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Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Classic Big Interview: Ramon Calderon Part One

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Sports, Soccer, Football

4.5863 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Here’s another chance to hear my interview with Ramon Calderon from season two.

In part one, the former Real Madrid president recalls his time as a supporter: watching the likes of Alfredo Di Stefano play and later getting to know him as a man. We learn how the club’s success all stems from the incredible vision of Santiago Bernabeu, the man behind Real Madrid.

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Graham. Welcome to a classic big interview. This time we go back to season 1617.

0:21.0

This is what I had to say about it back then.

0:25.0

Hello and welcome to part one of the big interview with Ramon Calderon.

0:30.0

If you've not heard Ramon speak on British radio if you don't know who he is,

0:33.6

you're about to make a former realm of the president, but Senior Calderon is much more than that.

0:39.7

For the inside account of how to sign Christina Ronaldo, because it was him, not Florentino who did it,

0:45.6

or how Jose Antonio Reyes can make you believe in God again, or how Manchester City weren't

0:51.2

just the best negotiators in the world,

0:53.4

circa 2008. You'll have to wait for part two.

0:56.5

This first part is a chap with a lifelong madreista,

0:59.9

someone who goes back to the tail end of the club's first glorious defining era.

1:05.0

The era, as Ramon puts it, that establishes a legend so strong it can endure more than 30 years in the wilderness.

1:12.0

In terms of the competition that first

1:14.0

to find it that is the European Cup. Let's listen to a guy who chatted with

1:18.7

to Stefano, let's talk Paco Gente, one of the all-time great wingers.

1:23.6

Let's talk about Santiago Bernabeo, the man, not the stadium,

1:27.4

and how he started this whole thing.

1:30.9

Des Frutalo.

1:32.1

Enjoy it. Enjoy it. First of all, thank you for making time for us. Welcome. It's even though the big

1:45.9

interview is quite popular and we've spoken to I don't know Graham soon as Gary

1:50.5

Neville David Moy's a friend of yours. Yes.

1:53.0

To be welcomed into the office of a Real Madrid president

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