuz he knows he is 30 and he is a backup..he wouldntt mind
remember Fergi said real madrid lack speed? well thats what exacllyyy perez are tryin to do get speed ronaldo is fast kaka is fast ribery is fast(and better then robben) and benzema and higuain is fast too..but hunterlaar isnt real madrid dont need a goal pocher when they have ronaldo kaka higuain benzema to score goals! hunterlaar is good but he does not have speed...in this modern game you need speed and everything else...plus raul isnt fast eather hes speed lets him down only if raul was still quicker he would have been much better...back in the days he use to be quick and look how amazing he was...and i think ashley cole would be amazing hes fast unlike arbaloa cole would be a good left back cuz he can catch up with players when hit on the counter attack unlike heinze who was so sh**
Perez says SELL SELL SELL:
LINK
Reply to Adambader:
I think if we were serious about bidding for Pato, Milan would listen. Just not this season, that's all. You can't lose 2 star players to the same team.
Robinho was a strategic signing, but Calderon messed that one up badly. He only had eyes for Cristiano, and neglected the only star player we had.
What the heck is wrong with people?
Higuan is like Benzema?? LOL
Benzema is a diverse forward. 9/10 striking ability 9/10 dribbling 9/10 playing on the wing and behind another striker.
Higuan on the other hand flops against big teams(See liverpool 4-0) ect.
Higuan has 7/10 Striking ability 9/10 Dribbling 7/10 playing on the wing and behind another striker.
Thats just my evaluation of both of them.
And just for the record Benzema has 4 French league titles and he's only 21. Much superior than hunty and higua
Real Madrid Offer Robben, Sneijder And Cash To Land Franck Ribery: LINK
I think Sneijder and Robben should both move to England. I've read something about Chelsea showing interest in Sneijder. Why the hell would he be going to Bayern if that's the case? And why do they always show this picture of Ribery? Don't they like him?
Reply to Weezy:
Ya am 100% okay thank you for asking
We cant argue about Maicon,he is really the best right Back in the world and Ramos could learn from him or he can play in his prefered positing in the centre but at the same time there's Albiol,Pepe and Garay so he should play as a left back in case Maicon comes
ribery just went out and sayed that he is glad if he doesn't leave munich this year. it seems to me that he will come, but I rather think he will come next year..
www.sport1.de
Huntelaar should and will stay. Sell Ruud and maybe use Negredo in a deal.
Alright guys, a quick question..
Do we really need Ribery? I mean, I know he's a pretty good player and all that.. But do we need him at the expense of Robben.. He's fast, skilled, a winger and more importantly, he left footed.. Does'nt that give us more flexibility and options.. Moreover, Ronaldo and Robben can switch flanks if things dont work out against a particular team.. What are ur thoughts?
And about Huntelaar, why on earth are we selling him? Most manager in the world would give their right arms for guys like Robben and Huntelaar.. What stupidity is this? He's a clinical finisher and has got tremendous aerial presence.. i can understand getting rid of van der vaart but why Huntelaar?
Reply to Trunks:
WTF was this then???
LINK
Goal.com need to make up their minds about player transfers!!
Reply to Realfanatic:
Robben HAS to be replaced by Ribery or Silva! Too selfish and too unpredictable for me!
Some of the games last season he was totally ineffective, like bumping into defenders all the time- there was actually a lot of games like this!! 
As for Huntelaar, I've grown tired of making a case for him!! Maybe we Real Madrid fans can unite to stop his transfer, just like Milan fans !!
Or you can just give me Perez's phone no. and e-mail id and I will send him Death threats to warn him from selling Klaas!!
Reply to themadridguy:
One was July 2nd news and another July 5th.. They got to print something for us to read ...
Can't wait for the build-up to the Ronaldo presentation tomorrow on realmadrid.com . It will be exactly like Kaka's albeit slightly better as Ronaldo is more open to the media!
Only 13 million for Huntelaar! Are they crazy?
LINK
Reply to Trunks:
Firstly, this is probably another piece of crap made up my Goal.com writers,secondly if it is true Marseille are certainly not living on planet Earth!!
