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Eurosport - Fri, 03 Jul 09:27:00 2009

There seems to be no stopping Real Madrid after their furious burst of transfer activity so far this summer.

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Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Raul Albiol have already put pen to paper on mega-deals at the Bernabeu, with Franck Ribery likely to be next to join Los Merengues.

Where will it end? With a seemingly bottomless pit of money available, more new recruits are certain to follow as Florentino Perez delivers on his promise to bring in another Galatico era.

It can only be bad news for their rivals, both at home and abroad.

But there may be a silver lining to Real's dominance of the transfer market. With so many new stars arriving, surely a cull of the existing squad will soon follow?

Arjen Robben, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Rafael van der Vaart (pictured), Klass Jan Huntelaar, Wesley Sneijder - all players whose Madrid careers may well be at an end.

Clubs across Europe are on red alert - which Real outcasts would you like to see playing for your team next season?

Have your say below or on the message board thread via the link underneath the photo!

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  1. p.s yip... casillas certainly isn't the­ "worlds best keeper" anymore.. lol.. maybe in­ 2004 or something..

    From mark, on Thu 2 Jul 4:52PM

  2. lets be honest, they're spending on names alone,­ not because they need the players.. theyre not trying­ to add to a winning formula, or balance the abilities­ of the worlds greatest players... theyre seeing who­ everyone else is after and offering more money... it­ make me sick.. so many more teams would benefit so much­ more with someone like benzema up front.. real madrid­ don't need half of these players.. it's all­ about the names and t-shirt sales.

    From mark, on Thu 2 Jul 4:51PM

  3. people can moan if they want. real are going to be­ amazing, I hear folk saying the players cant do this or­ that and all move around. well tell them not too, that­ wont be their roles, look at their best positions. Kaka­ plays of a striker who will be Benzema. thats sorted.­ Midfield they are prob gona sign alonso who sits n­ passes. Wing play will come from Ronaldo and Ribery­ probably or Robben. Ronaldo works on the right wing and­ Ribery and Robben on the left so that evens it out.­ They need 1 more midfield player in there and they have­ a chice of l.Diarra, Sjneider and van der vaart can­ play in the middle so depending if they want creativity­ or sitting and tackling they have options. Albiol can­ also move into the holding midfield role.

    their­ problem is in defence but remember the transfer market­ only opened 3 days go so they will sign defenders. they­ signed Albiol who is a quality centre back, they have­ pepe and players like lucio are on the market who I­ think they should sign. Ramos is 1 of the worlds best­ right backs and the keeper is the worlds best, casillas­ so al they need is a left back and they are sorted.­ they have couple months to find a left back and another­ centre back.

    who can say that isnt 1 of the best teams­ in the world? I dont like benzema that much, Id have­ got villa but with the supply and creativity around him­ then whe easily has enough quality to get goals anyway.

    From yip, on Thu 2 Jul 4:40PM
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    Real Madrid has always been like this. See the last­ time, they left other clubs sweating when they paid­ extravagant amounts to buy players like Zidane, Figo,­ Ronaldo,etc. The time has come again for them. They­ never cared about defence. Though if this team gels­ well, we are all in for a treat. The forgone era of­ Real's domination may be back. Let's hope so :)

    From Pushkar P, on Thu 2 Jul 4:35PM

  5. #42 = Real Madrid(s President) have a deal with the­ Spanish government, they can borrow unlimited money,­ for an unlimited time, they may pay it back whenever­ they please, when (if) they eventually make money, they­ pay the government back the money, with interest.

    From Daniel, on Thu 2 Jul 4:23PM

  6. Let Real Madrid spend money. They have always spent­ large amounts on players. This is nothing new.­ Florentino is back. The Galaticos will live again.­ Attacking football will once again grace the Bernabeu.­ I cant wait to go watch them in August. Last year it­ was like watching paint dry in the Bernabeu, I could­ hear that distant ancient call of "boring boring­ Arsenal". I don´t care if we win anything this­ year. Maybe we will, maybe we wont, but one thing is­ for sure. There are going to be alot of matches that­ end up 4-3. It is going to be marvelous.
    Don´t @#$%,­ just sit back and enjoy the return of attackiing­ football to the Bernabeu,

    Ala Madrid

    From Brian, on Thu 2 Jul 4:22PM

  7. The question is does it even matter if Real Madrid win­ anything next season or not? The amount of interest­ they have generated with this spending spree and­ ability to attract the top players has forced people to­ pay attention to them as 'the biggest club in the­ world'.

