Should Real Madrid Renew Cannavaro's Contract?
Saturday, 27 December 08, 05:13 PM · Comments (54)
There are rumors that suggest that Fabio Cannavaro, whose contract expires this season, could return to Seria A this January when the transfer window re-opens.
Logically, Napoli is the club he is linked to most of the time since it is where he started and Naples is his hometown. However, there are other clubs including AC Milan and Juventus who are also said to be interested in the Italian skipper which makes things very interesting.
If you know me, then you'd know I'm a huge fan of Cannavaro. With bias or without it, he is the best center-back I have ever seen in my short crazy life.
However, I admit his form might have dropped towards the end of last season and the beginning of this season, but he has always been essential for Madrid (and for Italy too -- which is known for having tons of talented defenders). His performance recently against Barcelona was superb and he proved that he is a strong WALL (The Wall of Berlin) as many Italian fans dub him.
He possesses superb tactical awareness, speed, anticipation skills, phenomenal leaping ability and ball handling skills, and he’s a natural leader.
The question here, however, is whether Real Madrid should renew his contract or not.
As far as I remember, Cannavaro has expressed his happiness in Madrid on many occasions and said he wants to stay at the club. He has won most of the trophies to be won, but there is still the Champions League and it is what is holding him from moving to Napoli, but as I said earlier, AC Milan and Juventus are over there observing him and to be honest they are tempting-destinations and clubs that any player would want to play for.
Looking at our defense, I can't imagine it without Cannavaro being there. It would be a disaster.
The replacements we currently have are Pepe and Metzelder as pure center-backs, but there are also Ramos and Heinze who could play in the center. So If we are going to let him go, we must bring in someone else. Garay? Yeah bring the lad, but he isn't and he can't be the replacement for Cannavaro.
And here comes the problem. Where can you find someone with the quality, talent, experience, leadership and personality that Cannavaro has? Nowhere! And if even there is, they are most likely tied to their clubs.
I might be wrong, but I can't think of any replacements at least not as I'm writing this. Therefore, I think it would be wise to extend his contract at least for one more season until we find that replacement.
What do you think?
Hala Madrid!
Like this blog? Help spread the word: 
-
Weezy said:yeah true cuz i remember sombody saying that hes working for free so he has not...
On Where To Watch Karim Benzema's Live Presentation At The Santiago Bernabeu
Madridista4 said:We have offered liverpool 27 million euros for Xabi Alonso and liverpool have r...
On Where To Watch Karim Benzema's Live Presentation At The Santiago Bernabeu
los_galacticos said:where can I sign a petition to keep players like Robben and Klaas?
Ada...On Where To Watch Karim Benzema's Live Presentation At The Santiago Bernabeu
los_galacticos said:In other news AS reports that Klaas has rejected Stuttgart contract becuz it of...
On Where To Watch Karim Benzema's Live Presentation At The Santiago Bernabeu
los_galacticos said:All Perez and co. are doing is 'sucking up' to the Spanish Madridistas while al...
On Where To Watch Karim Benzema's Live Presentation At The Santiago Bernabeu
54 Madridistas have commented on "Should Real Madrid Renew Cannavaro's Contract?" · Add yours
Simple NOOOOO!
Reply to Riken:
This is very subjective. Can you tell me why?
Yes Real Madrid should renew Cannavaros contract for atleast one more season because this summer we have Garay coming in and although he is very good we will need an experienced defender helping him out throughout the season
Reply to Madridista4:
Yeah, that's what I'm saying
Real Madrid should renew the contract of Cannavaro because as you said there is no other player can take his place at least for tow seasons and of course he is one of the best defenders now.That,s the problem of REAL leave a good player and searching for another one as happened with Robinho.If it related to me I,ll never leave a player only when I have another one to replace him!!!
Considering the situation Real's in, it's integral to renew Canna's contract no question about it. We need him to regain balance.
