FRIENDLIES
Juventes 0 - 2 Real Madrid
( Gonzalo Higuain x2)
Man City 1 - 5 Real Madrid
(Luka Modric)(Kaka, Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo, Edin Dzeko, Gonzalo Higuain)
Moscow 0 - 4 Real Madrid
(Yoann Gourcuff, Gonzalo Higuain x2, Edin Dzeko)
Dinamo Kiev 0 - 3 Real Madrid
(Gonzalo Higuain x2, Cristiano Ronaldo)
Piacenza 0 - 2 Real Madrid
(Marco Verratti, Romelu Lukaku)
Benfica 1 - 3 Real Madrid
(Javier Saviola)(Gonzalo Higuain x3)
Shakhtar 0 - 2 Real Madrid
(Mesut Ozil, Gonzalo Higuain)
Real Madrid 3 - 0 AC Milan
(Gonzalo Higuain x3)
TRANSFERS
Kurt Fish may only be in his second season of a managerial job but he has certainly made an impact on the transfer market this summer, bringing a few big names in who made an impact after the world cup.
Florentino Pérez Rodríguez, the President of Real Madrid, has given Kurt Fish a total of £56m to spend in the transfer window.
Players In:
Belgian wonderkid Eden Hazard has signed a 3 year contract after a poor season from Lille, which left the youngster will a choice; Ligue 2, or transfer list? Hazard choose the transfer list, and within hours off being sent to the transfer list, Real Madrid became interested, also interested were Inter Milan, Ajax, Manchester United and Barcelona. Hazard joined Real Madrid on a fee of £6m.
Brazilian wonderkid Neymar has accepted a 4 year contract with Real Madrid after a sensational world cup performance, collecting best youngster and second top goal scorer behide Higuain. Neymar was on brilliant form, and Santos accepted a bid of £13m.
England wonder keeper Joe Hart has accepted a 4 year contract with Real Madrid after interest since last year. Despite not going to the world cup, Fish believe's that he has great potential. Hart has a very good friendship with Fish and it was necessary for the deal. Hart only made 5 appearances last year and 1 sub appearance. Man City accepted a bid of £20m.
Domenico Criscito has accepted a 3 year contract with Real Madrid after interest since last year, and breaking Fish's heart and leaving for Arsenal. Despite this, Fish still kept watch on Criscito and impressed all season long. Criscito has a very good friendship with Fish and it was necessary for the deal. Arsenal accepted a bid of £25m.
Diego Lugano has accepted a 3 year contract with the Spanish giants after a great world cup performance, making it into the World XI. With some shock, Fish had found that Lugano hadn't already left Fenerbahce, for a bigger team, and there was some interest, with AC Milan, Man City, Lyon and Ajax all interested. Fenerbahce accepted an offer for £8m.
Danish youngster Christian Eriksen has joined Real Madrid on a 4 year deal. After Denmark reaching the semi-finals of the world cup and Eriksen the main man in midfield made the World XI. Denmark were knocked out by runners-up Holland. Ajax accepted a £6m offer with they could not refuse.
Total- £78m
Players Out:
After an unimpressive season, Karim Benzema left Real Madrid, for Premier League winners, Chelsea. Real Madrid accepted a £32.5m bid which was a certain accept.
Another unimpressive season, left Andre Pierre-Gignac to go back to France, to impress again, joining French giants Lyon for £7.5m.
Gabby Agbonlahor, after only joining in January, Agbonlahor hasn't impressed, and also is unneeded by the team. Man City had a £25m bid accepted.
Total- £65m
Started With- £65m
Sold- £65m
Equals- £130m
Bought- £78m
Remaining- £52m
Despite having £52m left, Fish has decided not to buy any more players, till at least January.
---------- Post added at 10:15 PM ---------- Previous post was yesterday at 06:57 PM ----------
Real Madrid announced new kits for 2010/2011 season.
A new sponsor by PlayStation3, and a new kit maker of Nike will certainly impress the fans.
Home Kit
Away Kit
Third Kit