Football Transfer Rumours: Jose Mourinho about to become Sir Alex Ferguson’s thorn as he bids for spark in the dark- Inter Milan’s Mario Balotelli
It can’t be said that the Real Madrid Coach Jose Mourinho doesn’t know what he is doing and what the consequences of his actions are. Well he needs to be reminded this time as he plans to go head to head with the Manchester united coach Sir Alex Ferguson in a bid to capture the Inter Milan prodigy, Mario Balotelli.
It was long expected after the departure of Jose Mourinho from Inter Milan that he is either going to land up in Manchester United’s hot seat at Old Trafford or the one at Bernabeu, heading over the Real Madrid’s team.
At that time, it was speculated that the coach will be joining Manchester United as two names for the post were coming up: David Scott Moyes or him. Neither came in the end as Ferguson decided that he was in “ruddy good health” and was going nowhere.
So eventually Mourinho replaced the Florentino Perez with whom Real Madrid were having troubling times. At his old post at Inter Milan, Rafael Benitez from Liverpool came.
Critics were mocking Perez’s ability to destroy the capabilities of his team as over last year’s summer, he spent about 250 million, still was humiliated in the Champions League and was unable to acquire the La Liga title coming second to rivals Barcelona.
This time over, Mourinho has been handed a free leash to build his squad and he has taken that seriously bidding nearly every top player of all the teams in the world. Now he has eyes over Balotelli, who clearly was becoming fast as the new star in the Red Devils’ team.
Sources have revealed Balotelli's agent Mino Raiola met Fergie in Amsterdam to negotiate a deal but Mourinho wants to turn the deal upside down and run him on the field of Bernabeu. Fergie has bid 35 million pounds for him with a yearly salary of 5 million pounds which is a lot more than his current income at San Siro.
Fergie considers Balotelli as the new Cristiano Ronaldo and for similar reasons now clubs like the filthy rich Manchester City are keeping an eye on him too. However, Mourinho who worked at San Siro previously might get the edge infuriating Ferguson on the way, a thing that the smug and pompous Mourinho won’t abstain from.
With Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo and all other star studded payers already running around in Real, Balotelli might end up there as he has revealed that he has the aptitude to learn more and with enthusiasm.
In addition, Mourinho is going for a long list of lustrous players from around the world. A list that includes: Steven Gerrard, Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and Fernando Torres to name a few. However, there is a glitch, there have been attitude problems between Balotelli and Mourinho and as they both have high egos, this could lead to the rift between the deal.
The chasm went so far that Mourinho excluded Balotelli from six matches for no apparent reason last season, though in the end the matter was resolved with both sides standing on neutral ground and having mutual interests. The new Inter Milan coach has also claimed that the forward Balotelli is a spark in the dark, a player that should be kept an eye on in the future. He told that whoever team he played for he was certain that he would assist them well.
There have been other new signings at Real too. For instance, the one of Argentinean forward Angel Di Maria, who can be a real help to Real this season with his ability to cut between defenders and his willingness to win a title.
Maria stated on the issue, “I am very happy to be here and I hope to win a lot of titles with Madrid”. He added, “… I come here with a lot of ambition and desire to grow as a player.”
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