Gonzalo Higuain signs for Real Madrid

[Golden_Boy™]

Real Madrid CF have confirmed the signing of Argentinian teenager Gonzalo Higuaín on a six-year contract from CA River Plate.


Higuaín will join Madrid when the transfer window opens on 1 January after the Merengues concluded protracted negotiations with River, agreeing a fee of approximately €13m for the young forward. The Estádio Bernabéu club are wasting no time strengthening their squad for the second half of the campaign, having already secured the €7m transfer of Brazilian full-back Marcelo from Fluminense FC.


Nicknamed 'Pipita', Higuaín has spent three seasons in River Plate's senior ranks, featuring in 35 league games and scoring 13 goals. Having turned 19 only last week, the youngster will be just 25 when his newly-penned deal with Madrid expires in June 2013 and given his relative inexperience, it remains to be seen how much coach Fabio Capello will use him this term. However, with first-choice strikers Ronaldo and Ruud van Nistelrooy both the wrong side of 30, Higuaín certainly offers a youthful alternative.

[Peschi]

Never heard of him

[gw]

do you think they've monitored his progress or just bought him coz hes good on fm

[Golden_Boy™]

My mate told me they bought Marcelo & Gago aswell, dunno if its true tho.

[Fizzy Bread]

There was a thing in the gossip column about Gago, well it was more about Becks Madrid have signed him which pushes Becks further down the pecking order.

[Golden_Boy™]

gw said:

do you think they've monitored his progress or just bought him coz hes good on fm

chelsea admitted recently some of their scouts use fm