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Real Madrid coming to India

Raul, Fabio Cannavaro, Ruud van Nistelrooy and fellow Galacticos might be descending here soon as Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon Ramos has written to Sports Minister MS Gill, seeking a passage to India.

Happy to see what started as a casual discussion between two tennis fans on the sidelines of the Wimbledon final taking a more concrete shape, Gill has reacted by promptly writing to his cabinet colleague and All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, seeking to discuss the next course of action.

It all started during the Wimbledon when eventual winner Rafael Nadal was waging a grim battle against the man he would topple, Roger Federer, in that epic final. Gill had gone to watch the match and there he came across the Real Madrid President and told him how more than a lakh people turned out in Kolkata in May when Bayern Munich came to play what was star goalkeeper Oliver Kahn’s farewell match.

Ramos warmed up to the idea of an India tour by the ‘Los Blancos’ and on July 8, sent a letter to Gill reminding him of the discussion they had in London and requesting him to take the whole thing forward. Depending on how the discussions go, we might be able to see the world’s most famous club team in our own country as early as the next off season.

Tags: AIFF, Fabio Cannavaro, Galacticos, MS Gill, ramon calderon ramos, Raul, Real Madrid, Ruud van Nistelrooy, sports minister