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Real Madrid appoint Juande Ramos as manager

Real Madrid have appointed former Tottenham Hotspur and Sevilla boss Juande Ramos as their new manager. Ramos succeeds Bernd Schuster, who was shown the door after Los Merengues were beaten 4-3 in the league by Sevilla on Sunday. Ramos’ first game in charge will Real’s last Group H Champions League game, against Russian side Zenit St.Petersburg. After the European clash, Real meet bitter arch rivals Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Saturday, a game which Schuster had already said Real could not win because of their current injury and player crisis.

Ramos has been handed a six month contract, and is Real’s eighth coach in the last five years.

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Mahamadou Diarra out for six to nine months

Real Madrid midfielder Mahamadou Diarra will miss the rest of the season after learning that he will have to undergo knee surgery. The Malian international originally suffered the injury while on duty for Les Aigles against Chad on October 11, but returned to action two weeks later. However he aggravated the injury in a recent La Liga match, and is now expected to remain on the sidelines for anywhere between six and nine months.

Diarra joins Real Madrid's burgeoning injury list
Diarra joins Real Madrid's burgeoning injury list

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Klaas Jan Huntelaar to join Real Madrid in January

Some big transfer news ! And it is really big !!!

Real Madrid have announced that highly rated Ajax striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar will join them in January. Los Blancos will pay Ajax an initial €20m fee which could rise to €27m depending on his appearances and other clauses. When the deal does officially go through, Huntelaar will become the sixth Dutch player in the current Madrid team, with Arjen Robben, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael Van der Vaart and Royston Drenthe being the other four.

Huntelaar has already passed a medical, and should he agree to personal terms, will be at the Bernabeu till June 2013. The 25 year old will also be eligible to compete in the latter stages of Madrid’s Champions League campaign this season.

Heading to the Bernabeu- Klaas Jan Huntelaar ( Photo originally taken by postproduktie.nl)
Heading to the Bernabeu- Klaas Jan Huntelaar ( Photo originally taken by postproduktie.nl)

Huntelaar’s former club, SC Heerenveen, will also get some €2.5 million from the deal. Huntelaar had joined Ajax from Heerenveen for €9 million + incentives in 2005.

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