REAL MADRID 2011-2012 SIGNINGS | THE NEW & THE OLD? Transfer?

NURI SAHIN (Borussia Dortmund) , CALLEJON (RCD Espanyol), ALTINTOP (Bayern Munich), plus the possible return of young Parejo (Getafe) & rumours about Cesc Fabregas (difficult, but sounding), Tevez (Manchester City), Fernando Llorente (At.Bilbao) & Sergio Aguero (At.Madrid)

The first two are already confirmed new signings for REAL MADRID, Antintop is said will be announced next Saturday & comes "free", while the rest are sounding hard & fast as selections of possible names that are juicy options to consider for the Madrid Club

Sahin new Real Madrid player

Its obvious that Coach Mourinho is planning the next season, that a "new" profile of player is being looked for instead of "Galacticos" - Clubs wants players that sacrifice, have discipline, team players, workers etc - & that better to begin early & quietly before the end of season rumours & lead to price inflations.

While this is good, what about thoses who will leave or the Club has intention of letting them go? Spanish journalists are beginning to make the question & for now some interesting & some surprising names have provisionally floated to the public eye.

• Dudek (Goalkeeper) ends contract
• Garay (Defender), Club willing to transfer
• Gago ( Midfielder), Club listening to offers
• Pedro Leon ( Midfielder), Mourinho never wanted from the beginning
• Lass Diarra (Midfielder), Does not wish to be sub next season, but great last couple of games
• Granero (Midfielder) - surprising, lets wait & see
• Sergio Canales ( Midfielder) - may loan out to another Club
• Adebayor (Forward) , Club not taking buying option
• Kaka (the big name), "playing" with AC Milan & Chelsea. Could be sold.

Stay tuned folks, the summer season, as always, promises to be really interesting in the buying , selling & the players loan front.

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL U-19 TEAM|PRE - EUROPEAN FOOTBALL U-19 QUALIFIERS|U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS in Rumania.

The SPANISH NATIONAL FOOTBALL U-19 TEAM got off to a great start in the Pre-Euro qualifiers with a 2 - 1 victory over SWITZERLAND. Spain has also Montenegro & England in their Group with the Top placed nation being the only team that goes into the upcoming U-19 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS in Rumania.

The young Spaniards played a good match with two goals coming from JUANMI & ISCO, & the only goal for the Swiss via an own goal from Spaniard & defender AMAT (details below).

Spain plays Montenegro next Thursday.

Spain 2: Edgar Badía; Albert Blázquez (Carvajal, m.88), Jordi Amat, Sergi Gómez, Marc Muniesa, Koke, Rubén Pardo (Isco, M.68), Sergi Roberto, Juanmi, Pablo Sarabia (Gerard Delofeu, m.81) & Álvaro Morata.


Switzerland 1: Siegrist; Goncalves, Decarli, Veseli, Benito, Nimeley (Josip Drmic, m.46), Grether (Kamber, m.72), Facchinetti, Buff, Rodríguez & Seferovic.


Goals: 1-0, m.3: Juanmi. 2-0, m.74: Isco. 2-1, m.77: Jordi Amat, own goal.

2011 FC BARCELONA |LIONEL MESSI 2011|FC BARCELONA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011 WINNERS

The Football World has rendered itself to the feet of FC BARCELONA Argentine forward LIONEL MESSI. Spanish Football press & media have dedicated covers & pages to the player as he once again put in a brilliant performance & goal to help FC Barcelona win 3 - 1 Manchester United in the Champions League Final.

The "magician" yesterday placed himself in the Olympus of the Football Gods: Di Stefano, Pele, Cruyff & Maradona, leaving his stamp without any doubt that he is the "Best Player in World Football" & heading towards the "ALL-TIME" status. The man is only 23 years of age & none of the above mentioned "Football Gods" had so many titles as Messi has at his age. The only title missing that would put LIONEL MESSI in the solitary position of the "Greatest ever Football Player in History" would be a World Cup Championship title with Argentina, & that is a real possiblity  in the next coming 12 years.

Here is the impressive list of Club, Team & Individual Titles that LIONEL MESSI has already with only 23 years of age: 


FC Barcelona
Spanish Football League - La Liga: 5
2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Copa del Rey - Spanish Cup: 1
2008–09
Supercopa Spain : 4
2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
UEFA Champions League: 3
2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
UEFA Super Cup: 1
2009
FIFA Club World Cup: 1
2009


Argentina
FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1
2005
Olympic Gold Medal: 1
2008


