So Mr. Blatter - are Real Madrid slavers too?

[the wes 7,212]

Sepp Blatter was happy to call Ronaldo a ‘modern-day slave’ when asked about Manchester United’s refusal to let the player follow his ‘dream’ to play for Real Madrid.

Now that Real have done the same for Robinho and ‘killed’ his ‘dream’ to move to Chelsea (to Ronaldo’s credit he took it like a man and best of all his agent kept out of it - not so with Robinho’s agent, who’s been doing the talking on Robinho’s behalf), does Sepp Blatter, an honorary Real Madrid member, recipient of the club’s gold and diamond award, one who calls Real Madrid ‘more than just a club’ (hat tip to Tim Stannard), now think that Robinho is a modern-day slave?

Are Real Madrid slavers, Mr Blatter?

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[Steve 10,227]

to be honest i was thinking about this whole situation the other day and its all the same really robinho wanted a move to the bridge and was refused by owners from madrid just like the ronaldo situation

[chelseapaul 0]

By Matt Lawton

Last updated at 10:43 PM on 20th August 2008

Chelsea were close to completing the signing of Robinho for £25million last night after chief executive Peter Kenyon was seen arriving in Madrid to tie up the deal.

The Brazil forward described a switch to Chelsea as his 'dream move' earlier in the summer but Real Madrid's failure to secure the services of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United had put the transfer in jeopardy.

The situation now seems to have been resolved and Luiz Felipe Scolari will be delighted to add his countryman to a list of summer signings that includes Deco and Jose Bosingwa.

Robinho's arrival will lead to the departure of Andriy Shevchenko, who has been told by Chelsea that he can return to AC Milan on a one-year loan after a disastrous spell in the Barclays Premier League.

Chelsea are prepared to take a massive financial hit on the deal, by paying Milan to take back the Ukraine striker.

Shevchenko, 31, is expected to return to the San Siro in the next 48 hours, two years after he joined Chelsea for £30m. The 2004 European Footballer of the Year will have part of his £5m-a-year contract covered by Chelsea.

The club's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich met Milan counterpart Silvio Berlusconi to discuss the deal in Sardinia last week, and Silvano Ramaccioni, a director of the Italian club, confirmed: 'There really isn't much more to be done. We are close to the end of the deal.'

Chelsea are also on the verge of signing attacking midfielder Fabio Paim on a season-long loan from Sporting Lisbon and have loaned out former England Under 18 captain Jack Cork to Southampton until January 1.

Will drop the link in later...

Edited August 20, 2008 by chelseapaul

[misschief 24]

I covered that story on the same site a while back.

http://soccerlens.com/are-real-madrid-cont...g-blatter/8335/

[chelseapaul 0]

I covered that story on the same site a while back.

http://soccerlens.com/are-real-madrid-cont...g-blatter/8335/

Doh!

You can delete if needed.

[misschief 24]

Course not, why would I?

[chelseapaul 0]

Course not, why would I?

Sorry, I thought you had already posted elsewhere? :huh:

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I think neither Madrid or United are slaves. Signing a contract for x amount of years is not a decision made light-heartedily. If you sign a five year contract, you are a player for that club for five years and there should be no second thought about it. Ronaldo and Robinho signed lengthy contracts and I think they should show an ounce of decorum and honour those deals. Just my two cents, I know people will disagree.

[Elliott 7]

I agree with you BlueLion, quite clearly a lot of these players sign these long contracts not intending to see them out.