Transfers - Your view: Should Prem raid Madrid?

Eurosport - Wed, 17 Jun 13:11:00 2009

Premier League clubs can now get their revenge on Real Madrid as the Spanish giants sell a host of stars. Tell us who you think they should buy on our transfer message boards!

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Madrid president Florentino Perez needs to sell players to balance the books of his summer spending spree.

Reports from Spain say that Gabriel Heinze, Arjen Robben, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, Royston Drenthe, Mahamadou Diarra and Javier Saviola are all available for transfer.

With few clubs willing to match Madrid's profligate and possibly unnecessary spending on attacking players, common sense says that Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool should back off competing with Los Merengues for David Villa, Franck Ribery and the rest.

Instead they should look to pick off relative bargains at the Santiago Bernabeu, many of whom speak English.

Even the likes of Arsenal, Everton, Aston Villa and Tottenham could get involved for the likes of Huntelaar, Saviola and Diarra, while Drenthe could interest mid-table clubs.

Who should bid for who and why? Have your say on our transfer message boards!

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  1. Madrid definitely has to sell their­ players........that's the cost of "Panic­ Buying".One overdoes buying to save face!!!

    From marilacson, on Mon 22 Jun 5:50PM

  2. I think liverpool should buy saviola and look to France­ for the likes of Cana and i also agree that robben­ would be a great signing for the left or right wing.

    From trickster95, on Sun 21 Jun 8:20AM

  3. utd should buy valencia + robben / silva for the wings,­ huntelaar and Sneijder. Could get all three from real­ for £35mil. Also swap nani for­ moutinho.

    Foster
    Rafeal Vidic Ferdinand ­ Evra
    Valencia Carrick Scholes Silva /­ Robben
    Rooney Berbatov
    Subs: vds Evans Hargreaves­ Anderson Sneijder Giggs Huntelaar

    From Maximus, on Wed 17 Jun 3:42PM

  4. ALonso for a bag of goodies ok - but please not Robben.­ F I L T H Y C H E A T I NG S H * T E

    From monson.theknole, on Wed 17 Jun 2:39PM

  5. I'd love liverpool to raid Real. We could pull­ Gerrard back into centre midfield along side Mascherano­ and offer Alonso in exchange for 4 out of the folloing­ 5: Van Der Vaart, Sneijder, Robben and either Saviola­ or Huntelaar. Saviola or Huntelaar providing quality­ back-up for Torres. Sneijder can play anywhere in­ midfield so great for his versatility and Robben who I­ thought had a very good season for Madrid could replace­ either Kuyt or Riera on the wings - Premiership know­ how as well so knows the league and he won't need­ time to bed in. But I know getting 4 out of the above­ 5 as a straight swap will be fantasy land - but can­ dream!!

    From Nik I, on Wed 17 Jun 1:35PM

  6. With the money MCFC have why have they not boosted­ their squad with the top players Chelsea did this with­ Romans money and lets face it they were a going no­ where club prior to this income boost. I want this for­ the premier league to ensure we remain the best league­ in the world.

    From ANDREW SMITH, on Wed 17 Jun 1:30PM

  7. spurs suck major @#$%

    From Sam www, on Wed 17 Jun 12:58PM

  8. i want to keep robben :(

    From Richard Madrid, on Wed 17 Jun 12:54PM

  9. united should buy ribery and roben for their winger and­ hunterlar

    From Shaffiq Farhini, on Wed 17 Jun 10:08AM

  10. "Premier League clubs can now get their revenge on­ Real Madrid as the Spanish giants sell a host of­ stars"

    Lets face it, this isn't an­ opportunity for 'revenge'. This is an­ opportunity for Real Madrid to choose to get rid of­ players they have just replaced with better players (2­ of the best 3 players in the world). What's­ available to buy are players not needed any more,­ second rate players if you will.

    They were all at Real­ last season and look what happened. Lets not get­ carried away. The only potential player for top­ football clubs in that list is Robben, and he's­ temperamental at best. Given Riera didn't perform­ as well as I expected last season, I think Robben would­ be a good addition to the Liverpool squad - but he­ would have to be rotated a lot through injury.­ Liverpool would then have attacking threats on both­ sides (Johnson, Robben), as well as Alonso, Gerrard and­ Torres through the middle.

    From Johnny W, on Wed 17 Jun 7:45AM

  11. chelsea needs some too..huntelaar and van der vaart­ should join chelsea..

    From berg, on Wed 17 Jun 2:29AM

  12. SEYA. i want man u to line up like is next season
    ­
    ­ vandersar(Valdez)

    Rafael ­ Ferdinand Vidic Evra

    ­ Valencia Carick Anderson ­ Ribery(Silva)

    ­ Rooney
    ­ Benzema

    then they will still be on top

    From seid m, on Wed 17 Jun 12:29AM

  13. i want man u to line up like is next season

    ­ vandersar(Valdez)
    ­
    Rafael Ferdinand ­ Vidic Evra

    Valencia ­ Carick Anderson Ribery(Silva)

    ­ Rooney
    ­ Benzema

    then they­ will still be on top

    From seid m, on Wed 17 Jun 12:23AM

  14. i think dat arsenal should go for huntelar or luis­ fabiano, and also buy vincent enyiama is proves­ promising in his career. wenger you are the best.

    From uche, on Tue 16 Jun 11:32PM

  15. they must not sell roben it will be big mistake and i­ hope they wount do it

    From James, on Tue 16 Jun 10:46PM

  16. utd should get huntelaar and robben. They are going to­ be much cheaper that villa, benzema or ribery. If they­ cant get robben get silva as we basicly already have­ valencia bar a kenyon type mess up.
    In: valencia, silva­ / robben, huntelaar / villa / etoo / benzema
    Out:­ ronaldo, teves, Campbell
    Swap nani for moutinho

    From Maximus, on Tue 16 Jun 10:35PM

  17. Common Saviola needs to do something about himself. How­ many coaches came to Real and No one even bother to use­ him. Maybe he'll be good for teams like Lyon and­ Marseille where he could actually play like Joninho­ did. He wasted a lot of time between Barca and­ Real.
    Mamadou will be good where ever he goes. I hope­ he stays in Real though.

    From mehdi y, on Tue 16 Jun 10:14PM

  18. There are definitely dutch players that need to be­ offloaded: Drenthe, Van der vart, Sneidjer, and Heinze.­ Those are Gotta go players. Now we have Van Nelstroy­ and Robben which they are both incredible however,­ Robben misses games too much due to injuries "you­ can count on him consistently" and Nelstroy, he­ has been really good but he is aging. Maybe they'll­ be a good swap for Ribery and Benzema of that's­ ever possile. Huntelaar has a great potential and Real­ should probably keep him.

    From mehdi y, on Tue 16 Jun 10:03PM

  19. Huntelaar - Stay for a couple seasons, learn off the­ best.

    Hull should be taking advantage and buying some­ of the talent on sale!!! likewise for other strugglers­ to be in the premier league, La liga and Serie A. tho­ english clubs have best bet....

    From dodger, on Tue 16 Jun 9:45PM

  20. Heinze - Spurs or Hull
    Mahamadou Diarra - Aston­ Villa
    Van Nistelrooy - Spurs or Everton
    Sneijer -­ Arsenal or Spurs
    Van Der Vaart - Ac Milan or­ Liverpool
    Royston Drenthe - Blackburn
    Robben - Man U,­ Chelsea or Barca. Basically any club that want/need him­ (he's incredible!)
    Saviola - Portsmouth or­ Sunderland

    From dodger, on Tue 16 Jun 9:41PM
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