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According to the Spanish sports media, it is possible that the captain of Madrid, Raul, will leave his current team in the summer and move to another club.
Such assumptions are made based on the old friendship between Raul and the head coach of the "Premier" team, Rafa Benitez, who was Raul's youth coach at Real. It is believed that this could speed up the player's decision to leave Real.
Raul could be another high-level player leaving the team from the Spanish capital, as the club's coach Fabio Capello continues the policy of getting rid of outdated players and nurturing new stars.
As already known, on Thursday the former captain of the English national team announced that he had signed a contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy club, and Ronaldo, three-time World Player of the Year, does not hide his desire to leave the team.
Raul's agent, Gines Carvajal, said in an interview on Spanish radio on Friday evening that if the management of the Madrid team allowed other clubs to negotiate with the player, he could easily play in England.
The contract of the 29-year-old Spanish national team striker with the club is valid until 2010, so if any club wanted to acquire Raul, they would have to pay at least 18 million euros.
Potential employers for the player would also have to pay him a corresponding salary, which is currently believed to be 6 million euros per year.
The Spaniard has regularly visited Liverpool in the past two years, when his friend Fernando Morientes wore the "Liverpool" jersey and regularly communicated with R. Benitez.
