Real Madrid selling mistakes

Posted by Borris Becker on Mar 17, 2010 in Real Madrid Football Club | 11 comments

I was looking through the list of players that Real Madrid brought in this summer and the list of players Real Madrid sold this summer. Both the lists are relatively long but here is the catch, every GOOD player Real Madrid has sold this summer has gone on to do good things with the teams they have ended up with. Now whether that is because they had more motivation to show Real Madrid’s lack of vision to see them as good players or whether that is actually because they were not being able to adapt to the Real Madrid system (more like what has happened to Henry at Barcelona).

The 3 players I want to talk about at Wesley Sniejder who ended up at Inter Milan, Robben who ended up at Bayern Munich and one of the older transfers in Robinho who ended up at Manchester City.

Robben as we all know has overshadowed the likes of Ribery at Bayern Munich with his blistering runs in the Bundesliga. Ribery, of course the man that Real Madrid want and someone I do not want. I just do not think he would fit into the Real Madrid system. We need a player like Gerrard or some good defender. We have the quality upfront. Anyway, I think selling Robben was a mistake and that can be evidently seen when Pellegrini plays Marcelo or Lassana Diarra on the left and right hand side of the field.

He has been mesmerizing the defenders there too just like he did in La liga and the Barclays Premier League. It would have been a lethal combination of him and C.Ronaldo had he stayed or in other words, had he not been sold.

Robben though I think has learnt a lot from his Real Madrid days. For one, he is now wearing some kind of a knee support all the time, may be that has got to do with his not so stable knees but I have to add that though he is capable to making great runs through the midfield into the penalty area, the end product is zero more often than not. That was evident even in his Real Madrid days and can be seen even now,  with Bayern Munich.

Sniejder is another player who has been performing well in the Champions League for Inter Milan and one of those guys who I think should never have been sold. Guti should have been sold instead of him. Raul should have been kicked out instead of him. He is young and is full of potential. People who do not know what I am talking about, just watch Chelsea vs Inter Milan Champions League Round of 16 2010 which took place couple of days ago and look for the player named Sniejder. Just the kind of player Real Madrid are missing at the moment because Alonso is not performing.

And remember Real Madrid payed heavily for Xabi Alonso whereas Sniejder would have been a perfect fit in this Real Madrid system and at no extra cost. He is also younger than Xabi and his work ethic is better. I do not believe that Florentino Perez signed Xabi because of his star power. I think it was more because he wanted to make the side a bit more Spanish than it was before and for that he was ready to do some horrific trading of players, like in case of Sniejder and Robben.

There was no need of Arbeloa. These five words are sufficient for a player of his calibre. Not Real Madrid stuff I have to say

Robinho is another player I think would have had a bright future at Real Madrid because of the system Real Madrid play in and also the pace at which La Liga generally play. It is perfectly suited to his game and Robinho showed us that he can be the best player in the world if given enough confidence towards the end of his Real Madrid days and even though Real Madrid got a pretty good deal out of Robinho but I still think that with Cristiano Ronaldo and Robben on the wings and Robinho as the striker (his original position) in the center would have made for an awesome three for Real Madrid and could have rivaled Barcelona’s Henry, Ibra and Messi.

Sadly, Robinho was also shipped out of Real Madrid for non sporting reasons and that is the irritating part. Players are being sold for reasons that are not related to their job which is so unlike Barcelona. Barcelona sold Ronaldinho because he was not performing and sold Eto’o because he was having some trouble with the coach. I cannot really say that Robinho has been the same player he was towards the end of his stint at Real Madrid but he has certainly showed glimpses of his true talent in the BPL as well.

If you want further proof just look at his performance against Barcelona to see that on his day he could very well match Messi.

Anyway, whats done is done and now we have Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema to look forward too.

What do you guys think? Was Perez right to sell these 3 future stars and splash millions on Kaka, Ronaldo and Benzema? I would love to hear your thoughts and as always, after my every post what do I do? I sit and wait for your comments. Talk to me!!.

HALA MADRID.

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