Real
Madrid’s disastrous transfer dealings in the
2008-09 campaign appears to be heading from bad to
worse.
From the summer debacle
involving failed bids to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, David Villa and
Santi Cazorla, to the Klaas-Jan Huntelaar/Lassana Diarra Champions
League registration mix-up, the club are about to have another
embarrassing, catastrophic mess on their hands.
Spanish sports daily,
AS has reported that Dutch striker Huntelaar, signed from
Ajax Amsterdam just 67 days ago for €20 million, is now seriously
considering his future at the Santiago Bernabeu after a miserable
start to his ‘White House’ career.
In the six league games
Madrid have played so far in 2009, the
25-year-old has featured just three times, once from the start,
tallying only 151 minutes and scoring no goals.
Hardly worrying statistics
considering he only officially started playing for the team just 35
days ago, but it’s the lack of confidence shown in him that is
raising doubts about his future.
AS has
quoted the player telling his close friends, “I can’t stand this
situation anymore.
They
[Madrid] have neither included me for the
Champions League nor do they want to play me in La Liga. Juande
[Ramos] does not have any confidence in me. I want to leave
Madrid. I can’t bear this.”
The striker is feeling all the
more distressed by the fact that he could so easily have joined
Europe’s other top dogs such as Chelsea, Arsenal and Juventus, all
of whom were interested in acquiring his services before he decided
to sign for Madrid.
It is believes that Huntelaar has already informed his
agent, Arnold Oosteweld, to start holding talks with the club to
clarify his future.
