Roberto Carlos Returns to the Bernabeu

By: Corey | October 7th, 2009

Roberto Carlos, one of Real Madrid’s greatest ever players and possibly the club’s best left back (we can debate that if you would like to), returned to the Bernabeu recently for a little tour of the ground and an interview with the official site and a few other news outlets. International breaks for ex-internationals are usually even more boring then for non-international players, because they know what they are missing. Roberto Carlos though is not one to sit idly by, so he took a trip to Madrid!

Here is a brief excerpt of his interview with the official site:

“I felt marvelous things when I stepped on the pitch again. I lived so many great moments at the Bernabeu…”

“The greatest of my achievements is the fact that fans still remember me with affection. You can’t put a price on that. I will never be able to thank them enough for it.”

“This Trophy Room has part of my heart in it.”

“I lived very happy moments with Real Madrid. I was lucky to win three European Cups. This new team is very exciting. It has some of the best players in the world and I believe it can achieve great things if it continues to improve. I watch Real Madrid’s games whenever I can. I think they are doing a great job and I’m sure they’ll do even better. They’ve only lost one league game and they’ve had a strong start in the Champions League. I think the new project is very ambitious.”

“Marcelo is a great player who is working very hard. I’m glad things are workimng out for him on the team.”

“Madrid is a marvelous city. It would be nice to help the Club in any way I can.”

It is always nice to see former players having such an affection for the city and the club. Roberto left at the right time, when his powers were waining and even though he did not go out on a high in terms of form, he won a league before he left. But, even though he wanted to continue playing first team football, and Champions League games at that, he may have left to early. More time with Marcelo may have been great for the young Brazilians game, because despite what Roberto Carlos says, Marcelo is not a great player.

There has been talk of Carlos coming back to Real to play. He says he would do it for free. Well I would play for Real for free to Roberto, it does not mean I will get the chance. I do not think it would be wise to bring him back as a player, even if would hurt the wage bill. As a coach, definitely! But even then, he say he wants to play in Brazil for a year or two still, so it will not be for awhile. If he does some day come back to Real to coach that would be great, he could teach many of our young lads how to play the position properly.