New Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos wants to move to Manchester United according to the Guardian’s Sid Lowe who was speaking on talkSPORT. Lowe was actually the first to break the Ramos story and he is seen as a highly reliable source given that he rarely comments on transfer speculation unless he’s heard something concrete. […]
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Florentino Perez has sensationally been accused of disliking black players by Iker Casillas’ agent Santos Marquez, who insists the Real Madrid president ‘is not racist’, expects Perez to leave Real over the saga of Casillas’ departure and has hit out at his behaviour in an interview with Spanish paper AS. Marquez, who also confirmed that […]
The new Madrid boss must not have gotten the memo about how fragile Cristiano Ronaldo’s ego is as he made a point of not labelling him the world’s best at a press conference in Australia. The new Madrid boss was facing the press in Australia as part of the Spanish giants’ pre-season tour when he […]
The Mirror is reporting that Manchester United are plotting a £22 million swoop for Barcelona forward Pedro to boost Louis van Gaal’s attacking options. Van Gaal has allowed Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao to leave United this summer, leaving his only striking options Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez and James Wilson. Hernandez, who is recovering […]
Real Madrid legend Iker Casillas left the club this week and signed for Porto, but the reverberations of his departure will be felt for months in the Spanish captain. It was not a surprise that Casillas left. Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez has been trying to push him out for months, with Manchester United goalkeeper […]
The proposed move of Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas to Porto has fallen apart due to negotiations between Casillas and Real Madrid regarding the payment of the final two years of his contract. Porto cannot afford to pay Casillas the wages he was on in Madrid, the difference being around €5.5 million, less than the […]
Interesting small piece in Marca on Wednesday that Real Madrid are close to signing Espanyol goalkeeper Kiko Casilla for around €3 million. One line caught my eye: “Espanyol’s Kiko Casilla is the chosen man to replace Iker Casillas, almost certain to join FC Porto.” Now Marca is often seen as the unofficial voice of Real […]
The European and Spanish champions are in the midst of transfer ban, but that has not stopped Barcelona from signing players, even though they cannot play until January 1. If that is not strange enough, the transfer of Arda Turan from Atletico Madrid is probably the strangest deal I have ever heard of. Turan was […]