Jun 15
It’s Still All About Ronaldo, Love
If you draw a timeline of transfer related headlines concerning Ronaldo, since the Champions’ League final — which we won, by the way — and list them all, you will see that there hasn’t been anything concrete, till date, for someone to conclusively predict where Ronaldo will ply his trade next season.
That said, it isn’t surprising either.
The Sunday Mirror is in speculation-land heaven, as it sticks its neck so high that it’s in… umm… heaven. Ronaldo to stay in Manchester, it reckons. Of course, some “source” tries its best to add colour to a slow Sunday morning.
But it can’t quite match the Guardian, which is sure that Ronaldo had already struck deals with Madrid “months ago”. Of course, instead of their source just being a source — as it was the case with the Mirror — the Guardian takes it a step further by mentioning that the source is a senior personality at Manchester United. Sorry, I know there’s no smoke without fire, but I need to know the source of the fire before deciding if the smoke really mattered.
And just as we were thinking that, regardless of Ronaldo’s sale, we would still have a sizeable transfer kitty, the Mirror bursts our bubble claiming SAF will be forced to look at bargain options like Santa Cruz.
It goes on to prove its red hot form by saying we are in direct battle with Arsenal for the Paraguayan’s signature.
That should be the end of another short one. Precious little to talk about, although a word for the Dutch who were irrepressible. Robben is some player when fit, and Kuyt looks a different player now.
Over to you…
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- Ronaldo: I like to know what’s happening at Old Trafford
- Man Utd 0-0 Villarreal: Ronaldo Returns
- Portsmouth Preview
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- Revisiting the Ronaldo Debate
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DoniBrasco you is crazy. Joe Cole is miles better than Eboue
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I’ve been watching the Brazil-Paraguay game and ive been very impressed by Cabanas. Difficult to mark, good movement, great physical presence. Not world class but a cheap option and would be a useful third striker.
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[Beachryan]
Yup, I agree. Getting Joe Cole would be like a step backwards..I would just hate that.
Don’t think Villa is an option for us, though he looks exciting. We would have a hobbit trilogy upfront and though I love trilogies, I don’t think this one would be very successful. Huntelaar or Berba for me.
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MCRx3 – You do know that Berbatov and Villa are not far apart age wise? Berbatov is born 30 January 1981, and David Villa is born 3 December 1981, so I don’t think you can play the age card on Berbatov.
Can’t see how Liverpool can afford Villa. He’ll cost £30 mil, and they certainly don’t have that kind of money. They’ll buy Barry for £15 mil or so and have already spent £9 mil on Dossena. Yes they’ll sell Alonso, Riise and maybe Crouch, but that money will go to finance Barry, Dossena and possibly some other tosser not worth mentioning.
They won’t be a force to reckon with next year. In stead they should look over their shoulder even more than last season.
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Ryan – I can’t find anywhere that says, Park will be out for a long time. What the news says is that he felt something in his knee, and that he’ll miss the next game for his national side. The medical staff are hopeful that it’s not too serious… doesn’t say long term to me.
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I think I’ve found the solution to the Ronaldo crisis…hear me out.
United don’t want to sell, and are unimpressed about the way Real have gone about the dealings, so really don’t want to sell to them.
Fergie is also not one to be crossed, or to give into demands.
Ronaldo wants more cash, a bigger celebrity status and to be the focal point of a team.
He also wants some better weather, and a great exciting city to live in.
He also seems to like an all white uniform.
And he wants to go from being the best player in the premiership to the best player in another league.
The solution is obvious.
We sell Ronaldo for a world-record fee to….
LA Galaxy.
Everyone wins.
Except Real.
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Tomas: I’m sure I read on manutd.com that Park was going for tests on a problem with the same knee – With what we have experienced with Solskjaer and Saha in the past with their knees im never confident about knee injuries, hopefully he will be okay as he is a great squad player.