Please don't let go Huntelaar. I think he needs more time to adapt, just like El Pipita
Would be funny to see Raul play this year while Perez let Huntelaar go. RvN can rise to the occasion but Huntelaar has the future. Perez wants to sell him, not loan. Which means he'll never come back to Madrid, when he grows to his true potential no chance he'll come back after the way Perez did him. Man they are being so stupid about the Dutch. Holland is filled with talent, new talent, any talent will be scared off by this anti-benelux policy.
Shit happens:
LINK
Reply to Trunks:
Exactly what I feel !!
Reply to MadridistAli:
lol whats the point on wasting money on maicon when we already have a great right back who is more completee at attacking and defending unlike maicon who is only good going forward....
Reply to themadridguy:
I mean 75 goals in 90 matches for Ajax! What more proof do U need of his talent Perez??
Reply to Weezy:
Maicon is definitely not like what u said, he can defend well and way better than Dani alves, especially in one against one. he also tends to stand in the right spot in defending set pieces. when did u see one soft turnover he had made defensively within last two seasons?? But i agree to stick with sergio ramos as the rightback. he is our best option now. no need to waste 40 mil to chase a RB(even though he is the best in the world) when we don't have an average leftback.
Reply to Weezy:
a box striker does not necessarily to be fast. the most important thing for a target man is positioning and scoring. one can appear in the right spot in the right time. And u can have 11 "fast" players in ur squad. speed is crucial, but how to manage the speed and the rhythm are far more important!! real madrid is not a typical counterattack team. The speed of these players only give us something additional. and Speed hardly has anything to do with possession football, which is what we tend to play this season with these great players. We are seizing our oppenent(likely) so speed is just something additional but not hte most important thing. Huntelaar should be kept cuz he is the only box striker we have besides the 34 veteran RVN. A box striker doesn't have to be "fast"!! this is just some basica knowledge about football.
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
Without a "goal pocher" who currently works inside the box, the acquisions of CR, Kaka, or Ribery are meaningless.
Reply to Realfanatic:
it's easy mate!! both robben and ribery are great players with different styles. if we are playing in EPL, Robben will be more suitable. he is a typical winger who tends to either drive down the flank to cross or cut in the middle to strike. However, if we wanna develop our team with possession football. Ribery is way better, he is a greater passer. Unlike Robben, Ribery always keeps the pace with his teammates, he always knows where they are at when he is dribbling around, he always keeps a close distance between his teamates when he dribbles. Robben always makes some blind run and ends up wasting chances, he can provide assists but only from the flanks with his limited left foot. he is a great dribbler but he always extends the distance between himself and his teammate, and ended up dispossessing once he found no space to go.
moreover, Pellegrini didn't like to play with wingers.(if when he was coaching river plate in argentina) He likes "cut-in" type of attacking midfielders, like Santi Cazorla, Ibagaza, and Cani. Ribery will be much more suitable in such a possession football system.
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
and ribery is also better on controling the rhythem. he is able to slow down and inter-changing position with other midfielders. he has play making skills but robben doesn't.
Reply to Weezy:
he think maicon is only good at pushing forward cuz u only saw his play when he pushes forward. I dare say that he is also a great defender. But i also prefer S.Ramos.
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
*(even when)
I agree with rajab on the first 2 articles. No. It wasnt that i disagree we have RB position filled. It was we dont have LB. Last i check Macelo isnt going anywhere. Marelo's only back up for the time being would be Drenthe. But new rumors said Perez is looking after Asley Cole. Me? I still prefere Phillip Lahm.
Reply to Shayster:
Phillip lahm is gona be quite expensive..so i dont know i would take ashley cole...i think phillip lahmm is right footed :S playing on the left hand side?
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
ramos is like 4 5 years younger ...no need to pay for maicon! it would be a stupid buy..i know hes good but ramos al the way
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
yeah im saying you dont need a box to box striker to score goals if you have players like kaka and ronaldo benzema higuain chipping in and man united didnt have a box striker when the won the champ league and went to the final last year aswell...barca havnt got a box striker...i would say eto but hes not like hunterlaar..eto likes to take people on and try to get past them with speed...a box to box striker is not necessary..but its good to have...altho i wouldnt mind
Reply to Weezy:
i no i wasn't saying whether or not we need a box striker though, i was just trying to point out the relevancy between a box striker and speed. Yes indeed, ManU and Barca won their CL trophies without a target man but they were having a very steady system with themvelves for years at that time. for us, we are just building up a new system. Furthermore, i don't see the harm of having a box striker in the squad. There is nothing necessary "BEFORE" we have firmly established a system.