Individual
FIFA Ballon d'Or: 1
2010
Ballon d'Or: 1
2009
FIFA World Player of the Year: 1
2009
FIFA Team of the Year: 3
2008, 2009, 2010
U-21 European Footballer of the Year: 1
2007
Spanish Football League - La Liga Player of the Year: 2
2009, 2010
Spanish Football League - La Liga top goalscorer: 1
2010
Copa del Rey - Spanish Cup top goalscorer: 1
2011
Spanish Football League - La Liga Foreign Player of the Year: 3
2007, 2009, 2010
Spanish Football League - La Liga Ibero-American Player of the Year: 3
2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
European Golden Shoe: 1
2010
UEFA Champions League top goalscorer: 3
2009, 2010, 2011
UEFA Champions League Player of the Year: 1
2009
UEFA Champions League Forward of the Year: 1
2009
UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 1
2011
UEFA Champions League Final Fans' Man of the Match: 1
2009
UEFA Team of the Year: 3
2008, 2009, 2010
Footballer of the Year of Argentina: 5
2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

But there is more:

FIFPro World Player of the Year: 2
2009, 2010
FIFPro World Young Player of the Year: 3
2006, 2007, 2008
FIFPro Special Young Player of the Year: 2
2007, 2008
FIFPro World XI: 4
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
FIFA U-20 World Cup Player of the Tournament: 1
2005
FIFA U-20 World Cup top goalscorer: 1
2005
Copa América Young Player of the Tournament: 1
2007
World Soccer Player of the Year: 1
2009
World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 3
2006, 2007, 2008
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 1
2009
ESM Team of the Year: 4
2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Marca Leyenda: 1
2009
Tuttosport Golden Boy: 1
2005
UEFA best goal of the year: 1
2007

SPANISH FOOTBALL : KAKA, BENZEMA, COENTRAO|REAL MADRID TRANSFER RUMOURS GOSSIP 2011

Lots of SPANISH FOOTBALL news today especially in the REAL MADRID transfers gossip area that I will run down in this post.


As informed Real Madrid has signed RCD Espanyol CALLEJON, Borrusia Dortmund midfielder SAHIN & almost has shut Bayern Munich player ANTILTOP who finishes contract. But there have been more movements in other palyer "business" fronts especially on possible exits.


Italian Club JUVENTUS visited Madrid & asked for midfielder Lass Diarra, defender Garay & forward Karim Benzema. With this last the Italian Club offered either of Amauri, Chiellini o Melo as swap alternatives. Real Madrid answered that BENZEMA IS NOT FOR SALE - for now.

KAKA is said to have a foot & a half out of Real Madrid & the Spanish Club is listening to offers. In fact, Spanish media Football specialists have written that Mourinho has already expressed to Kaka that he is not “untouchable” & has not risen to the high expectations that were originally placed on the Brazilian. 

Speculations rose early this week when the mother of Kaka put on “twitter” that she will be in London next season, something that was quickly covered as meaning “a religious” event, which many look at with an ironic smile. 

The truth is that CHELSEA FC is in a strong position to lure the Brazilian over to London next season, plus AC MILAN has entered the picture as well in the last days. Real Madrid however wishes to get back its 65M€ investment & a money + player deal could be on the table. In the Chelsea case, Drogba or Lampard are sounding &, from Barcelona Sports paper “Mundo Deportivo”, AC Milan could put in Ibrahimovic . This last option is the less convincing as Real Madrid Directives are not sure about the Swede due to his conflictive character. 

Rumours published today from  Spanish Sports papers are that Real Madrid may go for 23 year old BENFICA defender FABIO COENTRAO. Real Madrid was close last season & seems will again try this summer. They have fierce competition for this players elsewhere: German Club Bayern Munich

What is certain is that EMMANUAL ADEBAYOR will not continue next season as Real Madrid will not take up the buying option of 15M€.

So, stay tuned for developments, this is just the tip of the iceberg as the “crazy” summer off-months gets heated with rumours, gossips & surprises. Real Madrid will generate lots of news & lots of players will be associated with the Club, mostly will be untrue & some will be true.

BEST SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE GOAL KEEPER|FC BARCELONA VICTOR VALDES "ZAMORA" PRIZE 2010-2011

While REAL MADRID forward Cristiano Ronaldo receives mass recognition for his amazing 40 goals in one season, lets not forget about the goalkeepers. FC BARCELONA keeper VICTOR VALDES wins  a 3rd straight "ZAMORA" Title as the least goaled (Best) keeper in the Spanish Football League

His season has been amazing as Valdes has played a vital part in his teams Spanish League Title & in getting Barça into next Saturdays Champions League Final against Manchester United. Below is the final table standings for the Spanish Liga ZAMORA prize as "Best Goalkeeper" season 2010-2011:


Name Coef. Goals Games
Valdés 0,50 16 32
Casillas  0,94        32 34
Aranzubia 1,12 35     31
Diego López 1,15 44 38
Ricardo 1,21       46 38