Real Madrid — Best pictures!

Bordeaux’s up and coming star midfielder Yoann Gourcuff (pictured) began the season with a brace as his side trashed Lens 4:1 and rose to the 5th place in the FTBL world ranking of midfielders with 154.41 points.

Real Madrid’s Wesley Sneijder will spend the next season on loan at Inter Milan. The Italians paid 4 million euros for the midfielder, according to the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. With an overall FTBL rating of 85.17 points at the

An agreement has practically been reached between Liverpool and Real Madrid on the transfer of Spain international Xabi Alonso for a fee of 28 million euros, according to the British Times. Alonso, who has an overall FTBL rating of 143.01 points at the

Real Madrid’s new coach Manuel Peligrini has reportedly deemed Dutch international Rafael van der Vaart (pictured) surplus to requirement, prompting German Bundesliga side Hamburg and Dutch powerhouse Ajax, two teams he has played for in the past, to

Media reports are full with speculation that Serie A giants AC Milan are still chasing Real Madrid’s Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar to plug the hole created after the departure of Brazilian superstar Kaka and the possible departure of playmaker Andrea