Hello Madridistas!
The Sport360 team is here bringing you up to date with the latest Real Madrid news on Friday, which is transfer deadline day in La Liga.
It was a busy Thursday night for the Spanish giants – and a successful one. Los Blancos scooped several big UEFA awards ahead of the Champions League draw in Monaco.
As ever, get in touch with us throughout the day via Twitter and Facebook.
5pm – Reaction to UEFA awards
4pm – Mariano unveiled at Bernabeu
Real’s new signing is being paraded today at the Bernabeu.
Read more, here.
🤳🏟👍 Welcome back, @marianodiaz9!#WelcomeMariano | #Halamadrid pic.twitter.com/cBvFpan3Us
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) August 31, 2018
📸 @marianodiaz9 | #WelcomeMariano pic.twitter.com/eLWXVy28Jg
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) August 31, 2018
👕 @marianodiaz9 | #WelcomeMariano pic.twitter.com/CC3q1XhooU
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) August 31, 2018
3pm – Lopetegui in no mood to discuss Ronaldo
Real have made a bright start in La Liga under Lopetegui.
Real Madrid boss Julen Lopetegui refused to speak about Cristiano Ronaldo‘s absence from the UEFA Champions League gala awards in Monaco on Thursday night.
Read more, here.
1pm – Mariano trains with Madrid team-mates
The new signing has wasted little time getting in to the swing of things!
Real are revving up their preparations for Saturday’s home clash against Leganes…
💪 @marianodiaz9 trains with his new team-mates! #RMCity pic.twitter.com/6tN7crAtks
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) August 31, 2018
12.10pm – Los Blancos didn’t try to sign Neymar
Neymar endured a disappointing World Cup.
That’s according to Ronaldo, the former Whites and Brazil great.
Read his thoughts on why Neymar to Real Madrid didn’t happen this summer.
11am – Cristiano made the right decision to leave Bernabeu
A new beginning: Cristiano Ronaldo.
Cristiano Ronaldo was right to end his nine-season stay in the Spanish capital and move to Juventus, according to a former Real striker.
10am – Real legends past and present celebrate UEFA success
A post shared by Sergio Ramos (@sergioramos) on
9.30am – Modric scoops big UEFA prize
Congratulations, @lukamodric10! Europe’s best in 2017/18… 🙌🏆
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Luka Modric pipped former Whites team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo to become the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award winner in Monaco.
There were also further individual gongs for the Croatian as well as goalkeeper Keylor Navas and club captain Sergio Ramos.
Read more, here.
🙌 @NavasKeylor, @SergioRamos and @lukamodric10, the best in their positions in the Champions League 2017-18! #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/cY6Yqlo4HP
— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) August 30, 2018
9am – Roma among Real’s Champions League opponents
In case you missed it, defending champions Los Blancos were drawn in Group G of this season’s Champions League draw.
🏆 UEFA Champions League 2018/19
⚽ Group G
🇪🇸 Real Madrid
🇮🇹 Roma
🇷🇺 CSKA Moskva
🇨🇿 Viktoria Plzen#RMUCL | #HalaMadrid— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) August 30, 2018
🗓 GROUP STAGE FIXTURES
🏠 Real Madrid-Roma (19/9, 9pm).
✈ CSKA Moscow-Real Madrid (02/10, 9pm).
🏠 Real Madrid-Viktoria Plzen (23/10, 9pm).
✈ Viktoria Plzen-Real Madrid (07/11, 9pm).
✈ Roma-Real Madrid (27/11, 9pm).
🏠 Real Madrid-CSKA Moscow (12/12, 6.55pm).#RMUCL pic.twitter.com/KUZPOOMMV4— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) August 30, 2018
