MADRID – Real Madrid chairman Florentino Perez has told coach Jose Mourinho he cannot sign a new striker in the winter transfer window to cover for the injured Gonzalo Higuain, a sports newspaper said Saturday.
The Portuguese coach is concerned that with Higuain ruled out for at least another two months he has only Cristiano Ronaldo and the out-of-form French striker Karim Benzema to rely on up front.
But Perez believes that “with Benzema, Cristiano, Higuain from March and the pool (of players), there is more than enough,” the Marca daily quoted him as saying. “There’ll be no signings,” Perez said.
The club also announced Friday that defender Pepe will be sidelined for one month after tearing a muscle in his left calf.
