Torres 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Football exclusive: Cristiano Ronaldo declares for Real Madrid 'I want to play for Real Madrid, but only if it is true they are eager to pay me and Manchester United what they have been saying they will' * Duncan Castles * guardian.co.uk, * Thursday June 5 2008 * Article history Cristiano Ronaldo The Champions League final could have been Ronaldo's last game for Manchester United. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Manchester United must face the real possibility that Cristiano Ronaldo has played his final match for the club after the Portuguese winger publicly declared his intention to join Real Madrid at the end of the European Championship. Speaking from Portugal's training camp in the Swiss city of Neuchatel on Wednesday, Ronaldo made a keenly awaited statement on his future. The 23-year-old stated that he wanted to leave Old Trafford to sign for the Spanish champions if they made good on their promises of world record transfer fees and wages. Spanish media reports have placed the value of a Madrid offer to United at €100m and the player's salary at £15m a year. "I want to play for Real Madrid, but only if it is true they are eager to pay me and Manchester United what they have been saying they will," said Ronaldo in an interview with the respected Brazilian website Terra. "However, it does not depend on me." The issue of Ronaldo's future has been the dominant feature of Portugal's European Championship training camp, overshadowing the team's preparations and seeing questions raised about the player's state of mind. Hoping to prevent inquests at national team press conferences and post-match mixed zones, Ronaldo insisted that he would not speak about his choice of club again during the tournament. "It is important to send a message," he said. "From now on I will not talk again about this until the end of the Euros. It is not worth asking me because I will not reply." United have repeatedly stated that they will not allow Ronaldo to move this summer, but the club may now have to improve the five-year contract they agreed with the forward in April 2007. Given the scale of Madrid's offer, the player can expect to comfortably exceed the net €10m that Michael Ballack receives from Chelsea each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadrian 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 knew he was gonna come out with that , he's been flirting with madrids advances far to much , there has obviously been contact with ronaldo's people for quite some time . be funny if fergie sits him in the stands ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douggy B 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Note of caution, this is taken from Brazilian paper Terra. Official statement hasnt been made yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 If I was a man u fan I would be hoping the shithead was sold asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 If I was a man u fan I would be hoping the shithead was sold asap. Really?.................he`s their best player by long odds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 If I was a man u fan I would be hoping the shithead was sold asap. Why though? You might not like him but he's just scored over 40 goals in a season. Replacing that will be nigh on impossible, no matter how much money you have. And it's not like he's simply a goal-poacher either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 Note of caution, this is taken from Brazilian paper Terra. Official statement hasnt been made yet Note of caution: We all know that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I just get really fucked off when players declare they want to leave. If our star player (do we actually have one right now??) came out and said he wanted to leave to play for another club I would get extremely pissed off and tell him to fuck off. No player - no matter how good - is bigger than a football club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I just get really fucked off when players declare they want to leave. If our star player (do we actually have one right now??) came out and said he wanted to leave to play for another club I would get extremely pissed off and tell him to fuck off. No player - no matter how good - is bigger than a football club. What about Roy Of The Rovers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13895 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Peter Crouch is in with a shout like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 If I was a man u fan I would be hoping the shithead was sold asap. From an he's an ungrateful mercenary arsehole point of view, yeah. But from a player/team point of view........... well they wouldn't have won ANYTHING this year without him, he is that vital to their current team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I just get really fucked off when players declare they want to leave. If our star player (do we actually have one right now??) came out and said he wanted to leave to play for another club I would get extremely pissed off and tell him to fuck off. No player - no matter how good - is bigger than a football club. What about Roy Of The Rovers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I just get really fucked off when players declare they want to leave. If our star player (do we actually have one right now??) came out and said he wanted to leave to play for another club I would get extremely pissed off and tell him to fuck off. No player - no matter how good - is bigger than a football club. What about Roy Of The Rovers? Okay, apart from ROTR. Oh, and Billy the Fish, naturally (apart from them two, what have the Romans done for us ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I R Toon Fan 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I think that shows a lack of ambition imo. The way he talks about it he says he's going to Real to retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 I just get really fucked off when players declare they want to leave. If our star player (do we actually have one right now??) came out and said he wanted to leave to play for another club I would get extremely pissed off and tell him to fuck off. No player - no matter how good - is bigger than a football club. What about Roy Of The Rovers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadrian 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 would any of you knock back a swap deal for robinho and enough wedge to buy 3-4 world class players ? id have ronaldo out of the door in a flash . not saying robinho is better , just him and 3-4 superstars would be more than enough to sweeten the deal for me . even for 75 mill they could buy benzema , alves and a couple more . