R9magia
09-03-2007, 06:18 AM
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"I'm leaving"
After 10 + years with Real Madrid, Roberto Carlos announced that he will leave the club at the end of the season. "It's time for a change, I spoke to Mijatovic, with the president and I'm leaving. I will not renew my contract. It's my decision to leave just like it was my decision to stay this year. I have three or four more years left of football and I want to play at a top level, I don't know if I will go back to Brasil, or Qatar, or some place else. I don't want to fool the madridistas. It's better that I leave Real Madrid now and think about my life a little more", said RC.
The player was blamed by many fans for the elimination at the hands of Bayern Munich. "I'm 33 years old and I don't deserve to suffer. I've been at this club for 11 years in which we won everything there was to win during 7 of them, but you lose a match and all the blame has fallen on my shoulders. I don't accept that", he said.
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Well, the way I see it is that he was very solid during long parts of the season but injuries took it's toll. The best thing is probably for him to leave. He's already done it all with Madrid and there's nothing to gain by him staying, especially since it seems that in recent years he has been the go-to guy whenever a Madrid fan has needed a player to 'throw under the bus'.
When thing I'm sure all Madrid fans and fans of football in general will agree with is that he has been the best left-back in Real Madrid history and probably the best left-back in football history along with Maldini (completely different players impossible to compare). If anything I give Maldini the edge because of his consistency for so long, but RC is the best attacking fullback ever. In his prime he was unstoppable.
"I'm leaving"
After 10 + years with Real Madrid, Roberto Carlos announced that he will leave the club at the end of the season. "It's time for a change, I spoke to Mijatovic, with the president and I'm leaving. I will not renew my contract. It's my decision to leave just like it was my decision to stay this year. I have three or four more years left of football and I want to play at a top level, I don't know if I will go back to Brasil, or Qatar, or some place else. I don't want to fool the madridistas. It's better that I leave Real Madrid now and think about my life a little more", said RC.
The player was blamed by many fans for the elimination at the hands of Bayern Munich. "I'm 33 years old and I don't deserve to suffer. I've been at this club for 11 years in which we won everything there was to win during 7 of them, but you lose a match and all the blame has fallen on my shoulders. I don't accept that", he said.
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Well, the way I see it is that he was very solid during long parts of the season but injuries took it's toll. The best thing is probably for him to leave. He's already done it all with Madrid and there's nothing to gain by him staying, especially since it seems that in recent years he has been the go-to guy whenever a Madrid fan has needed a player to 'throw under the bus'.
When thing I'm sure all Madrid fans and fans of football in general will agree with is that he has been the best left-back in Real Madrid history and probably the best left-back in football history along with Maldini (completely different players impossible to compare). If anything I give Maldini the edge because of his consistency for so long, but RC is the best attacking fullback ever. In his prime he was unstoppable.