La Liga - Real abandon Villa pursuit

Eurosport - Thu, 02 Jul 23:04:00 2009

Real Madrid have abandoned their pursuit of Valencia striker David Villa after buying Karim Benzema from Lyon, director general Jorge Valdano said.

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"Benzema fulfils the goal of having a striker, a goal scorer who brings a lot of presence and aggression to the forward line," said when asked if the Frenchman's arrival on Wednesday had put an end to their bid for Villa.

"Benzema and Villa both have these characteristics so the answer to your question is yes."

Reuters

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  1. what about gerard pique and sergio busquets their in­ the barca team too and their are more but i cant br­ asked to type and their are more than 6 spaniards in­ the madrid team theirs like 10 or more

    From ricardotorres773, on Sat 4 Jul 12:42AM

  2. @ First L
    big mistake!
    in madrid there will be 5 or 6­ spaniard in startin 11
    casillas, ramos, albeol, arbeloa­ xabi alonso and maybe silva too.
    while in barca 4­ spaniard only in statin 11
    valdez, xavi iniesta and­ puyol
    the only team has won la liga with 11 spaniard in­ recent years is valencia.
    when barca won la liga with­ van gaal in 1999, there were only 2 spaniard in startin­ 11
    guardiola and luis enrinqui(former madridista)
    then­ with rekard in 5 years there were only 3 spaniard in­ startin 11
    xavi, valdez and puyol
    real madrid have­ always atleast 4 spaniard in start line.
    so don't­ mix the fact.

    From getachew44, on Sat 4 Jul 12:12AM

  3. #3 "you are so wrong,how about Figo.."
    No,­ YOU are so wrong , pal, Figo is Portugese

    From OldRed, on Fri 3 Jul 8:54AM

  4. #2, I live in Spain, I speak Spanish, I follow Liga.­ What do you know about me? Out of starting 11, they­ have Casillas and Ramos, the rest are non-Spaniards?­ Nothing in midfield and nothing upfront, Guti and Raul­ won't start anymore, lucky Raul will be even sub at­ all. Am I wrong to call it that?

    From First L, on Fri 3 Jul 8:19AM
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    Real Madrid were poor last season especially in the­ champions league where Liverpool tore them apart and­ buying Ronaldo,Kaka and Benzema will not gurantee them­ success as Barcelone have the perfectly balanced­ team.Instead of spending all that money on Ronaldo they­ should have gone for someone like Steven Gerrard who is­ the best midfielder in the world at the moment and­ would have cost less money.

    From rueben.dalton, on Fri 3 Jul 8:06AM
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    Real Madrid were poor last season especially in the­ champions league where Liverpool tore them apart and­ buying Ronaldo,Kaka and Benzema will not gurantee them­ success as Barcelone have the perfectly balanced­ team.Instead of spending all that money on Ronaldo they­ should have gone for someone like Steven Gerrard who is­ the best midfielder in the world at the moment and­ would have cost less money.

    From rueben.dalton, on Fri 3 Jul 8:06AM
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    Real Madid were poor last season especially in the­ champions league where Liverpool tore them apart and­ buying Ronaldo,Kaka and Benzema will not gurantee them­ success as Barcelone have the perfectly balanced­ team.Instead of spending all that money on Ronaldo they­ should have gone for someone like Steven Gerrard who is­ the best midfielder in the world at the moment and­ would have cost less money.

    From rueben.dalton, on Fri 3 Jul 8:05AM
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    you are so wrong pal...how about figo, saviola,...

    From mehdi y, on Fri 3 Jul 3:26AM

  9. what do you know bout RM?you dont know anything dude~

    From sQuall M, on Fri 3 Jul 1:31AM

  10. So much for the speculation that Real Foreigners'­ plan to bring more Spaniards into the squad. Overpaid­ for everyone outside the country and underpaid the­ rest. Barcelona will always have an advantage--- a­ squad that is homemade and home-bred and a squad that­ cares about the club than money. No, I'm not even a­ Barca fan.

    From First L, on Fri 3 Jul 12:50AM
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