Real Madrid (‎Los Blancos) | Special Thread

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Real Madrid face Galatasaray in the 36th edition of the Santiago Bernabéu Trophy. The fans will fill the stands of the Madrid stadium as they watch the final game of the Benítez' side before the official competition begins. ‪#‎HalaMadrid‬ ‪#‎RealMadrid‬

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The next task for Real Madrid is to improve the contract of Isco [@nuevobernabeu].

 

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The biggest reason why Real Madrid bought Inter's Mateo Kovaćič explained really well by Elconfidecial :

Last season was a disaster after Modric got injured. Isco played well in place of Luka but suffered himself. Florentino didn't want to go through another season without a direct replacement for Modric and therefore got Kovacic.

Kovacic has a similar profile to that of Modric but with a different in his positional development. The total will be around €30m spent by Real Madrid for Kovacic who hasn't been brought in as a starter.. yet.

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Inter legend Luis Suarez: "Mateo Kovacic had to become the focal point of Inter's future".

"When you saw Kovacic play, you could tell he was on another level compared to the others".

"The comparison of Kovacic with Pirlo is appropriate".

"Pirlo left because the club didn't have the patience to wait and then he became the player everyone knew he
would".

"Kovacic has the quality to become the new Pirlo. And don't tell me he struggles in the defensive phase, At the same age as Kovacic, Pirlo defended badly, but then improved in that aspect of his game".

"Kovacic will improve more with time but he will need better team-mates for that".

 

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Real Madrid rejected that €70m bid from Man City for Karim Benzema. Perez decided that He ain't going nowhere. [tancredipalmeri]

 

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The Paper work is all done for Kovacic deal according to Rai sports (via : diaros).

Contract Length : 5 Years

Salary : €3m/year!

He could be announced today, if not today then he'll be announced on Wednesday because of the Bernabeu trophy .‪#‎WelcomeKovacic‬

 

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The Paper work is all done for Kovacic deal according to Rai sports (via : diaros).

Contract Length : 5 Years

Salary : €3m/year!

He could be announced today, if not today then he'll be announced on Wednesday because of the Bernabeu trophy .‪#‎WelcomeKovacic‬

 

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Quoting Ray Hudson here: 'It's more than a Dream, it's a wet dream'‪#‎ThisMidfield

 

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ABC:

- Kovacic Signed.

- Illara will be sold.

- Lucas Silva will go out on loan.

- Ødegaard and Mayoral to stay at Castilla and help them recover to Segunda B.

- Asensio also going out on loan.

- Madrid lacking De Gea.

 

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Real Madrid will meet with Isco when the season starts to improve his contract. [@nuevobernabeu]

 

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‪#‎Marca‬ today:

- De Gea to arrive soon.

- Madrid will sign De Gea before the transfer window closes.

- Kovacic transfer will be confirmed tomorrow.

- Benitez's Madrid trained at home.

- Bernabeu to examine Benitez's style of play.

- Cristiano will play tonight, he's BACK!

- Ramos celebrated his contract and there were no hidden tensions.

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Real Madrid vs Galatasaray (Current Form). Last 6 results in all competitions.

 

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Isco is not going anywhere. At least, that's what his agent Rafael Comino has confirmed to TuttoJuve. "He is not leaving Real Madrid. They say that because they want to sell newspapers", said Isco's agent. [Via: Managing Madrid]

 

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According to many English reports Jorge Mendes is currently in England to finalise Otamendi to City and De Gea to Real Madrid deals.

 

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Illaramendi wants to stay at Real Madrid. [@ondacero]

 

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Balague says 'De Gea will join Real on the last day of transfer window' '+ Navas will be sold'

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According to Carlos Carpio of Marca, who reports that manager Rafael Benitez and club president Florentino Perez "met midway through last week to finalise the club's first-team squad, and that squad included David De Gea and Kovacic."

Kovacic deal done, Only De Gea remaining!

 

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Asensio off to Real Betis on loan for 1 season, not included in tonight's game squad. ‪#‎BestOfLuck‬

 

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Rafa Benitez: "Gareth Bale is good at attacking when he has space to run into; James and Isco are good at moving between the lines while Cristiano likes to cut in from the wing and Benzema makes moves so that he can receive the ball... They are all going to have freedom of movement".

 

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Rafa Benitez: "Benzema is a brilliant player. One of the ideas I have for this season is helping him to breach the 20-25-goal barrier. I've got a lot of confidence that he will do it".