Madrid return: Real president Florentino Perez
has hinted they could bid for Monaco and Colombia striker Radamel Falcao
next summer
We're through: Falcao drills home a penalty in
Colombia's World Cup qualifier with Chile in Barranquilla on Friday. The
3-3 draw saw Colombia book their ticket for the finals in Brazil
Fearsome: Perez wants to partner Falcao (centre) with Gareth Bale (left) and Cristiano Ronaldo (right)
Real Madrid president Florentino
Perez has hinted the world’s richest club by income could buy Monaco’s
Colombia striker Radamel Falcao next year.
Speaking
on Spanish soccer chat show Punto Pelota on Monday night, Perez ruled
out a bid for Falcao in the next transfer window in January but
suggested Real could table one in the close season.
Falcao,
27, left Real’s city rivals Atletico to join Monaco at the end of last
season for a fee media reported at around £53million.
'He (Falcao) won’t come in January but in June, who knows?' Perez said.
'Nothing is impossible and there is a lot of time between now and then.
'Falcao
is a great player and I am aware that he wants to play for (Real)
Madrid. I am aware of that, but it’s normal. They told me.'
Grand plans: Real president Florentino Perez,
pictured here at the unveiling of £86million signing Gareth Bale, wants
to bring in Falcao as his latest Galactico
Top form: £53million Falcao has already scored seven goals for new club Monaco so far this season
One reason Real may be in the market for another striker is the patchy form of their French international Karim Benzema.
A
favourite of Perez, Benzema has failed to win over Real’s demanding
fans since his arrival in 2009 and is regularly whistled by some
sections of the Bernabeu crowd.
Perez
sought to defend the 25-year-old, who has been criticised by Real coach
Carlo Ancelotti for not working hard enough on the pitch.
'I
have faith in all the players in our squad,' Perez said. 'Karim is a
great player and we get offers for him all the time, every summer.
'All I can say is that the coach is the one who has the authority to do what he believes is right.'
Struggling: Striker Karim Benzema has been
criticised by the Bernabeu crowd and his coach Carlo Ancelotti (below)
for not putting in enough effort
Perez urged Real fans to get behind the players and suggested the whistling could destabilise the team.
'I
know how demanding the fans are. The players at this club have come to
run, make sacrifices and fight, that’s what our fathers taught us and
that is what we teach our children but we have to moderate these
demands.
'I am greatly disturbed by this whistling of our own players in our own stadium.
'I ask that our members moderate the whistles and the criticism of our players because, if not, it could weaken us.'
Hard to please: Real's fans have not always been impressed by the team's performances this season
Perez also discussed the
planned refurbishment of the Bernabeu stadium and raised the prospect
of a sponsor’s name being added to the giant arena.
'We want to start the works at the Bernabeu in the summer,' he said.
'It
will be emblematic, to create a Bernabeu for the 21st century. We are
looking for a sponsor and although the stadium will definitely still be
called Bernabeu it could also have the name of a sponsor.'
Spanish
media have reported that the re-modelling of the stadium will cost
around £340million and the venue may take the name 'Santiago Bernabeu
Fly Emirates' after the club’s Dubai-based partne
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