Barcelona new boy Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes it will be bitter rivals Real Madrid who will be feeling the pressure ahead of the start of the Primera Division season. Madrid have spent over 250million euros building a squad capable of challenging Barca. It has been much quieter at the Nou Camp where they have only brought […]
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Xabi Alonso will become the latest big-money arrival at Real Madrid this summer after Liverpool agreed the sale of the Spain midfielder for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of €35m. Madrid’s official website confirmed that Alonso would “undergo the required medical” in the Spanish capital on Wednesday before completing the transfer […]
Yahoo sports is reporting that three weeks ago that Real Madrid made a formal bid of €80m for Bayern Munich’s want-away star Franck Ribery. Madrid President Florentino Perez has made no secret of his desire to add Ribery to his stable of stars and I expect Madrid to come back with a higher bid. Franz […]
Cristiano Ronaldo spoke of his joy at getting off the mark for Real Madrid but again insisted the most important thing is for the team to continue improving in the build up to the new season. Playing in his third match since his world-record £80m move from Manchester United, Ronaldo netted his first goal for […]
Barcelona and club president Joan Laporta welcomed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the Camp Nou yesterday evening during the striker’s official presentation. It is speculated that the operation has cost the treble champions €66 million in total, and Laporta’s first order of business was to promptly defend the deal, especially after bombarding Real Madrid with endless criticism […]
Cristiano Ronaldo made a disappointingly low-key home debut for Real Madrid against Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad in their Peace Cup match at the Bernabeu on Sunday. Around 80,000 had packed the stadium for the Portuguese winger’s glitzy presentation this month but the massive arena in the Spanish capital was only about a third full […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be the happiest man alive once he has completed his move to Barcelona from Internazionale, the Swedish striker said. Ibrahimovic arrived in the Catalan capital and was due to undergo a medical on Monday before signing his new contract with the European champions. Inter have agreed to swap Ibrahimovic for Barca’s Cameroon […]