Cassano finally out of the door

Real have finally agreed a loan deal with Italian Serie A side Sampdoria, with an option to complete a permanent deal at the end of the year. One of the most notorious players who is talented on the pitch as well has been a headache at Real and finally they would be happy and relieved to see the back of him.

As i mentioned in one of my previous blogs, Real has this habit of making some signings when there are some evident red flags. Real signed Cassano from Roma when the player was having a big fight with the board and the coach and even had decided against playing for them anymore after he was unhappy with a contract extension. When Real bought him he was totally out of shape and it took months to get him back on track. He did not have a good run in the goal scoring department also though he known to be a 20+ scorer. With Real bringing more and more strikers every season Cassano fell even further down in the pecking order. Finally in a match that he did play last season he was unhappy at being substituted and abused and insulted Capello the then coach. Real had to publicly reprimand Cassano by suspending him from the team. Cassano has not seen any minutes on the team since then though it was claimed to be because of Arthritis on his left foot. C'mon no one has Arthritis for 6 months....

It was expected that this departure would happen as Real did not include Cassano in the pre-season training and matches. The earlier the better for Real as a player like Cassano would never fit the heritage and class of Real.