In the beginning of the 2001 season, River Plate was selling Javier Pedro Saviola to Barcelona for a stunning £15.7m fee. Age: 19. After playing three years for the team he was loaned to AS Monaco, respectively FC Sevilla. This season he returned to Camp Nou and he managed to score a goal every 60 [...]

It’s only January and Real has already been dropped from one competition. On the return leg against Betis Real continued to be in sudden good form with Gago as the defensive backbone and organizer. He’s amazingly fit well into the role in just a few matches, probably the only player to come in the past [...]

Real’s president got himself into a pickle making some critical comments towards players and fans this week. He was giving a talk in a private classroom where someone actually taped what he said and sent it to the press. Many things were taken out of context and he semi-successfuly explained some of them later in [...]

According to Real Madrid president, Ramón Calderón, David Beckham had already signed with Los Angeles Galaxy when he was still negotiating his contract with Real Madrid and for this reason the club decided he would no longer play, even though half the season remains at the ‘white house’.
They are also upset that he announced the [...]

Out with the old, in with the young. The face of Real Madrid is changing. While it’s sad to see old players go, it’s wonderful to see new players perform.
Real looked like a brand new team tonight and with Raul injured after 14 minutes the transformation was complete. Gago, Higuaín, Torres (leftback from the cantera), [...]

Beckham has made a media splash in the US with his suprising announcement to sign for the MLS Los Angeles Galaxy (ironic the name). I think I can understand why he wants to go (Good friends with Tom Cruise, is drawn to Hollywood, wants to have a historical effect on American soccer, his wife was probably [...]

Thursday’s match ended in a 0-0 tie against Real Betis. Betis is in danger of relegation and not in great form. Real played a much more intense match and staying organized in defense. Unfortunately it had virtually no offense and is really struggling to string more than a few passes together. It’s now 3 straight [...]

For some odd reason, the worst things get for Real Madrid, the more I feel like talking about it. So I decided to ditch my blogger account and install Wordpress. You can check out the old blog here.
It’s pretty much chaos at this point. The last match was terrible. Ronnie didn’t get much playing time, Robinho was left [...]