Do you know what I hate about this, it is just that clubs like Milan and Juventus are able to sign our best players and we can't sign theirs.
I can think about many replacements; Chiellini, Mexes and Barzagli would be the best replacements but yeah, we should renew his contract. Arguably the best defender of the decade along with Maldini and he still has class left. We need somebody like him to guide the defence. Besides, Canna has done enough to earn is and I fully believe that he has another year or so at the top class left. I say he should get his conract renewed, no doubt. Hala Madrid!
real should renew his contract because he's one of the best defenders and we're having many problems with defence. it would be difficult to find a player to replace him.
Nope , thank you canavaro for all what you gave but i think it is napoli's time now .
yes they should renew. why???? because:
whats the worst that can happen???? - he plays rubbish but then we will still have metzelder, garay, pepe in defence along with sergio ramos.
whats the best that can happen???? - he repeats his world cup heroics and wins real the champions league hopefully the 11th
garay and pepe are not able to perform to cannavaro's level (atleast not yet). one thing cannavaro is good at is organising the backline and there are only two people who are as good as him at this, one we can't get the other i don't want, terry and buffon. i think that by end of next season he will have passed some of his experience on to his teammates which is better for real in the long run
what the hell, if raul could play till 90 why not canna? even though he does nothing that amazes me at real, I think they should renew it for one year and have someone lined up to take his place...... a castilla player maybe....if you all realise no club is willing to let go of their top strikers let alone the best defenders.
Does anyone know if David Silva has featured in Uefa Cup this season for valencia because he has been injured for a while and just came back because if he has not been in uefa cup Real Madrid can buy him in January and he would be allowed to play in Champions League...
I just checked about david silva and he has not appeared for valencia in uefa cup this season this means that if we buy him in january that would be allowed to play for us in champions league this season... Real Madrid should splash out to get him.. A disadvantge maybe is that he is a left footer also adding to robben and drenthe
Cannavaro is pure class. He is the leader of the back line and when he and Pepe play our defense is rock solid. I agree with everyone that he is getting older, slower and his pace has diminished but he has experience and since Real are purchasing younger players we need the likes of Cannavaro and Raul to tech the next generation of Real players. I vote to renew his contract for another year.
I got some BREAKING NEWS!! MADRIDISTAS Juande Ramos has choose to bring in Antonio Valencia to solve the right wing problem in January.. It is being reported on AS that Mijatovic will try to close the deal in a few days.. Other news is that Real Madrid will also look to complete a deal with Benfica to bring in Di Maria for the 2009/10 season
We need him till the end of season,that is for sure!
Reply to Madridista4:
Valencia seems good. Yes thanks.
There's coming up news now and I send you a link.
LINK
Down under the article there's a profile and a little movie. Right-footed isn't he?
I really hope he will come.
doesn't look that impressive but atleast we will have a winger who can pass, cross and shoot. i guess right now even calderon would be better playing on the wing than drenthe
Reply to MadridPrince:
lol, give the lad a break
yes for sure we must renew his contract , he's the best experienced defender in Spain and he's a defense leader, which give our defense the consistency in performance and i want you to remember that he was very powerful against messi and his team mates in last classico and he's the origin of our last clean sheet in the last derby against Valencia
Go Cannavaro Go!I hope we'll see him again in Madrid for at least one or two years and we should build the new generation of our defense basing on him and his talents and personality, he's the best defender in the world 
don't u agree?
There is no question about it....Real should do whatever it takes to renew the contract.However Cannavaro said that he will decide his future at the end of the season...(and I think a big part of his decision is going to be the performance in the champions league since that is the only cup he has never won)...I think that if we do really poorly or win the champions league he will leave...if not....he will decide to stay
Real Madrid has to keep Fabio on the squad for at least one more season we need him and it's really hard to find a full back who can replace Fabio his experience is precious for the back line his energy doesn't even make him looked like a 35 year old player at all. Garray is good but he is still young and no one looks how well he will play next year since everything is unsure why letting a world-class defender go..... that is impossible for us to sign John Terry, Puyol, Rio Ferninand. But one more Central back is necessary to be signed if we can't find some good one from the 2nd team. I recommand João Miranda from Sao Paolo Brazil
Reply to Adambader:
Becuase Cannavaro's contract is set to expire next year, and we got Garay coming in so we don`t need Canavaro. Maybe we could renew his contract just to sell him for more money.
