IFHHS NAMES VAN NISTELROOY HIGHEST GOALSCORER OF THE DECADE

The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has named Ducth & MALAGA FC player RUUD VAN NISTELROOY the "Highest Goalscorer of the Decade" ( 2001-2010) with 86 goals. The IFFHS took into account all the goals scorered in International matches, Olympic Games, World Cup Championships, Intercontinental SuperCup games in all Confederations etc. To make things simpler, the local National League goals were not included, that is La Liga, Seria A, Premier league, Budasliga...etc


Plenty of players who have played in Spanish Football Clubs & two Spanish born players: Raul Gonzalez ( 71 ) & David Villa (68). Below is the full list of players with their goals.

Van Nistelrooy

1. Ruud van Nistelrooy (HOL)
. (Manchester Utd./Real Madrid/Hamburg) 86 (33/53)
.2. Thierry Henry (FRA)
. (Arsenal/Barcelona) 85 (43/42)
.3. Didier Drogba (CIV)
. (O. Marsella/Chelsea) 83 (45/38)
.4. Miroslav Klose (GER)
. (Kaiserslautern/W.Bremen/Bayern Múnich) 81 (58/23)
.5. Samuel Eto''o (CMR)
. (Mallorca/Barcelona/Inter) 79 (44/35)
.6. Flávio da Silva Amado (ANG)
. (At.Petróleos Luanda/Al-Ahly/Al-Shabab) 73 (32/41)
.7. Dimitar Berbatov (BUL)
. (Bayer Leverkusen/Tottenham/Manchester U.)71 (46/25)
.8. Raúl González (SP)
(Real Madrid/Schalke 04) 71 (26/45)
.9. David Villa (SP)
. (Zaragoza/Valencia/Barcelona) 68 (44/24)
10. Andrey Shevchenko (UKR)
. (Milan/Chelsea/Dinamo Kiev) 68 (32/36)
14. Jared Borgetti (MEX) 58 (41/17)
. (Santos Laguna/Pachuca/Bolton/Al-Ittihad/Monarcas Morelia)
15. Adriano Ribeiro Leite (BRA)
. (Parma/Inter Milán/Sao Paulo/Flamengo) 58 (27/31)
17. Luis Fabiano (BRA)
. (Sao Paulo/Santos/Oporto/Sevilla) 57 (28/29)
25. Diego Forlán (URU) 54 (29/25)
. (Independiente/Manchester U./Villarreal/At. Madrid)
26. Ronaldinho (BRA)
(Barcelona/Milan) 54 (26/28)
.+. Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)
. (Manchester Utd./Real Madrid) 54 (26/28)

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MALAGA FC SIGNS RUUD VAN NISTELROOY

RUUD VAN NISTELROOY returns to SPANISH FOOTBALL after leaving Real Madrid & playing in Germany with HAMBURG. In fact, the Dutch player lived frustrating moments during last Christmas when his Club refused to let him go in the "Winter Market" when Real Madrid showed interest in contracting his services.

Ruud Van Nistelrooy

With the end of the season & his contract over with Hamburg, the Football player has cheerfully embraced the call from Spanish Football Club MALAGA to sign for next season,  & with an option of another year if things finish well, plus free of transfer fee. Malaga will officially presents Van Nistelrooy to media this afternoon.

Malaga gains a much loved & admired Football player who proved his excepcional goal worth during his last stint in Spain with Real Madrid. A true "goal scoring machine" that will guarantee upfront effectiveness & quality as Malaga plan big for next season.

Nice to see you back Ruud!

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REAL MADRID RECONSIDER EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR OF MANCHESTER CITY

News being published on the mayor Spanish Sports online channels tonight indicate that REAL MADRID will now attempt to get over to Madrid MANCHESTER CITY 26 year old forward EMMANUEL ABEBAYOR. The negative posture from German Club Hamburg in accepting the 2M€ ( + a friendly match) offer for Ruud Van Nistelrooy has forced the Spanish Club to go back on its tracks & consider again the Togo player.

Emmanuel Adebayor

Manchester City are apparently receptive to offers & will consider a loan as they have recently signed forward DZEKO & thus Adebayor hasn´t a place in their team. Real Madrid have been hesitant to incorporate Abebayor due to his "conflictive" character, but with Van Nistelrooy almost discarded & Manchester City willing to negotiate a loan for a player who can play Champions League,  the window of opportunity again has opened for the Manchester City player. Real Madrid Coach Mourinho insists in a forward urgently & has even made threats to the Club with leaving if he does not get support for his demands.

Lastly, the same news sources comment that if the Abebayor option fails REAL MADRID will then go for Bayern Munich 32 year old forward KLOSE. In this last case, the German would not be able to play in Champions League thus the Abebayor alternative gains in strength & attractiveness.

Stay tuned for further developments in coming days. I would not discard any option at this stage.

LATEST: According to news tonight from Spanish TV channel "Intereconomia", ATLETICO DE MADRID forward DIEGO FORLAN has offered himself personally to REAL MADRID as an alternative. 
As said, stay tuned because we have plenty of miles left to travel with this story. Tweet

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REAL MADRID OFFERS 2M€ TO HAMBURG FOR VAN NISTELROOY ?

