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Difficult to find right coach for Real, says Perez
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Updated: 2005-12-14 08:59
"No one has talked about the matter (signing Keane) and we aren't going to
until after our next two matches," he said. "If we signed all the players the
press said we are interested in then we would have a squad of 60 players.
"I don't know any player who would not like to come to Real Madrid, but they
all want to appear in the papers and then believe that when they do they are
going to sign for Madrid.
"The experience I have shows that no one leaves the club in December and that
we have only ever signed one player then and that is (Thomas) Gravesen."
Luxemburgo agrees to return as Santos coach
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Sacked Real Madrid coach Vanderlei
Luxemburgo has agreed to return to Santos, the Brazilian club he left 11 months
ago to join the Spaniards.
Luxemburgo's
spokesman Luiz Lombardi told Reuters on Tuesday that the 53-year-old had
negotiated a two-year deal with Santos, the team he led to the Brazilian
championship last year.
A Santos spokesman confirmed a deal had been reached and the former Real
coach is expected to sign the agreement next week.
Real fired Luxemburgo on Dec. 4 following a 1-0 win over Getafe the day
before.
Santos have employed three different coaches since Luxemburgo's departure,
Oswaldo Oliveira, Alexandre Gallo and Nelsinho, plus Serginho Chulapa as a
caretaker.
Pele's former team finished 10th in the championship this year, failing to
qualify for the 2006 South American Libertadores Cup.
Luxemburgo returns for a third stint at the club where he has had a love-hate
relationship with the fans.
He walked out on Santos in 1997 to take up an offer from rivals Corinthians
and, on subsequent visits to the Vila Belmiro, was routinely pelted with coins
and greeted with chants of "mercenary".
Luxemburgo returned in 2004 and apparently won back the supporters after
leading the team to the championship. He later said the coin-throwing was a sign
of affection.
"It was a demonstration of how much the fans liked me,"
he said. "They were hostile to me but did it with affection."
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