* * * Cristiano Ronaldo to demand Real switch * * *

[eS El Duque]

thats what i was saying to a friend of mine...i rather put Ronaldo in the stands. United might lose money...but it would stop other players from doing such stupid things agian

[Elano]

REAL MADRID have warned Manchester United they will "pay what is necessary" to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Spanish giants are desperate to secure the services of the 23-year-old Portuguese ace.But United have vowed to keep hold of their superstar, insisting he is not for sale.
Real are rumoured to be willing to pay up to £80million for Ronaldo.That would smash the world record £48m fee Real paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001.
But Bernabeu boss Bernd Schuster claims money is no object for Ronaldo and he will get his man.The German said: "When you have a player of such quality nobody wants to let him go."

"For a player of his kind of level, we must pay what is necessary. "Because, for us what is most important is to win the Champions League and he can help us achieve that."
Real and France legend Zidane has warned Ronaldo that there will be huge expectation if he does move to Madrid.
He said: "If he will come to Madrid it will be quite an amount, they are ready to pay more than for me and this will lift the weight from my shoulders.
"He had a great season and I think the fact that he and Portugal got knocked out at the quarter-finals doesn't mean anything because they were up against a great Germany team.
"It doesn't say anything about the merits during the year. "He is not scared of his new Real Madrid engagement and every time they wanted good players they got them.
"Now it depends on his personal plans, if he wants to play there he will play there."

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lol real are so desperate , either put up or shut up.

Either way i hope fergie tells them where to go and if he does decide ronaldo isnt worth the hassle .i hope he picks up the phone and calls barcalona offering them Ronaldo in exchange for 50/60 mil and ronaldhino and eto.

Yet refuses any offer real make no matter the amount.

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on dutch tv they said sneijder will  be included in the deal.

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on dutch tv they said sneijder will  be included in the deal.

sneijder said the other day he didnt want to go anywhere

[Invincible]

The funny thing is all these sources are from newspapers, and you know how much shit they talk. I'm not saying they are never right, but most the time, they type up a load of shit.

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REAL MADRID have warned Manchester United they will "pay what is necessary" to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Spanish giants are desperate to secure the services of the 23-year-old Portuguese ace.But United have vowed to keep hold of their superstar, insisting he is not for sale.
Real are rumoured to be willing to pay up to £80million for Ronaldo.That would smash the world record £48m fee Real paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001.
But Bernabeu boss Bernd Schuster claims money is no object for Ronaldo and he will get his man.The German said: "When you have a player of such quality nobody wants to let him go."

"For a player of his kind of level, we must pay what is necessary. "Because, for us what is most important is to win the Champions League and he can help us achieve that."
Real and France legend Zidane has warned Ronaldo that there will be huge expectation if he does move to Madrid.
He said: "If he will come to Madrid it will be quite an amount, they are ready to pay more than for me and this will lift the weight from my shoulders.
"He had a great season and I think the fact that he and Portugal got knocked out at the quarter-finals doesn't mean anything because they were up against a great Germany team.
"It doesn't say anything about the merits during the year. "He is not scared of his new Real Madrid engagement and every time they wanted good players they got them.
"Now it depends on his personal plans, if he wants to play there he will play there."

However, Calderon insists the Spanish giants will never pay £80million to bring a player to Santiago Bernabeu.


"There is no 'Cristiano Ronaldo case' because Manchester do not want to sell," he told Marca.


"In any case, Real Madrid will never pay 100million euros for anybody."
 

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11667_3730046,00.html

[K.Dub]

No player is worth £80 m.

[KURUPTION-81]

No player is worth £80 m.

i remember when people said no one was worth 1 million !!!

[K.Dub]

No player is worth £80 m.

i remember when people said no one was worth 1 million !!!

Haha, the good old days?

[Matty]

i know this is stating the obvious but united are european champions for gods sake. if ronaldo moves he obviously has little regard for footballing pedigree, he's just a greedy crybaby. real aren't unbeatable and all that just because they buy the best players for the highest price - the real strong sides have swept then aside in recent years. as much as i hate to say it - united are definitely one of those real strong sides at the moment. i just wish they'd go all out with the finances instead of always buying one massive player at a time. whatever works though.

[Elano]

Cristiano Ronaldo must stay and make us the greatest says Rio

Rio Ferdinand wants to be part of the greatest Manchester United team of all time - but insists Sir Alex Ferguson's side must hold on to Cristiano Ronaldo to achieve that.

Ronaldo's future is uncertain, with United's star player keen to fulfil his dream of a move to Real Madrid, despite Fergie's and the Old Trafford hierarchy's insistence that the winger is not for sale at any price.

After their Premier League and Champions League double last season, Ferdinand believes United are on the brink of establishing themselves as the most successful side in the club's illustrious history.

But Ferdinand, in line to take over the United captaincy from Gary Neville next season, believes the current group of players will find it much harder to achieve their ambitions if £70million-rated Ronaldo leaves.

