Real Madrid appoint Juande Ramos as manager

Real Madrid have appointed former Tottenham Hotspur and Sevilla boss Juande Ramos as their new manager. Ramos succeeds Bernd Schuster, who was shown the door after Los Merengues were beaten 4-3 in the league by Sevilla on Sunday. Ramos’ first game in charge will Real’s last Group H Champions League game, against Russian side Zenit St.Petersburg. After the European clash, Real meet bitter arch rivals Barcelona at the Nou Camp on Saturday, a game which Schuster had already said Real could not win because of their current injury and player crisis.

Ramos has been handed a six month contract, and is Real’s eighth coach in the last five years.

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Mahamadou Diarra out for six to nine months

Real Madrid midfielder Mahamadou Diarra will miss the rest of the season after learning that he will have to undergo knee surgery. The Malian international originally suffered the injury while on duty for Les Aigles against Chad on October 11, but returned to action two weeks later. However he aggravated the injury in a recent La Liga match, and is now expected to remain on the sidelines for anywhere between six and nine months.

Diarra joins Real Madrid's burgeoning injury list
Diarra joins Real Madrid's burgeoning injury list

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