Real Madrid - You Don't Scare Us Juve, Prepare To Lose Zidane
After trying the back door, secret approaches via his agent and enough media coverage to fill metres of column space, Real Madrid are adamant that French maestro Zinedine Zidane will be conducting their orchestra alongside Luis Figo from next season - whatever Juventus and Luciano Moggi have to say.
After trying the back door, secret approaches via his agent and enough media coverage to fill metres of column space, Real Madrid are adamant that French maestro Zinedine Zidane will be conducting their orchestra alongside Luis Figo from next season - whatever Juventus and Luciano Moggi have to say.
Madrid is already prepared...
There are no contract clause buy-outs for Serie A players, so a forceful move for the world-class fantasista is much harder than just raiding the bank as los merengues did with Figo. But the public opinion in Madrid is already veered towards welcoming Zidane to the Bernabeu and president Florentino Perez has a knack of keeping his promises. He has vowed to make Real a Dream Team and it would be unwise to bet against him.
Juve can pay for major rebuilding...
Zidane's agent has already told Moggi that his client wants to leave to 'complete the circle' of his career and win a European Cup. So Juventus must in reality already be resigned to losing him, with the constant blocks serving only to raise the price to a new world record level - the revenue from which would pay for both Buffon and Thuram.
With the profile of Zidane already sky-high, he would be the biggest and most lucrative signing any club in the world could hope to make - adding millions to revenue just by being there. And if he joins Figo, Real win an instant licence to print pesetas.
"I would choose Spain"
Zidane himself stoked the rumours when he told the French arm of football365 that Spain was on his mind and not the recent offer from Manchester United. "If I could choose then I would go to Spain," Zidane said. "I have had offers from England, but I identify myself more in the Spanish style of play. In any case, Juventus don’t want to sell me."
Rumours from Spain also indicate that the earlier sticking point of Zidane not wanting to hand over his image right seems to have been removed so expect an outlandish bid of around $85million with perhaps 3 players thrown in. If Zidane is the 'best of the best', Perez won't rest until he's all in white.