I'm a long way from my normal level: Emerson

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2007

MADRID (AFP) — Real Madrid's Brazilian defensive midfielder Emerson admitted Thursday that he is a long way from his previous level of play.

Emerson has been roundly jeered by the Bernabeu faithful since signing from Italians Juventus at the beginning of the season and said he is not even playing half as well as he did for his previous clubs, which include Roma and Bayer Leverkusen.

"I'm working hard to improve because I'm not even playing at half the level I was at with my previous teams," he said. "I need to work to improve and to be ready for 'mister' (Real coach Fabio Capello)."

The 30-year-old is not the only Capello signing to have admitted he is not playing his best in the white of Real.

World player of the year Fabio Cannavaro said at the...

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