A VIEW FROM SPAIN

Last updated : 12 October 2003 By Editor

As reports that United have approached agent for Michel Salgado with an offer that would triple his current wages. Should he sign for United after he becomes a free agent, his present contract with Madrid has entered its last year, he would earn ?15m over 4 years. The best offer Madrid have made during on-going negotiations is half that amount. Chelsea and Milan are also said to be following situation.

AS reports that Figo has revealed it was always his ambition to play in English league and that he dreamed of playing for United. In an interview with Portuguese football magazine Doze . Figo goes on to affirm that he is happy in Madrid and intends to complete the 3 remaining years of his current contract:

"I think that current circumstances make it a dream that is extremely difficult to make happen. I have three more years of my contract with Real Madrid and my future lies here. I feel very good in Madrid, but as a popular saying goes: the future is in the hands of the Gods."


More crowd trouble during Copa del Rey preliminary rounds. There was a pitch invasion during the Ceuta v. Malaga match when Malaga players were jostled and threatened. The latest incident follows the death last weekend of a Deportivo fan who stepped in to protect a young fan of Compostela.
The Deportivo fan got a kicking from the 'Riazor Blues' which led to his death in an ambulance on way to hospital. A kick-boxing aficionado who was a member of the now disbanded radical group has given himself up after learning that police had identified him as principal protagonist in the kicking.