REAL MADRID TRANSFER GOSSIP 2011 | MAICON FOR 20M€ - KAKA ON LOAN ?

This piece of "dirty" rumour & gossip news comes out of Italy via their Sports paper "La Gazzetta dello Sport", which has been picked up locally by the Spanish Sports press. According to the Italian paper, Real Madrid Coach Mourinho is obsessed with signing INTER MILAN & Brazilian International right back MAICON. So much so, that the same source has published that Mourinho rang Inter Coach Leonardo to offer a "swap": Kaka for Maicon.

This option today has more details according to "La Gazzetta...". Real Madrid would pay Inter 20M€ for Maicon, give Inter Milan KAKA on loan, plus Real Madrid would pay 50% of Kaka´s yearly salary. 

Inter Milan player Maicon

The "obsession" by Mourinho with having Maicon in his team is not new & Mourinho tried last year to get the Brazilian over to Real Madrid. The idea would be to put Maicon on the right-back position & move Sergio Ramos to the centre of the defense. Mourinho has always said that Sergio Ramos is better as a Central Defender than on the flank.

Some observers however are not too keen on the idea of getting Maicon over to Madrid. The player has already 30 years of age & his alleged  "nightlife - lifestyle" has been also questioned. But the Inter Milan player is a genetically gifted Sportsman & still has 2 - 3 years left to give at the maximum level. Plus Mourinho is under pressure to deliver "titles" this coming season & this signing has a short-term objective/project written all over it.

Stay tuned for developments. At this stage it is just rumour, coming out of Italy, & it is best & wise not to make any assertive comments or conclusions with this story.


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REAL MADRID | MAICON CLOSER ?

According to Spanish Sports daily "AS" positions between REAL MADRID & INTER MILAN Brazilian International right-back MAICON may have got closer. Maicon representative Antonio Caliendo met yesterday with Real officials to lower the asked 7M€/year figure by Maicon to 5.5M€. This is a sum that may better Real Madrid´s pre-disposition to consider the signing of the Brazilian defender.

The transfer figure that Inter Milan could find satifactory is 28M€ according to the Spanish paper. Mr. Caliendo will be staying in Madrid the next days & this is specualted that the motive is to finally shut the transfer of Maicon to Real Madrid.

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INTER MILAN REAL MADRID AGREE TRANSFER OF MAICON ?

This time around it is not the “scoop” hungry Spanish Sports daily “Marca”, this time the news that INTER MILAN & REAL MADRID have an agreement to transfer Brazilian International right-back MAICON comes directly from Italy & in particular from two sources like “La Gazzetta dello Sport” & the more generalist “Corriere della Sera”.

The info is that the transfer price has been placed at around 28M€ plus variables for performances, titles & other “inventive” formulas. Now it is Real Madrid that needs to find a suitable agreement with Maicon who is asking for a 4 year contract plus between 6-7M€/ year, an exaggerated sum that is halting advances. Real Madrid is only willing to go as far as 5M€ & thus here is the “negotiating tussle” that could be halting the news from Italy becoming a reality.

Having written all this, it is still pure speculation & I remind you that until both Clubs make an official announcement Maicon is still ( & continues to be) an Inter Milan player. Stay tuned!

From Spain REAL MADRID claims the news from Italy is FALSE! Tweet

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REAL MADRID SIGNING RUMOURS 2010 | MAICON PRIORITY & NOW STEVEN GERRARD?

Source: Spanish Football Sports Blog/
Spanish Sports paper “AS” highlights in todays edition something that many already know; that Inter Milan Right Back MAICON is a PRIORITY for REAL MADRID. New Coach José Mourinho has commented on Spanish media that he considers Real Madrid player & Spanish International SERGIO RAMOS as a Central Defender & he always works all his teams have 2 players per Right & Left Back positions. Thus with Arbeloa & Marcelo currently with Real, Mourinho wishes Maicon & as posted below Kolarov

With this as general public knowledge, Inter Milan with attempt to squeeze every Euro out of Real Madrid for Maicon. The 29 year old Brazilian International is also wanted by Manchester City who are said to have entered the picture & this will not doubt increase the asked selling price. Real Madrid thinks that 25M€ is a fair price while Inter Milan is thinking more along the lines of 35M€. Mourinho is insisting, independently of the rising price, that Maicon is a TOP PRIORITY. Stay tuned!


Staying with REAL MADRID, the almost now “sensationalist” Spanish Sports daily “Marca” publish with front cover & old rumour that again begins to gain strength. According to the paper the Spanish Club has ideas to lure away from LIVERPOOL FC Captain STEVEN GERRARD. Coach Jose Mourinho enjoys having with him players entering their “twilight” & with lots of experience & he believes he can get some great mileage out of the English International. The operation would be difficult, but the economic problems at Liverpool could open the door.

