La Liga - Perez: We need two more signings

Eurosport - Sat, 04 Jul 14:24:00 2009

Real Madrid need to sign two more players and off-load about 10 to round off their summer transfer dealings, club president Florentino Perez has said.

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The nine-times European champions have already splashed around 215 million euros (£185m) on bringing striker Karim Benzema, winger Cristiano Ronaldo, playmaker Kaka and defender Raul Albiol to the Bernabeu.

"Now we need to calm down a little because squads usually have around 25 players and ours now has some 35," Perez told Spanish television station Cuatro.

"We need to concentrate our efforts on convincing some players that they will have to leave. It should not be forgotten there is a World Cup next summer and all our players want to play in it.

"If players aren't going to have the chance to participate here they'll want to do it somewhere else, to be able to make it to the World Cup.

"As to new signings, I think with two more we would have sufficient."

Perez was asked about Real's interest in Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery and Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso.

"They are both great players but their clubs don't want to sell them, though in the world of football situations can change," he added.

Real have already sold Javier Saviola, and the Dutch contingent of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, Royston Drenthe and Klaas Jan Huntelaar are all reportedly on the market.

Reuters

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  1. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    when chelsea spend 250 mil with morinho, no one said­ anything
    when united spend 50 mil on berbatov and 50­ mil on roney to bring the from spurs and everton, no­ has talked anything
    when milan spend last season 130­ mil on ronaldinho, boreilo, zambrota, flamini, sunderos­ and beckham NO one has open their mouth
    when barca­ spend 180 mil in summer 2004 to bring deco eto larson­ giovani gulie edmilson and marquez, no one has oppose­ that
    when bayern spend 150 on ribery toni klose­ bodolisky ze roberto and van bomel, again no one has­ opened their mouth.
    why now every has to critise real­ madrid?
    why now all suddenly oppose over spending?
    i­ will tell why.
    coz real madrid make things abnormal­ like platini said and i guees all are so jeoleuse or­ envy or for sure scared.
    stars love madrid and trophies­ like bernabeu
    HALA MADRID.

    From getachew44, on Sun 5 Jul 12:20AM

  2. Ill take it all you that are hateing madrid that if­ your club buy any of our players that you will be­ discusted that your club could buy players from a club­ you despise ...A REAL FAN

    From bhskeldon, on Sat 4 Jul 11:55PM
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    why when real spend some money, all english fans are­ against it,
    is it envy and jeoleusy. coz as long as i­ know no one spend like english teams
    now when english­ teams couldn't survive in market against real, they­ open their mouth and oppose over spend. where were all­ this dirty comments about spend when english teams were­ spending alot
    i said and will say it again again and­ again jeoleusy and envy are not good for you.
    if there­ is no money and spending in football, there will be no­ different btwn big teams and small teams, if no­ spending there is no different btwn united and boro, ­ milan and regina, chelsea and sunderland, barca and­ recriativo
    money make a gap btwn big teams and small­ teams
    so shut up and enjoy the football that we will­ make
    madrid for ever.
    HALA MADRID

    From getachew44, on Sat 4 Jul 11:48PM

  4. another thing sepp blatter still bleating about the­ spending power of the premiership yet last season­ pushes for ronaldo to join r madrid and now he­ say's 80 mill is ok, i swear he's got more­ grease than a grease monkey and he's got bottomless­ pockets to match. nothing to do with the fact he's­ an honourary member of r madrid aswell

    From craig, on Sat 4 Jul 11:45PM

  5. i hate the dons, they think they are world class cos­ they are bank rolled by the royal family and baco­ spain, and no doubt the vatican.......dirty­ beggers......united will have your backside.........

    From yorkie, on Sat 4 Jul 11:33PM

  6. dirty spanish 5hits, east my poo

    From yorkie, on Sat 4 Jul 11:30PM

  7. real madrid is all thats wrong with football,­ what's with the president buying the players and­ not the manager? it doesnt matter if you buy all the­ worlds most expensive
    players does that make the best­ team nope i reckon square pegs and round holes more­ like anyway i reckon this will last 4 years then­ they'll crash again just like the zidane, figo­ ronaldo beckham fiasco

    From craig, on Sat 4 Jul 11:21PM

  8. !!!ANTIMADRIDISTA!!!

