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MADRID - Real Madrid need to sign two more players and
off-load about 10 to round off their summer transfer dealings, club
president Florentino Perez has said.
The nine-times European champions have already splashed around
215 million euros on bringing striker Karim Benzema, winger
Cristiano Ronaldo, playmaker Kaka and defender Raul Albiol to the
Bernabeu.
"Now we need to calm down a little because squads usually have
around 25 players and ours now has some 35," Perez told Spanish
television station Cuatro.
"We need to concentrate our efforts on convincing some players
that they will have to leave. It should not be forgotten there is a
World Cup next summer and all our players want to play in it.
"If players aren't going to have the chance to participate here
they'll want to do it somewhere else, to be able to make it to the
World Cup.
"As to new signings, I think with two more we would have
sufficient."
Perez was asked about Real's interest in Bayern Munich winger
Franck Ribery and Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso.
"They are both great players but their clubs don't want to sell
them, though in the world of football situations can change," he
added.
Real have already sold Javier Saviola, and the Dutch contingent
of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Arjen Robben, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van
der Vaart, Royston Drenthe and Klaas Jan Huntelaar are all
reportedly on the market.