Thanks for all that you have done for the team, but is time for some fresh blood.
Reply to thedangerzolo:
I agree, Valencia is brilliant. He's fantastic at Wigan and team like Man Utd want him. If you doubt his ability then you should watch the Premiership a little more. He's way better than Drenthe and probably better than Palanca. He would be a great signing in my opinion. He hasn't even played in the UEFA Cup so that really helps. Him and Robben would be great together and Valencia also has a knack for scoring. He scored a hattrick recently. I hope him, Di Maria or Silva come to Real because it's hard to sign Ribery and there are not many great right-wingers. I hope we complete somebodies signing soon, we need them for Villareal. Hopefully, we'll have all the possible players fit. I know Sneijder, Pepe will be fir for sure, not so much Heinze though. Huntelaar and Lass also join normal training tommorrow. This will be fun, Hala Madrid!
As much as I think his time has already started to pass and letting him go to Napoli wouldn't be so bad, there may be no other alternative than to resign for at least another season. As others have stated already who is out there good enough to take his spot?
With all the stories that have been in the press about getting wingers and strikers coming here in the off season, maybe making a play for a top-notch stud defender should also be up there.
It sure couldn't hurt to have another stud in front of St. Iker.
Happy new year everyone. All the best to your families in '09!
Hala Madrid.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Totally agree he has probably been a better player than Zaki because he is more consistent. He has pace. and is pretty good with dead ball situations and free kicks. Wigan have been playing really good football and I think it's because they have Valencia in the middle. My only concern is that we may have to pay a big price because Premier League players have high inflated prices. I think we should pay well bellow 8 mil. I think Wigan would be ok with that amount. Now all we need is another defender and we should be ready for the second half of the season.
Reply to helmet_09:
I think anything under 15m is alright. Looking at the fact that we paid 20m for Lass, I expect them to spend quite a lot on the winger. Valencia would be a great option and we should utilise the oppurtunity and sign him. Though I doubt they will sign any defenders and I don't think we need any. Our defense is wonderful when they play according to instructions and by the looks of it, they're playing according to plan. Injuries have hurt but everybody will son be fit and the defense will be well covered. A winger should be our last signing and then we should look at summer targets. Hala Madrid!
If we can find a replacement to come in during January then let Cannavaro make the decision. He is 35, let him end his career where he wants. If we cannot find a replacement to come in January then I say no. Our defense hasn't been up to par lately and IMO we have to start building our defense for the future now.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
i am not saying he is rubbish. but i do doubt his ability. in fact i even doubt cristiano ronaldo's ability and the reason is simple, because i believe that their style of football is not suited to lal liga. he will be a decent signing. i would put silva as top priority for madrid though because he too can play in CL. he could cost upto 30m but he would be more worth it than valencia as he wouldn't need to adjust his style of football to match the league. also he is much better than valencia and he also is a european champion. he is only better than palanca because he has had more first team experience so why not give palanca that. this is the same huy who failed to break into the villareal team
they way i think madrid should operate is to only buy top class players or exceptional talents. why have we given players like gravesen, pablo garcia, drenthe, cicinho and baptista a chance over the likes of mata, de la red, negredo, arbeloa, bueno, parejo etc. our youth team players go to other clubs and develop into good and that is only because we do not give them the chance in the first team. even now if you had to pick the best 11, the only youth team product in team will be casillas.