MCRx3: I think its a dead cert we will be bringing in a defender this summer, we already have Neville back from injury and Evans back from his loan but yes one more player is needed esp if Silvestre leaves.
On Joe Cole im not saying we should sign him, there are better players who will be cheaper but ive never really understood him as a player. Great talent just needs to realise it, and stood acting like a dick on the pitch….
On Benzema and Villa – neither want to play in England so stop saying we should sign them as its not gonna happen! Huntelaar is also not on Fergies radar as he would have moved for him by now, surely?
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Beachryan – I dont think anyone here or Fergie is fearing the prospect of Ronaldo playing against us for Real Madrid. Fergie was trying to build a young team around the trio of Ronaldo,Rooney and Tevez…So he wants to keep the core team at OT and bring in Richards/Huntelaar and put on a young attacking team with a rock- like defense…which would only win things for ManUtd…
If Ronaldo wants to leave, who cares where he is heading…Let him be at Real or LA or Sporting …doesnt matter!!!
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Ronaldo wont be leaving, we wont sell him and nor will he ask for a transfer. If united accept an offer he will be happy to join madrid but if we reject an offer he will be happy to stay. There is no more to this saga than that. So much bullshit being blown up in the press its unreal and so many people believing what they read. Ronaldo is the best player in the world and we want the best players in the world at our club, im desperate for him to stay and to be honest and so disapointed at the amount of people just throwing him in the rubbish tip like he is just another player. Whilst he has not helped the situation by saying real is his dream club(which we have ALWAYS known) he has also said he will be happy to stay. He loves the limelight and he is certainly getting that everyday!!!!
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People are putting too much weight in the “who knows” part. Ronaldo has always been fairly realistic on things relating to his future and often ends any statements on his future with a “who knows” line. Look at any of his comments since joining us relating to his dream of playing for Real. They are littered with lines like “you can predict the future” and “dreams dont always come true”.
Football is after all a business and is also unpredictable and you would be foolish as a player not to acknowledge that. Just look at Owen for a perfect example, he didnt really want to leave Liverpool but Liverpool accepted the offer and gave him little choice.
He has said he wants to stay more than once, something he stated again last night and thats all that should matter. However as he has stated you never know what will happen as when the offer comes in United may consider it and may even accept it and under those circumstances ofc hes going to consider joining his dream club. Like us fans though he is in limbo, until Real either call off their propaganda hounds and announce they arent after him or put in a bid and give United something more than Rumours to make a decison on then his future is uncertain to Ronaldo and to us
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Just for the sake of my own clarification, why does no one rate Sergio Ramos defensively? I dont think hes that bad, and surely there are worse. Even our own left back Pat wasnt all taht of a defensive minded full back before he came here, but we’ve seemed to made him into one of the Better, if not the best, left backs in the game. Why would we not be able to do that with Ramos? Then we will have the two best attacking fullbacks in football and they wont be a defensive liability.
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If Silvestre does leave then only one full back should be bought and that is Lahm who can play at LB and RB.
Shyam – that was a joke from Beachryan
Beachryan – LOL
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The owner of this blog is really cool. i like his attitude and intake on things, similar to what i innately want to say but don’t know how to at times. Im sick of all this constant speculation.. sooner or later i am going to stop reading what the papers say. it’s all a loada rubbish.
The RM pic wasn’t with RM but some bodyguards and his personal fitness instructor – Walter Di Salvo whose program Ronaldo is still on.
Roma interested in Tweety/Peanut head and Sicknote-Saha.. I’d be happy with £10m for the 2 + 5m in instalments.. Now where’s my cheque book?
P.s. Lahm signed a new deal with Bayern just before the Euros…
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it’s a gud post. But in your next post plz tell about Ronaldo’s Love Story. Either he loves someone or not..
I mean either he loves any girl or not.
I don’t think like Yuvraj singh from indian Cricket, he has some affairs with girls..
hehehe…:)
plz about this in your next post.
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