According to news coming in & being picked up by the mayor Spanish Sports online media, REAL MADRID has offered GERMAN Club HAMBURG a speculated 2M€ for forward RUUD VAN NISTELROOY. The player went free to Hamburg with the best wishes of the Spanish Club & now the latter finds itself being “forced” to fork out money to get him back; a bit like a "Marx Brothers movie". Leaving my opinion aside, there is rumour in the air that the agreement is close & that Hamburg will have to only decide if they take the money & run: I believe that was their original strategy from the start.


Stay tuned, there may be an official announcement in the coming hours or days…

Ruud Van Nistelroy

LATEST (22 Jan 2011): According to "Marca" Hamburg has rejected the offer from Real Madrid...the negotiations are in stalemate ...for now! Tweet

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REAL MADRID - RUUD VAN NISTELROOY | SIGNS OF BAD PLANNING BAD MANAGEMENT BAD ORGANIZATION

I heard the news on Friday & could not believe it, REAL MADRID wanted to recoup RUUD VAN NISTELROOY as their Number Nine for the rest of the season & thus be the substitute for Higuain. I frankly did not have words or even motives to figure out this “surreal” manoeuvre from Real Madrid. Today with some days of wondering I do have some personal comments that can only explain this comedy as very bad planning & management at the Spanish Club.

Van Nistelrooy farewelled end of season 2009-2010

Although the ex-Real Madrid player will soon be 35 years of age, Van Nistelrooy has not lost the goal touch or the hunger as he is proving this season in the Bundesliga & with HAMBURG. The player is a natural “goal square killer” & possibly the Best Number Nine to run on a Football field since Marco Van Bastan; all class & full of art. Thinking coldly, the idea of recuperating Van Nistelrooy for Real Madrid may not be such a bad idea. The player knows the Club, knows the current players, ends contract & is currently a free agent, would accept a secondary role, Mourinho approves, the Real Madrid fans love him & fits the Clubs prerequisites of a “band-aid” six month solution. As mentioned on other occasions here, Real Madrid will sign a World Class Striker at the end of the season the correct moment when the Club will make its huge investment & the hot names are Fernando Llorente ( 30-35M€ At Bilbao) or Sergio Aguero ( 40M€ At. Madrid).


However, putting aside the idea of Van Nistelrooy & whether its good or not, the situation is very alarming at Real Madrid & the entrepreneurial & organizational image being projected is of complete incompetence. Allow me to analysis some points:


1. The arrogance. Real Madrid sell Van Nistelrooy to Hamburg – apart the Club that gives Van Nistelrooy another chance at top level Football - & Real Madrid decide unilaterally one day to take back from Hamburg a player that has become vital for them upfront & at the moment their only true forward. How must Hamburg feel? Yes, its a good chance for the German Club to get some money for a "free agent" player, but it would leave them wounded as a team the rest of the season. Latest is that Hamburg has said NO ( for now) & some sources ( Mundo Deportivo) claim the German Club wants 3-4M€. Costly "band-aid solution".


2. Incompetent pre-season planning. Real Madrid has a General Manager Jorge Valdano, a Football Manager in Miguel Pardeza & a Institutional Manager in Emilio Butrageño.
All three are ex-Real Madrid players with vast experience in the Football World whom apart from this have extra teams of advisors & experts to complement their office. Didn´t they see this happening? No one took this 2011 situation as a possibility? In fact, Coach Mourinho warned in August 2010 that the Club was seriously handicapped & was risking going in to the season with just two forwards (Higuain & Benzema)


3. Club organizational fiasco. When Gonzalo Higuain was diagnosed with a back disc-hernia - late Nov early Dec 10 - the controversy & debate was which treatment to receive a) conservative rest & possible recovery in 4 weeks or b) operation & out of play 3 months. The “medical experts” gave false hopes to Higuain who naturally decided to cling to hope & not be operated. This eliminated the option of signing a Number Nine for the “Winter Market”, a forward Mourinho was screaming for & had a player ready: Almeida. On the return from his Xmas holidays Gonzalo Higuain had not bettered & the Operation option was now the only road. Result,  out all season & the sudden urge & need to sign a forward in a European Market that was fall of costly “left overs” that did not fit the Club profile.


What has happened? Why this urgent need? Why this image of amateur improvisation from a Club who claims to be the “Biggest in the Football World”. Real Madrid President Florentino Perez is one of Spain’s & Europe’s big Business Men running one of Europe’s biggest construction companies. Would he allow this sort of goings on with Real Madrid in his ACS Construction Empire? Certainly not?


It is clear that perhaps President Florentino Perez should think about cleaning up the house at the end of the season & getting rid of some professionals who are not up to the levels needed of management & organization at Real Madrid. Someone or some people ( directives, medical staff, advisors...etc) need to be held responsible for this whole sign now, it’s off, no signing, thinking about it & yes we will go for Van Nistelrooy episodes. Makes you wonder: why did Real Madrid sell Van Nistelrooy (& Raul) in the first place? Tweet

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