Christiano Ronaldo is leaving Real?

Newest rumors in football world say that Real's megastar Christiano Ronaldo could leave the club in a very short period of time, due to his own personal reasons regarding his happiness in the club.

Non-celebrating even one of the two goals he scored on Sunday against Granada, was a clear sign that things are not going in the right direction for "Los Blancos" club. This was confirmed with Ronaldo's statement that he is sad, and that the club knows it, and that's why he didn't celebrate the goals.

Spanish media are speculating that Ronaldo is not in the best relations with Real's capiten, Iker Casillas, and that's maybe the main reason why he want's out.

With the transfer market now closed, the earliest e can be sold is the next transfer period, in 2013. That is if some club in the world has the necessary courage to pay Ronaldo's buyout clause of 1 billion euro.

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Real Madrid finally signs Modric

Finally it happened. After a long summer transfer negotiations between Real and Tottenham, Luka Modric finally arrives in Madrid. 

Croatia's best football player and Mourinho's first target for this summer, today passed the medical tests and was presented at Santiago Bernabeu, where he signed a 5-year contract. Total amount of the transfer was set at a price of 35 million euro and it's suppose to be Real's answer to the worst start of the season in 29 years. 

"Finally this happened and I'm relieved. It's the biggest challenge of my football career and I'm sure I will succeed. I have everything I need here, best coach in the world, best players, and I just need to enjoy everything and play my football." - said Modric at the press conference.
Luka Modric was born on 9th of September 1985 and with the war in Yugoslavia, he had to move to the Croatian city of Zadar, where he started to play football. At the age of 15 he was rejected by Hajduk Split, but his talent was noticed by Dinamo Zagreb where he becomes a star, winning 3 championship and 2 cup titles. Good games for Dinamo and Croatia's national team, brought him the attention of several major clubs in Europe, and in 2008 he moved to Tottenham for 21 million euro.

After 4 years, 160 matches and 17 goals in Spurs shirt, Modric moves to Real.

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