Reply to MadridPrince:
Please, recheck your facts. Valencia has played in the La liga for Villareal and Recreativo
He's experienced in Spanish football and I believe he is an exceptional talent. Silva, no doubt is better but I think that it's good to have the wing covered. Palanca can't be the only one on it. And Palanca is also not allowed to be registered in the CL for some reason. Though, I don't understand why you doubt his abilities, have you not seen him play? I'd say he's far more consistent than Ronaldo. And besides, we just need somebody to cover Robben on the opposite wing, we're going to look into a World-Class winger like Ribery when the summer comes. Hala Madrid! 
why renew cannavaro contract? u say he organizes the defence in case if u have not noticed we have concided like 25 goalc already not to talk about what ikechukwu uche and sinma pongolle does to him when they get him so let him go.
Ribery has come out and said that it his dream to play for Real Madrid because he loves the history of the club.. I believe Real Madrid need to make a bid for him in the summer
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
i agree with jou on this one... we need a player who can cover the wings with Robben... and in the summer Mijatovic should buy( ofcourse if he stays untill sumer) Ribery because he is one of the best players today and because Robben is inyured half a season and in that case we would have two wingers- Ribery and Valencia...
Reply to paul:
we conceded 25 goals because the team dind't play well. Defense isn't the only one responsible for this amount of goals. if you don't have help from midfield than eny defense will conced 25 or more goals... you could see the improvement when Ramos came. the whole team played great, in the offense and defense.
any new news on Mijatovic stepping up negogations with wigan for antonio valencia because we sure need to because we sure can use him
Reply to Madridista4:
Ribery is seemingly on the agenda as well
Reply to Adambader:
yeah buy if we sign him now he wont be able to play in cl.. we need a right wing to fill us in for rest of the season .. and then in the summer buy ribery and maybe loan drenthe out or something. but we need a right winger to help out robben
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
i know he played in la liga but he didn't succeed at a club like villareal but i take it that was coz he was young at the time. like i said he is a decent signing but would much prefer madrid going for silva right now. he is the best winger we can sign this january. henry is good in la liga but it is obvious that his play is suited for EPL. thats what i mean about valencia. palanca is only one winger madrid have given a chance to. god knows how many talents we have waiting to be given a chance. i only think that real madrid shouldn't be spending so much for players who are being bought for the short term, unless we can guarantee selling them for more. show me something to make me believe that he is a top class signing if you want me to sing his praise. if you can't i will just say this: WASTE OF MONEY
AS just reported that Mijatovic has had talks with Wigan and that the deal should be completed in the first week of january
The Ribery rumors are a bit farfetched. Bayern have only had him for a year and hes their best player. I think Real need to sign a winger in January no question. Di Maria is very good and very young so I would go for him.
Regarding Cannavaro, He is a class player but hes 35 and they have Garay available. So I would let him go if we could get someone in at the same time.
39, Silva is great player but would Valencia let him go? Him and Villa are the guys that make their team tick. Its simular with Navas or Capel.
Ban this RACIST A$$hole. This is what is wrong with football. Please do us all a favor and keep your ignorant comments to yourself.
UPDATE: As reported by me before, pretty much all available players have returned to training. Huntelaar and Drenthe had their flights from the Netherlands delayed and sadly missed training. Higuain on the other hand has tonsillitis and will remain in Argentina for a few days. This will be great for us, I have no doubts in my mind that come this Saturday, Villareal will have themselves routed. I man common, Robben, Sneijder, Pepe, Ramos, Casillas etc all at full fitness, that would scare any team
I can't wait for all 25 to train, Hala Madrid! 
Reply to 13Joe13:
Agreed, though I would say keep Cannavaro AND bring in a replacement, just incase. As for Di Maria, we're already forcing our two signings to get CL football and another UEFA Cup-tied signing won't help though I admire the lad. At the moment, Antionio Valencia is the only good winger who has not played in the UEFA Cup. I would just close his deal as soon as possible and get ready to put up a fight for the League and CL. Hala Madrid!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
Agreed
Some news is that Porstmouth and Real were in negotiations for a loan move for Drenthe...but Ramos blocked negotiations as he says that Drenthe is going to be a key player this season 
Reply to helmet_09:
Banned. I hate those arrogant people.
