NEYMAR | AN AGREEMENT - DEAL WITH FC BARCELONA SHUT ?

More news from Brazil after intense negotiations today between Santos, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid & Neymar. The very latest news circulating is the offer each Club ( Barça & Madrid ) has made to the Santos player: Real Madrid 11M€ /season & FC Barcelona 7M€/season. But there is a "catch", Real Madrid asks for 50% of the players image rights while FC Barcelona gives it all - 100% - to Neymar. Just to remind you, Neymar earns around 8M€ just in publicity per year.

But there is more, Spanish Sports paper "Marca", along while the two main Barcelona based papers, "Sport" & "Mundo Deportivo", have let known this afternoon in their online editions that its a practical done deal in favour of FC Barcelona. According to the mentioned Sports papers, barring last minute surprises & paperwork, the Brazilian 21 year old will be a FC Barcelona player as from next season with a 5 year contract. The rumoured signing - transfer figure that FC Barcelona will pay to all 4 parties that own the rights of Neymar is around 50M€ although I suspect that it will finally be much higher. 

This is all unconfirmed. It is important that readers keep this in mind. Plus it is not even certain that Real Madrid has really offered the player anything & least 11M€ per season. I say this because the highest paid players at Real Madrid right now are Cristiano Ronaldo & Kaka & they are around the 10M€. If it is true that Real Madrid has offered 11M€/season to Neymar,  & if Neymar surprises everyone choosing Real Madrid next season, the Club would have to raise the salary of Cristiano Ronaldo substantially & perhaps others players to keep the salaries "in line" & not offend "egos". 

The only thing right now that can be said is that the "Neymar story" is very close to coming to a conclusion & that FC Bareclona is in the front seat. Everything indicates that Barça is the destination the player desires for next season - over that of Real Madrid - & that an official announcement seems very close. If I were a FC Barcelona fan I would be conservatively happy - if your in agreement - that the Brazilian is in "the bag".

Stay tuned!

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REAL MADRID | TRANSFER NEWS - GOSSIP FOR SEASON 2013-2014

Spanish Sports paper "Marca" has put on its front cover today a story titled "The plans of Florentino" discussing the wishes & possible signing targets the Real Madrid CF has for next season 2013 - 2014.

With the above image courtesy of the Spanish paper, they speculate that President Florentino & Real Madrid will be going for: Neymar, Lewandowski, Bale, Isco, Carvajal & Casemiro. 

Studying other sources & International press Real Madrid can basically forget about the first two:

• Neymar will finally end up in FC Barcelona, this is what the player desires & has signed a pre-agreement to this effect. What Real Madrid has managed to do is "stick it up" Barça by lifting the initial transfer offer from 40 to 60 M€ just by their "interference". One can say that indirectly Real Madrid has been strategically successful.
• Lewandowski will go to Bayern Munich, this is the wish & desire of the Polish forward. Real Madrid can forget this option,  & now have Napoles Cavani as their main striker target.

The rest are still open:

• According to UK press, Real Madrid will make an initial 50M€ to Tottenham Hotspurs for Gareth Bale & offer a player to chose from; Higuain, Di Maria, Coentrao, Pepe etc. This will be a very difficult operation & will go on all summer. We need to watch how it all develops.
• Malaga FC has priced its midfielder Isco at 35M€. Negotiations will continue.
• Carvajal is an option but it ain´t too clear. The next new Coach ( Carlo Ancelotti ) will have a big say here.
• Cashemiro looks set to stay at Real Madrid. The Brazilian has given good sensations & his price is 6M€ that Sao Paolo will receive in the operation.

There are more names floating around & as always a "surprise" will arise in coming weeks or months , but this is how it is for now. It may change tomorrow & I have no doubt that it will.

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SPANISH FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP | NEYMAR-AGUERO-THIAGO | TRUE OR FALSE?

How quickly things change in Football. One day your here the next your there. This with the added incentive of millions & millions of dirty euros (€) & juicy representative commissions makes the "silly transfer season" very entertaining & perfect for any betting system. Even fortune tellers looking into crystal balls can´t figure out how the market will end up.

Here is the lastest on REAL MADRID & FC BARCELONA,  with a transfer market that looks more like a spider web of connections & entanglements. Note the coincidences that I am about to highlight, that suggests that even the famous "Hamlet" would be a lower division player compared to the current Machiavellian Football Club Presidents & representatives.

