Real Madrid bid for Jermaine Pennant - Telegraph

Jermaine Pennant at REAL MADRID has the WORLD gone MAD?

Jeez I might as well put on my boots and turn up at the Bernabeau for a trial. Must be something more to this..because its sure cant be on form..

But then just remembered.. its that idiot one day Ramos in charge so anything is possible with him. He's off his head.

Don't know what to say on this. If this is true, Liverpool should cash in on the quickness.

Yep. The legacy of the galacticos is over.

i think this story basically goes back to a quote made last month by the real madrid prez calderon. this was what he said

quote from calderon (november 28th):
so basically at that time, they needed a new striker and a winger. but then (on december 8th), mahamadou diarra was ruled out for the rest of the season so they had to sign lassana diarra to replace him. now it turns out that because of uefa rules, they won't be able to register both huntelaar and diarra in the CL. the rules state that a maximum of 3 new players can be registered for the CL and only 1 of the 3 is allowed to have played for another club in a uefa club competition in the same season (as long as its not the same competition).

information from uefa.com:
since both huntelaar and diarra have played for their previous clubs in the uefa cup this season, it means they can only register 1 of them for the CL. yet they still need a new winger, and ramos said he wants a right-winger, so that player needs to be CL and uefa cup free for calderon to keep his promise of 2 new signings who could both play in the CL.

so basically the winger can't have played in uefa club competitions this season for his current club which rules out the likes of aaron lennon, ashley young, arshavin, di maria or krasic who were all being linked to real. and explains why they're now being linked with a £3.5m bid for pennant who hasn't played for liverpool in europe at all this season, but whether he is really good enough for a club like Real is another matter, you'd think not. the only other possibility from the epl would be antonio valencia of wigan and they want £15m for him.

real madrid got £34m for robinho from man city and have spent around the same on the signings of huntelaar and diarra. now i think if they signed pennant it would indicate he is just a short term solution winger and come summer when they have their elections they will again try to sign ronaldo from man utd and possibly benzema from lyon too. ferguson confirmed Real made a bid for ronaldo in the summer and most reports said it was over £70m.

Are overseas clubs trying to play some sort of a prank on liverpool? Or is it the media that's in on the prank?

From skysports website.

AC Milan are reported to have offered Jermaine Pennant a move to Serie A.

The Italian giants are believed to have made their move for the Liverpool winger, believing he will provide an excellent wide option in their squad.

Reports in England and Italy state that Milan are ready to finalise a pre-contract with the 25-year-old.

Pennant is out of contract at Anfield this summer and looks unlikely to sign a new deal with the club after failing out of favour under Rafa Benitez.

Milan have not been the only side looking at Pennant, with Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Juventus all linked - but now he looks as if he could be bound for a dream move to the San Siro.

The Corriere Dello Sport claim that a deal could be announced by Milan this week.

Pennant made a name for himself across Europe in the CL final a few yrs back. £3.5 million is cheap for a player not cup tied and can temporally bolster the squad i suppose.

I know Man City's owner is rich,but thats alot of money to throw at KaKa.