Real Madrid (old thread)

[AnfieldEd]

Heard M.Diarra was off to Milan as Pirlo replacement?

I still have very big concerns over your defence Gio. I only rate Casillas and Ramos as world class. You may love Pepe but I think he is a liability. Metzelder has never proven himself up to the task in important games. Albiol is solid but will take time to adapt. Garay has gone off the boil. Marcelo is class but defensively he still needs to improve. Why have you put Arbeloa in the LB category when he is a RB who can cover at LB?

The ego thing between the stars and the rest eg CR and Higuain will it be a problem or not?

 

[Beast]

don't think so .. however we don't know what will happen , Salgado release came out of the blue

The team now is complete so certain departures won't be of much influence but i much rather sell Gago than Diarra

 

[AnfieldEd]

But you will get more cash from Diarra and Perez will want to recoup some cash I am sure of that. Plus with his injury record I think that puts Gago ahead in terms of which one is more appealing to sell.

 

[Beast]

But you will get more cash from Diarra and Perez will want to recoup some cash I am sure of that. Plus with his injury record I think that puts Gago ahead in terms of which one is more appealing to sell.

I think Milan have a similar Diarra in terms of Gattusso , if they want a Pirlo they should go for Gago .

the reason i'm saying Gago is Valdano words in April on his performance.. Gago looked crap in pre-season (continuity of his last year form ) and from the look of things Manu is judging players based on their recent performance , take a look @ Drenthe he was one of the first out and 3 good displays earned him a second chance with the team this season.

plus the fact remains that Diarra haven't lost a single league trophy in the last 7 years (par the last one cause he was injured ) .

Also players like Diarra with his current injury will be sold @ a cut price .. it can go either way but i think they can have better amount from Gago cause the max they got for Diarra was Juve offer of 15 Mil and now Milan has first refusal on All Real Madrid players as per our agreement when we bought Kaka

 

[Barcaman]

Xabi is a pale copy of Xavi so no worries there. And we are still better in every position except for the GK. Bad news is... Our chances of signing Macherano look very slim now

 

[Beast]

Xabi is a pale copy of Xavi so no worries there. And we are still better in every position except for the GK. Bad news is... Our chances of signing Macherano look very slim now

Really ? i believe they are totally different..
I would not trust Xavi as a DM/CM.. at all..Xavi is a playmaker.. Xabi is a holding midfielder behind or as a DM

 

[Nándor]

great news...xabi alonso is now deffinitly becoming a madrid player since he just passed the medical, which was a condition for his move!!! :beer2: moreover, he'll already join tonights training session and will also fly to canada tomorrow with the squad. that means he'll be able to play as soon as this friday against toronto fc :beer2:

now that the team is complete (i know Nandor will have a Ribery wish but it is complete ) the operation out is in full throttle with 4 players need to go before the end of the month .. according to the latest reports

4 out of 5 will leave the club Huntelaar (Spurs-Milan ),VDV (Hamburg),Robben(refused a move to Turkey could end in Roma ),Sneijder(inter-Aston villa-Chelsea-B Munich ),Negredo (several Spanish and English teams )..

the club decided to keep Drenthe due to his ability to develop into something bigger and Ruud due to his service to the club
(the above based on AS )
meanwhile it is decided that Salgado farewell game will be in the Santiago Bernabeu trophy against Milan

well with regards to ribéry it's cristal clear to me, that the current squad is no closed...as confirmed by valdano. ribéry will join madrid next year as pérez' 2010 galactico, unless something changes dramatically, like bayern munich getting fed up with ribérys behavior (ever since they refused to sell him to madrid, ribéry has changed his charakter. apart from rummenigge & hoeness everyone is for selling him) or/and ribéry taking things into his own hands by making his wish puplic, thus trying to force a move even more. but again, unless something like that happens, he's not gonna join this summer, but the next...i'm very clear on that.

with regards to the sales, i still have some hope madrid can convince negredo to stay, well actually not really convince him, since he's very keen on staying, but rather manage to find a way that satifies the player in terms of minutes. he actually has a bright future at madrid IMO...raul & ruud are one step away from retirement. both IMO won't be here any longer than one more season. after that, my guess is that negredo will even have the starting place next to benzema. he just suits him better than raul (currently) or higuain. all that's needed is a little patience.
i'd love to see agus getting promoted and garay getting sold. but unfortunatly, garay looks like a keeper

 

[Abaddon]

Xabi is a pale copy of Xavi so no worries there. And we are still better in every position except for the GK. Bad news is... Our chances of signing Macherano look very slim now

lol @ better in every position.

 

[Barcaman]

Really ? i believe they are totally different..
I would not trust Xavi as a DM/CM.. at all..Xavi is a playmaker.. Xabi is a holding midfielder behind or as a DM

I don`t think you would trust Xabi as a sole DM either

 

[Beast]

I don`t think you would trust Xabi as a sole DM either

not sole as in 4-1-3-2 but in a 4-3-3 with 2 CM beside him.. i mean he can replace Yaya brilliantly in Barca same way he did when Senna was injured with Spain.

but i don't consider them as same position players .. i can compare Xavi with the likes of Deco-Kaka-Sneijder.. but i would compare him to Lass-Xabi-Senna-Yaya..etc

 

[Labinn]

Xabi = Keita.

 

[Beast]

Xabi = Keita.

ok sure

Valdes = Miguel torres while you are at it (if you are talking about skills )
unless u mean positions which i will have to disagree again , Keita is a CM without strong defensive skills like Xabi

 

[FlyLo]

Xabi<=Pirlo really

 

[Barcaman]

not sole as in 4-1-3-2 but in a 4-3-3 with 2 CM beside him.. i mean he can replace Yaya brilliantly in Barca same way he did when Senna was injured with Spain.

but i don't consider them as same position players .. i can compare Xavi with the likes of Deco-Kaka-Sneijder.. but i would compare him to Lass-Xabi-Senna-Yaya..etc

Common. Xabi more similar to Lass than to Xavi?

 

[Cule Angles]

I think it's a fair statement to make, the only bone of contention being the LB position.