REAL MADRID | TOP SIGNING-TRANSFERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid is the most "Valuable Sports Club in the World" according to "Forbes". Part of that distinction comes due to their income generating power which also puts the Club in the highest positions. This allows Real Madrid the facility of signing the Worlds Best Football Players & if really demanded at prices that simply eliminates competition.

Thought I post today the "

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REAL MADRID | MOST VALUABLE SPORTING CLUB IN THE WORLD

While the 91M€ signing by Spanish Football Club Real Madrid of Gareth Bale is still causing comment & opinion around the Sporting World, American prestige Financial magazine "Forbes" has released its "Top Valuable Sporting Clubs in the World"

Here is an extract from the Forbes article:


"Real Madrid is now worth $3.4 billion, according to my math, $100 million more than we valued  the Spanish

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TOP 10 FOOTBALL - SOCCER - PLAYERS TRANSFERS 2013

With the 2013 - 2014 European Football season now under way & the "Transfer Window" has shut until the 1st of January 2014 ( Winter Market ). Thought it may be informative for the readers to see the TOP 10 Transfers where Spanish Football Clubs have been very active selling & buying.

The list is shown below & some final transfer economic figures are "distorted" as they include only the cash

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TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS 120M€ BALE AGREEMENT WITH REAL MADRID ?

The "pressure" from the player has been decisive. Tottenham Hotspurs Welsh International Gareth Bale has let known to his Coach & Club President Daniel Levy that he wishes to leave for Real Madrid & to leave now. The offer from Real Madrid is already on the Tottenham Hotspurs table, its a World Record 98,5M€ which the English Club has turned down for the moment.




Today, local Spanish Sports

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REAL MADRID - GARETH BALE | APPROACHING A NEW WORLD RECORD TRANSFER ?

The news from the BBC ( UK ) is that Tottenham Hotspurs has knocked back an incredible 98M€ offer from Real Madrid for its player Gareth Bale. According to the English news sources Bale is not impressed at all as he desires to move over to Spain this season. Apparently the player ( & his family ) has began to pressure the Club & its "tough" President Daniel Levy to negotiate to let him go.




As

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SPANISH FOOTBALL MARKETING & TREND - SETTERS

Hi guys, been out on a "mini summer break" this weekend. There was three "big" matches played yesterday - Saturday - that saw Real Madrid defeat PSG, FC Barcelona won Valerenga & Atletico de Madrid lost overseas to Estudiantes. All were pre-season matches & you would have seen the results & scorers already.To get things back & rolling today's post is about two Football Players that look like they

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SPANISH FOOTBALL EXPORTS PLAYERS

As mentioned here on a few posts, Spanish Football has evolved over the years to become an exporter of Spanish Football Players. The success of the National Team on all levels ( U-17, U-19, U-21 & Absolute ) along with the explosion of talent has lifted the demand of Spanish players around Europe. This & the lowering of "cultural" shyness plus - perhaps - the diminishing "economic power" of many

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WORLD SOCCER | TOP 10 HISTORICAL TRANSFERS - SIGNINGS

This is a "trivial pursuit" question: what are the Top 10 transfer signings in the History of World Football to date? I say to date because until the 31st of August 2013 the signing season is open & we may see surprises.

Spanish Sports paper "Marca" has done a write up that I think will interest the Spanish Football Sports Blog readers & global visitors.




The Nº 1 World Football Historical

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REAL MADRID CF 2013 MOST VALUABLE SPORTS TEAM IN THE WORLD

According to the prestigious american financial magazine "Forbes", Spanish Football Club Real Madrid CF overtakes English giant Manchester United as "The 2013 Most Valuable Sports Team in the World" with an overall value of 3.3 Billion US$.



The calculations take into account numerous factors like all the assets ( including players, stadium, infrastructure) plus revenue sources & potential. For

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LIONEL MESSI THE MOST VALUABLE FOOTBALL PLAYER IN WORLD SOCCER

Which player is the "most valuable" in World Football ( Soccer ) ? This question has been answered by the FIFA backed "CIES Football Observatory" - Sport Studies Centre, report which has been picked up by Spanish Sports daily "Sport". The Barcelona based paper have elaborated the below infograpgh to give a "birds eye" view of the World Top priced Football Players.



Courtesy from sport.es

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FOOTBALL FINANCE | CRISTIANO RONALDO EARNS MORE THAN MESSI & NEYMAR

The prestigious American Financial magazine "Forbes" has printed their list of the "Highest Paid Sportsmen in the World". The Nº1 earner is American golf player Tigers Woods with 59,5 M€ followed by Tennis ace Roger Federer with 54,4 M€. In the Top 10 appears Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Drew Brees etc., as one would expect. But what about Football - Soccer - players ? 




The first & highest

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REAL MADRID SIGNINGS - GOSSIP | ISCO - CRISTIANO RONALDO

Authentic "tug of war" happening at the moment with Spanish International & young Malaga FC midfieder Isco. The Spanish Football pearl has two very good offers on the table, Real Madrid & Manchester City.
The talks with Real Madrid are very advanced & his inner circle ( father & representative ) believe that it is the players best option. However, it is Isco who is not sure & is currently more

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FOOTBALL FINANCE | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA PLAYING FOR CHAMPIONS "CASH"

Real Madrid
& FC Barcelona are not only playing next weekend for a place in the Champions
League Final, they are each playing for a "juicy" 6.5M€, figure UEFA
pays for being a finalist. Plus just to know,the winner of Champions League gets an
additional 10.5M€.



The UEFA ChampionsLeague is big business for the fortunate participating clubs. This edition is
bigger with 500,7M€ in fixed

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WORLD SOCCER | REAL MADRID CF THE MOST VALUABLE CLUB IN THE WORLD

Prestigious Financial magazine & source "Forbes" writes the following headline:... "At $3.3 Billion, Real Madrid Knocks Manchester United From Top Spot".Spanish Football giant Real Madrid is the most valuable Club on the planet according to Forbes with revenues coming from stadium crowds, TV rights, Tours & sponsorship deals. The Spanish Soccer Club overtakes English Club Manchester United in

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TOP 20 WORLD FOOTBALL - SOCCER - EARNERS 2013

Football magazine "France Football" has released their list of Top World Football Players earnings for 2013. The notable surprise is that David Beckham currently at French Club Paris St Germain over takes FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi in the Nº1 position. The French magazine complies salaries ( fixed & extras ) plus publicity/marketing earnings to calculate the figure. What calls my attention (

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THE 10 MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS IN WORLD FOOTBALL

Our friends at "Transfermarket" have written an interesting article on what they consider the "10 most valuable players in World Football". But what is the meaning of value? I have looked up a few sites of reference & there are numerous definitions that cover every facet of life ( political, cultural, religious...economic). For such a simple 5 letter word we find a varying amount of

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MANCHESTER UTD - REAL MADRID | MONEY - POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UPS

Tomorrow
night at "Old Trafford" & against Manchester United SpanishFootball giant Real Madrid CF plays much more than to remain alive in this
seasons Champions League, the Club plays for its prestige & for an economic
bonanza. 



A Football Club with the dimensions of Real Madrid & their huge salary obligations to attract
& keep the Best players in the World needs Champions League participation

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ATLETICO DE MADRID EUROPA LEAGUE ELIMINATION A BLESSING

The reigning Europa League Champions Spanish Football Club Atletico de Madrid was knocked out of the competition yesterday by Russian Club Rubin Kazan going down 2 -1 on aggregate. Unexpected result - in my opinion - as Atletico is a better team than Kazan, & heart felt because the fans & players feel the elimination. 

Important players like Ramadel Falcao commented that he received the

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