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Dudek wants to leave Real to claim Euro 2008 place
MADRID, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek wants to leave Real Madrid
in the January transfer window in search of regular first team action
for the rest of the season so he can win a place in the Polish national
team for Euro 2008.
"I've got a three-year contract with Real Madrid but I want to look
at the possibility of leaving," the 34-year-old told Spanish sports
daily Marca on Wednesday.
"Poland have qualified for the European championship for the first
time and I have received an important call from the coach Leo Beenhakker
who told me that if I played regularly I would be his keeper at Euro 2008.
"I want to play at the European championship because it will be a
historic moment for our country and I haven't played at all in Madrid.
I think the best thing now is that we sit down and talk."
Dudek joined Real as a free agent from Liverpool in the close season to
provide cover for first-choice keeper Iker Casillas but he has yet to
play for the club in either the Primera Liga or the Champions League.
"I would like to leave," Dudek added.
"If I were 26 I would never leave Real Madrid even if I was second
choice, but things have changed with the call from Poland. I'm 34 and
they have given me hope of playing in an important tournament.
"I know I will only have a chance if I play regularly in the next
few months. Real have the final word... but I want to be totally honest
with them about this."
Poland have been drawn alongside Germany, Croatia and joint hosts Austria
in Group B of Euro 2008.
(Reporting by Simon Baskett; Editing by John O'Brien)
UK.reuters.com,
Dec 5, 2007
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