And in Today's News...Real Madrid Buy a Continent, City Follow Suit

Real Madrid, having bought world-player-of-the-year award winners Christiano Ronaldo and Kaka, and the talented and young Frenchman Karim Benzema for the combined sum of about 180 million euros, now turn their heads toward another target but this time hoping to be “cheap.”

The potential target is Xabi Alosno from Liverpool who has openly expressed desire to sit on the bench of Florentino Perez’s Real Madrid.

The people of the Spanish club, hearing exactly what they have been waiting to hear—a player wants to play for them, have made an offer to Liverpool which is believed to be in the region of £25 million.

Real Madrid, after their initial bid being rejected, has decided to make am improved new bid by lessening it with £3 million.

Maybe, their heads have started spinning. Mine is, after having seen the shocks of this year’s transfer window.

Having seen Real Madrid spent so much money, we ask ourselves is that proof they have come to a moment of realisation that their resources of money are not endless.

In another country, an island, another team from Manchester that probably wants to call themselves United, or maybe regrets not being United, have decided to pick up the crumbs that the Spanish club has left.

Surprisingly, they have dwarfed Chelsea in the transfer market. The club of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has been having difficulties even with keeping their own captain: John Terry.

Ironically, the same guy wants more money than that is being offered by Abramovich’s club. He wants to play for the people that have no idea how much money they possess- the Sheikhs at Manchester City.

One hundred and fifty bags of money (£150 000) a week is not enough for you Mr. Terry? We all wonder how you are able to make the two ends meet. We are with you on this one.

Meanwhile, City also aims for another striker—Arsenal’s starlet Emmanuel Adebayor. They have initiated talks with Arsenal and are believed to be willing to spend about £25m for the striker.

But after having bought Roque Santa Cruz, Carlos Tevez, and Craig Bellamy to add to forwards who are already in the club like Valeri Bojinov, Robihno, Benjani, and Felipe Caicedo, we could say that they have successfully thrown a challenge to Real Madrid’s reserve team.

Certainly, if the two clubs create a reserve league, there will be no need for an All-Star game to be organised as we will see one every match between them.

Real Madrid and Manchester City have taken the term “galacticos” to a whole new level.  Congratulations!

What’s next? The World?