Neymar

The alarms bells sounded from Italy this morning when Italian media "Sky Sports & Mediaset" reported the alleged words from Real Madrid "Italian agent" in transfer matters, Ernesto Bronzetti, saying that REAL MADRID was on the verge of signing SANTOS 19 year old youth star & Brazilian International NEYMAR. The media sources even gave details, a five year contract with a transfer price of 40 - 45M€.

Ernesto Bronzetti has latter gone out to say that this is false, that he said that he READ in the newspapers that Real Madrid & Neymar were close to a deal. What brings my attention is that Real Madrid would have been willing to pay 45M€ for Neymar, the exact contract release clause figure of Atletico de Madrid player SERGIO AGUERO

Sergio Aguero

Here is more sticky spider web stuff. It has been published that REAL MADRID has put the condition on SERGIO AGUERO that if Real Madrid was to sign his services that he would have to reduce his annual salary from seven to six million € a year. That was yesterday, & the Real Madrid - Aguero "love affair" has gone cold these last few days. This leads onto today's news from Italian Sports paper "Corriere dello Sport" that SERGIO AGUERO agents were in Turin (Italy) to have a meeting with JUVENTUS. 

What a coincidence.The news of Real Madrid´s possible signing of Neymar coincides with Aguero´s agents visiting today Juventus & all the rumours coming from Italy. Could all this be a "pressure" manoeuvre to force Aguero to say something from Argentina? Reduce his salary? Who really knows; the truth is that Aguero is playing on all fields.

Thiago Silva

Lastly, a less "romantic" transfer rumour piece is the public acknowledgement that AC MILAN Brazilian defender THIAGO SILVA is talking & has a possible agreement with FC BARCELONA. The player has said that it is now up to both Clubs to sort things out, & that while this occurs - & if it occurs - he is a AC Milan player that  has a contract with the Italian Club until 2016.

As you can read, dirty filthy rumours & transfer gossip. Is it all true? False? Everyone distorting their advantage to pressure individuals into action. Who knows, but stay tuned!


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REAL MADRID TRANSFER RUMOURS GOSSIP 2011 | KAKA, BENZEMA, COENTRAO ...

Lots of SPANISH FOOTBALL news today especially in the REAL MADRID transfers gossip area that I will run down in this post.


As informed Real Madrid has signed RCD Espanyol CALLEJON, Borrusia Dortmund midfielder SAHIN & almost has shut Bayern Munich player ANTILTOP who finishes contract. But there have been more movements in other palyer "business" fronts especially on possible exits.

Italian Club JUVENTUS visited Madrid & asked for midfielder Lass Diarra, defender Garay & forward Karim Benzema. With this last the Italian Club offered either of Amauri, Chiellini o Melo as swap alternatives. Real Madrid answered that BENZEMA IS NOT FOR SALE - for now.

Kaka for REAL MADRID 2011
photo:Angel Rivero

KAKA is said to have a foot & a half out of Real Madrid & the Spanish Club is listening to offers. In fact, Spanish media Football specialists have written that Mourinho has already expressed to Kaka that he is not “untouchable” & has not risen to the high expectations that were originally placed on the Brazilian. 

Speculations rose early this week when the mother of Kaka put on “twitter” that she will be in London next season, something that was quickly covered as meaning “a religious” event, which many look at with an ironic smile. 

The truth is that CHELSEA FC is in a strong position to lure the Brazilian over to London next season, plus AC MILAN has entered the picture as well in the last days. Real Madrid however wishes to get back its 65M€ investment & a money + player deal could be on the table. In the Chelsea case, Drogba or Lampard are sounding &, from Barcelona Sports paper “Mundo Deportivo”, AC Milan could put in Ibrahimovic . This last option is the less convincing as Real Madrid Directives are not sure about the Swede due to his conflictive character. 

Rumours published today from  Spanish Sports papers are that Real Madrid may go for 23 year old BENFICA defender FABIO COENTRAO. Real Madrid was close last season & seems will again try this summer. They have fierce competition for this players elsewhere: German Club Bayern Munich

What is certain is that EMMANUAL ADEBAYOR will not continue next season as Real Madrid will not take up the buying option of 15M€.

So, stay tuned for developments, this is just the tip of the iceberg as the “crazy” summer off-months gets heated with rumours, gossips & surprises. Real Madrid will generate lots of news & lots of players will be associated with the Club, mostly will be untrue & some will be true.

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