There's a kind of honesty about Real, they don't try to portray the club as being a shining beacon of everything that's good in the game. They are what they are and don't really care what anyone else thinks.
I can respect that.
By comparison Barcelona would have us all think their s**t is made of gold.
Anyway, enough about them, I've got a new Premier League season to be optimistic about
Galatasaray have said Wesley Sneijder's release clause is £16 million. Which would have been a snip a few years ago but I'm not sure it'd be the ideal move now he's 30 and past his best.
That said he's still better than Anderson, Carrick, Fletcher, Fellaini and Cleverley and has a lot of experience so he could help get United back into the top 4.
It's looking increasingly like Evra is off to Juventus. A great player over the years but he stopped defending about 3 years ago so now they've got Luke Shaw he should be given a chance.
It does raise a question of who'll be brought in as cover for Shaw as they probably won't play him in every game to avoid him getting burnt out.
Thomas Vermaelen seems to be one candidate which probably wouldn't endear him to Arsenal fans but I think Daley Blind would be a better, younger option.