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| Eugenio Martinez Bravo |
The man in the photo on the right is Eugenio Martinez Bravo, president of the Plataforma Blanca group, Eugenio tried running for the post of president last time around, but couldn't as he wasn't able to come up with the money required to stand in the Presidential election.
Eugenio Martinez is called the "White Laporta," a title I hope is because of him advocating for the proper use of the academy and not because of the corruption, lies, politics and the independence bull-s**t.
Eugenio has taken up some really great points in his interviews which I have read, and I am very impressed by this man, if these points are taken up by the management it would be really good for Real Madrid, I'll be covering those points in this post and will state the sources at the end.
Short-Sighted Sporting Model
He has said that Florentino Perez's model is short sighted not because of the age of the players but because no player has stayed for a long time in the club in the past few years. And he backed up his arguments by stating the numbers and showing that despite signing 53 players since 2000 and spending a whopping €1 billion putting on a debt of €700 million only Sergio Ramos and Iker Casillas are the remaining player since the start of 2005-06 season.
Eugenio blamed Florentino Perez completely for such a disaster but I don't believe that only Florentino Perez is to be blamed here because Ramon Calderon was the president from 2006 to 2009, but you have to agree the numbers are shocking and something needs to be done.
Treatment Of Managers
Another point that was taken up by Eugenio was the way managers have been treated at Real Madrid, he criticized the way that Del Bosque was sacked by Florentino Perez and also pointed out that Florentino didn't learn from his mistakes when he dealt with Manuel Pellegrini, and I'm sure no one will argue over the fact that Real Madrid don't even think once let alone twice when it comes to sacking managers and this has to change.
More Spanish Players
With Kaka and Benzema turning out to be flops, Eugenio said it would have been wiser if Real Madrid had tried to sign either David Villa, David Silva or Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), this point I don't agree much, because he didn't say anything about the success of Cristiano Ronaldo. This point is debatable because Kaka and Benzema are good players, it wasn't expected that they won't succeed.
Mis-treatment Of The Canteranos
Eugenio also raised a point that I also stress many times, about how the academy players should be given preference over players like Gago and Drenthe in the first team, would it not make much more sense to give some academy players a chance instead of some untested foreigner?
He also said that money won't be made if Real Madrid chase and buy the Cristianos and Kakas from the Manchesters and Milans, it would be better to produce the new Cristianos and Kaka. He believes the academy has the potential to do so.
Eugenio also doesn't like how the Canteranos are used as currency for other signings (eg. Rodrigo for Angel Di Maria), he says the buy-back clause is okay but he would prefer to give them a chance at Real Madrid. And he stated his displeasure of the recent sales of the Canteranos by saying, "One day the major signing of Real Madrid will be Marcos Alonso."
Eugenio Martinez Bravo is waiting for his moment and he will run for presidency of Real Madrid in the future and when he does I hope he wins the elections, he is the man with the right ideas for Real Madrid. Hala Madrid!
I've just covered the sporting part, if you want to read more about Eugenio Martinez Bravo and how we wants the changes at Real Madrid, here are the sources for this post (all in Spanish):
Plataforma Blanca
Defensa Central
Menorca
I supported him when it looked like he would run for the seat versus Perez. I have read that Perez was trying to make him one of his staffs, but he refused. He's really an intelligent guy, who will always stand for his ideas and philosophy, which is something that Real Madrid have clearly been lacking for quite a long time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting, really like this guy, even though the name "white laporta" made me feel sick... :)
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ReplyDeletePlataforma Blanca had written "White Laporta" on their site, I wouldn't have like him because of that had I not known about him already. He is a great man, I hope gets to be the next president, but I don't see Perez stepping down any time soon. Just needs to drop the "White Laporta" name and he'd be perfect. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks mate, changed the theme because it was too dark and the formatting wasn't differentiable, the bolds weren't bold, lol.
ReplyDeletethis guy is obssesed with barcelona... We are real madrid we conduct our sporting structures in a way thats the cultures off madridimosm, not those that seem to be working for our rivals and start to think if we adopt their ways of doing will maybe also enjoy their temporary success we are an institution that aspires more than what happens on the soccer field sir... stop with your already applied elsewhere ideas mr!!!
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