Roma captain Totti: Real Madrid have lost soul with Raul departure

AS Roma captain Francesco Totti feels Real Madrid have lost their soul with Raul now gone.

The former Real captain signed with Schalke this week.

"Sixteen years with the Real Madrid shirt, 323 goals and 741 games... [they are] figures that leave you with your mouth open," Totti told his official website.

"Apart from being one of the strongest players in Spanish football, he was the soul of Real Madrid.

"I have always admired him. For me he is a great, one that deserved to win the Ballon d'Or.

"He could cover any role and he had goals in his blood.

"Players like him are few and this is why I want to render his honour."

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Comments (13)

***** u haters, don't u hv ur own club to bark about??

I think it´s a bit different mate..... Becks thought he was bigger than the club.....Keane was getting too mouthy.......and Ronaldinho used to turn up to training pissed from the night before.!!

Ok all u haters *****... Go to the real madrd website and read there ..raul himself said that mourinho wanted him to play... But he had his mind set... Thing abiut treating good players.look how becks was treated.. Then keane... And yes ronaldinho got ***** by barca wen he had "fitness problems" ..u are the same people who used to critise REAL wen they played badly by saying its time for raul to retire...so shut up..and ***** losers.. And thank u for hating us....