Galactico

[Squelch]

Cut-and-pasted from Wikipedia....

Galáctico (or superstar) is a term used to describe a world-famous football player who has been signed by Spanish club Real Madrid. It is mostly associated with the tenure of Florentino Pérez's presidency, where he purchased at least one galáctico in the summer of every year. The Galácticos nickname, originally used by the media as means of emphasising the greatness of the team, became instead a term used to mock it, and has fallen into disuse.

Anyone think there should be a new, more English-sounding term for players we sign?

 

[bluespana]

Actually the Galaticos things was never officially sanctioned by Real Madrid. Perez the president at the time said: ''We want a team of Zidanes and Pavones''; Pavon being a youth team player who had broken through that season. The ''pavon'' comment made the press laugh a bit cos it means ''big turkey'' in Spanish also.

 

[samharris]

Cut-and-pasted from Wikipedia....

Galáctico (or superstar) is a term used to describe a world-famous football player who has been signed by Spanish club Real Madrid. It is mostly associated with the tenure of Florentino Pérez's presidency, where he purchased at least one galáctico in the summer of every year. The Galácticos nickname, originally used by the media as means of emphasising the greatness of the team, became instead a term used to mock it, and has fallen into disuse.

Anyone think there should be a new, more English-sounding term for players we sign?

Simple really.....MASSIVE.