I am sure that these are just two names of many more that will be appearing in the coming weeks. Summer is ripe for rumours & speculations in the Football World, just as Summer is ideal for the breeding of mosquitoes! Tweet

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REAL MADRID | MAICON DI ROSSI TEVEZ | THE HUMAN SIDE OF JOSE MOURINHO

Source: Sp Ftball Sprts /
Its official, José Mourinho has left Inter Milan after communicating his desire to President Moratti to move on & then later going to his office to pick up his things & say goodbye to his collaborators. According to local news sources, José Mourinho will now travel to Madrid & shut the final pieces of the agreement that will make him the new Coach of REAL MADRID.

According to Spanish online Football magazine "Don Balon" the Portuguese’s Coach has made a petition to Real Madrid President Florentino Perez to attempt to sign the following three players: Maicon, Di Rossi & Carlos Tevez. Whether one or all three can come over is another issue, but if I had to pick one, Maicon could be the bet.

Lastly, there are mixed feeling here in Spain about whether Mourinho is the correct person to lead Real Madrid as his personality may eclipse his Football. Check this VIDEO out by Italian TV “Sky Sports” who followed José Mourinho for six minutes after winning the Champions League Final last Saturday. It shows the human side of Mourinho & something that is very obvious, that his players adore him, thus the man must do things that makes him perhaps “The Special One”. Great video DO NOT MISS IT:

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REAL MADRID | FABIO COENTRAO | DI MARIA

Source : Sp Ftball Sprts Blog /
The still INTER MILAN Coach José Mourinho is days away from becoming the new Coach of REAL MADRID. The news is that he will personally be responsible for developing next season’s team with full powers to sign & sell players. He has accepted the already planned players on the list of new signings in place before his arrival, BUT asks for some players which he considers strategic & vital for the new look Real Madrid.

Apart from Inter Milan Brazilian defender Maicon, one of those supposed players is young 22 year old Portuguese International revelation & BENFICA player FABIO COENTRAO . The player was originally a winger that with time evolved into a left back with plenty of endurance & attacking flare.

Another player which is hot with rumours is another Benfica player, the Argentine International DI MARIA, whom the Portuguese press assure is a done deal with REAL MADRID. The local press adds that the final price that will be paid is around 40M€.

I would just say that theses names are purely speculative at this point & should be considered as such before confirming anything. Tweet

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REAL MADRID: MAICON FOR WESLEY SNEIJDER + 20M€? WHAT ABOUT CLICHY?

Everyone wants to get into the act, or at least get some of the
circulating cash that is & will flood the market. Thinking again,
perhaps it’s a case of the opportunists seeing a deal where others
are slow. INTER MILAN Coach José Mourinho rightly asks if REAL
MADRID have Cristiano Ronaldo & Kaká, where will WESLEY
SNEIJDER play? Plus if Real Madrid is looking for a defender &
MAICON is the player they are thinking in, why not do a deal?

(photo: José A Garcia/marca)

According to Italian paper “La Gazzette dello Sport” that is precisely
what Inter is offering Real Madrid; their Brazilian defender Maicon for
Wesley Sneijder & between 18 + 20M€ (click).That´s simple on paper,
but what if Real Madrid wishes to use the Sneijder option with another
player (e.g. Ribery for example)? What if Sneijder refuses to leave
Real Madrid? What if Maicon is not really the defender that Real
Madrid wishes finally as there are reports from Italy that he was one of
Adriano´s nightlife partners in "crime"?

SFS says this because from England - "The Independent" - reports
come in that Real Madrid are interested in ARSENAL defender
GAEL CLICHY. Apparently new Coach Pellegrini has asked for the
23 year old Frenchman.This player will be difficult to pull away
from London as he is a vital piece of the Arsenal set up.

Stay tuned, its going to be a looooong summer of rumours &
speculations. I bet you are excited! Tweet

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REAL MADRID & INTER MILAN DEFENDER MAICON TALKING

Everyone says & speculates that AC MILAN player KAKA is very close,
along with BAYERN MUNICH French International FRANCK RIBERY &
XABI ALONSO of LIVERPOOL FC in the new REAL MADRID set up for
next season. Presidential candidate Florentino Perez & his team are
working hard to shut things & another name has emerged to capture
the Sporting papers lead titles.

It was rumoured while back, & now it gains strength, INTER MILAN
Brazilian defender MAICON is said to be on the REAL MADRID list
& negotiations are on the way. This is what Italian media are saying
& has been picked up here locally by “speculative” Sporting paper
“AS” adding the operation is around 25M€. However, there is
competition for the services of the 27 year old Brazilian International;
English Club CHELSEA FC is also active & offering delights.

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