New Sporting Director (Photo by Abdallahh)
Zidane is here. He is officially Real Madrid’s sporting director. Zidane played for Real Madrid for like 6 years and during time we won a lot of titles and he was the driving force behind them. His last year with Real Madrid are a player was disappointing because the club was in such a turmoil but now he is back.
Zidane says that Mourinho influenced this decision a lot and he is happy that he will be working with first team matters now.
Zidane was brought in by Perez as a special advisor but now has a new position that is of a sporting director. He already has some working experience with Real Madrid as reports say that Zidane was a huge factor is Varane signing. A young 18 year old center back.
Zidane also has compared Neymar with Robinho and says that there is no problem if Barcelona are also interested in the player though the player himself as said that he would like to join Real Madrid and not Barcelona.
In fact, news just came in that Real Madrid have agreed the fee for Neymar with Santos and now, only the player’s demands are being finalized. Ideally, Neymar would move to Real Madrid in January after the Club World Cup as Neymar says he wants to be the world champion with Santos.
I don’t know if Real Madrid would agree on allowing Neymar to stay till January at Santos but we will see what develops. Real Madrid are now in full gear and have signed a total of five players now with two more expected within the next month. Pastore and Aguero are also being linked.
My question is still the same and I think everybody is asking the same question. Where are these players going to fit it. I think it is becoming clearer and clearer now that two of Kaka, Benzema and Higuain will leave the club this summer if the reports of Real Madrid signing Neymar, Aguero and Pastore are true.
Finally, players are leaving Real Madrid and the first one of this summer is Garay. Garay’s agent has stated that his client has signed for Benfica and will leave Real Madrid to play more regularly. Garay was unable to get sufficient playing time at Real Madrid in his two year stay and has thus call on the quits.
The fee is said to be in the region of 5-6 million. Which is pretty cheap but then again, he did not play for Real Madrid that much, so I cannot know for sure how much is he really worth.
For me, I want pace in my defenders (when I play FIFA 11 with friends) so Garay did not have speed and neither he is extraordinarily strong. Raul Albiol should also leave as I think he will only be used as a back up player more than anything else next season.
With all these star signings, Mourinho says that he is happy with the squad but would not say no if Real Madrid sign a quality player like Neymar or Aguero. He thinks that Real Madrid have a strong enough squad now to beat Barcelona and win all the major trophies next season.
Mourinho is happy with the work Perez has put in for him and says that the 55 million euros spent till now this summer has been really beneficial for the team.
These are the players Real Madrid have signed so far this summer:
- Altintop
- Sahin
- Coentrao
- Varane
- Callejon
Players that are expected to be signed by Real Madrid are:
- Neymar
- Aguero
- Pastore
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