Sven to Coach The Galacticos if...

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...Arturo Baldasano wins the club's presidential election on July 2.

 

 

Eriksson to coach Real if Baldasano president

 

 

 

MADRID, June 6 (Reuters) - England's Sven-Goran Eriksson will be made Real Madrid coach if Arturo Baldasano wins the club's presidential election on July 2.

 

"My team have spoken with Eriksson and he has given a commitment that if I win the election he will come and coach the team," Baldasano told Spain's Radio Marca on Tuesday, after presenting his bid.

 

 

 

 

 

"He's an important coach with the right kind of characteristics to do well, and build a great team."

 

Eriksson has said he will leave the England job after the World Cup finals in Germany and clearly wants another high profile job.

 

Asked on Tuesday about the pressure on his World Cup squad in Germany, the Swede told reporters: "The pressure is on England, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Holland and Sweden as well.

 

"But I think that's good -- I'm not suffering from that.

 

"I want to have a job where the pressure is very, very high because if you don't have a lot of pressure on the team you're working with it means you have a very bad team.

 

"And who wants to have a bad team?"

 

Baldasano said he wanted to bring more Spanish players into the Real Madrid side and that he was targeting Real Betis winger Joaquin and Arsenal forward Jose Antonio Reyes.

 

"We have spoken with Joaquin who has indicated he would love to play at Real, and have spoken with Reyes' agent who viewed the plan favourably," he added.

 

He also said he planned to bring back former coach Vicente del Bosque to be sports director.

 

Del Bosque steered Real to two European Cups and two league titles in his three and a half years in charge, before being sacked by President Florentino Perez in 2003.

 

Baldasano, a lawyer and economist who was crushed when he stood against Perez in the 2004 election, is one of five candidates who have joined the presidential race.

 

Former director Juan Manuel Villar Mir and ex-world rally champion Carlos Sainz presented their joint bid last week, while club director Ramon Calderon did his on Monday.

 

Leading Spanish businessman Juan Palacios and former president Lorenzo Sanz are announcing their bids this week.

 

A presidential election was called when the board ousted Fernando Martin two months after replacing Perez, who quit at the end of February.

 

Real have just finished their third successive season without a major trophy, their worst run of form in 52 years. (Additional reporting by Trevor Huggins in BUHLERTAL, Germany)

 

Silly Season Is Officially Here

 

The heat is clearly getting to Real. Either that or they are desperate to stay in the headlines. SGE would last about 2 weeks, if he is lucky, given his style of "entertaining " football.

[_00_deathscar]

Now that would REALLY make them a circus.

[Stevie H]

they really are so full of s*** aren't they?

[Behind Enemy Lines]

They deserve each other (& Becksy)

[Gomez]

Sven is made for them.

 

Would be good for us too. I reckon he'd do an acceptable enough job for them and no doubt even if he didn't he'd manage to get a lucrative enough contract to make it impossible for them to sack him, leaving Rafa to manage in peace without a new round of speculation every 6 months.

[Snoeker]

I wish they do get him, he's apparently a long shot for South African national coach and i'd like that possibility eliminated pronto.

[Guest Scot]

Rooney, Gerrard and Lampard to Madrid?

 

The egotistical pr*ck would fit right in there.

[Guest Anders Honoré]

Sven had Lazio playing some good football for an Italian side and is obviously used to dealing with big names as well as spending big money to good effect. Think people tend to forget he was a very successful club manager.

 

Figaro, do you know if Mir is still targetting Laudrup for his bid? Haven't heard much about it for some weeks now over here.

[Guest JamesA]

Rooney, Gerrard and Lampard to Madrid?

 

The egotistical pr*ck would fit right in there.

 

I thought you liked Gerrard again.

[Guest Scot]

I thought you liked Gerrard again.

 

[Figaro]

Sven had Lazio playing some good football for an Italian side and is obviously used to dealing with big names as well as spending big money to good effect. Think people tend to forget he was a very successful club manager.

 

Figaro, do you know if Mir is still targetting Laudrup for his bid? Haven't heard much about it for some weeks now over here.

 

 

It's still on as far as everyone knows - they still have to make it public. Mir will be lucky if he wins as the rest of the candidates have made it clear to the electorate that Mir is nothing more than Florentino's man. In other words a Fernando Martin MK II.

 

Sianz is now officially in the race having announced his bid yesterday. I'd say it's between Baldasano, Sainz and Mir. Forget about the rest of the candidates as they all end up making pacts and joining the big three.

[nvdm]

It's still on as far as everyone knows - they still have to make it public. Mir will be lucky if he wins as the rest of the candidates have made it clear to the electorate that Mir is nothing more than Florentino's man. In other words a Fernando Martin MK II.

 

Sianz is now officially in the race having announced his bid yesterday. I'd say it's between Baldasano, Sainz and Mir. Forget about the rest of the candidates as they all end up making pacts and joining the big three.

 

What happened to Ancelotti taking over?

[Figaro]

What happened to Ancelotti taking over?

 

 

The gum chewing one backed out and broke his word - he had to pay 5 million Euros to the club in compensation.

[stressederic]

Just out of interest Fig, how secure is Raul's future at Real at the moment? Seems to be the suggestion they'll try and ditch some of the Galatico's and was wondering if the golden boy himself might be faced with the exit.