New coach and possible player signings

Real Madrid President Calderon has confirmed that they are interested to have current Getafe coach Bernd Shuster to coach the Spanish Champions next term. With the growing tension between the two clubs for years now, Calderon has asked Shuster to clear up his contractual liabilities with Getafe before any more talks. He also claimed today that Wenger was also considered for the position. Now since Capello has been shown the door bottom line for Real is to get a coach who will work as per the directions of the board and to a real concept of football that the fans would be pleased with.

Though i have no clue of the technical capabilities of Shuster, the work he has done with Getafe has been amazing and if he puts the same together at Madrid with a calm and ego less approach he should be successful. The problem with Capello as evident from his tenure was Madrid's sporting body decides on new signings, and Capello failed to utilize them properly. Beckham, Robinho, Reyes are examples.

Madrid for the same reason who showed no interest to sign Reyes on a permanent basis have a made a u-turn after the exit of Capello. But Real and Arsenal have not agreed upon the price evaluation. Arsenal would definitely be looking to make up for the huge transfer amount they spent on Arsenal with Sevilla and Madrid with Baptista back after loan would be looking to get Reyes for cheap.

The defender saga has changed. Christoph Metzelder was all set to join Madrid, with claims from both sides, but now its Barca target and Romanian international Christian Chivu who is in the news. Roma has confirmed that they have accepted an offer from Real Madrid, but the player's agent has claimed that there is no contract signed as Madrid's offer of player wages was way below the offer from Inter.

I firmly believe Robben will play for Madrid next term. Chelsea though are claiming otherwise is bound to give in for couple of reasons. Chelsea have tabled an offer for Robben in terms of a contract renewal and it has not been signed yet. Chelsea are close to signing Malouda from Lyon and they would want to clear up space and funds. Malouda is also a Left sided midfielder.

Real would also need a Left Back and a Right sided winger to replace Beckham and Roberto Carlos.

It will be interesting to see who ends up where....