re: 10 EUROPEAN CUPS-The Official Real Madrid CF 2014/5 Thread (These Go to Eleven)

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Cheryshev and Casemiro Will Return to Chamartín

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Ancelotti looking to take his squad depth from one extreme to another

How do you Madridistas feel about the ball whoo yesterday and the Bernabau?

Tough fan base to say the least... You gotta have some major balls to go play for them at this point.

Business as usual. It gets stupid sometimes, but this isn't anything new

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ea it's hard as hell for RM to get world class players.

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Didn't mean that. It's just a super high pressure place to come. I guess most big clubs are, but I don't think anywhere comes close to Madrid in all of sports.

Obviously it all depends on managers, point in players careers etc but you look at a lot of those guys from the Robben era there and many of them failed etc.

Never paid attention to Danilo. He better than Carvajal going forward, or something?

Germany international Sami Khedira has announced that he will quit Real Madrid at the end of the season, when his five-year contract with the club comes to an end. “It’s not a decision against Real Madrid. I want to find new challenges for my career and continue to grow as a player,” the 27-year-old midfielder told German magazine, ‘Kicker’. .

Khedira didn’t reveal where his next destination might be however. “I don’t have an agreement with any club nor any preferences as to who I would like to join,” he explained. Among the clubs who have been linked to the midfielder are Schalke 04, whose directors have admitted contact with the player while Chelsea and Arsenal are also rumoured to be keeping a close watch on the situation.

Khedira made a positive assessment of his five years at the Bernabéu, where he won the league, Champions League, Club World Cup and Copa del Rey. “For me, it was a magnificent moment in my life in a magnificent team. I will do everything I can to continue helping the team during the forthcoming weeks,” he added.

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He better than Carvajal going forward, or something?

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I´ve seen him compared to Dani Alves...

I suppose this is an acquisition which will free them of Alvaro Arbeloa.

Being Spanish, I don´t see Carvajal losing his starting slot to Danilo (should he come), unless Danilo is an absolute beast going forward (I believe he´s similar in his defending prowess).

€31.5 is what has been reported

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Real Madrid C. F. and FC Porto have reached an agreement over the transfer of Danilo, he will join the club next season and has a contract until 30 June 2021

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Madrid statement

Porto statement

Martin Ødegaard hasn’t played a single minute of Real Madrid Castilla’s last two game games. And since he has been demoted to the subs’ bench, the team is back winning after a run of four consecutive defeats. It’s clear that while no one doubts his technical ability, it’s not working out for him in Spain’s third tier, the Segunda B. Coach Zinedine Zidane feels that the 16-year-old is highly-talented – a player who gives the impression that something special is going to happen every time he receives the ball. But he doesn’t adapt his game to his team mates and that is why the technical staff have realised that they have no other option but to leave him on the bench for the time being.

Backroom staff feel that with Ødegaard in the side, Castilla play more like a team of 10 than 11 because the rest of the team can never find him out when the team is moving forward, and recently they stopped attempting to pick him out. It’s not so much resentment on behalf of the Castilla team but more a case of the Norwegian continually making the wrong choice. Ødegaard has refused to train with the reserves and only joins in with training sessions on the eve of the team’s games. That’s not enough to click with the other players, or allow everyone in the side the chance to get to know each other.

The newcomer and his father seek refuge in the clause included his contract with Madrid which stipulates that the club must ensure that he trains with the senior squad five days a week. On three occasions, Castilla’s coaching staff have called meetings with the player and his parent to explain the situation and advice him to attend Castilla’s training sessions on a more regular basis. Yet neither Ødegaard nor his father seem to realize that changing tack and taking the advice they’ve been given on board is the right thing to do as the teenager’s progress with Castilla constitutes an essential part of his own development. Regrettably, some players have complained that the teenager “can’t be bothered” with his Castilla team mates and is only interested in being alongside Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s clear that his integration at Madrid would be much easier and far smoother with player of his own age. That’s something which Ødegaard should think about.