"It's simple for me and the rest of the lads - we hope Ronnie stays," said Ferdinand. "As well as being a United player, I'm a fan and my heart is with the club. So in that sense it's obvious what I'm going to say.

"We all want him to stay - players and fans alike. But it's up to Ronnie, the manager and the board. They'll decide what happens. As players we can't get involved.

"The most important thing is for this team and this squad to stick together. If we can do that and add to what we've got, then we've got a great chance of sustained success.

"In football these days you never know what's around the corner. But if we can keep our best players and the core of the side, then we can go on to great things."

The incentive for United ahead of the new campaign, as well as claiming a third straight Premier League title, is to successfully defend the Champions League trophy they won after beating Chelsea in a penalty shoot-out.

For all their brilliance, United's European Cup-winning sides of 1968 and 1999 never managed to repeat their success in Europe, which is something Ferdinand believes is within the grasp of the current squad.

"The incentive for this group of players is to be the best team Manchester United has ever had," said Ferdinand. "If we could do that, it would be an incredible achievement.

"United won the European Cup in 1968 and 1999, but they never managed to do it again.

We have a great chance to be the first United team to win it for a second time.

"With our manager's desire and will to win, as well as the great players we've got, we know that's possible. But it's all very well saying it. We've got to go out there and do it.

"As soon as we'd won the Champions League, I was already thinking about next season, who we're going to buy and what the new season will bring," said Ferdinand.

"If you rest on your laurels and on the success you've achieved, then you're a fool and you don't deserve it.'

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[Elano]

Fans turn backs on Cristiano Ronaldo after outbursts

If Manchester United supporters seemed prepared to give Cristiano Ronaldo the benefit of the doubt as question marks surfaced at the start of the summer about the Portugal forward’s commitment to the club, such backing appeared to have all but evaporated last night as fans lost patience with a player who has gone from hero to zero in seven bewildering weeks.

United’s following have clung wishfully to the hope that comments attributed to Ronaldo affirming his desire to move to Real Madrid have at best been fabricated, at worst misconstrued or misinterpreted. But the player’s alarming outburst this week has left no one in any doubt about his intentions.

Ronaldo’s badgering to leave has been reason enough for resentment, but it is his claims in a television interview during which he echoed the comments of Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, that his situation at Old Trafford is tantamount to slavery that has most outraged the United faithful and strengthened the feeling that there is no way back for a player who scored 42 goals last season.

As many fans wrestle with rising ticket prices during a sharp economic downturn, the attitude of a player who earns £120,000 a week — discounting the millions he receives from endorsement and sponsorship deals — likening his position to that of a slave has bred widespread contempt.

Much of the ire by United supporters in recent seasons has been directed at the Glazer family and the perceived never-ending commercialisation of the club, but the overwhelming message to the American owners from fans yesterday appeared to be to cash in on Ronaldo while they can. Real are thought to be prepared to stump up in excess of £60 million for the player. The consensus on message boards was that United should “bleed Real dry” for every penny the club can get, although a vocal minority called for Sir Alex Ferguson, the manager, to let the player “rot in the reserves”, a threat that the Glazer family made some weeks ago.

Redcafe.net, one of the leading United forums, has received more than 15,000 posts on Ronaldo, most of which depicted in often graphic detail the extent of the deterioration of the player’s relationship with the fans, with “absolute disgrace” perhaps the most frequent and polite insult directed at the Portuguese.

Ronaldo is used to confronting and overcoming adversity, but while he received a warm welcome back from United supporters after his involvement in Wayne Rooney’s sending-off during England’s quarter-final defeat by Portugal in the 2006 World Cup, it remains to be seen whether the fans will forgive him if be stays at Old Trafford beyond this summer. The first clues should come this afternoon, when United face Aberdeen in a pre-season friendly at Pittodrie.

Even had he not been ruled out for up to three months with an ankle injury, Ronaldo would not have been at the match, although the fans’ reaction to his hankering for a move is likely to overshadow the result and the celebrations to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Aberdeen’s Ferguson-inspired European Cup Winners’ Cup victory over Real.

Although numerous conspiracy theories are doing the rounds, with some suggesting that the Glazers are prepared to sell Ronaldo and that United are happy for the speculation to continue because they have yet to sign anyone, amid fears that Ferguson has little money to spend, the overwhelming belief is that the club want to keep the player.

That battle, however, is likely to get harder after Carlos Queiroz became the new Portugal coach yesterday on a four-year deal. Ferguson was loath to lose his assistant, but despite offering Queiroz a significantly improved contract, the attraction of succeeding Luiz Felipe Scolari proved too great for the Portuguese to resist.

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Personally i think he should be left in the reserves, mainly to show real they cant have what ever they want and to show ronaldo that he needs to honour his contract.

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Reaction at the reserve match at the weekend