Michel Salgado

Spanish Football Legend

SALGADO SAYS IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO REPLACE RONALDO AT MADRID

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Michel Salgado has insisted that it continues to be and will keep being a difficult task for Real Madrid to find a perfect replacement for club legend Cristiano Ronaldo. The former Real Madrid player made the comments after The Los Blancos’ most recent shocking result in their Copa Del Rey encounter against a third-tier league club.


Eden Hazard, the latest signing that was recruited as a replacement for the Portuguese superstar has not played any period of football close to his personal best, judging by his record at Premier League side Chelsea where he was signed from. Continue reading →

SALGADO BACKS REAL MADRID FLOP

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Real Madrid legend Michel Salgado is ready to give striker Luka Jovic all the time in the world to prove himself as a worthy signing for the Spanish La Liga team. He has backed the Serbian international to live up to his €60m transfer fee spent to sign the striker from German Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt.

In one of his past interviews, ex-Real Madrid right-back Michel Salgadotold Omnisport that Luka Jovic has the quality required to be a hit at the Estadio Santiago Bernebeu. Luka Jovic was signed by Real Madrid last summer and he’s in his second season at the club. He scored one goal plus two assists in 17 league games last season, while he failed to score or assist in five Champions League games. In total, he scored a goal and two assists in 22 games in all competitions in what was his debut season in Spain. Continue reading →

MADRID READY TO SUBSIDIZE BALE WAGE

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Real Madrid are ready to pay part of Gareth Bale’s wages in order to encourage loan bids from across Europe. Los Blancos are ready to pay 50% of his wages in order to get him off the book.

Madrid were made to regret the decision refusing to let Bale leave for free last summer. In return they were consequently stuck with his hefty £600,000-a-week wages on the books. They are now determined to ensure they won’t have to pay such a fee for a player who has been on the fringe in the squad this season.
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TOP EUROPEAN CLUBS BATTLE FOR BRAZILIAN YOUNGSTER

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Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea have joined a host of European clubs competing for the signature of 17-year-old Palmeiras teen prodigy Gabriel Veron.


The teenage sensation won the Golden Ball at the Under-17 World Cup last year. He was the star in Brazil’s victory on home soil. He is attracting interest from Real Madrid and a number of other sides in the process.
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NACHO SEALS MADRID WIN

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Nacho Fernandez following the injury to Dani Carvajal, got drafted to the right back position and by the end of the night was the hero as Los Blancos sealed a one nil win away at Real Vallodolid to take advantage ofBarcelona’s slip up against Valencia to go three points clear of the Catalans.

Los Merengues’ right back position has always been iconic right from the days Sergio Ramos played there through the era of Michel Salgado to its current occupant.

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MICHEL SALGADO WANTS TIME FOR JOVIC

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Luka Jovic, Vinicius Junior and Eden Hazard were supposed to make Real Madrid forget about Crisitiano Ronaldo. Few months in and it feels like even a full team filled with duplicates of those three won’t be enough.


Former Real Madrid player Michel Salgado says they all especially Luka Jovic deserves to be given time to settle down and prove their worth.
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WHY REAL MADRID DEFENCE NEEDS TO IMPROVE

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One area where Real Madrid have been accused of being vulnerable in the past three seasons has been in the defence. This is surprising considering that the back 5 are considered to be world-class players.  the quartet of, Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane, Marcelo and Carvajal have been the bedrock of unprecedented European success for the team.

Why Thibaut Courtois won the best goalkeeper award at the 2018 FIFA World Cup with Belgium. However last season was a disaster as the Madrid were 18 points behind bitter rivals Barcelona in the League table.
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NEWCASTLE AFTER REAL MADRID YOUNGSTER

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Newcastle have been linked with the signing of Real Madrid Sergio Reguilion according to reports from Europe. The 22-year-old was one of the few academy players to make the grade this season making 22 appearances for the European champions.

He was trusted by former Madrid boss Santiago Solari who preferred his defensive qualities to that of Marcelo. However since the return of Zinedine Zidane to the club. Reguilion has made only two appearances for the club.
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MICHEL SALGADO – THE COMBATIVE FULLBACK

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In the early 2000s, Real Madrid was the club of stars as Florentino Perez was able to assemble a team full of world stars known as the Galacticos. Players such as David Beckham, Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo played at the Bernabeu.

This was complemented by quality players in key positions from Roberto Carlos at the left-back position to Michel Salgado in the right back position. Salgado, in particular, was a peculiar player as he was widely considered as the best right-back alongside Cafu during his time at the club.
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FOREST MISS MICHAEL DAWSON

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Nottingham Forest were largely underwhelming against Norwich City as the effect of losing Michael Dawson to injury was laid bare for us to see. The defender has been a big miss for his club as he continues his spell on the sidelines.

Forest should have seen off the challenge of Norwich City with Dawson in that team. The defender is known to be a leader who marshals the defense pretty well and indeed the whole team.
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