REAL MADRID - KAKA TALK ABOUT THEIR FUTURE

REAL MADRID Brazilian midfielder KAKA was joined by his father - also his rep - for a meeting with Manager-Coach Jose Mourinho at the "Santiago Bernabeu Stadium" offices around 1.00 pm  this afternnoon. This has sent off a string of rumours  which are exaggerated, pure speculation or coincidental.

Mourinho-Kaka

What is true is that Kaka & Real Madrid need to co-ordinate their future & make some real strategic decisions. The Brazilian has not settled at the Spanish Football Club & his salary is  9M€ per year, thats a lot for cash for someone who only plays around 20 matches a season. This & the fact that Real Madrid has Luca Modric of Tottenham Hotspurs in mind as the natural substitute. Before one can join someone must exit & Kaka is the firm candidate.

Thus the meeting today by both parties may have been about:
1. Mourinho communicating officially that the role of Kaka in the squad will be minimal.
2. Real Madrid wishes him out to make room for Modric, thus with the Kaka transfer pay Tottemham.
3. Kaka may have asked the Club to lower their transfer price pretensions in order to
open up the offers options: AC Milian, Courithians...
4. That Kaka has an offer already & wishes the Club to know about it.
5. That Kaka aint moving as he has 3 years more of contract.
6. None of the above.


Stay tuned, as what is a certainty is that Kaka is figuring out his future at this moment.

SPANISH FOOTBALL SEASON 2012-2013 NEW UNIFORMS

Spanish Football - La Liga - new season kicks off the 18th of August with newly promoted Clubs, newly signed players & new uniforms. Here are just a few of the new outfits that will be part of the Spanish Soccer League season from 5 of the top Clubs. All the Clubs will have new gear as its part of the "Marketing Strategy" of every year.

FC BARCELONA | PLAYERS SHIRT NUMBERS SEASON 2012 - 2013

FC BARCELONA has made public the shirt numbers of its 25 players which will make up the season 2012 - 2013 squad. This also tells us that if Barcelona signs another player someone will have to give up their assigned number for this season to the newcomer. 


Here is a image with all the players & their assigned numbers.

Players & their shirt numbers

FC BARCELONA EYES LIVERPOOL AGGAR?

Been letting this particular transfer rumour slip these days but the intensity is & has  picked up locally. It is said that FC BARCELONA has on its signing agenda LIVERPOOL FC Danish Central Defender DANIEL AGGER.

Aggar 

The rumour grabs strength because Liverpool did not call up the player for yesterdays Europa League qualification game. This is a sign that an imminent transfer is about to take place or that negotiations are advancing & thus to avoid injury to the player best stay off the competition field.

Barcelona looks for a Central Defender because their now veteran Captain Carles Puyol has been "seriously" injured a few times which has kept him out for long spells & this age does not allow him to be a regular game starter for all the upcoming season competitions. Agger is seen as a good substitute for Puyol & also allows Mascherano - midfielder converted defender - to be freed up for midfield duties when needed.

Stay tuned!

CAZORLA - SAHIN | ARSENAL FISHING IN SPANISH FOOTBALL WATERS

ARSENAL FC is fishing in Spanish Football waters. One catch virtually done is Spanish International & MALAGA FC midfielder SANTIAGO CAZORLA. His current Club is undergoing financial problems & paying the players has not been a regular habit. Thus Malaga FC & Cazorla have been open to offers & Arsenal has happily stepped in with around 16M€. The Spanish Football player is flying off to London to shut the deal & sign for the English Premier League Club.

Sahin

Another big fish for Arsenal is REAL MADRID midfielder NURI SAHIN which is fighting to stay away from the hook. Sahin nearly took the bait last week when Real Madrid agreed to loan out the player to Arsenal, but the Turkish International resisted as he believes that there is room for him this season at Real Madrid.

However, according to the English Press, Arsenal is insisting on the Sahin option. The player has already said no to Turkish Club Galatasaray & things are bending the English way. What is certain is that Nuri Sahin does not wish to leave Spain, but he needs playing time & it will be difficult for him this season if Luca Modric arrives. Madrid believes in the 23 year old & desires he pick up rhythm & Football minutes on loan at a good Club. Will Arsenal be that Club?

LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC FOOTBALL | SPAIN GOES HOME | SPAIN 0 MOROCCO 0

The SPANISH FOOTBALL OLYMPIC TEAM goes home & last placed in their Group after drawing 0 - 0 in the last 2012 London Olympics match against MOROCCO. This is a real down to earth situation which put the Spanish youngsters perhaps into their place. The most significant aspect however is that Spain has not scored one single goal in all their Group games & this is for deep analysis.

Juan Mata for Spain

The Nations which have qualified from Group D are Japan & Honduras, two teams which most probably under different circumstances Spain would have won comfortably.

Locally the easy criticism will slowly surface - its the national sport in Spain - & some will begin to "put the boot into the side". Perhaps we all forget that the majority of the players are in their early 20s & have not the experience of the "big time". Also the three European Champions ( Martinez, Alba & Mata ) did not live up to their status & here to food for thought.

My only observation was that the Spanish youngsters before the start of the Olympics looked to "loose" & not tense enough for the competition. The "easy-going" way of things & the favourite tag beforehand played a negative part & the youngsters paid for it in a big manner.

There is no doubt that this is a "Spanish Football Disaster" but far from & light years away from find reason to now start to criticise Spanish Football as a whole, it is just a slip on the way.  Better to congratulate the winning & qualifying teams & wish them luck, & the Spanish side better look onto bigger pastures like the upcoming 2014 Brazil World Cup, which needs to be qualified for beforehand.

NEYMAR WANTS FC BARCELONA WINTER MARKET 2013

As written here some days back, 20 year old Brazilian sensation NEYMAR is well inside the FC BARCELONA bag. That is, barring last moment strange happenings, the SANTOS Brazilian Football sensation will be dressing the Barça uniform. The rumored cost for the Spanish Football Club is a "chunky" 60M€.


Also asked here on that same post was the question:  when will Neymar arrive?

Neymar

Today from the Barcelona based Spanish Sports paper "Mundo Deportivo" , the answer could be in December 2012-January 2013. These dates coincide with the end of the Brazilian Football season & the European Football Winter Transfer Market. This apparently is not media speculation but what the player wishes to do, as close contacts, team-mates & friends have verified that Neymar wants to incorporate himself to FC Barcelona on the mentioned calendar dates. If this is true, the Brazilian will have plenty of action & playing time for the second half of the Spanish League season, & barring surprises, European Football qualifiers with his new Club.