LA LIGA & REAL MADRID

[raul julia]

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Congratulations KID.....hopefully they could win this one and they should or else they'll be in big danger of not joining next year.....My bet is on Barcelon though.

[raul julia]

MADRID, April 28 (Reuters) - Ousted Real Madrid president Fernando Martin believes his predecessor Florentino Perez influenced the board to force him out and call for a presidential election.
"I think Perez is behind what has happened," Martin told radio station Cadena Ser on Friday.
"They have told me (that Perez had a meeting with the directors on Wednesday) but I prefer not to think about it and to look forward." Martin failed to head off mounting pressure to call for elections in his first full board meeting at Real on Wednesday evening despite having a mandate until 2008.
He had only been in the post two months since replacing Perez, who quit at the end of February.
"I followed on the work started by Perez, continuing with the things he did well and improving those that could have been done better," he added.
"I always used to speak to Perez but now I have lost that relationship. It wasn't over anything in particular but I never said anything bad about him."
Perez was president for six years and took the club to the top of the world's rich list on the back of some brilliant marketing campaigns, and the signing of players such as Ronaldo, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane.
When he quit he said the club needed a change of direction.
Martin added on Friday: "I am out because I did things the board didn't like and because I didn't win their confidence to continue as president.
"I have a plan for the election campaign but it isn't the right time to talk about it."
The election process will start after the end of the season with the result expected to be known in early July.

[raul julia]

MADRID, May 3 (Reuters) - Real Madrid great Alfredo Di Stefano has criticised the club for its lack of long-term planning and an obsession with buying new players.
The 79-year-old Argentine, who steered Real Madrid to five consecutive European Cups between 1956 and 1960, said the club's policies had undermined team spirit and affected performance.
"It's amazing how many players they have been buying and selling," he told reporters on Tuesday after being presented with a gold medal by the regional government of Madrid in recognition of his achievements.
"You can't run a football club as if it was a supermarket."
Real spent around 90 million euros ($113.9 million) on new players prior to the start of last season, but it has not prevented the club from ending a third campaign in succession without a major trophy, its worst run of form in over 50 years.
Spanish media have been reporting that the club is planning another spending spree in an attempt to revive its fortunes, but Di Stefano said it would be a mistake to try and buy their way out of trouble.
"We have to try and improve next year," said Di Stefano. "We have to work with the youth team players first... we have to persevere and try to get better.
"There are some great players at Real but they have to work as a team... in football what counts is team spirit. It isn't an individual sport like boxing or tennis."
Di Stefano added that he was saddened by Zinedine Zidane's recent announcement that he would be retiring at the end of the season.
"It's a shame (that Zidane will be retiring). He's the best player to have graced the pitch in a very long time. He is a footballing genius."
But he said that if reports that the club was trying to buy Arsenal striker Thierry Henry were true then it was another example of poor planning.
"We had the chance to buy him (Henry) eight years ago and they didn't want him. And now he's going to come here when he's eight years older while at the same time they are getting rid of Zidane at the age of 33? I don't understand any of it."
Florentino Perez, the architect of Real's policy of buying big-name players in order to boost the club's profile, quit as president at the end of February and his successor Fernando Martin was forced to resign last month.
Real now have a provisional president in Luis Gomez-Montejano who will oversee the club until a presidential election is called at the end of the season.

[Madeus]

arsenal 4th. we are not out for europe next year.


cant believe we are in the final.

[Madeus]

^^ Arsenal will take Zidane and Carlos if Real doesn't want them anymore.... Henry won't be leaving i guess. They have a new stadium and new sponsors next year it would be hard to tag him...

not possible. wenger dont hire old ppl. in fact, if you reach 30s they wont renew your contract by years. Just 1 year each.

Wenger is the smartest coach IMO. I am worried than Wenger's age than Henry's leaving Arsenal.

[K|D]

yep henry scored a hat trick.... is v. nistelrooy unhappy with united? could he be moving next year?

[K|D]

Theo Walcott will be playing for England d.i. Grabeha bataa pa oi imagine Walcott & Rooney.... Hope this gamble pays off...

[Madeus]

Theo Walcott will be playing for England d.i. Grabeha bataa pa oi imagine Walcott & Rooney.... Hope this gamble pays off...

we havent seen him in the first team. he is very expensive player at his age. Considering wenger is very thrifty manager and he bought theo then he must be good. I am rooting for France but I'll cheer with England if Eriksson will deploy him in the starting lineup.

[K|D]

same here bro....

[K|D]

thurs kadlawn na jud..... go francenal!!!! preview to a world cup-like atmosphere..... woohoo!!!