Real Madrid Shrinking Violet

[In-goal]

I read earlier this morning that Real Madrid will cease in there pursuit of Christiano Ronaldo. I tend to think that the days of the Spanish giant buying players from the top English clubs maybe over.

We are in a global finacial crisis and this will effect clubs like Real who rely heavily on there buying power, which only points to one conclusion.

Real Madrid are infact a shrinking violet.

Maybe not when compared with clubs from the continent, but certainly when you look at the big 4 and the "Nouve" rich Manchester City.

Not only will the English riches be a big hurdle for Real, but they will pose massive problems to other major European players such as AC Milan, Barcelona, Juventus, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich.

Player loyalty is the only key these clubs may poses in order to keep the cream, from all moving to the premiership over the coming decade.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

bayern aren't a major player in the transfer market ... and ronaldo will be a real player in the future ... this is all games from madrid ...

 

[Ridders]

Theres no doubt Ronaldo will eventually join Madrid. The question is whether it will be in the forseable or more later down the road, ala about the age that Figo and Zidane joined the club. Cashing in Robinho for 32 million pounds can't exactly have hurt thier transfer pursuits.

 

[ParraDude_Jay]

I read earlier this morning that Real Madrid will cease in there pursuit of Christiano Ronaldo. I tend to think that the days of the Spanish giant buying players from the top English clubs maybe over.

We are in a global finacial crisis and this will effect clubs like Real who rely heavily on there buying power, which only points to one conclusion.

That Real have lied to the media as they usually do and will resume their pursuit of Ron at the end of the season?

 

[fish eel]

That Real have lied to the media as they usually do and will resume their pursuit of Ron at the end of the season?

That Ron will be stuck at a club he doesnt want to be at, and hero worshiped by Man U fans even though he'd be out the door in a flash? ;-)

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

That Real have lied to the media as they usually do and will resume their pursuit of Ron at the end of the season?

the same thing ferguson did with hargreaves ...

 

[Red Bear]

the same thing ferguson did with hargreaves ...

shhh, united dont like being bundled together with these sides despite using the exact same practices.
Kinda like them attacking Chelsea for buying a premiership, failing to take a look back down some of their own transfer fees paid...

 

[ParraDude_Jay]

That Ron will be stuck at a club he doesnt want to be at, and hero worshiped by Man U fans even though he'd be out the door in a flash? ;-)

Works for Gerrard.

 

[fish eel]

Works for Gerrard.

hahaha I must have missed when he prostituted himself to another club like 'ron'

 

[ParraDude_Jay]

hahaha I must have missed when he prostituted himself to another club like 'ron'

Chelsea ring a bell?

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

the same gerrard who re-signed with liverpool twice within a year during chel$ki's attempt to sign him?

 

[fish eel]

Chelsea ring a bell?

LOL.

Has he been quoted publicly saying he wants to play for Chelsea?

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

wasn't gerrard quoted as saying "how could i leave?" when they won the champions league final? ...

 

[Twizzle]

LOL.

Has he been quoted publicly saying he wants to play for Chelsea?

well they do pay well, dont they

who wouldn't want a pay rise

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

"After considering everything that's gone on, I just couldn't go through with it and leave this club. I never said I wanted to leave in the first place, but I'd felt I was being backed into a corner and had to push things on.

"I know it was going to look as though I wanted to go, but at one stage I thought I had no choice. When I thought about it more, I just wanted to stay.

"I admitted I've made mistakes and the club has acknowledged they've made some mistakes as well. But now we've sorted it out and I'm doing what I wanted to do all along, which is stay at Liverpool."

http://myliverpoolfc.org/gerrardnews-05.htm#Gerrard:_Why_I_just_couldnt_say__goodbye_to_beloved_Reds

the mroe you read that the more gerrard wanks on about how much he loves liverpool ... if you scroll up the top you will find "How could I leave after a night like this?"

 

[ParraDude_Jay]

Steven Gerrard has told Liverpool he wants to leave Anfield after turning down a new £100,000-a-week contract.

The 25-year-old captain made his move after Liverpool rejected a £32m bid from Premiership champions Chelsea.

"Steven has told us he will not accept our offer of an improved and extended contract because he wants to leave," a Liverpool club statement read.

Gerrard also issued a statement which said: "This has been the hardest decision I have ever had to make."

He added: "I fully intended to sign a new contract after the Champions League final, but the events of the past five to six weeks have changed all that.

"I have too much respect for the club and people at it to get involved in a bagging match."

Reports from Anfield suggest the club will not allow Gerrard to leave until he has submitted a formal transfer request.

Gerrard delivered the news to Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry via his agent, Struan Marshall.

And Parry reflected: "The club has to be bigger than any individual. It's the ups and downs of football.

"Now we have to move on. We have done our best, but he has made it clear he wants to go and I think it looks pretty final."

The Anfield chief was left disappointed after Gerrard's decision to leave, just a year after persuading the midfielder that the club could match his ambitions.

"We sat down with him last summer and we understood his frustrations - it was all to do with perceived lack of success.

"We said 'stick with it and see what we achieve', and we thought we achieved quite a lot. What better sign is there that the club is going in the right direction (than winning the Champions League)?

"He wanted success, and presumably felt he would get success elsewhere - it is our job to prove him wrong.

"I did say to him 'think of Istanbul, think of the fans'."

Gerrard has two years left on his current contract which is worth a reported £60,000 per week.

He was in talks with the club to extend that deal by a further two years until Monday when his agent announced that negotiations were ending and were "unlikely to be re-opened".

That apparently came because Gerrard felt his boyhood club had not placed enough of a priority on the talks.

Later on Monday Gerrard had a meeting with chief executive Parry and chairman David Moores, who made a last-ditch offer of £100,000-per-week to keep their captain at Anfield.

They were told he would go away and sleep on the deal - but he told Parry on Tuesday he wanted to leave.

By then Chelsea had already made their offer - which is now set to become only the start of a bidding war between the London club and Spanish giants Real Madrid.

Madrid confirmed their interest on Tuesday but said he would have to put in an official transfer request before they got involved.

Gerrard's confirmation that he did indeed want out would be sure to bring the Bernabeu club to the negotiating table.

The previous British record buy was set at £29.1m when Manchester United bought Rio Ferdinand from Leeds in 2002.
Parry added: "I don't imagine it is just going to be one club bidding for Gerrard.

"It is only one day, although one day makes a big difference in negotiations, as we have seen.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4653041.stm

There you go boys. Quite clearly after the CL final aswell.

 

[pennywisealfie]

i didnt read the thread, but real madrid sucks boooooooooooo

 

[Bulldog Force]

Christiano - This cow has a message for you:

 

[Bulldog Force]

Given the weekend and previous week results, I think they are a shrinking violet. Is this a sign that Barca are on their way to the top again (once the League is over?)

 

[fish eel]

There you go boys. Quite clearly after the CL final aswell.

If he wants to leave, why has he since signed another deal to stay there?

Three days, a whole three days after that article you posted, this happened:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4658695.stm

Liverpool's Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher have both signed extensions to their Anfield contracts, committing themselves to Anfield until 2009.