AS claim that real is considering iván marcano as alternative to clichy. clichy would cost around 17m €, while a deal for marcano could be struck at 6m €. marcanos versatility - he's a CB, but can also play as LB - is what allegedly has convinced both valdano and pardeza. not to meantion that he fits perfectly into the whole "espanolizar" issue.
great option IMO...better have him for 6m €, than clichy for 17m €. i honestly would use the 11m € left to sign canella, the future replacement for capdevila in the national team IMO. that would cover the losses of heinze, cannavaro & probably metze judging by the looks of it.
but more important to me - kinda like raed, beast and me felt with regards to the playmaker postion - ever since r. carlos left (resp. zidane), real have never been able to find a decent replacement for the LB. now with kaka' supposingly joining, the gap zidane left finally got taken care of pretty damn good. and IMHO, canella (without leveling him as equal to zidane and/or kaka') has the potential to fill the gap r. carlos has left and marcelo hasn't been able to fill ever since. i like marcelo, but i don't see him as an LB, he's dynamite as a winger but as an LB??? just not up to the task IMO.