Reply to Weezy:
Maicon will be a stupid buy when we don't have a left back who is even considered to be in average level. HOwever, we gotta look at things more objectively, right now, maicon is the best in the world even though we don't need him. it has nth to do with whether Ramos will be exceed him several years later or not.
Reply to Weezy:
Philip Lahm will be so expensive but he is the best leftback in the world in both offensive end and defensive end. If u really have spent some time to watch him play. U would see his being right-footed doesn't bother him to attack, not at all. He has the terrific speed allowing him to drive down the flank all the time. His being right-footed also allows him to penetrate inward. He is a great tackler and also good at defending set pieces. he also manage his attacking timing so well. However, A.Cole will be much cheaper.
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
i sort of agree about wut u said especially if we really can sign ribery. a box striker would not be as necessary as it used to be for us anymore. Cuz our overall playing style is gonna be changed. We wouldn't play like what we used to be under Juande Ramos who looks up to wingers and target strikers. Higuain and Benzema would be some MAIN DISH for us.
Reply to themadridguy:
There's a very strong chance we come against an English club because Milan and Inter are also in the 2nd pool if i'm not wrong. Lyon, Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Barcelona are the ones which are in the first pool I think, so count Barca out since we can't face them and there's an 80% chance we face an English team. It's going to be a great CL year. Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
i guess inter milan would be in the 2nd pool with their domestic domination.
Reply to Trunks:
This is bloody absurd. What's the worth of the transfer then? More than bloody Kaka. Perez is REALLY confused. Just two days back he was trying to insult Villa by saying I only pay high sums for Balon D'Or winners, well, reality-check; Ribery has never won the Balon D'Or! I would rather keep Drenthe then to lose two World-Class players in such a ridiculous way. One day, the two of them will haunt us, mark my words. It truly is a sad day for football when this is how much we're valuing our players at. I understand Perez paying a lot for Kaka, Ronaldo, Zidane, Figo etc but what has Ribery done to deserve such a transfer fee. Absolutely nothing! And to top it off, he's beeing a whiner by not attending training. At least Ronaldo never went that far.
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
Well it is no doubt that the Lahm would be pricey but RM still have some transfer money, we can afford him. I don't think he will cost RM like we pay for Kaka is just that Perez has never mention of this player yet. I do admire Perez transfer policy thou, player pop up differently when rumors are others just like Benzi. Rumors circulating that RM interested for villa then suddenly Benzi signed for us. It took me by surprise.
I had a hunch that its not Ribery that Madrid are negotiating for but i'm guessing its Lahm and i really hope so. Forget all the crap that Maicon will be with Madrid coz he got no place in the team. He was amazing in the Confed Cup but we already have Ramos. Be thankful that we have a good RB but we don't even have an average LB. IMO, i just stick with Ramos as RB. Hope Perez has learned his lesson during his 1st galaticos which imo we did well in CL and League.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Its just plain rumors. Don't trust entirely to what they said.
Reply to RMFantasy:
Benzema signing wasn't a suprise. when he was negotiating for Villa, he set Forlan as planB and Benzy as planC. since Valencia was tripping, we went for Benzema concerning to the age of Forlan. IMO, it's a totally different sanerio when it comes to Ribery and Lahm cuz lahm has never been mentioned by relative sources or Perez's crew. I guess David Silva would be our "suprise" if Ribery can't be signed. According to our new coach, this chilian's preferances are xabi alonso and ribery whom he thinks will fit his style.
Today is C.Ronaldo big day with his presentation tonight.. also new reports claim that no agreement was reached for Huntelaar with ac milan .. Ribery wants to move Madrid and bayern said they want a resolution to the transfer saga quickly..
Reply to Madridista4:
Why do I have a feeling that Klaas is gonna move to Man Utd and kick our ass in CL??
If my calculations are right, Ronaldo's presenatation is at 15:30 GMT or 16:30 CET. Can U confim this??
