Real Madrid
Yahoo sports is reporting that three weeks ago that Real Madrid made a formal bid of €80m for Bayern Munich’s want-away star Franck Ribery. Madrid President Florentino Perez has made no secret of his desire to add Ribery to his stable of stars and I expect Madrid to come back with a higher bid. Franz […]
Pencil in the weekend of November 28/29. That is when Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and the rest of Real Madrid’s high-priced roster takes on Lionel Messi and the defending Champions League Champions Barcelona at the Camp Nou. The return leg is April 10/11 at the Bernabeu. 29 November FC Barcelona – Real Madrid – Buy FC […]
Interesting article on our La Liga site last week about whether Real Madrid overpaid for Kaka and Ronaldo. The post referenced a recent report by Frontier Economics this week. Frontier works in valuation exercises and in the sports/creative industries and recently did issued a report on what determines a footballer’s transfer fee and whether the […]
This is an article that recently appeared on Soccer Tickets Online but I thought it was worth repeating here. There was an interesting article in the Times by Gabriele Marcotti on Why Real Madrid’s finances outstrip Manchester United. Marcotti went into some of the details as to why Madrid are so rich and Soccer Tickets […]
Well it has finally happened. Manchester United have accepted a world record offer of £80m from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo. “Manchester United have received a world-record, unconditional offer of £80million for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. At Cristiano’s request — who has again expressed his desire to leave — and after discussion with the player’s […]