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
i agree that Valencia can blance the wings for real madrid and he seems to be the best choice for us at this winter(since he can play at CL) my personal preference for the right winger poision is Neves from Sevilla, but just like David Silva, it's impossible for us to sign him in winter. We still can look for some better wingers in summer but all we have to do now is to solve the problem that we are having right now. Since we are so unlucky to have a retard president and a retard director, there is nth more we can do about it if calderon didn't spend all the time screwing around the C.Ron bid and if Mijatovic could either keep Robinho in the squad or find a replacement b4 the summer market close, we wouldn't have been in this situation now. It is extremely difficult to find good players who can play in CL during winter. So signing some temporary replacements with lower quality seems inevitabe I just wonder when we are gonna have these two suckers dismissed...... Good Luck Real Madrid.
Reply to 13Joe13:
That is not impossible since Valencia is now under a finanical crisis and they might need to sell some key players due to financial purposes, but i think we need at least 3000mil for the bid, so I don't think Mijatovic will spend this much for the third winter signning. In addition, he might not be able to play at CL due to the UEFA Cup policy. And a rumor said Sevilla just refused a 3500mil bid on Fabiano from Chelsea, so they are more likely to refuse other domestic competitors for bidding their key players.(Especially in winter)
Reply to Anit-Mijatovic:
people say impossible but what harm is there in trying to sign the likes of navas, capel or silva. whats the worst that will happen, we get a bid rejected. no harm in that. also then the crappy clubs couldn't hold us ransom for their crappy players, like we are being done now, if they knew madrid had other much better options
Reply to Anti-Mijatovic:
Navas would be a great signing but as I told somebody on the blog before, he can't move. He has homesickness, to a bad extent. He's walked out on the Spanish national team and Sevilla's UEFA games because of this. I really doubt he'd move all the way to Madrid. Silva would be a good option but he is also UEFA Cup-tied and he's a left-winger, not right though he can obviously play there. Hopefully, we'll hear some good news soon. Hala Madrid!
Reply to MadridPrince:
absolutely right! if we had plenty of time to sign more players in summer but Calderon spent alll the time chasing C.ROn and P.Majitovic said that the squad we had after Robinho and Baptista left was strong enough to play in both CL and La Liga, but they couldn't expect how injuried problems could affect us. Consequently, we end up signing some 2nd strip players in ELP to solve the problems since it's really hard to find good players who can play CL during winter. Our bureau's stupidity created all the trouble for the team. Stop wasting money for "short term" player!!
Reply to TheAngelOfMadrid:
hahaha, thx a lot for ur information about Navas.I really didn't know he had home-sick. that sounds funny. I just admired the way he plays since he reminds me of the young Luis Figo(Sporting Lisboa). No wonder why Del Bosque didn't call him up even once!! both Robben and Silva are capable to play in the right wing but i also prefer a right-footer who can blance it up(that's what i' said on the previous comments)and Sergio Ramos can concentrate more on defense. But unfortunately, it's extremely for us to find a fine right winger during winter.....Hala Madrid!!
Reply to MadridPrince:
truely, looking back at our shitty bureau, i prefer Calderon to Mijatovic cuz at least he had tried to make the offers for some gd players. Although he failed, i still give him credit and appreciate his effort. But Mijatovic has done nth(he even went out for vacation at the last day b4 the summer transfer market closed) what a director? he spend all the big money on some 2nd strip players who were not worth that much for their transfering fee. what is the point for wasting our money like that? why didn't he just try to bid for some world-class players. Even though he got rejected, but at least he'd tried. He holds all the authority on signing players, but he never concerned about what the team needs.