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| Spanish sports daily Marca has claimed that Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon is set to swoop for Valencia striker Davild Villa in an attempt to bring more of a Spanish flavour to the team... Spanish sports daily Marca claims that Ramon Calderon is set to launch an audacious bid for Valencia and Spain hitman David Villa. The young striker arrived at Los Che from Real Zaragoza in 2005 and has already scored more than 50 goals for the Mestalla side in all competitions. He is widely commended as being one of Europe's top strikers and, while this is a benefit in itself, Marca claims that Calderon sees another boon: he is Spanish. Calderon, then, is said to be eager to add a more homegrown identity to his multinational troops, and sees Villa as an ideal way of doing that without in any way sacrificing team quality (indeed, he could very well boost it.) Valencia have yet to comment on the speculation, but it's already known that the young striker has a minimum release clause of 150 million euros. With Madrid having spent 120 million euros on a set of players this summer, Calderon, then, may have to exceed this figure next year to land just the one. The fact that it is Marca that published the story is curious. The top-selling Spanish sports daily this week had a falling-out with Mr. Calderon, who urged his Real Madrid henchmen to boycott the annual Marca party. This decision was not shared by all at the club, but both sporting director Pedja Mijatovic and coach Bernd Schuster did not attend. Despite their protestations to the contrary, Calderon's decree was seemingly met with just a hint of bitterness by Marca themselves, perhaps due to these aforementioned absences. Nonetheless, perhaps any connection between this story and that unfortunate incident remains entirely coincidental. |
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| Madrid Officially Deny Villa Interest Real Madrid have taken the unusual step of issuing a statement denying that they have any interest in signing David Villa from Valencia following recent media speculation. The Spanish giants posted a message on their official website after days of rumours saw them linked to a move for the Spanish international striker. With rumours of a package worth €100m circulating and the Madrid players being asked for their reaction after training, the club has moved to quash the story. "Due to certain information printed in the press, Real Madrid CF wishes to clarify that it never considered the possibility of signing David Villa, despite his extraordinary talents. The Club has never contacted the player or his entourage," the statement read. "Real Madrid CF has a policy of maintaining good relations with other clubs and it would like to stress that it will never do anything that could hinder those relations." With Madrid continuously linked to a string of players, the club appears to have adopted this new approach under president Ramón Calderón. Ovder the summer a paper ran a piece suggesting that Madrid were looking at making an offer for Andrés Iniesta, which moved Los Merengues' president to state that they were not. It appears that Calderón is keen to maintain strong relations with all the major clubs in Spain and is tired of the press fabricating stories. |
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| QUOTE (K!M @ Oct 12 2007, 01:34 AM) |
| To all Madridistas EXCEPT Fofy :hug: : :harhar: :harhar: :harhar: |
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| Is there a player Real don't want? |
| QUOTE (kowthår @ Oct 12 2007, 01:57 AM) |
| Is there a player Real don't want? :lol: |