I don't remember exactly but probably, when Raúl was 28/29 he wasn't the same anymoreWas this when Raul was playing shite but the rumour was he has to play every game or the fans will lose their minds?
I don't remember exactly but probably, when Raúl was 28/29 he wasn't the same anymore
maybe he is talking in gross instead net and yes, including everything.30 million per year in 2006? This can't be true?!?!?
Or is this about the earnings that these players got outside of their wages?
Either way, these quotes are despicable. I always had enormous respect for Casillas and Raul, true legends of the game and I always felt they were incredible professionals.maybe he is talking in gross instead net and yes, including everything.
Not sure because there was the "Beckham law" and the taxes were different
It do agreed. This is probably taken out of the context.I agree with him on raul and Casillas not being good enough. They were good. They were not great.
What followed (Ramos and Ronaldo teams) is what he probabably wanted representing Real Madrid.
Raul at one point was a top 5 striker in the world. To say he was only good is hillarious.I agree with him on raul and Casillas not being good enough. They were good. They were not great.
What followed (Ramos and Ronaldo teams) is what he probabably wanted representing Real Madrid.
Yeah, Casillas as well. It's enough to see the amount of team and individual honours he has.Raul at one point was a top 5 striker in the world. To say he was only good is hillarious.
There's lots of quotes about Casillas that seem to be from different years, though. I think Perez just hated the guy.It do agreed. This is probably taken out of the context.
No, nononono. No.Its too long ago and they have achieved too much since then for this to matter.
Perez is a bigger legend for Madrid then everyone mentioned.
What was the context, did they not quote the part where he said "KIDDING"?
Actually I agree more or less with what he says about Raúl. Personally, he always seemed like an idiot. In the sporting aspect I think he is wrong or does not value him enough, but it seems a bit like the captains + press war against the club, and the last example is Ramos.Either way, these quotes are despicable. I always had enormous respect for Casillas and Raul, true legends of the game and I always felt they were incredible professionals.
Actually I agree more or less with what he says about Raúl. Personally, he always seemed like an idiot. In the sporting aspect I think he is wrong or does not value him enough, but it seems a bit like the captains + press war against the club, and the last example is Ramos.
That character and negative influence was already noticed by Luis Aragonés when he left him out of the national team.
About Iker ... more or less it was already known that he did not have much esteem for him. In any case, all this comes too late, and with Raúl as coach in Castilla and Iker president of the foundation.
I was in that group. During that time that you are commenting, Diego Torres, from the El País, wrote several articles about his character and being a dictator andRaul's main problem is that he got injured before the second leg against Manchester United in 2003 and he never came back to his usual self sports wise. Before that game in 2003 he was too good to be left out of anything. In fact I can now remember a famous football blog where they analyzed the first leg vs Manchester United saying it was Raul´s last game being absolute elite. What I remember a few seasons after that is a big debate between fans supporting Raul and those who thought he was past his best and should be dropped. The latter said he had most of media on his side and hence most fans were blindfold supporting him. The main problem is that mix was in my opinion forcing coaches not to even think about benching Raul so quite probably Floper was fed up with the whole situation.
Regarding Casillas, I remember his problems with Mou now. It was commented that Casillas was one of the people leaking sensitive information (e.g. lineups, conversations between the squad and coaches etc) to the media so that generated tension between Floper/Mou and Casillas and his friends in the media. Moreover, I'm pretty sure Mourinho also preferred Diego Lopez's type of goalkeeper.
The way I see Raul now, I think he's an extremely valuable character for the club because of what he's done with Castilla so far, both on the pitch and off the pitch (being an educational role model for the guys), so I hope this Floper's conversation doesn't affect his relation with the club. I don't think Casillas will play a very important role in the club though so I don't care that much about it to be honest.
He calls beckham smart, so it will be branding and marketing30 million per year in 2006? This can't be true?!?!?
Or is this about the earnings that these players got outside of their wages?