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No huns in Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Police will be happy, no more city's being infested with the scum :baseballbat: ...for another year at least!
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KURUPTION-81:
The whole Ronaldo saga pretty much summed up why you shouldnt believe 90% of the stuff in the newspapers
You only have to look at the number of newspapers (including The Guardian and The Sun, to name but two) boasting Cristiano Ronaldo's announcement - actually made to Bruno Prata of Portuguese newspaper Publico - as their own exclusive this morning to realise that the resolution of the saga came as a complete surprise to Fleet Street.
Having spent the past two months peddling story after story predicting Ronaldo's imminent departure based on the disclosures of 'close friends', 'advisors' and 'sources at Old Trafford', Ronaldo's announcement was as much an embarrassment to the nation's newspapers as it was a triumph for Manchester United (seemingly the lone voice since May in insisting that the forward wouldn't be leaving). And what must have made Fleet Street's humiliation all the more galling is that their cabal of sources apparently failed to provide any sort of warning that Ronaldo was about to give up on his dream of joining Real Madrid.
As they are so sensitive to criticism on these pages, it would be unfair to highlight the Daily Mirror's announcement, made just two editions ago, that Ronaldo 'would never return'.
'Cristiano Ronaldo has refused to come back and face Sir Alex Ferguson - in a last desperate bid to force Manchester United to sell him to Real Madrid' the newspaper assured its readers before wheeling out 'sources close to the Portugal star' to confirm: "Cristiano is not going back today, tomorrow, or any time soon. Everyone knows what he wants."
Ooops.
Meanwhile, it was as long ago as last Friday that the Mirror's back page brought the news that 'Cristiano Ronaldo will demand Sir Alex Ferguson lets him join Real Madrid when he returns next week.'
Fortunately, there's no need to single out the Mirror. We could instead stress the marvellous contribution of our good friend Antony Kastrinakis, the self-titled European Football Correspondent at The Sun, for revealing on August 1 that 'CRISTIANO RONALDO is going to personally deliver a blunt demand to Alex Ferguson next week: "Let me go to Spain."'
Well done, Antony! Be sure to send us another email soon x
And it's not as if it has merely been the tabloids that have been selling their readers a dummy of which Ronaldo himself would be proud. This weekend's edition of The Sunday Telegraph brought the revelation that 'Ronaldo is set to force his £68m move from Manchester United to Real Madrid' after the player 'told Madrid about his intentions in an attempt to appease their frustration at his lack of agitation for a move away from Old Trafford'.
One question being asked in the wake of Ronaldo's apparent u-turn is what sort of reception he will receive from the Old Trafford faithful when he makes his return to action. Perhaps the more pertinent question to ask is what sort of coverage he is likely to receive from the gentlemen of the press. Expect even the most mild of booing to receive a disproportionately high amount of exposure.
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Elano:
^^^^
bad excuses :D
da_notorious_mack:
the sun's talking shit again,tryna to play up an issue between benitez and the owners over the barry sale
there trying to make it look like the owners dont think barrys worth 18 million
when in truth the club as a whole dosent think hes worth 18 million
plus the fans made it pretty clear yesterday at lazio they dont want alonso to go
and post match benitez praised him and said he was in the market for a left winger
Elano:
Tottenham Roma 5-0
GREAT game by the spurs, Bentley :o
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