“Real Madrid have a cancer and its name is Florentino Perez. He has made the same mistakes that he made in his first term. Mourinho is a super-professional but he has a problem. He’s come here and the weight of the world has come down on him because he never thought he find what he’s [...]

As is usual for slow weeks, international breaks and such, the Madrid papers like to dredge up old stories, like nudging Joan Laporta awake with an attack on Barca or writing a piece to bury or praise Raul Gonzalez Blanco, but recently the one constant has been to write about the Galactico that got away: [...]

I’m not a Real Madrid supporter. I have no vested interest in rooting for them, nor do I in their rivals Barcelona for that matter, other than being the enemy of my enemy or some-such, but am I wrong if I don’t really care that they buy all the great players in the world? Cristiano, [...]

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, or Kaka as his brother Rodrigo dubbed him when he couldn’t say his real name, finally signed for Real Madrid as predicted. 65 million euros for a player signed out of Sao Paolo Brazil in 2003 for a one eighth that cost. The tifosi in Milan are revolting and if [...]