Saviola, Baptista And Soldado

Posted by Borris Becker on Jul 29, 2008 in News | 0 comments

Saviola, Baptista And Soldado

Baptista (No he has not signed for Arsenal)

Ok, may be this is a news but not for me and neither for those who have been reading by blog for about a month or so because Baptista has said this time and time again that he does not want to leave Real Madrid but if an opportunity presents itself then he would be more than willing to take it.

A target for Newcastle and Roma, Baptista said: “My desire is to play for Real more than I did in the past season and show my quality.

“For now, I plan to stay with Real Madrid, but in football everything can change in a second. The most important thing is to feel the confidence of the coach (Bernd Schuster).”

Why do these people(football players) think we cannot understand what’s going on, I know footballers are trained how to give interviews and I think it’s time to revamp the whole technique because I am getting bored of listening to the same statements time and time again or may be its just me and the fact is that they are professionals and they also want to protect their futures so these football players never or rarely come out and say the stuff they really want.

Baptista wants to be on the safe side. It can be clearly deduced from his statements that he wants to leave, but he is not quite sure if he is wanted by any other club so he makes a nice balanced comment of how he wants to remain at Real Madrid so that atleast Real Madrid know that Baptista is a player they can count on.

Some news came on Soldado and that news is that Real Madrid has agreed a free for Soldado, its round about 5 million and the deal can be expected to be done and dusted within a week or so. I am glad, atleast Real Madrid won’t have to put up with one fringe player among many.

Saviola scored in the friendly match but still is not in Schuster’s plans

And by the way, Soldado is still in Austria with Real’s squad, but is expected to travel to Spain for talks with Getafe this week to finalise the deal.

Since I am talking about fringe players at Real Madrid lets have a look at another one, Saviola, signed from Barcelona one season ago on a bossman deal (which means Real Madrid payed virtually nothing for him). Saviola’s status remained the same as it was at Barcelona, A Sub. Though he had a very good start to his career, once he was considered to be the golden boy of Argentinian football but as time went on, his game did not improve at all and he became a sub from a starter.

The Argentina striker said: “Today I’m staying at Real Madrid, but in the world of football one must always live day by day, because everything can turn in a second.

“My mind is on preseason and when it is coming to an end, we will see with security if I stay or I go.“