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
Yes i do agree with you but for me i never thought that Benzi is the one who come. I was hoping so much that Villa come and i was disappointed. Never the less, Benzi is a good signing. he is young and he has everything that command to be a perfect striker. the only think Perez has to do is to get a world class LB. At this moment, we dont have any good LB. Heinze sucks!! and i wonder why. he was good at MU. Torres..hmm he is slow and loos like unprofessional. Marcelo..well this guy more or less ok but not good in defending. he overlap too much and neglect his real job in defending. I trust Perez that he has learned his lesson coz he did sign Abiol. Hope he can come up with yet another surprise to pleased all the demanding fan.
Reply to themadridguy:
I have the same feeling as u. hope it ain't gonna be true. But if there is no other way then hope Perez sell him 50M pound so that we get back some money that we paid to CR. Let fergie eat his own words!! RM not gonna sell MU even a trash!!
Reply to RMFantasy:
i was literally disappointed by the failure of villa's bid too. he is the best option in my heart. but Benzema did give me so hope with his potential....!! and unlike most "unready" potential players we'd signed last couple of seasons, Benzema is way better since he's already shown his superb quality in CL.
For leftback, i totally agree with what u said. and i guess most people in this blog do.
i think its better 4 ribery 2 move 2 real..
Reply to themadridguy:
Can anyone comfirm this???
And why realmadrid.com does not have moment by moment build-up to the Ronaldo presentation like Kaka's?? That's not fair!!
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
About Perez's plans I do not agree...I think Perez had Villa as plan A...and Benzema as plan B.Forlan was never in his plans...he was only used to try lower down the Villa price...even Atletico's president said so!
what do you think about this mate?
Also I've read (on tribalfootball...not a gd suorse) that Pellegrini does NOT want Garay & Negredo
Reply to Daniel:
I'm not sure about Garay, but if we are selling Negredo then we MUST keep Huntelaar, cuz Raul is a dead duck IMO!
Reply to themadridguy:
Garay hasn't even played a season yet, I don't think we'd sell him. Ona nother note, doesn't Ronaldo need to give a medical?
What crap!!!
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Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Maybe he is undergoing it right now as we speak!
Reply to themadridguy:
isnt arbeloa playing as right-back ? well,, l dont like those 2 players,, but im into arsenal fullback gael clichy more... too bad there aint rumours anymore bout him now..
Reply to Daniel:
yeah, maybe !! cuz the forlan bid sounds kind of absurb for me too. i could only think of Villa or Benzema if we had to go for a striker.
I think Negredo is likely to be used in trading players, but i am not sure about Garay. i do think we should have kept him as a sub with Pepe's suspention. His performance last year wasn't so impressive but he is still young. But for me, i think he is a little too slow though(concerning his age...), but his positioning is awesome along with his set piece skills. For Negredo, he has a fabulous season last year and i believe this is the time for him to play at some bigger club to prove himself. Unfortunately, our frontline seems to be overcrowded now....when we are very likely to play with one striker(with CR as the second striker) so maybe we have to sacrifice him although i personally hope to see him back.
Reply to themadridguy:
Apparently it is 21:00 CET if goal.com is to be believed!
Hey guys real madrid really needs a proper left back this is a position thats left to complete the team.arbeloa is no quality left back and he is not that a good player if liverpool do not want him why would real madrid buy him.Perez and Valdano must be careful about this left back spot or else the team will be very weak on that area. please forget about Arbeloa he is just bench quality even when he played RB at liverpool he was not that good.i think marcano is way better at left back or one of the spanish teams has a better left back than Arbeloa.On maicon he is no left back we do not really need him ramos is there for us. ramos can play better at RB than central defence we have pepe garay and albiol for that.lastly we need robben and sneider hunetlaar for back up, do not use hate and get rid of these players they are good players and have not commited any offence.The real madrid bench has to be strong as well SO WHY GET RID OF YOUR QUALITY SUBS
Reply to chizy5:
'cuz we need to reduce the squad to 25 like Perez said and raise some MONEY!!!
good or bad news?? YURI ZHIRKOV SIGNS FOR CHELSEA!!! dat means maybe more chance for getting Ashley Cole!!
instead of going 4 arbeloa,, juz becoz hes SPANISH!!!
I don't know why but these Liverpool fans are starting to get to my nerves!
It is the only reason why they are so strong now! And I'm actually afraid of meeting them again in the CL!! 
