Living in the shadow of Treble winners

[Alcaraz]

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Exclusive:Jose Mourinho has been confirmed as the manager of Real Madrid after weeks of speculation following the sacking of now infamous manager Manuel Pelliegerini who despite having the highest win percentage of any Real Madrid manager with 75% in 48 games was never able to meet the ferverent expectations of the fanatical Real Madrid supporters.This was compunded by his failure in Europe where Real Madrid bowed out to unfancied Lyon in the group stages.​

Jose Mourinho takes a seat on which few have survived on with the likes of Fabio Capello being sacked despite winning them a Spanish League Title beacuse he was never able to win a Champions League Title for Real Madrid.​

There has also been severe criticism to the appointment of Jose Mourinho widely known for his 'anti-football' tactics and it is well-known that the Real Madrid supporters want trophies with beatiful football being played.However,club President Florentino Perez is confident Jose Mourinho will be a success.

The new leader of Real Madrid

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In his very first day in-charge,Jose Mourinho has promised atleast 3 new signings as he felt that the team was too 'unbalanced' for his liking.He has also said that he would be offloading a few 'useless' players as he felt that they will not fit into the club system and also to help reduce Real Madrid's enourmous wage bill.

 

[El_Wulfio]

Looks promising, big bucks to spend, can you please the Spanish audience?

 

[Alcaraz]

I will do my best eh.............anyone knows if u can play Ronaldo in an Advanced Forward position

 

[El_Wulfio]

héhé you can even put him in the goal if you want to
Just train him into doing advanced forward, he'll do fine

 

[Alcaraz]

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In his first move as Real Madrid manager,Jose Mourinho removed both Daniel Opare and Rafel Van der vaart from the transfer list as he belived that both of them still had an important role to play in the club.

Jose Mourinho was reportedly 'shocked' to find Daniel Opare on the transfer list as he counted the Ghana full-back as one of the most promising youngsters today in the game.

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Jose Mourinho has reportedly completed the signings of William Gallas and Marek Hamsik from their respective clubs yesterday.Jose Mourinho says that he has always admired William Gallas and was extremely happy to make him part of the Real Madrid set-up.

Jose Mourinho also says that Marek Hamsik the young Slovakia captain was one of the best yound midfielders in the game and had amazing potential to and uteerly deserved to play for Real Madrid.

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Departures

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Mahamdou Diarra has today departed for Juventus from Real Madrid for a fee of 10 million.According to Jose Mourinho Diarra was not a bad player but in his midfielder position there were already plently of far better players.
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Esteban Granero has also today departed for Sunderland for a fee of 6 million.This came as a shock to a few fans who belived that Esteban Granero was a young centre-back full of potential.However,it appears Jose Mourinho did not think so and has sold him.​

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Pre-Season
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Real Madrid 5-1 Paezzini

Real Madrid 1-1 Livorno

Real Madrid 0-1 Fiorentina

Real Madrid 1-0 Salt Lake

Real Madrid 4-0 Beijing

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Pre-Season best player

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This player delighted in Pre-Season with a hatful of goals and assists and was otherwise the shining light in an uneventful Pre-Season.I hope his good form continues throughout the upcoming season as we will badly need it.​

 

[Trophy_Whorder]

good luck not been a real madrid story for abit

 

[hellroker]

Granero is NOT a Centre Back. XD

 

[Alcaraz]

In the recently concluded Pre-Season,we have seen Jose Mourinho experiment with a highly unusual 4-4-2 diamond formation with his Real Madrid Team with one of the world's best players Cristiano Ronaldo playing as a striker instead of playing in his favoured winger role.​

This has already drawn criticism from some fans and this tactic's many errors were highlighted by the extremely poor pre-season results.However,Jose Mourinho is confident that his players will eventually get used to the tactic and grind out results.​

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Real Madrid set to open campaign against Barcelona​

For the first time in recent history,an el clasico is set to mark the opening of the Spanish La Liga.It sets to be an exciting encounter with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Dani Alves going up against each other.​

With Jose Mourinho at the helm verbal vollies were expected and that is exactly what we got.However.Pepe Guardolia refused to be intimidated by Jose Mourinho and launched his own set of verbal vollies back at the 'Special One'.​

'Pepe Guardolia always had it easy,when he wanted to become a manager he had Barcelona knocking on his door'​

'I had to work myself up and if I wanted I could have taken the easy route but I did not,I could have stayed at Porto I already had won them a Champions League but no I went to Chelsea'​

'Mourinho does not know the true meaning of football,Against us in the Champions League when he was with Inter Milan,he pushed his whole team back,using those tactics anyone can keep a clean sheet'​

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Champions League Group stage Draw​

Manchester United​

Real Madrid​

Rangers​

WolfsBurg​

Group comments:A extremely tough group and we will have to work extremely hard to grind out results and qualify for the next round.​

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Angel Di Maria completes Mourinho's signings​

Angel Di Maria was the latest player to join Real Madrid's revolution under the guidance of Jose Mourinho.Angel Di Maria who has been signed on the brink of the transfer deadline for a fee of reportedly 8 million is extremely happy for being given the chance to play for sucha famous club.​

Jose Mourinho belives that Angel Di Maria will add pace and talent to the left flank of the team where such qualities have sadly been lacking.Angel Di Maria who has become a regular now in Diego Maradona's Argentina Squad has been believed to arrive due to star player Cristiano Ronaldo's recommendation.​

Angel Di Maria joins Madrid's revolution​

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El Clasico​

Real Madrid 1-0 Barcelona

Real Madrid pulled of an emphatic victory over Barcelona today thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's sole goal through a penalty.Jose Mourinho once again proved to be the master of tactics by silencing Messi once again and this time it was done not by Zanetti but young Fernando Gago.

The game was marred however by Kaka's injury and Cristiano Ronaldo's red card which would mean that he will be banned for one game.There has been no report yet on Kaka but Jose Mourinho belives he will make a speedy recovery.

The players will not jet off to different destinations to meet up with their national teams as the week ahead is a international week.If Kaka joins Brazil remains to be seen.

 

[glasgowrangers53]

great story so far im following

 

[Alcaraz]

great story so far im following

Thanks mate thought this thread was dead

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Mourinho silences his critics with one bold masterstroke​

Jose Mourinho who has been receiving criticism from several quarters recently has finally managed to silence them by beating Barcelona 1-0 in his very first league game in-charge.The way he managed to keep Messi quiet and even curb the passing abilities of the inspirational Xavi using the inexpereinced pair of Lassana Diarra and Fernando Gago is a feat unheard off.​

Some people said his tactics were not suited for Real Madrid,Some people said that his tactics were 'anti-football' but Jose Mourinho kept all of them quiet with one single game.A game in which his team had 14 shots compared to Barcelona's 9.Of his shots 6 of them were on target compared to Barcelona's 2 shots on target and he had 3 clear-cut chances if not for Higuan to let him down.​

Whatever you think of Jose Mourinho,you have to admit,he is the best.

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Breaking news:Xabi Alonso has been ruled out for upto 3 months from footballing action due to a hip injury he sustained during training.This will come as a blow to Jose Mourinho who belives Xabi Alonso to be an important cog in the Real Madrid wheels.Futher on,with Kaka injured and Cristiano Ronaldo suspended,Real Madrid will be hard-pressed in their next few games without their big names.
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