Thanks for the heads up. I've done abit more research myself.
From what I've gathered in Castillian Spanish the "c" before a "e" or "i" is pronounced as a "th". So Garcia should be rightly pronounced as "Gar-th-ia". However in Catalan the "c" is pronounced like "s" which is why Barcelona is still pronounced as "Bar-sah-lo-na". In Latin America the "c" is pronounced like "s" as well.

Some of the sources I used:
http://spanish.about.com/library/beginning...-easycons.htm#C

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index...07154539AAEMsNx

Goal.com are a shit site so take everything they say with a grain of salt.

The Van der Vaart deal is almost done. 9ME now + 2ME if we win titles. Good piece of business i say

Source? I haven't read this anywhere. I doubt it's true.

FT: Arsenal 1 - 0 Real Madrid

We didn't seem to be in the game the whole time but it's nothing to worry about. Sneijder's injury is one that I'm concerned now. I hope it's not serious.

Yesterday's game was our 3rd game.

Yeah, I'm kinda pissed at Diaby. And wasn't it Wenger who suggested last time that footballers like him have no place in the game . I guess when it involves his own players he turns to Mr "I couldn't see it".

I'm pretty confident the VDV deal will be done soon so we're lucky in that sense. I wish we didn't loan Parejo or sold Granero though. They could have been adequate backups.

This just in. VDV confirms he's coming to Madrid on his official site
http://www.vandervaartofficial.com/en/my_n...AjrDcmntId=2375

The deal will be for 13 ME + 2ME in the future.

Sneijder is only out for 3 mths. Luckily he didn't tear his cruciate ligament. Good news.

Presentation pics!



This post has been edited by verx: Aug 5 2008, 09:20 PM

Moar!

From your beloved CR7 himself:
So at the end he chose to stay at MU. Big deal. Didn't I say that right from the start

Yes it is
That price we paid for him is a bargain isn't it

I'm sorry but there is so much wrong in that statement
Calderon has nothing to do with the deal. If you want to give credit to someone, Mijatovic is the one responsible.

And it seems we are trying to negotiate with Racing's president to have Garay play for us this season. But they are asking for either Torres or Javi Garcia on loan.

I'm just back from a holiday and alot has happened since then. Ppl put too much concern on preseason matches. Look we lost last season's Supercopa as well and look where we got at the end. Robinho leaving does concern me though. Can we bring in another player before the window closes?

Why don't u learn how to talk some sense 1st before giving your opinion eh?

What can I say...the madridismo spirit instilled by Capello onto this squad is still burning strongly

If u check Marca's website they have a video there of Cazorla talking (loudly ) on the phone to Casillas. A rough translation of what he said:

"Well, treat me well over there okay"
"Help me out a little because im going to be new there and wont have a clue about anything."
"Tomorrow i will send you a text when im over there...okay?? Thanks Iker."

He went on to say that he called Villa earlier and he said that hes coming to Madrid also.

Yup the deal fell through.
It's been a very very quiet summer for us

Well if u compare our transfer activity to our previous seasons then u'll get what i was trying to say
VDV has been our only signing so far; Javi Garcia and DLR were our cantera players so they don't really count

He's bought for the future. He isn't going to play for us this season. But i know u already know that

I don't think it's be cause we were crazy chasing Ronaldo. The squad is pretty strong as it is and it was always going to be a quieter summer for us; I just didn't expect it to be this quiet But there hasn't been many signings in the Spanish market this time ard..not only us.

Well Del Nido (Sevilla's president) claims that he has an agreement with both Barca and Madrid that they would not pay the release clause. I doubt this is true though. Del Nido talks out of his ass most of the time .

And I for one would rather sign nobody than bringing Joaquin here.

Yeah he's not injury prone. He's just been underperforming his whole career. He's like 27 now and still can't get his head rite.

Bring it on!