Soccer Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo was born 5 February 1985. He is a Portuguese football player and plays for Real Madrid.  His position is winger and is also the captain of the Portuguese national team.  He is currently the most expensive player in football history in a deal worth £80 million or $132 M.  His contract with Real Madrid is believed to make him the world’s highest-paid football player.  He started his career as a youth player in Madeira team and move to Sporting Clube de Portugal.  

His great talent caught the attention of Alex Ferguson the manager of Manchester United and at 18 he signed for £12.24 million in 2003. The following season, he won his first FA Cup and reached the UEFA Euro 2004 final with Portugal where he scored his first international goal.  In 2008, he won his first UEFA Champions League title and became the player of the tournament.  He was named the FIFE World layer of the Year and FIFPro World Player of the Year in addition he is the Manchester United’s first Ballon d’Or winner in 40 years.

Real Madrid Fans Day

Real Madrid has most of the best players in its roster. And there are about 18,000 fans in Toronto that showed support and did not even bother to pay $15 to watch the costly team to play scrimmage. It was a very costly price to pay just to see the practice of about an hour of soccer at BMO Field. There were few stretching stints, running and a little half-field scrimmage. Then it is continued by balls kicked towards the stands for the fans and a thank you very much speeches.

There were many die-hard fans of soccer who would not spare their time. Based on the data comparing the event crowd to the average Toronto FC crowd. It showed low appearance and many didn’t come. But those that attended came from all ages and colors. Some with turbans and baseball caps while some of the women and a lot of kids. They all lined up three and four deep to see their favorite players

Alonzo is bidding Goodbye to Liverpool

Xabi Alonso is moving one more step to a transfer to Real Madrid.  He has handed a formal written request transfer to Liverpool.  Alonso’s transfer has been the subject of speculation over the summer season that Real wants him with Kaka and Ronaldo as part of their team.  Alonso has refused to commit to his present club even with their boss Benitez has repeatedly expressed his desire to keep him. 

 

 

REDKNAPP STILL WANTS HUNTELAAR

Harry Redknapp the manager of Tottenham remains enthusiastic to sign Klaas-Jan Huntelaar the striker from Real Madrid even with Peter Crouch the striker from England that was added to his squad last week. Crouch completed a 9 million move last Monday in the Spurs attack. Huntelaar was about to join Stuttgart a week ago but the move did not push thru because of the demand of the player.

Redknapp is still interested in the striker from Holland even with a few complications and it is still possible. He said, if Huntelaar is available, he is still interested. Since competition is what it is about. If he could get Huntelaar, it will mean five top of the line strikers eyeing for this seasons Spurs forward line. The boss is not concerned with the other players in the team. And that they have to fight for their position in the team. They have to please the fans and its all about competition.

Alonzo is bidding Goodbye to Liverpool

Xabi Alonso is moving one more step to a transfer to Real Madrid. He has handed a formal written request transfer to Liverpool. Alonso’s transfer has been the subject of speculation over the summer season that Real wants him with Kaka and Ronaldo as part of their team. Alonso has refused to commit to his present club even with their boss Benitez has repeatedly expressed his desire to keep him.

Benitez has been talking with Alonso while they were in the pre-season tour in Asia for an offer to stay with the club. But the request looks like; Benitez is loosing the battle to keep his midfield star who should still have three years to go with his contact. The two clubs now has to sit back and settle on the fee. Real Madrid has offered 20.5illion pounds for Alonzo but Benitez was offering 35 million. Real is not willing to go beyond 25 million euros for the player.

Real Madrid Drubs Real Betis

Real Madrid found its goal scoring magic in the persons of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Raul Gonzales as the two scored twice each in the masterful win by Real Madrid over Real Betis six goals to one.
Huntelaar made his first goal on the 15th minute and on the 24th minute the Dutchman rebounded his blocked header into the Real Betis net. Raul scored at the 37th minute mark and again on the 42nd minute from a tough angling volley. Also finding the back of the net was Gonzalo Higuain in the seventh minute and Sergio Ramos on the 45th minute as the Madrid based squad looked forward to its Champion’s League clash with Liverpool. They will play though without Huntelaar as new transfer Lasanna Diarra was the name included in the roster because of the transfer window rulings. It was the ninth straight win for Madrid, tying its third best streak in club history and the longest one since the wins in 1985. The win also pushes its point on tally to 53, just within arms reach of its league leading Barcelona.

Raul All-Time Real Madrid Goal Scorer

Real Madrid captain Raul is in its club’s record books as its all-time goal scorer. This came in Real Madrid’s four goals to nil drubbing Sporting Gijon. In the match, Raul scored two goals to lead both the goal scoring title and the club side for its eighth consecutive win. The coals also helped in closing the gap to ten points with league leader Barcelona.

The scoring did not stop with Raul as Dutchman Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Brazilian Marcelo joined Raul in the scoring column. The feat of Raul was lauded by their mentor, Juande Ramos and said that it will take another special player and a long time before Raul’s record would be beaten.

In related news, Real paid dearly in international friendlies as Dutch wingman Arjen Robben picked up an injury and was unable to play in the Sporting Gijon rout. Another mainstay in their back line as Rafael van der Vaart meriting a suspension for a red card obtained. But Juande Ramos put Huntelaar upfront that created his first scoring chance in a Real uniform.

Ramon Calderon Resigned At Bernabeu

Wednesday night Calderon claims the vote was not fixed and nothing wrong happen.
Ramon Calderon president of Real Madrid has resigned on Thursday. It has been reported that Calderon fixed the votes at the general assembly to having issues going in the support of the current situation.
Friday statement were made with the intention of Calderon intends to stay on the rest of the season then call an emergency meeting for another vote.
Calderon feels that quitting now would only hurt the team and club with hinting he may not intent to run again in . Calderon feels he has put his 100% in to the club. However, Calderon does not want to be there for life.
With games coming up in Barcelona and the team not in top scoring how does Calderon feel with not having a two time league standing on the lines watching the other team taking the lead.

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Real Madrid Taking UEFA To Court

Real Madrid is taking the UEFA to Court of Arbitration for Sport. Real Madrid is not happy with the decision given on player Lassana Diarra and Klass Jan Huntelaar.
Both Diarra and Huntelaar is schedule to play for Real Madrid in the Champions League knock out stages. Diarra and Huntelaar had played earlier in the season for different clubs before coming to real Madrid
Both players have played this season with the rules of the Champion League rule states only one player can be registered for the Champion League if both have played in Europe this season.
Real Madrid states that the rules read different then they expected still would rather register both players for the knock out stages since they were with a different club.
state the rules read that any player that has played earlier in the season cannot play any knock out the rest of the season.

FC Real Madrid Tops Money List

The revenues of football Spanish football side Real Madrid top the list for 2008. Manchester United comes in a close second and this is mainly due to the depreciating value of the English pound.

The study was conducted by Deloitte’s Sports, a private firm, and in its year long review, the report showed that the Madrid based club earned revenues amounting to €365.8 million or roughly $471.9 million. Manchester United’s fortune has changed dramatically due to exchange rate fluctuations, making it worth €324.8 million for the year.

Despite the gripping financial crisis, Real Madrid has had a steady four percent growth rate for revenue in the 2007 to 2008 season. It has since 2002 doubled its annual revenue. It has had on pitch success as well, winning the La Liga title for the 31^st time. But like all businesses, the commercial revenue for the club has dipped significantly as its previous shirt sponsor, BenQ Mobile has filed for chapter 11 protection and David Beckham, one of the club’s main draws has transferred to MLS club LA Galaxy.