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Real Madrid wants Wesley Sneijder

July 16th, 2007 | By: Jan | 10 Comments »

With Royston Drenthe (Feyenoord) and Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) untouchable, Real Madrid has set their sights on the little big man from Ajax. Sneijder, who saw a transfer to Valencia fail, seems to be high on the list to fill the open spot on Madrid’s midfield.

Feyenoord’s asking price for Drenthe - around 18 Mio Euros (!!) - clearly says “we don’t want Roy to go” while Cesc prefers to stay in London. Sneijder however, expressed his wish to leave Ajax and will definitely not say no to the Spanish Champs.

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By lars | July 16th, 2007 at 11:18 am

where did u get this rumour from?? i havnt heard anything about sneijder being linked with them. although i would love 2 see him go their!!

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By lars | July 16th, 2007 at 11:18 am

where did u get this rumour from?? i havnt heard anything about sneijder being linked with them. although i would love 2 see him go their!!

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By FIFAWorldcup.sporati | July 16th, 2007 at 12:22 pm

As long as Cesc Fabregas doesn’t go, Sneijder moving out isn’t that bad at all.

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By Jan | July 16th, 2007 at 5:46 pm

It is in the Dutch newspapers…

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By stephen | July 16th, 2007 at 6:36 pm

I will be interested what Ajax does. They have lost three forwards(de Mul, Babel, Perez) and now potentially their best midfielder. CL qualifying is just around the corner and I would think van Geel would want to sign one or two quality replacements soon. I haven’t seen any news regarding transfer rumors for players to Ajax. Very quiet.

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By ferenc | July 17th, 2007 at 2:20 am

i hope wesley will stay,it would be better for ajax.

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By Jan | July 17th, 2007 at 5:22 am

The only player Ajax is trying to get is Suarez, the Uruguyan striker of FC Groningen. Who will have to prove himself at the highest level. On top of that, FC Groningen doesn’t want to sell him… So… Oh, and there’s the Spanish striker Pietro (I think) that Ten Cate wants to sign. That’s all as far as I know now…

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By goose | July 20th, 2007 at 6:42 am

Ajax has bought Ismael Urzaiz a 35 year old striker who has played for Bilbao and scored 115 goals in 366 gams for that club..he will be used as pinch-hitter (is this actually an english word??)

think Huntelaar is getting a bit worried, if Sneijder goes (still think he wont) who will give him the crosses??

grzt

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By stephen | July 20th, 2007 at 5:26 pm

Looks like Sneijder is staying:

http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154814/contentid=63536

Also, Ajax sign Rommedahl.

Goose, pinch-hitter is a baseball term used when one batter is replaced by another. It basically means a back-up/substitute.

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By Caleb | July 20th, 2007 at 10:43 pm

Pinch hitter is a replacement, but usually it is a little bit more than a replacement. A typical situation is like this: when you have one player who’s not a very good batter (like a pitcher), and it’s his turn to hit, you let another, much stronger batter come up and hit for him. So when you talk about a pinch-hitter, it usually implies a strong replacement.

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