    From damnsoldja, on Sat 4 Jul 11:15PM

  9. people talk like if their club wos signing the players­ that madrid have signed that would be discusted not­ over the moon as a BIG REAL MADRID FAN just cant wait­ for next season & all questions will be­ answered................A REAL FAN

    From bhskeldon, on Sat 4 Jul 11:00PM

  10. secret_squirrel,

    Absolutely! United may spend large­ relative to other English clubs but it is proportionate­ to their recent successes on the field and never­ largely above the others. In any case, often they have­ won titles in spite of being outspent by their biggest­ rivals - Blackburn (1994), Newcastle (1996,1997),­ Chelsea (2007).

    Real Madrid win nothing and then­ spend an amount of money which is at least 4x that of­ any other Spanish club and at least twice that of any­ other European club ever (think Chelsea). The fact that­ a fascist regime has supported them in the past and­ they are living of that legacy now - in terms of­ government and Uefa subsidies is a travesty of justice.­ It is as sickening as when Uefa allowed Milan to­ compete in the CL 2007 in spite of being found guillty­ for corruption by their own league - they went on to­ win the competition.

    From Winston Bunn, on Sat 4 Jul 10:59PM

  11. secret_squirrel u can suk it poom

    From Alex, on Sat 4 Jul 10:54PM

  12. i tought this article talk about real madrid but most­ are anti madrid here
    i'm wondering if all of you­ are scared or jeoleuse, if not then don't post your­ comment here
    this article belong to madridista
    go mind­ your own business and post about your own club
    many­ people post here for three reason, envy jeoleusy and­ scared.
    HALA MADRID

    From getachew44, on Sat 4 Jul 10:53PM

  13. "we need two more signings"....you need to be­ kicked out of football you facist vermin...£200 million­ spent on players in one season...is this a level­ playing field ??...no matter what you achieve no one­ will respect you...you buy success not achieve it..real­ madrid are obscene corrupt vermin the modern day­ equivellant of adolf hitler with shorts on...you are­ bank rolled by the spanish government...no matter what­ debt you get yourselves into the government will bail­ you out...man utd buy big but this money comes from­ previous achievements and years of consistent­ success...imagine the british government bankrolling­ man utd and ignoring liverpool arsenal chelsea...madrid­ are the filth of football....AND THIS IS A FACT !!!!!!

    From secret_squirrel, on Sat 4 Jul 10:47PM

  14. lol all the dutch garbage must go

    From Sejad, on Sat 4 Jul 10:46PM

  15. getachew44,

    don't forget you are supposed to be a­ Barcelona fan.

    From Winston Bunn, on Sat 4 Jul 10:45PM

  16. getachew44: I totally agree and those people that talk­ @#$% about Real Madrid don't know about it anything­ so that's why they say Real is like this and like­ that and bla bla bla. I'm also a huge fan of Real­ and know the history of the team well enough and i am­ million per cent sure we are gonna win as many titles­ as possible starting from next season but our new­ players have to adopt to the way Real plays football­ and then we will be wining
    HALA MADRID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Saidamir, on Sat 4 Jul 10:44PM

  17. to all madrid haters
    have you seen how painful it was­ the facts i put
    i have putten my words on the wonded­ part
    madrid is the best
    madrid is the richest
    madrid­ won 9 CL, 3 in last 11 years
    madrid won 31­ league
    madrid is the club of century(declaired by­ FIFA)
    some facts are painful, it may bleed ur azz
    HALA­ MADRID

    From getachew44, on Sat 4 Jul 10:35PM

  18. The joke will be how many people will have to eat thier­ words end of may 2010...........A REAL FAN

    From bhskeldon, on Sat 4 Jul 10:13PM

  19. many people dont KNOW THAT RM WON THE CH.LEAGUE 5 TIMES­ IN A ROW WHEN IT WAS FIRST MADE,ie RM PLAYED AGAINST­ SHITY CLUBS AND WON EASILY,
    1)SOMETIMES THEY CAME 9TH­ IN LA LIGA AND STILL PLAYED IN CL.

    From Ahmed A, on Sat 4 Jul 10:11PM

  20. stfu getachew44, you have no right to tell anyone what­ to do.

    From Jessica, on Sat 4 Jul 9:59PM
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