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. getachew44,

    Ronaldo prefers Madrid over United because­ of money. At United he won 3 leagues in the last 3­ seasons and played in the ECL semi finals in each of­ those seasons. He also played in two ECL finals and won­ one.

    Real Madrid in that time were knocked out in the­ 2nd round each year and last year they were an absolute­ joke.

    From Winston Bunn, on Sat 4 Jul 9:55PM
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    the 2 names are alonso and ribery or silva
    HALA MADRID

    From getachew44, on Sat 4 Jul 9:54PM

  3. many people over here have limited football knowledge
    1­ they talk only nagetive things about my madrid.
    gus­ don't forget real won 9 CL, 3 in last 11 years,­ more than any other team
    2 they question the ability of­ our players, is that envy or jeoleusy?
    3 many say real­ wouldn't win a title......a small question, if real­ madrid can't win title, why ronaldo prefere real­ over united?
    why kaka prefere real over city and­ chelsea?
    why ribery prefere real over barca, chelsea­ and united?
    don't say money, coz united and chelsea­ offere better wage to ribery but he want real
    city­ offere kaka 18 mil wage per year but prefere to play­ for real for half wage 9 mil
    why do you think ribery­ benzema ronaldo and kaka choose real?
    coz all know­ real is the best place to win titles.
    people jeoleusy­ and envy are not good and if you don't know much­ about football, don't post here.
    HALA MADRID

    From getachew44, on Sat 4 Jul 9:42PM

  4. barcelona is best team of the football

    From gasan6_g, on Sat 4 Jul 8:53PM

  5. BARCELONA WOULDNT FEAR REAL MADRID

    From Ademola, on Sat 4 Jul 8:30PM

  6. greasy slimey Spicks - nothing 'Royal' about­ them!

    From pegez, on Sat 4 Jul 8:29PM

  7. To Brettri1975: I don't know if Real Madrid have­ links with the Royal Family (although in Spanish Real­ Madrid means Royal Madrid, by the way) but it is know­ that the King supports Barça and the prince supports­ Atletico Madrid. So, unless the queen, a greek like the­ Duke of Edinburgh, supports Real I don't know who­ does in that family... But all the powers that be, i.e.­ the banks, right wing politicians, the catholic church,­ the army, the armada and the air forces, plus the press­ and mass media all are in a huge majority supporters of­ Real... But not the Royal Family apparently, no.

    From Felipe, on Sat 4 Jul 8:18PM

  8. spanish league is for all the wimps and lover boys of­ football, english game is the best. Premiership­ forever!

    From Paul, on Sat 4 Jul 8:17PM

  9. Real Madrid funded by the proceeeds of Blatter's­ brown envelopes? More food for thought by BBc's­ Panorama team!!!!!

    From Viva Espana, on Sat 4 Jul 8:03PM

  10. Madrid have links with the royal family in spain,,,­ they cannot go bankrupt, do you people not read the­ whole story

    From Brett, on Sat 4 Jul 8:02PM

  11. "We need to concentrate our efforts on convincing­ some players that they will have to leave"­ !!

    There you have it in a nutshell ..... the worst­ business i think ive ever heard of .

    I really hope­ they come a cropper , like last year .... 2nd rate team

    From M s, on Sat 4 Jul 7:55PM

  12. penguinpaste2000,

    not true. Blatter actually said he­ approved of Madrid's approach - or words to that­ effect. it is rumoured that Blatter and Uefa are­ actually partially funding these signings.

    From James D, on Sat 4 Jul 7:40PM

  13. Was Just Thinking The Same Thing Comment 38...Been A­ Distinct Lack Of Comments Coming From Blatter And­ Platini About Real's Spending Unlike When City Was­ Making Offers For Players

    From martyn, on Sat 4 Jul 7:34PM

  14. Barca now in good shape........They did not won titles­ last 3 years... They had ronaldinho, deco­ ect......................But they were­ flop............Now they are in good touch bcoz of TEAM­ CHEMISTRY........Football is a team game.......Want to­ achieve something then play team­ game........................If Real Marid fail to build­ team chemistry then they are a goner no­ doubt......................

    From Shawon, on Sat 4 Jul 5:42PM

  15. Real Madrid have no chance of winning La Liga next­ season - Barcelona will obviously win it, they have no­ chance of winnin the Champions league either - one of­ Barcelona, Chelski, Man U or Liverpool - the big four­ in the past five years - will win it.

    Madrid will have­ to pay off 500mil debts.....*cough* the Spanish public­ will have to pay it off...

    From James D, on Sat 4 Jul 5:37PM

  16. i reckon barca will still win the league.
    kaka will be­ amazing for real but ronaldo will struggle to justify­ his transfer fee cos he's not a team player and is­ nowhere near as good as he thinks he is.
    eto'o,­ henry and messi will be even better next season.

    real­ v barca champions league final?

    From fergie, on Sat 4 Jul 5:33PM

  17. Those who say that Real Madrid are not destroying­ football, OPEN YOUR EYES. You can not tell me that Real­ Madrid are not funded by the Spanish goverment. Caja­ Madrid which is a bank in Spain borrowed Real Madrid 90­ million euros to buy Ronaldo. And I don't know­ wheather it's true or not but I've also heard­ that FIFA partly funded the other transfers. But I­ don't know wheather to believe that one. At the end­ of the day, I just hope Ronaldo doesn't get a­ serious injury because he is a great player, but if he­ did.........

    From The Manc, on Sat 4 Jul 4:59PM

  18. The reality is that on fan of any club would not be­ happy with the players that the mighty whites have­ signed so far this season fact..............A REAL FAN

    From bhskeldon, on Sat 4 Jul 4:51PM

  19. RM can get all the stars they want. i can only see them­ fighting among themselves for the ball. Huge egos­ squeezed in a small playground.
    RM will be the #1 club­ in the world next season...in selling freaking­ T-shirts.
    Messi and the boys will beat them @#$% out of­ them anyday...

    From z_kay002003, on Sat 4 Jul 4:46PM

  20. where is herr blatter's view on money now it is not­ Man city throwing it about ?

    From kj35tfe, on Sat 4 Jul 4:43PM
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