Ever since they beat us 5-0 aggregate in the CL, they think real is their bitch! Bad-mouthing real madrid on every forum out there I see! They even think their history is greater than real's!
I'm sick of these bitches! Why did all the talented Spanish players like Torres and Alonso choose that club??
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
I don't get on what basis you and Caracoleo call Garay slow. Isn't he the same man who stopped Messi in that 1-1 draw with Barca? Didn't he make Aguero and Forlan dissapear in the 5-1 thrashing of Athletico? I remember the 2-1 loss to Racing in 06/07 and I remember he was quite fast, as much as Pepe probably.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
He's 189CM ..
CB's don't need to be fast... being fast is just a +
And anyways... He's not even slow -_-
Reply to Daniel:
I dont trust that tribalff rumors. its absurd to say the players are not wanted when the season have not started. Correct me if i'm wrong but Pellgrime has never coach both players so how come he already rejecting the players?? If its true then his judgment on players more or less the same as Juande in terms of calling Faubert on loan but use him only 1 time.
Suddenly the excitement about the transfer market from real's point of view has vaporised after Benzema signing and failure to land any of Alonso,Ribery or Silva!!
What do u guys think??
Reply to themadridguy:
I think your smoking something ...
Market still has 2 months more..
Reply to themadridguy:
If I'm correct, the pre-season training starts from July 11th, doesn't it???
Reply to themadridguy:
it is b'coz Calderon has neglected all the spanish players during his reign. Stupid Bastard that Caldi. he prefer all the dutch player to be with RM. Gosh!!
Reply to Madrids_Martyr:
But pre-season training starts on July 11 and Peace cup kicks-off on 26th July!!
Actually it is closer to one month, since EPL starts around 15th August!
And don't we need time for the new players to integrate??
Btw can anyone confirm my suspicion that the european transfer window closes on August 1 ??
Guys, is Perez going to improve Santiago Bernabeu? During the presidential election, i did read something about Perez wanting to install roof on top which can improve or maintain the temperature inside the stadium.
When did realmadrid.com start allowing fan comments on its site???
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Reply to RMFantasy:
I think we should build a completely new stadium like Man U and name it again after Santiago Bernabeu!
The present structure is just too old for modern times!!!
Adam, IMO its time for a new article bout the best LB for Madrid. It would be fun to share thought on the issue.
Reply to themadridguy:
yup i guess so. in 100 years to come, the old stadium could be one of the nominated 7 wonder of the world.
ha ha sour grapes!!
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Looks like Hunter is not going to Milan after all!!
Sucker galliani thinks 20-30 million euro is too much for a striker!! On which planet do u live mr. baldy guy??
Ronaldo is in Madrid does anyone know watch channel will show the presentation live
Ronaldo has passed the medical in Madrid
I really don't get real now they wanna get ribery with swapping robben+sneijder+17 million like whatt !! robben alone is better as ribery just look at the papers of the two and then not even concidering that the la liga is a higher leuque than the budesliga. And don't come with robben is injury prone blablabla cause ribery is injury prone to and robben wasn't even that much injured last season.Serieus if real does this they gonna be the laughingstock of every footballfan in the world who isn't madrid fan
Reply to Madridista4:
U can see it on RealMadridtv if U have it!
Otherwise u'll have to google "Ronaldo presentation live" and u'll be able to find at least 1 working link from there out of the several listed!
Reply to foootball fan:
as if we weren't the laughing stock under Calderon and after 5-0 loss to Liverpool and 6-2 defeat to Barca!
Reply to themadridguy:
Maby but real had just a crap season it's not a shame barca had that before this season to! no but it makes perfectly sense to sell the guy we made sure madrid didn't end 10 in the la liga
i wonder what the real madrid teams going to look like at the start of sep! lol
Reply to themadridguy:
Too old for modern times? The thing's BEAUTIFUL. Have you ever seen it in person? There are very few stadiums in the world with such history and such great architecture. Maybe you should go see it for yourself, you'll surely change your mind
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
i think juande ramos ruind some of real madrids players...like drenthe when he got boos from the home fans juande should have stuck by him and then he bought faubert wtf!...he did make real madrid go unbeating in 18 games but apart from that when it came to the big show down with liverpool and barca we got hammerd!!
