Taking the conversation in a slightly different direction for the moment, we've all been keeping an eye on the Robinho situation as well. The latest rumors now have Chelsea supposedly tabling a 48m bid for Robinho. In an article today (
ESPNsoccernet - Europe - Robinho is worth more than £47.5m - Calderon) Calderon dismisses Chelsea's valuation as too low.
However, and this is what cracks me up, is the inference that Robinho is worth more than Ronaldo - here are the quotes from Calderon: "'I think that he [Robinho] is worth more than 60million [euros], there are few players like him."
"If he [Ronaldo] wants to go, then we will be alert as long as it's for a reasonable price."
Seriously, could Calderon be any more transparent? This basically translates to "Real Madrid players are worth more because they play here and despite the fact that they may not have done anything, we're going to tack on a whopping premium, but you should sell your players to us on the cheap because we're Real Madrid"
Calderon just needs to fuck off and die.