Reports coming out of Spain and newspaper Marca are saying the Mali International and Real Madrid defensive midfielder Mahamadou Diarra could be set for surgery following a re aggravation of a knee injury suffered back in October while on International duty.
Real Madrid Sporting Director Pedrag Mijatovic has admitted to tracking Holland International Klass Jan Huntelaar for the last two years before making the outright move to pay 20 Million Euro to Ajax for his services as soon as the January Transfer Window opens.
After making his debut for the Senior side back on December 2nd, 1995 against Sevilla, Jose Maria Gutierrez made his 500th appearance in a Real Madrid uniform during Madrid’s 3 - 1 loss to Getafe.
Jamaican sprinter, triple Olympic Gold Medalist and 100 meter / 200 meter World Record holder Usain Bolt is on his way to the Santiago Bernabeu to train with Real Madrid later this week in a long talked about visit.
After moving to Portugal with his legal guardian as a 14 year old Orphan, Alipio Duarte Brandao is putting pen to paper on a transfer worth around 600,000 Euros with one of the biggest clubs in the world, La Liga giants Real Madrid.
And with newspaper giants Marca putting the 16 year old Alipio on it’s cover as Cristiano Ronaldo’s successor, the pressure is just starting.
Brazilian born / Portugal repping Pepe said, “Alipio has a spectacular talent. We know all about him and, frankly, it is very difficult now to find a player of his age with so much talent.
‘He has great maturity for a young man and he can become an important player. If he keeps improving, I hope that next year he will be able to train with us.”image via Soccer24-7
UPDATE - Arjen Robben is set for a further six weeks in the stands after tearing his hamstring during last Wednesday’s warm - up against Juventus.
I’ll admit that I am not the biggest Arjen Robben fan out there. I think he is a fantastic winger (props to him on the whole winger thing…although he ain’t the original, that would be us), but I’m just not a fan. He has had a tough time over the last couple years, and his move to Real Madrid has not helped things. He has now been injured three times this year, and the season is barely half way over. After conducting an exhaustive research campaign as to why he gets hurt so much, The Original Winger is able to present you with the above video showing you the brilliant footage of Arjen as a kid. I guess the whole saying about teaching kids young really is true.
Real Madrid might not miss van Nistlerooy that much if Higuain keeps this up.
Just a day after Manchester United announced that midfielder Owen Hargreaves was flying out to Denver, Colorado to see knee specialist Dr. Richard Steadman, Real Madrid followed suit with Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy.
After the 32 year old was substituted during Madrid’s 2 - 0 Champions League loss to Juventus (the first match he started after missing out on the previous 3 matches because of the same knee), team doctors decided it was best for van Nistelrooy to head back to Steaman, the man who operated on the same injury back in 2000 when he was playing for Eredivisie side PSV.
No timetable has been set for his return.
image via WallPapers
Spanish International and Real Madrid midfielder Ruben de la Red was allowed to travel back to Madrid after being released from the hospital following his face first collapse during Real Madrid’s 3 - 2 Copa del Rey first leg loss.
WARNING - Pretty intense
The 23 year old, who collapsed near the penalty area in the 13th minute and required two minutes of medical treatment before regaining consciousness is expected to undergo further medical testing.
The situation was eerily similar to the death of Sevilla and Spanish International Antonio Puerta, who collapsed on the field during a match against Getafe and died three days later.
image via SkySports
Former Real Madrid President Lorenzo Sanz (from 1995 - 2000) has been arrested after a complaint from a financial institution, then released without charges.
Sanz had been detained with two other people and released a statement upon his release saying, “I had to go through the inconvenience of making a statement about a matter which I had nothing to do with and which they wanted to mix me up with.”
image via ElPais