    Whether trophies will follow... we shall­ see... but we are bound to start seeing Real Madrid­ shirts everywhere now!

    From Nader, on Thu 2 Jul 4:22PM

  8. If Real Madrid have been able to spend a good 200­ million euros on 4 players without winning A SINGLE­ PIECE OF SILVERWARE last season, imagine how much money­ they would have had if they won the trophies Barca won­ last season!!

    From chukwuekuakinyemi, on Thu 2 Jul 4:14PM

  9. It seems to me a lot of these players have gone to real­ just to sit on the bench and earn silly money for doing­ nothing real can only put eleven players on the pitch­ at a time they are proberbly thinking of a 5-2-3-1­ formation in order to keep all their strikers in a job

    From john.cooper.773, on Thu 2 Jul 4:13PM

  10. MAN CITY SIGN ROBBEN VAN DER VARRT AND SNIJEDER

    From Ademola, on Thu 2 Jul 4:05PM

  11. I THINK KAKA IS WORTH MORE THAN RONALDO BUT TO ME MESSI­ IS WORTH 80MILLION

    From Ademola, on Thu 2 Jul 4:04PM

  12. I am a big fan of Real Madrid and am really happy to­ see players such as Kaka, Ronaldo, Benzema and pssibly­ Ribery playing for Real but I am concerned about, why­ the hell should they sell their Dutch players. Robben,­ Snejder, V.D. Vaart, Drenthe, Huntelaar and for sure­ Ruud van Nistelrooy are fantastic players and they have­ shown that already. If Real listens to its supporters­ and if my voice counts I would demonstrate against­ selling of those six players that are world class­ players and if they leave I'm sure Real will miss­ them as will we the Real Madrid fans
    If Real want to­ get money back why don't they sell those young­ Spanish guys likes of Torres, Pareja and more or even­ the Argentine players Gago and Heinze ( not Higuain­ though)
    PLS DON'T SELL ANY OF THESE GUYS MR. PEREZ,­ U WILL NEED THEM!!!!!!!!!!

    From Saidamir, on Thu 2 Jul 3:59PM

  13. manu should get all of them realy no offence to the­ other teams its just that ronaldo and tevez gone and­ some more leaving wouldnt it be right that man u get­ them.

    From Sunjay S, on Thu 2 Jul 3:56PM

  14. manu should get all of them realy no offence to the­ other teams its just that ronaldo and tevez gone and­ some more leaving wouldnt it be right that man u get­ them.

    From Sunjay S, on Thu 2 Jul 3:55PM

  15. i dont know if anyone noticed...but does pelligrini hv­ anything against dutch players???

    From SarderS, on Thu 2 Jul 3:47PM

  16. In the current financial climate, how the hell does­ real have so much money to splash out on all these­ players? It`s a joke! I bet Real win nothing next­ season.

    From Marco D, on Thu 2 Jul 3:40PM

  17. Can somebody tell me, it seems half of the Holland­­ national team play for Real Madrid 1st Team? If am­ correct, what has Mr. anti-English team (Platini) done­ to this? very useless a UEFA president.............

    From BADI, on Thu 2 Jul 3:04PM

  18. Can somebody tell me, it seems half of the Holland­ national team play for Real Madrid 1st Team?

    From BADI, on Thu 2 Jul 3:00PM

  19. Oh btw, someone said: Ribery should move to Real and­ Bayern should get Huntelaar, Sneijder AND vd Vaart in­ exchange... lol

    you Ribery's mum or something?­

    Please estimate their right value :)
    Or apply for a­ position within Real/FIFA :)

    From Dave, on Thu 2 Jul 2:45PM

  20. heldersmelder - I think i can see your next comment­ coming (given the fact that you are a complete­ racist!)
    Here's your comment for you - "All­ Blacks are monkeys, all irish are paddys, pakis go­ home!". Just copy and paste it so it will save you­ time.
    Or why not bring out that sign from the 1960s­ that you've been keeping - "No Blacks, No­ Irish, No Dogs allowed".

    From shujaahmad2004, on Thu 2 Jul 2:43PM
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