Nuri Sahin and Hamit Altintop two newest additions to Real Madrid Turkish delights
General Manager of Real Madrid, Jorge Valdano is sure that Real Madrid ‘s Turkey trio of Mesut Ozil, Nuri Sahin and new recruit Hamit Altintop will be successful. Real Madrid Transfers..
Last year was the year of Fifa World Cup. Not many players emerged as stars in the most glorious football event in the world. A starlet however shoved himself, glimpsed in the German National team jersey. Mesut Ozil, a turkish-german player showed impressive attacking qualities, accurate long and short passes and some enjoyable goals on deadly shots. He must have impressed Real Madrid board and manager Jose Mourinho, so they have signed him for a 5 year contract at the end of that season. He was the first footballer with turkish ancestors to play for the mighty Real Madrid.
The coming season will welcome two more turkish players for Real Madrid, both play for Turkey National Team, increasing the total numbers of turkish players in the Real Madrid squad to 3.
Valdano guarantees Real Madrid’s Turkish Connection will succeed
Jorge Valdano, the general manager of Real Madrid for football operations stated yesterday in a telephone interview with NationalTurk, they expect the three Turks to be successful in their Real Madrid carriers. Valdano, manager Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid transfer comitee decided to transfer Turkey players Nuri Sahin and Hamit Altintop and pulled the trigger for the moves, after Mesut Ozil had a very good season with Real Madrid. Valdano said that they were more than pleased by Mesut Ozil ‘s performance in his debut season and decided to land two additional Turkish Players in order to increase the coherence of Mesut Ozil in the team.
Jose Mourinho approved the transfers of Nuri Sahin and Hamit Altintop
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho wanted these players to play for him the next season, Valdano commented. They have watched Nuri Sahin’s progress as a floor leader for a couple seasons. This season Nuri Sahin have played a vital role in Borussia Dortmund’s title run in Bundesliga, emerging as one of the star footballers in the German leauge, just like Mesut Ozil in the previous season.
The acquire of Hamit Altintop also was Jose Mourinho approved, added the Real Madrid GM, Altintop’s résumé speaks for itself. Hamit Altintop ‘s 4 year spell with Bayern Munich contains many successful moments. He won two Bundesliga titles and two German Cups, as well as helping the Bavarians reach last season’s Champions League final. Mixed with the fact that Hamit Altintop transfer is free, Valdano stated in the press conference, his capture is a bargain and shows the changing transfer policy of Real Madrid.
In the Spanish La Liga, teams are ‘not allowed to register more than 3 non EU players. All three turkish players are dual citizens, thus are eligible as EU players, which played a key factor for their respective transfers to Real Madrid.
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