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usbcable:
@ bolded
Franco threatened the whole of Europe abi?
BTW
everybody uses google.
what is the name of the founders of FC Barcelona? Am sure you will have to google that too. so stop forming james bond for here. You dont know his age either.

nonsoroyalty:
Did u know there are sources to what I said u dumbfuck

Austeenx:
How many of us remember that 22-game winning streak?

Austeenx:
Of course I will run along with the trophies.

usbcable:
@ bolded
Franco threatened the whole of Europe abi?
BTW
everybody uses google.
what is the name of the founders of FC Barcelona? Am sure you will have to google that too. so stop forming james bond for here. You dont know his age either.

usbcable:
type them out then Mr dumbfuck identifier and stop spamming the thread with rumours claims counter claims allegations and what have you.

nonsoroyalty:
Having been the brightest star in a team that
won the European Cup in the competition's first
five seasons, Alfredo Di Stefano is almost
unanimously regarded as the greatest player in
Real Madrid's history.
The club has gone into a state of mourning following
his death on Monday at the age of 88.
As current club president Florentino Perez noted in
his emotional tribute, in a symbolic way, Di Stefano
simply is Real Madrid. His presence looms so large
that he came as close as anybody ever will to the
status of being "bigger than the club".
But football history could have been different - very
different indeed. Because when the magical
Argentine forward first opted for a move to Spain, he
appeared to be destined not for Real but their eternal
rivals Barcelona.
The story of Di Stefano's transfer to Los Blancos is a
fascinating and complex web of claims, denials,
counter-denials and conspiracy theories involving
five clubs in three countries. There are allegations of
treachery, a mysteriously ripped-up contract and -
possibly - the personal intervention of a dictator.
In the spring of 1952, Di Stefano was already a player
of quite some renown. A 25-year-old Argentina
international boasting an almost goal-per-game
scoring record, he travelled to Spain for a friendly
tournament in Madrid with his Colombian club side,
Millonarios.
His performances were breathtaking, immediately
prompting both Barcelona and Real Madrid to push
hard for his signature.
Di Stefano career stats
Club Games/goals
Huracan 25/10
River Plate 72/53
Millonarios 294/267
Real Madrid 396/308
Espanyol 60/14
Barca appeared to take an early lead in a race that
was complicated immensely by the fact that Di
Stefano's registration rights were also claimed by
Argentine giants River Plate, who were still less than
delighted about their star player's controversial (and
perhaps illegal) move to Colombia three years
earlier.
Nevertheless, with hard-nosed nationalist Catalan
lawyer Ramon Trias Fargas leading the negotiations,
Barca embarked upon slow but steady progress with
both South American clubs. However they made what
appears to have been a fatal error by
underestimating Millonarios when they enlisted the
help of another Catalan who was living in Colombia,
Joan Busquets.
Busquets just happened to be a director of
Millonarios' biggest local rivals, Santa Fe, and his
presence at the bargaining table made the Colombian
club suddenly reluctant to agree to the move -
especially when Barca strangely submitted an almost
derisory initial offer, which was promptly rejected.
Apparently believing that Millonarios were irrelevant
and that River Plate were the only club they needed
to do business with, Barca reacted to having their bid
refused by essentially ignoring such an unwanted
development.
Instead of taking the rebuffal seriously, they arranged
for Di Stefano and his family to leave Colombia and
flew them to the north-east of Spain, where he
started to settle into life with his 'new' club and even
played at least one pre-season friendly for Barca in
the summer of 1953.
At that point, however, the Spanish Football
Federation (RFEF) intervened by refusing to sanction
the transfer on the grounds that Millonarios had not
agreed to it. The RFEF dismissed Barca's complaints
that the deal had nothing to do with the Colombian
club, who the Catalans claimed had signed Di Stefano
illicitly in the first place.
Barca refused to budge from their position that they
had an agreement with River Plate, who they believed
were the legal owners of Di Stefano's registration.
In the meantime, Real president Santiago Bernabeu
had taken advantage of the uncertainty to reach a
similar deal with Millonarios. An impasse ensued.
When the RFEF eventually reached its verdict in
September 1953, it came to the startling compromise
that Di Stefano could play for alternate clubs over the
course of four years, starting with a season at Real.
Alfredo Di Stefano's honours
Five European Cups 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
(Real Madrid)
Eight Spanish
leagues 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961,
1962, 1963, 1964 (Real Madrid)
One Spanish Cup 1962 (Real Madrid)
One
Intercontinental
Cup 1960 (Real Madrid)
Two Argentine
leagues 1945, 1947 (River Plate)
One America Cup 1947 (River Plate)
Four Colombian
leagues 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953
(Millonarios Bogota)
Humiliated Barca president Marti Carreto was forced
to resign and the interim board ripped up the
contract, freeing Di Stefano to join Real for good on
the agreement that Los Blancos paid back to Barca
the 4.5 million pesetas fee they had already handed
over to River Plate.
The rest, as they say, is history, but plenty of
questions remain unanswered. Why did Barca fail to
reach a deal with Millonarios? Why did the RFEF
refuse to sanction Di Stefano's transfer when Fifa had
already waved it through? And why then did Barca, if
they believed in their case, tear up the contract
rather than sticking to their guns?
The big underlying question is the extent to which
Spain's ruler, General Franco, was involved.
Throughout the 1950s, Real were regarded by their
(many) enemies as Franco's team or the 'Regime
Team'. Although the extent of the dictator's meddling
in sporting matters has probably been exaggerated,
it certainly was true that he had dealings over the
years with Real president Bernabeu and occasionally
exerted significant influence upon the RFEF.
Any conspiracy theory carries unusual weight from
such a politically explosive era. Strange as it sounds,
there have even been unproven claims that one or
more of Barca's negotiators were acting as double-
agents for Real, deliberately sabotaging the deal to
ensure Di Stefano eventually moved to the capital.
Even now, the circumstances of Di Stefano's arrival in
Spain is an almost uniquely emotive topic.
Barca fans angrily believe their team was robbed by
dark governmental forces. The club's official website
bitterly bemoans "a strange federative manoeuvre
with Francoist backing".
Real supporters bristle with indignation at the
suggestion of underhand dealings and maintain they
simply took advantage of Barca's sloppiness rather
than enlisting the assistance of General Franco.
Whatever the exact truth of the matter, the end result
was that Di Stefano did move to Madrid, making his
debut in a friendly against French club Nancy on 23
September 1953.

