BAYERN MUNICH SECURES JAVI MARTINEZ PAYING 40M€ CONTRACT RELEASE

BAYERN MUNICH paid the 40M€ contract release clause of ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Spanish International player JAVI MARTINEZ to secure his services for the next 5 years. Spanish Football loses a great young player with enormous projection & future which is a Bayern gain.

Martinez signs his release clause

Javi Martinez overtakes Mario Gomez as the highest transfer fee player in Bundesliga History & joins the 40M € "Club" of Spanish Players along with David Villa & Cesc Fabregas

Spanish Players & transfers

Here is the list of TOP 10 Transfers for Spanish Players. A list that Javi Martinez will now join:

Most expensive - transfers - for a Spanish players:
 1.- Fernando Torres. Liverpool to Chelsea. -58 M euros 2011-
 2.- Gaizka Mendieta. Valencia to Lazio. -48 M euros 2001-
 3.- David Villa. Valencia to FC Barcelona -40 M euros 2010-
 4.- Cesc Fábregas. Arsenal to FC Barcelona. -40 M euros 2011-
 5.- Fernando Torres. At. de Madrid to Liverpool FC. 36 M  euros 2007-
 6.- Xabi Alonso. Liverpool to Real Madrid -34 M euros 2009-
 7.- David Silva. Valencia to Manchester City. -30 M euros 2010-
 8.- Juan Mata. Valencia to Chelsea. -28 M euros 2011-
 9.- Sergio Ramos. evilla to Real Madrid. -27 M euros 2005-
 10.- Joaquín. Betis al Valencia. -25 M euros 2006-

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TRANSFER RUMOURS | JAVI MARTINEZ ON THE BAYERN MUNICH AGENDA?

Rumours are hot on the transfer front as expected at this height of the off-season & with the Euro competition in full flight. One here locally is the news out of Germany that BAYERN MUNICH has its eyes on ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO & Spanish International midfielder JAVI MARTINEZ.

The fact that a European giant has Javi Martinez in mind is not new nor is it surprising, so has Real Madrid & FC Barcelona.

Javi Martinez

It is said that Bayern has an offer ready of 7M€/year as part of a 5-6 year contract. Big bucks indeed for the versatile midfielder who can slot into the middle of defence if needed. The youngster is recognized as one of the big promises of European Football.

The difficulty for Bayern is Atletic Club which considers Martinez a key element to their team & may react with a new & bigger contract offer. This & as said, the other two big Spanish Football Clubs also interested in the player.

Stay tuned!

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REAL MADRID EYES BILBAO JAVI MARTINEZ

ATHLETIC CLUB BILBAO player JAVIER MARTINEZ has become the object of desire for REAL MADRID Coach Jose Mourinho. According to Spanish radio 'Onda Cero', Real Madrid has contacted with Athletic to negotiate the transfer of the player who has a buyout clause of 40M€. Real Madrid aims to reduce that amount & has offered 30M€, that's the limit set by José Mourinho for the signing of any player. However Madrid , it seems, has a competitor in Bayern Munich with their Football Director Christian Nerlinger seen a few days ago in the city Bilbao to apparently negotiate also with the Basque Club for Martinez.

Javi Martinez

This is not the first time that rumours arise about the interest of Real Madrid for Martinez. Seasons back it was said that President Florentino Perez asked about the possibility in a Directives lunch between Clubs. But the relations between both Clubs has undergone a "rough patch" since then especially after Real Madrid said no to the final of the Spanish Cup being played this year at the "Santiago Bernabeu" (home of Real Madrid). All this & the continued historical "political differences" makes things just that bit more complex in any negotiation process between Real Madrid & Atletic Club.


The adavantage that the Madrid Club has, said by media, is that Javi Martinez has given his OK to the move from Bilbao, & Real Madrid has asked the player to "force" things locally to smooth the path. Bilbao says that the release clause is 40€ plus taxes which is 55M€, a price that for the moment creates a significant wall.


Stay tuned in coming months.


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REAL MADRID | ATHLETIC DE BILBAO MIDFIELDER JAVI MARTINEZ A PRIORITY

Source Blog: Sp Ftball Sprts /
It was posted here a few months back when the news was picked up from Spanish TV late-night Football show “Punto Pelota”. The fuzz has reappeared this time in the Spanish Sports paper “AS” that REAL MADRID has its eye on ATHLETIC DE BILBAO midfielder JAVI MARTINEZ.

The 21 year old player has just been called up to the Spanish National Football Team after exploding this season with his Club. Real Madrid are looking to strengthen their midfield for next season as the future of players like Gago, M.Diarra & Lass Diarra are in the air. According to the news source, expected new Real Madrid Coach & current Inter Milan “chief”, José Mourinho has already asked about the player & has given his personal green light

The player has a 30M€ contract release clause that Real Madrid wishes to negotiate downward with Athletic de Bilbao. In a worst case scenario, according to Spanish Football rules, if Bilbao refuse to negotiate & the player accepts the Real Madrid offer, all that the Madrid Club has to do is place 30M€ with the Spanish Liga Federation & the player is theirs & free from his obligations . Obviously, Real desires to be cordial & correct with Bilbao & wishes to avoid this last resort action

The player has strength , touch , aerial power & goal to which the Madrid Club thinks will complement perfectly Xabi Alonso in the midfield. Alternatives being rumoured in case the Martinez option fails is AC Roma midfielder De Rossi & Liverpool FC Captain Steven Gerrard. Stay tuned. Tweet

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REAL MADRID: JAVI MARTINEZ ON AGENDA IF DE ROSSI FAILS

The popular daily late night TV (Digital Terrestrial Channel) program
on Football called “Punto Pelota” gave us the exclusive weeks back
via its presenter Josep Pedrerol that REAL MADRID had AC ROMA
midfielder DE ROSSI in mind for next season. The popular journalist,
backed by his regular panel of local Football “in the know” journos &
personalities, assured that the Real Madrid technical staff see a need
to reinforce their midfield with a player of De Rossi’s
characteristics. It was further acknowledged that the signing of the
AC Roma player would be a difficult affair because he is a vital
piece for the Italian Club & that his market price may get out of the
logic bounds, bearing in mind that Real Madrid – just by name –
inflates the market.

(photo: Javi Martinez)

Well, last night on the same show, Josep Pedrerol again gave an
"exclusive" on his program & mentioned that Real Madrid has a Plan
B in case De Rossi did not eventuate. The chosen player is the 21
year ATHLETIC DE BILBAO midfielder JAVI MARTINEZ who many
cite as the “next big thing” to explode in Spanish Football. His
characteristics have lead to comparisons with French International
Patrick Viera but with more goal scoring abilities. The youngster
not only has the remarkable ability in destroying the opposition
attacking play-making he also is able to get himself rapidly into an
attacking position to score goals, with the head being one of his
main weapons.

The news source comes from “insiders” when Real Madrid & Athletic
Bilbao top officials celebrated heir protocol lunch together before
both teams meet in their last “Liga” game at “San Mames”. There
Real Madrid President Florentino Perez asked directly his Bilbao
counterpart for the player & his conditions. The player has a contract
release clause of 30M€ which is accessible for Real & would give a
grand profit to Bilbao who signed the player for 6M€.

Stay tuned. SFS will be following this lead throughout the coming
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