Diego Torres was written a new book from inside Real Madrid called “Preparense para perder” (Get Ready to Lose). Torres is known in Spain for being highly critical of Mourinho, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and Portuguese agent Jorge Mendes. In the book Torres reveals just how devastated Jose Mourinho was when United announced that […]
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Real Madrid president Florentino Perez claims that Manchester United were preparing a rival bid for the former Spurs winger this summer” “Tottenham did not want to sell and we respected that. Then, when we found out that Manchester United would be making an offer, we made our own,” Perez told Cadena SER. “Since his childhood […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has ended his flirtation with Manchester United and signed a new five year deal with Real Madrid that will pay him a reported €18m a year after tax, plus 50% of his image rights, making him the world’s best-paid player. Ronaldo has scored a remarkable 203 goals in 203 games since joining for […]
Carlo Ancelotti has confirmed that the €100m man Gareth Bale will make his official Real Madrid debut in this weekend’s Liga match away against Villarreal. The former Paris Saint-Germain coach says Bale will play some part of the game but did not disclose whether or not the 24-year-old would start. “Bale will travel to Villarreal […]
Explosive comments by Spain coach Vicente del Bosque that Iker Casillas was dropped by Jose Mourinho last season because he attempted to ease tensions between the Spain internationals that play for Real Madrid and Barcelona. As games between Real and Barcelona intensified in bitterness, there were concerns in Spain that the relationship between Real’s Spain […]
The question of how eal Madrid could afford to spend €100m for Gareth Bake under Uefa’s financial play rules has been answered with the announcement that for the 2012-13 financial year, the Spanish side had record revenues of €520.9 million, profits of €36.9 million and a lowered declared financial debt of €90.6 million. The figures […]
Add Cristiano Ronaldo to the long list of Real Madrid players who are not happy with the sale of Mesut Ozil’s to Arsenal. Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos and Isco have all weighed in on the sale, but it is the remarks of Cristiano Ronaldo that will worry Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez the most. Ronaldo is […]
Gareth Bale was presented to Real Madrid supporters today following his world record £85.3m (100m euros) transfer from Tottenham. Bales received a tremendous reception from the more than 20,000 fans at the Bernabeu Stadium and speaking in Spanish told fans: “It is a dream to be here in Madrid. Thank you for this welcome.” Bale […]
Reports out of Spain say that Arsenal have reached an agreement with Real Madrid for between €45-50m for Mesut Özil, smashing Arsenal’s transfer record. It seems that Real Madrid accepted bids from both Arsenal and Manchester United, but the Gunners offered to pay him €2m a year more in wages! Ozil is class, with 30 […]