Iker Casillas (vice-captain). Will probably finish his career in Real.
MÃchel Salgado. Too old
Pepe. No thanks.
Sergio Ramos. No chance.
Lassana Diarra. He settled in quite well, Real must hope they finally found their new Makelele.
Raúl (captain). See Casillas.
Fernando Gago. He would be a perfect replacement for Xabi, not Masher. If I were Rafa I would seriously consider a bid of Gago + ~10 million for Xabi.
Javier Saviola. I have doubts about him settling in the Premiership, but if he comes cheap, why not?
Wesley Sneijder. That would be great. Come to think of it, we don't have too many players who are good at shooting from distance, other than Gerrard, obviously. Sneijder reminds me of Nedved in that has one of the best long-distance shots in the game and a fair amount of creativity without any flashiness. And he is amazing at set pieces, another area where we could use improvement.
Arjen Robben. I don't want him here.
Marcelo. Good player, but he will most likely stay at Madrid. There aren't too many world-class left backs in the game today, are there?
Jordi Codina. Who?
Guti (vice-captain). See Raul.
Royston Drenthe. See Babel.
Gabriel Heinze. Can Man U buy him back? Please?
Dani Parejo. Who?
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. He settled in well, now I would think they will need to make a choice between him and RvN. In any case, I think he is not the kind of partner Torres needs.
Gonzalo Higuain. That's an intriguing possibility. He is young player who made a step up to world class level last season. Real would be foolish to let him go, but they still might, since Florentino's marketing strategy requires big names rather than just simply big players. On last season's form, Higuain is actually better than Kaka. If they offer him as part of any deal, we should snap their hand right off.
Christoph Metzelder. He will probably stay, especially now that Cannavaro is gone.
Miguel Torres. Perez wants to keep as many Spanish players in the team as possible. So he'll probably stay.
Rafael van der Vaart. He needs to be a big fish in a small pond. Thrown in a big pond with other big fishes, he cannot swim at all.
Javi GarcÃa. See Torres.
Mahamadou Diarra. I don't know, could be offloaded.
Ezequiel Garay. Madrid's CB of the future.
Kaká. Stagnated in his last 2 seasons in Milan, hopefully new surroundings and a new coach will reignite his career.
Ruud van Nistelrooy. Let's see if his off-the-field problems with C.Ronaldo in ManU will make him more likely to be shipped out with the rest of the Dutch. They should really keep him, he is a perfect centre-forward for a team like Real.
Ruben de la Red. Promising player, too bad he has heart problems.