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Wesley ready for the Milan derby

August 27th, 2009 | By: Jan | 50 Comments »

Wesley and girlfriend Yolanthe will now look for a love nest in Milan

After one day of doubt, Sneijder chose Wednesday night for the way out of Madrid. He had a long meet with Inter’s representatives in Madrid and decided to make the move to become an Interisti.

He’ll play in the blue-black for four years, his manager Soren Lerby confirmed.

Real and Inter struck a deal a week ago already. Inter pays 15 million euro for the midfielder. According to the Italian media, Sneijder will make 4 million euros per year. That is exactly one million more than his salaries in Madrid and one of Sneijder’s most important conditions to make the move.

Although Inter is a top club, Sneijder took some time to decide and at first refused to make the move. He didn’t want Real to determine where he’d play next. When even Pellegrini turned his back to Sneijder, he decided to move. Exactly 60 years after Faas Wilkes made the move from Holland to Inter, the first in a row of a series of Dutch players ( Bergkamp, Jonk, Davids, Seedorf, Winter and Van der Meyde).

Inter’s prestigious coach Mourinho is happy with Sneijder and welcomed him with open arms. The former Chelsea coach said last week he desperately needed a creative midfielder and Sneijder was the ideal candidate.

So, yesterday Sneijder said yes. “I’m proud to play for Inter. They won the scudetto four times in a row and it’s an absolute top club. I’m not happy with the way Real treated me, but that’s behind me now. I’m an Interisti now, and happy to be one. If the coach needs me against AC Milan, I’m ready. I’m fighting fit and eager to play.”

Team manager Bert van Marwijk will be happy to see Sneijder move to Milan.

Real Madrid has now brought it’s selection back to 25 players, the maximum number a club can register for the competition and Champions League, although this doesn’t mean Van der Vaart can stay. Arjen Robben is rumored to talk to Manchester United, the club that wanted to buy when he was a teenager playing for PSV.

Tags: Group C, Inter, Mourinho, Real, Robben, Sneijder, Vaart

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By Van Basten | August 27th, 2009 at 11:16 am

VAN DER SAR IS MAKING THE DRAW!

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By Marc | August 27th, 2009 at 11:19 am

The European Club Goalkeeper of the Year is Van der Sar. That’s good that he won.

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By Miguel Rosado | August 27th, 2009 at 11:21 am

Great news for the Netherlands not so good news for Madrid haha.

Yesterday I told a friend that Robben would leave during winter break and one day later there it is in the news. Bayern his new destiny.

Robben is not a bench player and believes in his abilities therefore he would not be able to stand this stupid treatment from Madrid. He will be a major succes for Bayern.

It’s good because now I’ll be watching MORE football. Arsenal, Bayern, Inter, Madrid (ruud and drenthe) and of course Barcelona because even if they don’t have any Dutch they play the best football nowadays.

By Van Basten | August 27th, 2009 at 11:23 am

Van der Sar cannot retire!!! Van der Sar 2010 one last time please.
Van der Sar is class, legend,a man with great character!

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By Marc | August 27th, 2009 at 11:53 am

The champions league draw is good for AZ as they’re with Arsenal, Standard Liege, and Olympiacos. They should make it past this group which is good for dutch football.

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By Bart | August 27th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

Real sold Robben? Why? He was one of their best if not best players last year. What the hell is going on in Madrid? Perez is absolutely insane.

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By Kevin | August 27th, 2009 at 12:22 pm

Kick Real out of the CL, Hunter

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By Marc | August 27th, 2009 at 12:52 pm

I live 2hrs from zurich! ill get the opportunity to go see either real madrid or Ac milan play… which one do u suggest?

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By EJB | August 27th, 2009 at 12:58 pm

another shaddy deal by RM to help ensure they can get that ugly midfielder next year. atleast we are getting our wish and everyone will be a starter on their club for 2010

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By Jeroen | August 27th, 2009 at 1:12 pm

I’m just glad Robben is gone from Real Madrid. With all respect to Ruud and Royston, I am going to be praying that RM epically fails at everything this year. Although Bayern is not the greatest team on the planet, it is certainly a good team. They’ve done decently on the transfer market and van Gaal is a good coach. Robben will start every game. I’m gonna wait out and see just how good this transfer will be for Robben….

@Jeff

Elia plays at Hamburg, not Bayern. Braafheid is at Bayern and van Bommel.

