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Manchester Strikes Back- Episode 2

May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

In the second episode of the Ronaldo Signing…
“Negotiations” are underway.  Portuguese superagent Jorge Mendes is going to be a busy week.  After helping Massimo Moratti get Jose Mourinho… he prepares for one crazy summer.
Malcolm Glazer rebutted Real Madrid’s offer by asking for three key players of Real Madrid’s in exchange for Cristiano Ronaldo. […]

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Madrid To Play Friendly In Bogota

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Real Madrid announced on Thursday that they will be traveling to Colombia to face local club Millonarios this coming Agusut 7th. The announcement was confirmed through Spanish sports daily As.
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Robinho For Player Of The Year

March 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Whether it’s the English Premier League and the Argentine marketing machine would like people to believe that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are locks for the FIFA World Player of the Year, I would like to be the first one to offer resistence from this preconceived notion.
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Guti Stays In Madrid

February 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Merengues deputy did not travel to Huelva as Real Madrid have a tough match against relegation-embattled Recreativo this weekend. The former Spanish international did not recover from the calf strain he suffered in last weekend’s loss to Getafe.
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RVN Out, Robinho and Pepe Back

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Ruud Van Nistlerooy will have to wait yet another week to score his 50th goal with Real Madrid. A case of synovitis will put him on the bench in their must-win game on the road against Recreativo. Recre are currently in a dogfight to avoid relegation and will have to fight tooth and […]

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Truce in TV war

November 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Truce in TV war
A temporary truce was […]

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Tags: La Liga · atletico madrid · barcelona · getafe · real betis · real madrid

Injury impact

October 19th, 2007 · No Comments

There are two very attractive matchups this weekend but both fixtures look to be impacted heavily by injuries (or travel exhaustion) suffered by key players.
First let’s look at the Real Madrid v Espanyol match. Real Madrid will be without Arjen Robben, Robinho and Gabriel Heinze for their trip to Barcelona. A potential boost […]

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Tags: La Liga · barcelona · espanyol · levante · real madrid · sevilla · villarreal

Sevilla’s Stylish Start

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

As The Gaffer already mentioned Sevilla kicked off their season on Saturday with a 4-1 win over Getafe. While I had been looking forward to the Madrid derby, I decided to watch the Sevilla-Getafe match and was not disappoined at all. The game had plenty of excitement, flair and talking points. In the first half […]

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Tags: antonio puerta · athletic bilbao · atletico madrid · barcelona · getafe · real betis · real madrid · recreativo huelva · sevilla · valencia · villarreal

Weekend Preview - August 24th, 2007

August 24th, 2007 · No Comments

La Liga kicks off this weekend and I am going to highlight three games. We start things off with a bang as the Madrid derby sees Real host Atlético. It has been revealed that new signings Arjen Robben and Gabriel Heinze will not make their Real Madrid debuts despite my feeling that at least Heinze […]

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Tags: arjen robben · atletico madrid · daniel alves · diego forlan · gabriel heinze · getafe · giuseppe rossi · juande ramos · nicolas zigic · real madrid · sevilla · valencia · villarreal · wesley sneijder

More changes at the Bernabeu

August 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

(Note: I had originally written that Emerson had moved to Inter Milan, thanks to Mr. Bobby McMahon of Fox Soccer Channel for pointing out my mistake. Emerson had been rumoured to be moving to Inter but ended up with rivals AC instead. My apologies for the mistake.)
Not content with the signings they’ve already made, Real […]

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Tags: arjen robben · chelsea · emerson · gabriel heinze · manchester united · real madrid

Madrid go Dutch

August 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

After much speculation from the pundits (myself included) that Real Madrid would sign Arjen Robben, the club took a sidestep in their pursuit of some Dutch flair. On Monday, the club unveiled Dutch duo Wesley Sneijder and Royston Drenthe as their latest signings. Drenthe was acquired from Feyenoord for a reported fee of 14 million […]

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Real Madrid sign Drenthe - is Robben next?

August 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Defending Spanish champions Real Madrid signed one of the summer’s hottest prospects, wing-back Royston Drenthe from Dutch club Feyenoord. The club did not give the terms of Drenthe’s transfer but sports daily AS report that a fee of €13 million (US$18 million) was paid for the Netherlands under-21 player. Drenthe adds depth to the […]

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Tags: barcelona · pepe · real madrid · royston drenthe · saviola · sevilla

Real Madrid Lift La Liga Trophy & Bid Beckham Adios

June 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Real Madrid’s 3-1 win tonight against Real Mallorca was a fairy tale ending to David Beckham’s career for the Spanish giants tonight. In what must be described as a simply spectacular match, Real yet again came back from one goal behind to sneak the win. They’ve been doing it all season, but this night meant […]

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Madrid still on target for the title

June 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Barcelona dropped 2 massive points against Espanyol which let Real Madrid off the hook as they clawed out a 2-2 draw against Zaragoza. Barcelona had been leading into the 89th minute and Real were losing but an amazing reversal of fortunes saw both games end in a draw.
Barca fell behind to a wonderfully worked Raul […]

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Tags: barcelona · espanyol · real madrid · real zaragoza · ruud van nistelrooy

Carlos To Leave Madrid

June 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Real Madrid defender Roberto Carlos has agreed to join Turkish champions Fenerbahce at the end of the season. The 34-year-old left-back will leave Real June 30th. Carlos told Spanish newspaper Marca: “Fenerbahce are the club that have shown most interest in signing me and they convinced me with their project. I had a […]

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Tags: gabriel heinze · miguel torres · real madrid · roberto carlos