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I R Toon Fan 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 would any of you knock back a swap deal for robinho and enough wedge to buy 3-4 world class players ?id have ronaldo out of the door in a flash . not saying robinho is better , just him and 3-4 superstars would be more than enough to sweeten the deal for me . even for 75 mill they could buy benzema , alves and a couple more . Truth. Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 would any of you knock back a swap deal for robinho and enough wedge to buy 3-4 world class players ?id have ronaldo out of the door in a flash . not saying robinho is better , just him and 3-4 superstars would be more than enough to sweeten the deal for me . even for 75 mill they could buy benzema , alves and a couple more . Hypothetically aye, but who is to say the clubs involved will sell these 'superstars'? And would you get 3 or 4 of them for £75m? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadrian 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 would any of you knock back a swap deal for robinho and enough wedge to buy 3-4 world class players ?id have ronaldo out of the door in a flash . not saying robinho is better , just him and 3-4 superstars would be more than enough to sweeten the deal for me . even for 75 mill they could buy benzema , alves and a couple more . Hypothetically aye, but who is to say the clubs involved will sell these 'superstars'? And would you get 3 or 4 of them for £75m? well , alot of them are moving on for the right price , we gotta be looking at 20-30 mills for benzema and alves ect i know , but anderson , nani and even ronaldo were brought in for around the 15mill range . as high as some of the pricetags on these players , you dont see many hit that 30million mark , business is normally done around the 20mill number , thats what id expect the likes on benzema to really cost . for 75 mill you could easily replace ronaldo , even if you dont get 1 player as good as him , you could get 3-4 better than what you have got at the club , all even itself out in the end . ronaldos due an injury aswell dont you reckon ? someones gonna take his legs away soon enough . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 would any of you knock back a swap deal for robinho and enough wedge to buy 3-4 world class players ?id have ronaldo out of the door in a flash . not saying robinho is better , just him and 3-4 superstars would be more than enough to sweeten the deal for me . even for 75 mill they could buy benzema , alves and a couple more . Hypothetically aye, but who is to say the clubs involved will sell these 'superstars'? And would you get 3 or 4 of them for £75m? well , alot of them are moving on for the right price , we gotta be looking at 20-30 mills for benzema and alves ect i know , but anderson , nani and even ronaldo were brought in for around the 15mill range . as high as some of the pricetags on these players , you dont see many hit that 30million mark , business is normally done around the 20mill number , thats what id expect the likes on benzema to really cost . for 75 mill you could easily replace ronaldo , even if you dont get 1 player as good as him , you could get 3-4 better than what you have got at the club , all even itself out in the end . ronaldos due an injury aswell dont you reckon ? someones gonna take his legs away soon enough . I see your logic mate. The problem is you could buy four players for £15m each who are class but don't take to the PL anything like as well as C. Ronaldo has. It's easier to acclimatise in many ways at somewhere like Man Utd though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 would any of you knock back a swap deal for robinho and enough wedge to buy 3-4 world class players ?id have ronaldo out of the door in a flash . not saying robinho is better , just him and 3-4 superstars would be more than enough to sweeten the deal for me . even for 75 mill they could buy benzema , alves and a couple more . Hypothetically aye, but who is to say the clubs involved will sell these 'superstars'? And would you get 3 or 4 of them for £75m? well , alot of them are moving on for the right price , we gotta be looking at 20-30 mills for benzema and alves ect i know , but anderson , nani and even ronaldo were brought in for around the 15mill range . as high as some of the pricetags on these players , you dont see many hit that 30million mark , business is normally done around the 20mill number , thats what id expect the likes on benzema to really cost . for 75 mill you could easily replace ronaldo , even if you dont get 1 player as good as him , you could get 3-4 better than what you have got at the club , all even itself out in the end . ronaldos due an injury aswell dont you reckon ? someones gonna take his legs away soon enough . I see your logic mate. The problem is you could buy four players for £15m each who are class but don't take to the PL anything like as well as C. Ronaldo has. It's easier to acclimatise in many ways at somewhere like Man Utd though. They'd more than likely have to change their system as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douggy B 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I fear they may splash some of it on Berbagod. I will be gutted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share Posted June 5, 2008 I fear they may splash some of it on Berbagod. I will be gutted. Time for him to move on to better things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I fear they may splash some of it on Berbagod. I will be gutted. Time for him to move on to better things. Behave the pair of you before it starts again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douggy B 0 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I fear they may splash some of it on Berbagod. I will be gutted. Time for him to move on to better things. Behave the pair of you before it starts again. Its OK I am going to ignore the little idiot in future. He obviously cant hold a decent conversation without getting over excitied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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