Poor Judgement, My Bad

MUSIC: The National- Karen

Yesterday I predicted Cristiano Ronaldo would remain at Manchester United, and today he was sold to Real Madrid. So I blew that one. 80 million pounds is the fee being reported, making him the most expensive athlete ever transferred/sold. Wow. I am a little bit stunned at the amount of cash they have thrown around and it looks like they may not be done. Is Real Madrid better with CR7 than without? Absolutely. But they still haven't addressed the back 4. I suspect in the coming weeks a group of players will be leaving the club and could bring in some money to offset these buys. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the off season goes at the Bern.

Here is an interesting story: Following Chelsea's spurned 48 million Euro offer for David Villa the club as given up and recognized Real Madrid is his first choice. Real's bid is reported to be around 35 million euros, but Valencia is trying to get them to include Alvaro Negredo, a striker currently at Almeria over whom Real Madrid have some sort of ownership, in the transaction. He would be an ideal replacement for Villa having scored 19 goals in 34 games for what is by all accounts a mid-table club at best. If that deal went through Valencia might be able to salvage next season and even bid for a European spot despite the economically dictated overhaul they are in the midst of. And RM could add yet another attacking player to their roster. Who knows, he might even get a game.