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di Maria replacement?
He's not a winger is he? Plays more like a #10 or wide forward.
di Maria replacement?
He's a natural winger I thought.He's not a winger is he? Plays more like a #10 or wide forward.
di Maria replacement?
With di Maria leaving their squad would be a bit short of wide players, Ronaldo, Bale and Jese would be left.That still wouldn't make much sense. I thought they were getting rid of Di Maria because there is too much competition. Getting in El Shaarawy helps nothing
With di Maria leaving their squad would be a bit short of wide players, Ronaldo, Bale and Jese would be left.
They know Di Maria will kick up a fuss at not playing and will sell for good money.That still wouldn't make much sense. I thought they were getting rid of Di Maria because there is too much competition. Getting in El Shaarawy helps nothing
Where would we play him?If we can't get di Maria I would love it if Woodward/LvG went for El Shaarawy instead. Very bright talent, just needs the proper guidance and a stable club for him to reach his potential. Snatching him from under Madrid's noses would be even better.
I like your optimism mate. Can't see it myself, I think he'll be at Juve next season.
Where would we play him?
Yeah, Isco can play wide too. God knows what Madrid are doing, but they're strengthening as champions of Europe and look incredibly strong.That's true in terms of pure wingers but Rodriguez can play there too can't he if needed? I have no idea what Madrid are doing but it's a great problem to have I guess
As a centre-forward?Nani/Young replacement.
I think they can be forgiven for choosing novelty over playability, considering they are only a small third division club.Aside from the hideous design it also looks really poor quality. The type of cheap 100% cotton shirt that shrinks in the wash, loses it's shape, and the shiny bits start peeling off.
It's surely a joke?
As a centre-forward?
The 25th is tomorrow no?That's what I thought too. It was reported by some Chilean paper I believe.
Good call.I call bullshit.
Anything for a bit of news, I suppose.Can we stop this myth that Madrid can magically pay their ridiculous transfer fees by selling shirts.
They come out with this crap every time they buy a 'galactico'.
Can we stop this myth that Madrid can magically pay their ridiculous transfer fees by selling shirts.
They come out with this crap every time they buy a 'galactico'.
I call bullshit.
Cristiano Ronaldo was apparently reported to have sold 1.2 million shirts in Madrid alone. Well, it's the Metro, and there are no quotes form any Madrid representative in the article, and it is suspiciously close to the total figures reported by Adidas above, so I don't really trust this report at all. But let's play with these numbers anyway:
Since the shirts only make 12 euros profit, that's 14.4 million euros in that year. Assuming steady sales over the life of a five year contract, that's 72 million euros. Hey, that almost pays off! But wait, big players earn big money - what is Cristiano Ronaldo's salary? Forbes lists his wages at 20 million US dollars, or 16.3 million euros, a year. So all the money Madrid make from Ronaldo shirts is used... to pay Ronaldo.
He was terrific before Ballo came.I hope we go nowhere near El Shaarawy, terribly over rated
So Vermaeelen then. De Vrij would've been cool.
So Vermaeelen then. De Vrij would've been cool.
The figure of 1m seems really low over the length of time. If they sell 345,000 James shirts in a few days, surely it can't be right that they've only sold three times that many Ronaldo shirts in 5 odd years.http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2139727-real-madrid-sell-345000-james-rodrguez-shirts-in-48-hours
"Real Madrid have sold 345,000 James Rodriguez shirts in 48 hours since the Colombian signed for the Liga giants.
Who Ate All the Pies picked up on a report by Spanish newspaper Sport that cited the figure. Sport's source for the number was Euromericas Sport Marketing."
"Sport also reports that over one million Cristiano Ronaldo shirts have been sold since he joined Real Madrid."
They may have sold a crapload of shirts but there is no way they are pocketing 100% of the proceeds.