As Alvaro Morata wheeled away in celebration after scoring Real Madrid’s winning goal against Athletic Club on Sunday, the case for Zinedine Zidane to rotate and re-shuffle his forward line became ever-stronger. The weekend game marked 38 days since Cristiano Ronaldo last scored at the Santiago Bernabeu, with the Portugal international frustrating fans with a […]
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Real Madrid’s famous Santiago Bernabeu stadium will finally get its much-anticipated €400m makeover when work begins at the end of this season. The retractable roof and state-of-the-art encasing of the stadium have been retained from original plans. The proposed hotel and commercial area are still to be negotiated. What is clear is that Madrid will […]
According to former Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello, the Champions League winners biggest problem during their current slump is Cristiano Ronaldo’s lack of form and fitness. After getting injured in 2016 EURO final for Portugal, Ronaldo missed all of Real Madrid’s pre-season and the opening month o of the season. As a result he has […]
After four consecutive draws in all competitions, Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane is facing the first crisis of his short managerial career. Zidane is under no illusions that if he does not get the problems at Real Madrid sorted out that he will be out of a job, despite leading Real to their 11th European […]
I have to hope that Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez was misquoted when he said that he has reached a level where he can compete with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Sanchez’s former Barcelona team-mate Messi and his Real Madrid rival Ronaldo are the best players in world football, and collectively have won the Ballon d’Or […]
Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have lost their appeals to FIFA against one-year transfer bans for breaking rules protecting underage players. FIFA said on Thursday that the Madrid clubs are blocked from registering new players in the next two transfer windows – winter and summer in 2017. The FIFA appeals committee dismissed challenges filed by […]
A year Real Madrid fans were furious at President Florentino Pérez for bumbling the David de Gea transfer saga, failing to sign Spanish No.1 because of fax machine issues. Fast forward 12 months and this summer’s transfer window was surprisingly quiet, especially with the impending transfer ban for both Atletico and Real Madrid. Real Madrid’s […]