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Real to fish in Juve pond Thursday 6 July, 2006
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Real Madrid have admitted that they will look to raid the Juventus squad if the Italian giants are demoted from Serie A this summer.
The Old Lady are facing the threat of relegation to a lower Division for their part in the Calciopoli scandal and the Spanish outfit are monitoring a number of their players, especially after Coach Fabio Capello left Turin for Real this week.
“Will we fish at Juventus should they be relegated? That is very probable seeing as that would force them to sell,” new Madrid director Franco Baldini told the AS newspaper.
Real have been strongly linked with the likes of Gianluca Zambrotta, Fabio Cannavaro and Emerson – a player who followed Capello from Roma to Juve.
“I will help out Pedja Mijatovic,” Baldini, who rejected a move to the Old Lady only last month, stated when asked about his duties with the outfit.
“I know the international transfer market very well and it will be my job to unearth new talents who have yet to emerge. As they will be young, they will be cheaper.”
New Real chief Ramon Calderon has insisted that the outfit will sign Milan’s Kaka, Cesc Fabregas of Arsenal and Chelsea winger Arjen Robben, targets Baldini believes in.
“What is key here is the desire of the players to come and play for Real Madrid,” continued the Italian.
Baldini, who has worked with Capello in the past with Roma, will also be reunited with former Giallorossi rebel Antonio Cassano.
“He is a great talent,” added Baldini when asked about the £3.5m January signing who has struggled to settle in Madrid so far.
“Fortunately, Capello has always managed to bring the best out of him. When the Coach left Roma, Cassano seemed to lose his balance.
“We’ll have to see in what condition we find him again.”
i hate madrid and i hate capello and baldini
they can take emerson but not cannavaro and not zambrotta
if zambrotta and cannavaro go i will be very sad and if they go i hope they go to barca and beat real and capello and baldini
i hope baldini and capello will lose their jobs and be very poor
what you think
please discuss