Features news coverage of Real Madrid and its players, including match reports, transfer rumours and general football news.
Matchday 2 of the 08/09 UEFA Champions League will be played out on 30 Sep / 1 Oct - we have the head-to-head records for the clubs involved, a look at the predictions for each group and the highlights going into this round of the Champions League...
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Written by Soccerlens. 8 comments
Lyon recently revealed that Benzema’s contract had a 100m Euro ‘get-out’ clause. Assuming that this is for non-French clubs instead of just for French clubs, it effectively prices out any European club from buying the player anytime...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 3 comments
Raul has scored 61 goals in the Champions League - his closest rival being his teammate Ruud van Nistelrooy at 53.
Can any of the younger crop of players - Messi, Ronaldo, Benzema, Torres etc - catch up with the likes of Raul, Ruud, Sheva (47)...
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The world is being set alight by ever younger players, and they will be the superstars of the future. I have handpicked 18 players (11 starters and 7 subs) for the team of the future.
GK: Igor Akinfeev (Russia, CSKA Moscow, 22)
Written by GT. 12 comments
USAIN BOLT - the world’s fastest man - is to train with Real Madrid to help improve their players run faster.
Bolt: “They have invited me to train with them. I’ll definitely go. I think Raul and Van Nistelrooy are some of the best...
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You know what really stood out about the recently closed transfer window? Not the brinksmanship, the complaints about tapping up, or even the idea of billion-dollar teams squabbling over a couple million pounds. The one thing that really stood...
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Written by Victor Li. 7 comments
It could be from the sheer joy he felt at leaving Real Madrid (those horrible, horrible people who brought him to Europe and made him into a star). It could be because through his tears he couldn’t distinguish between different shades of blue....
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 2 comments
So, the transfer deadline (August 31) has passed and the football market is now closed. Closed? Not quite. Indeed, while transfers from one club to another will have to wait until January to resume, teams may still sign players as free...
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Written by Marco Pantanella. 9 comments
Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday’s race to the finish seems to support his argument.
Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely for...
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Written by Richard Whittall. 6 comments
1. Manchester City as a new superpower
When Blues fans woke up yesterday morning they cannot have been expecting the rollercoaster day...
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Written by Rob Parker. 22 comments
There’s really only a couple (well, one to be specific) deals that many people followed on transfer deadline day, but while many looked to see if Dimitar Berbatov would sign for Manchester United and who Manchester City would nab...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 2 comments
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says the club have agreed to sell Brazilian Robinho to Manchester City.
Calderon (speaking to Spanish TV):
“We have agreed to sell the player for human reasons, and for footballing...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 9 comments
There are several clubs who were left on the altar, so to speak, with respect to a few big signings this summer.
Liverpool lost out on Barry, Real Madrid lost out on Ronaldo, Chelsea and United may still lose out on Robinho and Berbatov, Tottenham...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 11 comments
Robinho is a liar. He doesn’t want to play for Chelsea. He wants to leave Real Madrid because he thinks he’s never going to get the money and the respect that he feels he deserves. Chelsea are just the richest club to have come along and...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 20 comments
Ramon Calderon is a man who has serious problems with putting his finger on reality. It could be that the pressure of presidency at the
Written by Ahmed Bilal. 3 comments
The 08/09 Spanish Primera kicks off this weekend, a brief warmup before the international break for World Cup qualifiers. Bill Turianski does a nice preview of the season, looking at attendance figures from...
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The DRAW for the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League Group Stage took place today in Monaco. Soccerlens covered the event LIVE, giving you the groups as they unfolded.
We also got to see the...
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Written by Marco Pantanella. 36 comments
Raphael Honigstein, Guillem Balague and Gabriele Marcotti discuss the upcoming Spanish football season and give their predictions on who will be winning the 2008 / 2009 season.
Raphael Honigstein: Gentlemen, let’s...
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We’re one day closer to the end of the transfer window, and as expected, there’s a mad dash by many to make moves happen before time runs out. So, let’s get a move on and get started with today’s transfer roundup.
Written by Eddie Griffin. 2 comments
Well, we’re into the last week of the summer transfer window, so there’s going to be a mad dash to the finish for several sides looking to make some big signings before the window closes.
Some people are going to get their wishes...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 2 comments
It’s the weekend again, and while we sit back and take in the second round of Premier League action (or follow whatever league it is that’s your favorite), there’s still plenty to talk about on the transfer front as we move closer to the end...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 5 comments
I’m back to give you all the latest in transfer news and rumors from around Europe and elsewhere, and after we all take a moment to digest/laugh at/make some sort of remark on the coincidence of Dimitar Berbatov signing a Manchester...
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Written by Eddie Griffin. 3 comments
The rumours linking Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to Manchester United are doing rounds all year long and have been doing so ever since Ruud van Nistelrooy was rumoured to be leaving the club.
This season they’ve linked Huntelaar to Real Madrid...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 6 comments
Sepp Blatter was happy to call Ronaldo a ‘modern-day slave’ when asked about Manchester United’s refusal to let the player follow his ‘dream’ to play...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 18 comments
It’s a pretty short day in transfer tidbits, since most of the focus today is on the international action going on everywhere, but there is still a decent amount of news to report on, so let’s hop to it, shall we?
Written by Eddie Griffin. 7 comments
There’s not a great deal to report in today’s transfer roundup, since it’s Sunday, but with the Premier League season having kicked off, it’s about as clear an indicator that the transfer window is getting closer and closer to its end.
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The predictions are divided into 5 categories - the press, the players, the game, the teams and everyone else (fans, agents, management). You’re welcome to add your own predictions in the comments, discuss the predictions I’ve made or come...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 24 comments
It was going to be a pretty short day in transfer news and rumors, but there’s a reason I stay up a little late - so I can catch the early Friday rumors around Europe. So, there are a few extra tidbits in today’s roundup which make things...
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Last week Soccerlens asked readers who they blamed for the torturous summer-long United-Ronaldo-Madrid saga. The results are detailed below:
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There are still a few long-running transfer sagas yet to be resolved, but one of them could be within the next few days, and that’s the headline that kicks off today’s transfer roundup.
Written by Eddie Griffin.
