After showing initial interest in saving Southampton from the Administration situation they’ve found themselves in, former Captain Matt Le Tissier and the Pinnacle Consortium that he was fronting have walked away from the purchase table after the 10 point Administration penalty was upheld and would be applied at the start of next season.

Now the club finds itself only days from closing it’s doors if it can’t find another buyer.

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Fans might have been expecting to hear David Villa’s name when Valencia and Real Madrid announced they had come to an agreement over a player, but it’s Raul Albiol’s name that was called after the two La Liga clubs came to an agreement for the services of the 23 year old Spanish International centerback.

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To add to the ridiculousness that has been following around Cristiano Ronaldo these past couple of weeks comes the story that Real Madrid have put a €1 billion buyout clause on the Portuguese winger. Why not throw in a unicorn, a leprechaun and the Loch Ness Monster just to make it interesting. 

[The Spoiler via Marca]

According to reports coming out of Europe and already capturing Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, former International teammate and current adviser to the Real Madrid President, Zinedine Zidane has confirmed that a bid has been placed for Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery yesterday.

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We always see the big figures that these guys get in transfers and weekly salaries, and wonder how the hell do these clubs pay for this over and over again.. ..one report is projecting that Real will sale about a million C Ron replica jerseys by Christmas. You would think thats kindof crazy, but you never know… Becks sold 250k Galaxy jerseys before they were even revealed and 1mm+ in his first 6mo in Madrid. At about $80 bucks a jersey that would be a pretty good return on investment before he even hits the pitch

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Kaka - check. Cristiano Ronaldo - check.

“What should we do next?”

“Oh I don’t know, let’s go ahead and buy David Villa too“

“OK, that sounds fun…let’s do it.”

Real Madrid is about to start looking like some “All World XI” team that shows up for charity matches or something. Craziness.

Holy $#@*…In news that the whole world has been discussing since euro 2008, and that secretly everyone knew was coming, Manchester United has agreed the sale of one Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for a staggering £80m. I don’t study international monetary markets, so I’m not hip to the latest Great British pound to American dollar figure, but that is some serious scratch. World record ish…

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Reports coming out of Spain and England are suggesting that Real Madrid have sent a representative and their Doctor to check up on Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and his alleged Hernia situation in Los Angeles where he’s relaxing after being left out of Portugal’s Friendly against Estonia.

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