At the same time that the traditionally Dutch-loving Barcelona has been left with the sole representative of the country, its coach Frank Rijkaard, Real seems to be following the example of Barcelona from the recent past. Following the signing of Ruud van Nistelrooy last summer, the Spanish champions yesterday introduced Royston Drede, Wesley Sneijder, while it is only a matter of time before the Dutch squad reaches four with Arjen Robben. Sportime.gr presents the two new transfer acquisitions of Madrid (both play, even on the left), who are expected to have a leading role in the new season at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Wesley Snyder
Ajax have a tradition of developing talent and Wesley Sneijder is one of the most important to come out of their famous academies in recent years. At some point, however, it was only a matter of time before he left the Amsterdam Arena, as did Rafa van der Vaart, who left for Hamburg last year, and Ryan Babel, who moved to Liverpool during the summer.
In order to be transferred to Real, of course, several days of negotiations had to pass. The Spanish proposal of 24 million euros was not agreed by the Dutch, who asked for 3 million euros more. Real announced that they were withdrawing from the claim of Sneijder, but in the end they made a 180-degree turn, increased their offer and included the 23-year-old midfielder.
Born on June 9, 1984 in Utrecht, where Marco van Basten and Jan Wouters grew up, Sneijder was involved in football from an early age, since his father was a footballer, as was his older brother Geoffrey (he plays for Telstar), but also the younger Rodney, who wants to follow in his footsteps. Ajax greyhounds quickly discovered him and Sneijder joined the academies of the illustrious Dutch club.
At the age of 18 then youth team manager Danny Blind advised Ronald Koeman to promote him to the first team due to Ajax's many injuries at the time and the current Eindhoven manager did so.
Sneijder made his debut on December 22 in the winning game against Excelsior (2-0) and since then he has never been out of Ayanda's starting line-up. Sneijder left the Amsterdam Arena with 43 goals in 126 league games and last season was by far his most creative in the Netherlands.
Sneijder took on the leadership role at Ajax and scored 18 goals, many of them from direct free-kicks, which is also one of his key talents as a footballer. The 23-year-old midfielder, who made his international debut at the age of 20 and has 6 goals in 35 games, can play either as a holding midfielder or as a left winger and his addition significantly strengthens Real's midfield.
As for his last trophy at Ajax, he celebrated it a few days ago in the 1-0 win over Eindhoven for the Super Cup final against the coach, who promoted him in the winter of 2002 to Ayanda's first team. In addition to this particular cup, Sneijder also celebrated a championship in Amsterdam, two Dutch cups, and a total of four super-cups.
Royston Drede
In presentation, he reminds of Edgar Davids, while in the way of playing, he brings a little towards Roberto Carlos. Be that as it may, regardless of the comparisons made to his face, Royston Drede wants to leave his mark on Real, which acquired him for the position of either left back or midfielder, since offensively he is very creative.
Yet. A year ago, Drede, who was busy with transfers other than Real and Barcelona, Chelsea, was an unknown footballer, who had just been promoted to the first team of Feyenoord…
In the space of a few months, of course, Dreden managed to turn the spotlight on him, due to his amazing performances in the recent European Championship of Hope, held in his country and in which, significantly helping the Netherlands to win the trophy, he was given the MVP award. Drenthe's path is not that of an ordinary footballer. His troubled behavior early on delayed his promotion to the Feyenoord first team.
Born on 8 April 1987 in Rotterdam, he started out in the club's academies as a left winger and was quickly promoted to the second team. However, on a trip to Switzerland he fell into a disciplinary offense and coach Marcel Bute asked him to leave the club. Technical director Rob Baan disagreed, knowing that such a talent could not go to waste, and Drede was temporarily suspended by management. Once his suspension was over, Dreden were relegated to the third division, but he didn't stay there for long. He was promoted back to the second team, but Booth appeared to have not forgiven him...
Dreden rarely played in the starting line-up and decided to move to Excelsior, which is effectively Feyenoord's subsidiary. In his two years there the young Dutchman impressed, playing mainly at left-back (that's where he was established by Marco van Lochem) and the people at Feyenoord asked him to return to De Kap.
In the summer of 2005 in a youth tournament in Eindhoven he scored three goals against Ajax, playing as a left winger and became the captain of Feyenoord's second team. His first professional contract was only a matter of time and it became a reality a few days after the impressive 1-5 against Ajax in the youth.
Erwin Koeman asked him to train alongside the first team and Drenthe played three league games just before the season finale, making his debut against Vitesse.
Experienced Belgian left-back Philippe Leonard moved to De Kip last season, while Pascal Bossaert was also at the club. The former, however, was injured, the latter was assigned to Den Haag and thus Dreden suddenly became a starter. Feyenoord fans grew to love him and his overall performance in the 26 league games he featured in was one of the few positives in a disappointing season for the club.
Due to his very good performances at Feyenoord, Dreden was also invited to the national team of hope by Fope De Haan, although he was three years younger than his teammates. The 20-year-old ace was used as a left winger in the European Championship and those who watched him were impressed by his overall presence in the competition. After the tournament, Feyenoord decided to renew his contract until 2011, but it was only a matter of time before he left Rotterdam.
