Real Madrid Fabio Coentrao tab for 30 million

One of the soap operas of the summer has come to an end: Fabio Coentrao, which just passed the medical examination, is a new player of Real Madrid in exchange for 30 million disbursed to the white set to Benfica, his now former team. The left-Portuguese Jose Mourinho's express request arrives at a Spanish league already known after his brief passage through the Real Zaragoza, where only available minutes.

The soap in question has had every incentive possible: the logical interest of Real Madrid, Benfica's refusal, the usual tug of war, rebellion of the player, who refused to perform the concentration with the Luso box, a subsequent offer of Chelsea and, finally, almost forced his own club, which has succumbed to the wishes of Coentrao wear the white sheepskin and share a dressing room with several of his team-mates, like Pepe, Carvalho and Cristiano Ronaldo. Mourinho is the coach has also influenced the decision of this left-back.

Fábio Alexandre da Silva Coentrão (11/03 (1988) began his career as a winger on the left flank at the Rio Ave Benfica noticed its quality and made with his services, although his youth and competition in Da Luz , where José Antonio Camacho was coach, prevented Coentrao tanned enjoyed minutes. So, he went on loan to CD Nacional and Real Zaragoza, where the hand in the Second Division table, only lasted a few months under the command of Marcelino Garcia Toral. It was the talk-sporting attitude that enveloped him, although he always denied. The 'new' Cristiano Ronaldo disappoint.

But on his return to Portugal became important again, continued his progress and became more common as the selection Lusa. He went from end to side with a clear offensive and World Cup catapulted him as one of the most promising revelations and football players today. Hence began the litany of rumors that placed him away from Benfica, but it was not until this summer when the thing has been really serious. Real Madrid wanted him and he never hid his desire to play with Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid wanted to. It was a matter of time their arrival at the Santiago Bernabeu.

There is talk that whites have paid 30 million for him in that Portuguese club to sell their pearls are experts, but its cost could be reduced if included in the transaction to Ezequiel Garay, who had barely minutes last season and the next will also have competition from Varane Raphael. The Argentine could cut an operation that had been brewing for weeks and that will make the new competition Coentrao Marcelo, untouchable in the left side of the defense white. As the Brazilian Coentrao could advance their position. Whatever it was, Mourinho has another specific request. Welcome, Fabio.

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