The Summer of Real Madrid Continues

Does anyone get the feeling Real Madrid is doing everything possible to make Kaka ‘just one of the guys’? Or perhaps they don’t like him quite as much as his price tag would indicate. Shortly after dozens of duffle bags worth of cash were thumped on the fronts steps of the San Siro, Kaka’s transfer was blown out of the water by Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Madrid. And yesterday they had a big bash for Kaka – and only Kaka – only to follow it up with an announcement this morning stating they’d just bought their latest new toy, Karim Benzema.

And they’re at it again. €35m for Lyon’s stud, the one they’d been adamant about hanging onto for so long. But all that changes when Florentino Perez walks into the negotiating room, asking for a price. A ridiculous price is stated, and he doesn’t bat an eye. Merely writes the check. No messing around. And incredibly the press, notorious for knocking up transfer rumors, couldn’t even hit Benzema’s tag on the nose.

“We have received an offer which is substantially higher than the figures being talked about,” a Lyon spokesman told L’Equipe.

Of course this is probably a bargain compared to what they would’ve had to fork over for David Villa, and perhaps a bargain compared to the next Galactico. Ribery? Ibrahimovic? Maicon? All possibilities, all proof that this global recession does not affect organizations named Real Madrid.

Organizations with foolproof ways of making money.

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