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By Jeff | August 27th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

@jeroen, I know that Elia plays for HSV I meant that it was ok for him to play in the Bundesliga but not for Robben who is already a star. I still think it would be better for Robben to play in the Prem.
I also vote for Ruud to get out of Real and go to Tottenham. Screw them.

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By Michel-Olivier | August 27th, 2009 at 1:30 pm

-the epl is too rough for robben, the guy is already glass, you don’t want to beak it during wc season.
-tott doesn’t need ruud they already have 4 top class strikers. i rather see in ajax or psv.

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By Marc | August 27th, 2009 at 1:40 pm

I agree with MO about ruud. He wouldn’t play at tott. I would love to see him at Ajax, but if he did return it would probably be to PSV

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By susanne | August 27th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

Just watching HSV live now. For Tiju: Castelen is playing quite well. He’s actually playing no10 position, where I’ve never seen him play. Robben… I am glad he is out of Madrid, but I would also have liked to have seen him at the premier league. I just want VdV out now.

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By susanne | August 27th, 2009 at 3:09 pm

And… no kidding. Elia substituted Castelen and plays…Holding midflied. WTF?

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By bobotoh | August 27th, 2009 at 4:50 pm

AFAIK, Elia and Castelen scored for Hamburg last weekend. How many Dutch players playing for Hamburg? Is Hamburg’s coach a Dutch?

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By Mohamed | August 27th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

@bobotoh , no my friend , he is a young german coach , his name is brono labadia (not sure from the spelling )

By Carlos | August 27th, 2009 at 7:52 pm

Mohamed – close ! It’s Bruno Labbadia – probably will coach Germany one day. We all await the VdV saga – We should run a bookie club as to where he will go ? For those who still argue about who is better Wes or VdV, the only REAL measure is $$$$. Lets see how much VdV goes for and how much he will earn.

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By Mario | August 27th, 2009 at 9:36 pm

I´m happy that Robben and Sneijder are out of Madrid. They went to big clubs and will be playing in the CL. They will be key players for Inter and Bayern whereas at Real Madrid they would have been warming the bench. I liked those moves.

By Tiju | August 27th, 2009 at 11:04 pm

@susanne thanks for supporting castelen.at least i got one company,In india there is no hope to i can see budesliga matches.but some times zeasports used to reley some important matches of bundesliga.i have already seen the reports of HSV VS wolfsburg.For me i wont consider the no of goals he scored i like his way of playing and loyality and unselfishness to the team of course his skills also.

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By bobotoh | August 27th, 2009 at 11:50 pm

About Robben to Bayern, is it official now? Please wait until the last minute of Sept. 1, because MU are also chasing him. I will be happier to see him at MU. I am afraid that Van Gaal will be sacked after the next two or three matches…:-).

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By Van Basten | August 28th, 2009 at 12:30 am

By the way, Sneijder puzzles me! If that’s his new girlfriend, then I can’t believe that it’s that easy to fall in love so quickly again after just divorcing his wife of many years.
Anyway, he should focus more on his football and less on girls for he has only @ most 10 years of football left in him, and a lifetime to womanize.

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By Tiju | August 28th, 2009 at 12:54 am

@van basten ha ha ha……..
Footballer’s are known for that so we can ignore that or we can neglect that.We should shouldnot cheat any girl for sex that is important for me.As a human being we are all prone to mistakes,thats the way god created us.so take it as it is.”As you saw you reap”bear this proverb in our mind always.

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By Van Basten | August 28th, 2009 at 1:53 am

@ Tiju: “As You Sow, So Shall You Reap.”
Meaning:
“Your deeds, good or bad, will repay you in kind.”
or “What goes around comes around.”
Thanks for the advice! Character is very important. Here in the US, the public image and persona of an athlete is what gives them endorsements, and undying love from the fans.
Since soccer is a global international sport, unlike national domestic sports like NBA, NFL, MLB in the US, there is less scrutiny towards European football players.
But I just expect so much from Sneijder now, there is no excuse.
So I hope he makes good use of this once in a life opportunity that is afforded to him, and focus solely on Football.
I wish him the very best, the expectations for him are great.

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By Tiju | August 28th, 2009 at 2:10 am

@van basten sorry for spelling mistake and grammatical mistakes,thats my siblngs.

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