[Portman]

Both are very good deals. But what that has do with what we are talking about now? 37M euros for a player that probably will never be over his injury problems is great.
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He has time to prove himself in the game and to be consistent. He's young.

[kurtsimonw]

Joe Cole probably wouldn't start at those clubs, but I disagree in saying that Nani is better than him. Joe Cole's been a good, now great, player in the EPL for 8 or 9 years. Nani's been a good sub, who's started a few games, in 1 year. It's unfair to say he's even half of Cole yet.

I think Milan has the best ever deal on a transfer so far, with Shevchenko. But there aren't many better than what Chelsea got with Robben!

[misha]

I'd rather have Kalou + Cole in my squad. At least those 2 will play regularly and do a job. Robben barely plays, and when he does he just shows off with his pointless tricks.

Exactly.

Nani hasn't even earned the right to be compared with Joe Cole

Babel, for now, hasn't proved that he's worthy of a team Liverpool.

He has time to prove himself in the game and to be consistent. He's young

It's hard to try to be consistent when you move from one injury to another

This post has been edited by mishale: Mar 4 2008, 07:43 PM

[Jack Sparrow]

Iván Helguera has hit out the Real Madrid hierarchy by claiming that Ramón Calderón and Pedja Mijatovic drove him out of the club by making his life impossible.


The veteran defender spent eight successful years at the Bernabéu before being allowed to leave last summer to join Valencia.

Now Helguera has decided to vent his anger at the way that he spent his last season at Madrid and made it clear that president Calderón and sporting director Mijatovic were to blame.

"They took away my squad number and made my life impossible by telling me that I would play again. They said that I would never wear the Real Madrid shirt again," he explained.

"They wanted me to leave as quickly as possible.

"It was not fair after I had spent eight years at the club and helped the team win everything.

"I was struggling against things that were not to do with football."

Helguera saw many changes during his time at Madrid as he played during before and during the Galáctico era, but believes that current regime does not care at all about the club.

"I just did not want to continue fighting against people that are not part of Real Madrid," he continued.

"For me, they are people that are at Real Madrid, but they are not what it stands for, they are not people that go to the games or people that feel deeply, like me, about Madrid.

"These are people that look at other things and I did not want to stay and continue going against them, I just wanted to play."

Gotta love being a Madridista.. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[dst]

I admire them more and more every day... (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[Portman]

He has no quality to be a Real Madrid player. FACT.

[kurtsimonw]

With all the defenders they bought in, there was no place for him at the club. But it's awful how they treat their players. No doubt Raul will be kicked out at some point, like Hierro. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[dst]

He has no quality to be a Real Madrid player. FACT.

Jeez pal, what the ****! He is not a machine... if he's not good enough fine they can release him but do they have to kick him out like that? I can't believe you're defending this...

[Portman]

Jeez pal, what the ****! He is not a machine... if he's not good enough fine they can release him but do they have to kick him out like that? I can't believe you're defending this...

I'm not defending them. I'm just not surprised.

And he's probably saying b/s just to get some attention from the media. Typical from those kind of players who leave big club just because they're not good enough.

[dst]

I'm not defending them. I'm just not surprised.

And he's probably saying b/s just to get some attention from the media. Typical from those kind of players who leave big club just because they're not good enough.

I'm not surprised either...

It seems to happen a bit too often with Real Madrid players though, doesn't it?. I just hope they won't treat Raul the way they treated Hierro.

This post has been edited by dst: Mar 7 2008, 07:40 PM

[misha]

I'm not surprised either...

It seems to happen a bit too often with Real Madrid players though, doesn't it?. I just hope they won't treat Raul the way they treated Hierro.

Capello said that they wanted to get rid of Raul too last year so don't be surprised. What they did to Heirro was really a disgrace. Says a lot about them (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/puke.gif)

[Zed.D]

Capello said that they wanted to get rid of Raul too last year so don't be surprised. What they did to Heirro was really a disgrace. Says a lot about them (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/puke.gif)

In my opinion that was a disgrace for those who did it , not for the club's image.

[Portman]

29' Real Madrid 0-1 Espanyol

Another goal conceeded from a set-piece.

This post has been edited by Porty: Mar 8 2008, 08:33 PM

[Zed.D]

What's wrong with Casillas? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) he clearly is not at his best...

[Portman]

What's wrong with Casillas?  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) he clearly is not at his best...

No chance on the goal.

HT 1-1. Higuain scored their goal.