Within a year Drede climbed the steps of publicity, was recognized as one of the greatest talents of the European league, got transferred to a club like Real and the only thing left for the takeoff of his career is his call to men's national team. Something, however, that seems to be only a matter of time now...
Wesley Snyder
Ajax have a tradition of developing talent and Wesley Sneijder is one of the most important to come out of their famous academies in recent years. At some point, however, it was only a matter of time before he left the Amsterdam Arena, as did Rafa van der Vaart, who left for Hamburg last year, and Ryan Babel, who moved to Liverpool during the summer.
In order to be transferred to Real, of course, several days of negotiations had to pass. The Spanish proposal of 24 million euros was not agreed by the Dutch, who asked for 3 million euros more. Real announced that they were withdrawing from the claim of Sneijder, but in the end they made a 180-degree turn, increased their offer and included the 23-year-old midfielder.
Born on June 9, 1984 in Utrecht, where Marco van Basten and Jan Wouters grew up, Sneijder was involved in football from an early age, since his father was a footballer, as was his older brother Geoffrey (he plays for Telstar), but also the younger Rodney, who wants to follow in his footsteps. Ajax greyhounds quickly discovered him and Sneijder joined the academies of the illustrious Dutch club.
At the age of 18 then youth team manager Danny Blind advised Ronald Koeman to promote him to the first team due to Ajax's many injuries at the time and the current Eindhoven manager did so.
Sneijder made his debut on December 22 in the winning game against Excelsior (2-0) and since then he has never been out of Ayanda's starting line-up. Sneijder left the Amsterdam Arena with 43 goals in 126 league games and last season was by far his most creative in the Netherlands.
Sneijder took on the leadership role at Ajax and scored 18 goals, many of them from direct free-kicks, which is also one of his key talents as a footballer. The 23-year-old midfielder, who made his international debut at the age of 20 and has 6 goals in 35 games, can play either as a holding midfielder or as a left winger and his addition significantly strengthens Real's midfield.
As for his last trophy at Ajax, he celebrated it a few days ago in the 1-0 win over Eindhoven for the Super Cup final against the coach, who promoted him in the winter of 2002 to Ayanda's first team. In addition to this particular cup, Sneijder also celebrated a championship in Amsterdam, two Dutch cups, and a total of four super-cups.
Royston Drede
In presentation, he reminds of Edgar Davids, while in the way of playing, he brings a little towards Roberto Carlos. Be that as it may, regardless of the comparisons made to his face, Royston Drede wants to leave his mark on Real, which acquired him for the position of either left back or midfielder, since offensively he is very creative.
Yet. A year ago, Drede, who was busy with transfers other than Real and Barcelona, Chelsea, was an unknown footballer, who had just been promoted to the first team of Feyenoord…
In the space of a few months, of course, Dreden managed to turn the spotlight on him, due to his amazing performances in the recent European Championship of Hope, held in his country and in which, significantly helping the Netherlands to win the trophy, he was given the MVP award. Drenthe's path is not that of an ordinary footballer. His troubled behavior early on delayed his promotion to the Feyenoord first team.
Born on 8 April 1987 in Rotterdam, he started out in the club's academies as a left winger and was quickly promoted to the second team. However, on a trip to Switzerland he fell into a disciplinary offense and coach Marcel Bute asked him to leave the club. Technical director Rob Baan disagreed, knowing that such a talent could not go to waste, and Drede was temporarily suspended by management. Once his suspension was over, Dreden were relegated to the third division, but he didn't stay there for long. He was promoted back to the second team, but Booth appeared to have not forgiven him...
Dreden rarely played in the starting line-up and decided to move to Excelsior, which is effectively Feyenoord's subsidiary. In his two years there the young Dutchman impressed, playing mainly at left-back (that's where he was established by Marco van Lochem) and the people at Feyenoord asked him to return to De Kap.
In the summer of 2005 in a youth tournament in Eindhoven he scored three goals against Ajax, playing as a left winger and became the captain of Feyenoord's second team. His first professional contract was only a matter of time and it became a reality a few days after the impressive 1-5 against Ajax in the youth.
Erwin Koeman asked him to train alongside the first team and Drenthe played three league games just before the season finale, making his debut against Vitesse.
Experienced Belgian left-back Philippe Leonard moved to De Kip last season, while Pascal Bossaert was also at the club. The former, however, was injured, the latter was assigned to Den Haag and thus Dreden suddenly became a starter. Feyenoord fans grew to love him and his overall performance in the 26 league games he featured in was one of the few positives in a disappointing season for the club.
Due to his very good performances at Feyenoord, Dreden was also invited to the national team of hope by Fope De Haan, although he was three years younger than his teammates. The 20-year-old ace was used as a left winger in the European Championship and those who watched him were impressed by his overall presence in the competition. After the tournament, Feyenoord decided to renew his contract until 2011, but it was only a matter of time before he left Rotterdam.
Within a year Drede climbed the steps of publicity, was recognized as one of the greatest talents of the European league, got transferred to a club like Real and the only thing left for the takeoff of his career is his call to men's national team. Something, however, that seems to be only a matter of time now...
