Sentences with phrase «first galacticos»

Not exact matches

Ozil was Wengers first real galactico and sanchez was his 2nd, if he continues to add world class players and develops others (I think bellerin, coquelin, gabriel and the ox could all become that) then ozil will fit right in.

Were the Galacticos to win the competition they would be the first to defend the trophy since it changed its name from the European Cup in 1993.

Los Blancos often let their money do the talking rather than their youth academy, but every now and again a player, or a series of them, breakthrough into the first team and blend in with the Galacticos.

Butragueno said once that Galacticos was a late nickname, that Zizou Fat Ronnie Raul Figo and co were note the firsts, and he was right, snce Di Stefano they have always been looking fo the best and buying.

During his playing career, Zidane was one of Real's key «Galacticos», a label given to the expensive players signed by Perez during his first spell as president in the early to mid-2000s.

For Liverpool, it would be their first real «galactico» signing (if you don't count Andy Carroll that is) and would represent a real shift in their transfer signing.

At first, it seemed that the baseless bombast of the year before had given way to a more thorough, organised approach to recruitment, at least until the rather more impulsive signings of Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao — players dubbed as «Galacticos» by the media.

Today, from the touchline, he can call upon Casemiro, and it is striking just how many similarities can be drawn between the Real team of today and the first wave of Galacticos that Zizou sat at the heart of, not only dictating play but defining an era; defining a style.

The Galacticos beat the Catalans 3 - 1 in the first leg of the Supercopa de Espana.