With the return of Florentino Perez as Real Madrid's president it was just a matter of time ahead of huge monies exchanged hands to sign up the world's most marketable soccer stars. This is all with a view to bring back Real's glory days by becoming champions in Spain and Europe as soon as as soon as a lot more...
Perez hopes to repeat his earlier good results of creating a formidable Genuine team comprising of soccer greats such as Zidane, Luis Figo, Ronaldo and David Beckham. The beginning of 2000 saw this man go on a shopping spree that ended with these four stars in Madrid's bag for a cost of £132 million.
It seems Actual paid AC Milan $94.90 million for Kaka, although Ronaldo was bought from Manchester United for $131.two million, lastly bringing to an finish to months of speculation. Kaka seemed to be a 'reluctant hero' although, with his heart nonetheless set on his club AC Milan. But with the reality of global recession and the realization that at the finish of the day clubs are firms, he agreed to the move. It's his way of helping Milan get much more than its monetary crisis. The 27 year old Brazilian went via a medical check up at the Brazilian national team's coaching camp in Recife and with that transfer was total. Speaking at a press conference, Kaka clarified: "I can officially say I'm a Actual Madrid player. My expert link with AC Milan finishes now, but my sentimental link will in no way finish."
But you'll have to wait till the finish of June to see Kaka in the famous Genuine Madrid soccer uniform given that he has to fulfill his duty towards national team Brazil, who are all set to play in South Africa for the Confederations Cup. No matter if he wears the renowned number 5 soccer jersey is not clear. While Perez would like him to wear the soccer shirt, Kaka has expressed his reservations. The Brazilian star felt: "Wearing the number 5 would be a brilliant responsibility. Zidane was a terrific player, each for Actual Madrid and for France, and I wouldn't like to wear the equivalent number as he did."
A further record breaking deal saw Man U forward Ronaldo move to Genuine for a whopping $131.2million! In this case, it appears Ronaldo was keen to join Actual considering that he had continually dreamt of playing for the club as a young boy. Immediately following a lot denial, Manchester United released an official statement saying that they have received an give to sell Ronaldo to Genuine for a expense of £80 million. This makes it the highest expense ever paid for a player in the history of football!
Ronaldo's leaving Man U implies the celebrated number 7 soccer jersey, worn by soccer greats like George Most advantageous, Eric Cantona David Beckham, will now create into readily on the market. And coach Sir Alex Ferguson will be left with the formidable to come across a player worthy of its ancestry...
Now that Ronaldo and Kaka have been won over, rumors are flying thick that Franck Ribéry is subsequent on Perez's considerably talked about shopping list...