......and i was gona say why go for arbaloa just cuz hes spanish hes quite rubbish if you ask me.. i see hm play everyweek for liverpool...id rather get some1 whos a propa left back...remember the last perez era when he had zidane figa beckham and ronaldo but did you see madrid back four had raul bravo pavon ivan helguera how shit!! roberto carlos was the only good 1...but this time i hope it gets sorted!
Reply to foootball fan:
i get the robben bit but sneijder should be kept!!! i think robben got injurd to much plus he was ona planet of hes own on the pitch he just wanted to do everything for himself he was good but still ribery is more completee!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
yeah mate ribery is going to be the next balon D`or....have you seen him play? that boys amazinggg
arsenal well sell CESC FAB for 40 mill...a think we should go for him maybe trade in Van der Vaart and one of the Defensive midfielders..apart from lass hes the future for madrid!? give them hienze or metzelder
Reply to themadridguy:
coz Kaka is better than C.Ronaldo
Reply to themadridguy:
You are definetly not a Real Madrid fan,i mean c'mon Santiago Bernabeu is better than Old Trafford in anything
Reply to Weezy:
along with Liverpool and Barcelona dont forget Valencia's 3-0
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
I know the interior is magnificent but many people including a expert on realmadridTV I saw, think that from the exterior it looks kinda shabby and old!!
Reply to MadridistAli:
I am saying the external structure! Look at new Old Trafford's glass thing! Don't u like modern glass skyscrapers and buildings?? I love 'em!!!
Reply to MadridistAli:
Guess what they've heard my plea!!
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Reply to themadridguy:
ronaldo presentation at 21:00 CET confirmed! i.e. 20:00 GMT!
Reply to themadridguy:
ya me too i think glass is beautiful but i prefer to keep it like that and maybe everyone does,did u see the new Mestalla
Reply to Weezy:
Now this is exactly what went wrong in the first era of Perez- signing too many Galacticos and players we don't really need!!
is in his blood !! He can never love Real Madrid!!
And a born Cule at then! "Culenity"
Reply to MadridistAli:
No, send me a link!!
I have seen videos of Ronaldo's arrival in Madrid on marca.com, and believe me the local Madridistas are just going crazy about him!!
It is pandemonium!!
Sucker Ribery now says he never said he wanted to leave Bayern! Liar liar! Shame on U! No guts at all!!
NOW CAN WE PLZ PAY 25-30 MILLION FOR SILVA AND GET HIM???
Reply to themadridguy:
LINK thats Valencia ofiicial website or u can just google it
where are all u guys?? Ribery not coming for sure now!! What do u have to say?? What now???
Reply to themadridguy:
good option,, but first is this a good option 4 us?? >>>LINK
Reply to MadridistAli:
I think the Allianz Arena of Bayern is world-class!!
Reply to Weezy:
Yes I have seen him play. Amazing he is but he's NOT worth 70m. And as long as Messi and Ronaldo live, Ribery's not winning the Balon D'Or.
Reply to the new visitor:
I'm no expert on South American youngsters! So I don't know!!!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
hahaha! U cut down Ribery to size!
Reply to themadridguy:
hes not so young, hes 26,, but i think he got talent still in dat age,,coz big europe clubs want him...but im sure hes awesome...
but do u think in that age he can still develop?? i kno dis sounds mayb stupid 
this website says it will show Ronaldos prsentation live.. LINK
Reply to Madridista4:
Thanks will update my post LINK
Reply to the new visitor:
I say we don't need him! Just "fogget about him"!!!
Reply to the new visitor:
he still has a year to develop before he reaches his prime at 27.. if he comes at 29, which is what bayern wants, he will be past his prime.. an example of this is figo.. even though he played some great football at madrid, he was his best at barca..
Reply to themadridguy:
i totally agree
i am really worried for higuain though..
Reply to Madrids_Martyr:
a CB is not necessarily to be fast but i am talking about the lateral quickness---a very important part for a CB. but of coure, the most important things are positioning and the abiilty to coverup.
