From realmadrid.com: We've been waiting so long for him to recover from his injuries and it's been so long since he's played a full game it's been easy to forget about him. He was so special in his first year here with us, the 2006-2007 season in which we won the title with the fabulous 12 Games/12 Finals dramatic season ending. Goodbye Ruud, may you continue to make horseheads proud in the wonderful city of Hamburg.
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II Ruud official to Hamburg. In his first interview he stated that also VdV has praised Hamburg as a great city and great club. He is going to have a huge welcome, that's for sure.
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II Yip yip was just about to post this. Ruud signs for Hamburg
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II Bittersweet I'm glad he's going somewhere to get more playing time and I hope to see him in South Africa this summer. That being said I will miss him, he was one of my favorites He'll say his goodbyes to the fans tomorrow: http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202810370532/noticia/Noticia/Farwell_to_a_gentleman.htm
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II He sure as hell deserves a good standing ovation farewell.
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II I'm going to miss him, wish he had one more game for us though. All the best Ruud, you made us believe again. Hala Hala MAdrid.
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II Never put a foot wrong on (or off) the pitch for us. An absolute monster in front of goal. Sadly injury decimated his time here. He leaves with his head held high and with the thanks and appreciation of all madridistas. Thanks Ruud.
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II "My dear club and Madridistas, We will never forget our time here. You all made us feel right at home from the very first day. Madrid will always be in our hearts, also because our children were born here. You were always there for us, helping us, and that's why we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We've enjoyed every single minute we've spent here and every single day. That's why we wish you all the best. ¡Hala Madrid! Ruud van Nistelrooy and family” http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satell...an_Nistelrooy:__I_wish_to_thank_the_fans_.htm
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II Wish he could of left it a better way, you know, at least seen him more than twice this season. Shame he got injured to, he is one of those players who does not rely on speed to age does not effect him as much. Pretty certain an healthy Ruud will get 20+ goals a season quite easilly for us. So that leaves VdV and Drenthe, they really must feel like the walls are closing in on them. Don't take this too seriously, but this is like blatant racism from Perez. It is an open secret that he wanted to get rid of all the Dutch players from Madrid and it 6 months he has rid the club of 4/6 of them.
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II Daaaam, if this isnt a time to shed a few manly tears then I dont know what is.
OK so now I have to edit this post, which was a quote of what I said in the other thread. Only now Horsey has put the other thread in this thread. So I was repeating what I said half a dozen posts earlier. So now I have a post with nothing more to say.:mad Anyway Ruud= Class Now move on, nothing to see here.
i was never a fan of this man ... but what hes done for this club.... SALUTE...!!! and gud luck with ur life van GOL... peace be upon you...
Re: SOSDD - January Transfer Thread Vol II What!! how is this, ruud was 33/34 and hardly played this season from end of last it is sad to see a legend go but from a football persective, it had to be. he was on around £100,000 a week this by no means, mean that drenthe and vdv will be going anytime soon.
Good Bye Ruud it's so sad to see Injuries makes you not the main option for almost 2 years i wish things would have gone smooth and probably you would still be our leading goal scorer over these 1 1/2 years anyway, good luck with Germany and speaking of which arent' we now so insufficient of strikers? we have only 3 active striker now, of which, 1 of them is Raul who isn't getting the start anymore which means, we have EXACTLY only 2 active striker. aren't the board alerted yet by this?
Ronaldo has been playing for a striker ever since he came back from injury. There's one slot right there. That leaves Higuain, Benzema and Raul for one spot right now. I think that's plenty.
We have four strikers. Higuain will be back soon enough and Ronaldo plays there as well. Pellegrini said he was satisfied with four strikers at his disposal.
Goodbye Ruud! thank you for your amazing goals, professionalism and the memories. Best of luck in the future. I'd love to see Rodrigo train with the 1st team at least now .
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