Austeenx:
Real Madrid peaked too early.

Austeenx:
You know they're frustrated with the trophylessness when they start attacking the beauty of the stadium and away jerseys. I mean, who does that?

usbcable:
@ Question
Only your superiors can.

usbcable:
nah
CA killed the team too early with his distrust of other 13 members of the team

Austeenx:
Only confused people do that.

Austeenx:
You can't blame him for his distrust.
Illaramendi, Lucas Leiva were all signed to be tourists at the Bernebeu.

nonsoroyalty:
That's madridiot for u when they go trophyless they start talking about jerseys when they have been wearing white since I was born lol
Bernabou do u mean the stadium where u boo ur legends

nonsoroyalty:
Dude fcb was founded by gaspart I know my club unlike u I know catalan history stop saying shit because u don't know the year ur club won their 10 ucl does not mean I don't know mine

Now answer my question

#why are u trophyless 4times in 8season's
Why 3 copa del rey in 22years?
Why one league in 7yrs
Why one ucl in 12yrs are u missing franco?
I hate when person reply me only one question when I asked more than 3

Austeenx:
Only confused people do that.

nonsoroyalty:
Wicked ronaldo 42liga goals trophyless
Messi 40 it got us to the top of the table massive shoutout to athletic bilbao,atletico madrid,valencia,real sociedad,villarell

Austeenx:
Don't mind them. A time is coming when Krasid will find himself booing Rinaldo after he failed to score a tap-in.

Austeenx:
Don't mind them. A time is coming when Krasid will find himself booing Rinaldo after he failed to score a tap-in.

Austeenx:
Most especially Valencia.

nonsoroyalty:
Wicked ronaldo 42liga goals trophyless
Messi 40 it got us to the top of the table massive shoutout to athletic bilbao,atletico madrid,valencia,real sociedad,villarell

Krasid:
We do not celebrate mediocrity.It's an indirect way of telling them to do better.

Krasid:
The same way Messi scored 50 useless goals in the 2011/2012 to break the la liga record after Ronaldo led Madrid to the title.

Krasid:
The same way Messi scored 50 useless goals in the 2011/2012 to break the la liga record after Ronaldo led Madrid to the title.

ollah1:
AND MESSI WON THE WORLD BEST PLAYER..