Reply to Weezy:
i think he ain't got no choice at that time. Our team was fucked when he took over. He couldn't afford to take risk. He had to steadily keep a current formation with certain players. And he was given a very very broken squad. He's only got one winger while he is a winger playing coach. Sneijder(almost), RVN, and M.Diarra weren't available due to injury. And some players like Drenthe is nowhere near real madrid level
Reply to themadridguy:
we dont need CESC FAB? yeah he still said he wouldnt mind moving to madrid... real madrid need CESC or alonso or di rossi...but since alonso to old for his price tag Fab would be a good buy hes still young! i would get him cuz real madrid defo need one of these 3 to make the team completee
Reply to themadridguy:
na this is just storys mate...RIBERY DEFO WANTS TO COME TO MADRID he has told bayern that...and real madrid know that but its all about agree on the fee with bayern..
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
yeah abov hes not worth that...riberys top 5 in the world...hes very underrated
Reply to Weezy:
No marca is right!! RIBERY IS A WUSS!
Reply to themadridguy:
real madrid need ribery more then robben...ribery and a center midfielder (alonso or Fab) and a left back would completee madrid
Reply to DynastyofRealMadrid:
yeah but still i thouth real madrid were good enough to get pass liverpool and not got beatin 6-2 at home by barca!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
First of all angel of madrid is right, secondly who will give money to build new stadium. I am little bit conscious about madrid's loan....cuz too much loan isn't good for any club..
Reply to themadridguy:
Now that we save big money, we go to valencia. continue our talks. Name your price Manuel Llorente.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
I agree he is not worth of 70 M. but he is a very good player. Ribery is also underrated player. Just watch last 2 season of his playing for bayern munich, he is better than robben . as he plays for munich n munich didn't win CL(cuz da team is in bad form like ours) so nobody counted him for ballon o'dor or fifa world best player. Because to win this award you have to win title.
Reply to melbournemadridista:
If Robben would be less selfish, work a bit harder for the team he'd be as good if not better then Ribery. Remember Ribery has had injuries aswell, what if they pay this amount of money for him and he gets injured. Real would be the laughing stock of the world again. Robben is 25, hoped he would learn more from the Real Madrid experience. Haven't seen that much improvement since Chelsea, none actually. He's gotten worse.
But if Robben would listen more he'd be just as good as Ribery. But for that you need the best manager, and Real doesn't have him.
no.9 ...then what about benzema ?
Hello mates,
any word on the story posted at Yahoo! about Real Madrid's interest in signing CB Bruno Alves from Porto?
It seems both RM & Barcelona are interested in signing him.
Reply to Brawley7:
no point of buying him if we alread bought a CB...plus thats jus a rumour
Reply to Weezy:
the 6-2 targedy is a joke for me!! i still can't accept it until now, but we were definitely not gonna pass liverpool by the way we'd played. i personally hate liverpool but i admit that they are a very strong side. And with the poor squad we had last season. No way we could beat them(i said it prior to the match when someone pissed me off). the two defeats by Juventus pretty much told us what level we were at.
Does anyone think that the club gave an image of preferring CR over Kaka?
I'm not referring to the fans..
I think it sucks! Because for me, they r both talented world class players with Ballon D'or in their pockets. If I should favor one, it should be the one who has a STRONG national team that competes aggressively and the one who's personality promotes him to be an idol for youngster footballers.
Reply to melbournemadridista:
Well IMO the President should think where to get the money if they want to have a renovation or to construct a new stadium. With all the revenue RM generate, some must be allocated for the improvement of stadium and training facilities. I dont think with all the millions of money they get spent all for transfer. That's insane if u ask me.
Reply to Trunks:
I personaly think robben is better as ribery. we should not forget that ribery only has bin succesful at bayren at the other clubs he played he kinda sucked. Robben has proven himself in the biggest competitions of the world the pl and the la liga. And he has improven haven't you watch games of real this season. And especialy with a team that plays good and with a good winger on the other side i think were gonna be amazed by how good robben really can be.
Reply to socceris the sport:
what? ribery was amazing at marselleee mate
Reply to Weezy:
Agree. Thats why Bayern Munchen have him. To me Ribery is just an option. To Perez and Zizou they may see a future ballon d'or winner(?) Bayern is trying to pull a Malcom Glazer scam in order to keep him. Perez should realize we're not that desperate this time. Besides, we still have other option like Silva, David (Josué) Jiménez Silva and David Silva
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Why on earth did we sign Benzema?? There was no need for another striker. I dont want anyone from Ruud, Raul, Higuain and Huntelaar to leave.