Uncle Albert Posted 18 July 2008 Posted 18 July 2008 Ferguson says Ronaldo is staying Sir Alex Ferguson says winger Cristiano Ronaldo will stay at Manchester United next season. Ferguson confirmed he met Ronaldo, 23, in Lisbon on Monday after weeks of speculation about the player's future. "The meeting went well - I think we both put across our points of view - where we stand and where the player stands," explained Ferguson. "I can say he'll be a Manchester United player next season. That's our stance - he won't be sold." United will hope that Ferguson's comments at a press conference in South Africa will put an end to rumours linking Ronaldo with a transfer to Real Madrid. Full story to follow. Thankfully this saga is over.
Corky Posted 18 July 2008 Posted 18 July 2008 Ferguson says Ronaldo is staying Sir Alex Ferguson says winger Cristiano Ronaldo will stay at Manchester United next season. Ferguson confirmed he met Ronaldo, 23, in Lisbon on Monday after weeks of speculation about the player's future. "The meeting went well - I think we both put across our points of view - where we stand and where the player stands," explained Ferguson. "I can say he'll be a Manchester United player next season. That's our stance - he won't be sold." United will hope that Ferguson's comments at a press conference in South Africa will put an end to rumours linking Ronaldo with a transfer to Real Madrid. Full story to follow. Thankfully this saga is over. You can bet any money it won't be over. Some journalist will keep dragging it up every day.
Darkzzz_ Posted 18 July 2008 Posted 18 July 2008 I hope it is over I am getting fed up with the bloody thing. Ronaldo has not helped the situation at all and some of his comments (if true) were totally disrespectful.
billyfox1 Posted 18 July 2008 Posted 18 July 2008 I hope it is over I am getting fed up with the bloody thing.Ronaldo has not helped the situation at all and some of his comments (if true) were totally disrespectful. Leave the poor guy alone. He is a slave. It's not his fault he doesn't know anything about the real world
Alexikokopops Posted 18 July 2008 Posted 18 July 2008 Leave the poor guy alone. He is a slave. It's not his fault he doesn't know anything about the real world Hahaha.
Mickey O'Neil Posted 18 July 2008 Posted 18 July 2008 Ronaldo has not helped the situation at all and some of his comments (if true) were totally disrespectful. Agree. Methinks Ronaldo boozing/acting like a total arse in America was done to wind-up Fergie, so a move could be manufactured. Maybe.
Darkzzz_ Posted 18 July 2008 Posted 18 July 2008 Agree. Methinks Ronaldo boozing/acting like a total arse in America was done to wind-up Fergie, so a move could be manufactured. Maybe. Yes spot on. He knows hobbling down the red carpet in a dodgy suit is going to make Sir Alex mad. Sir Alex doesn't like dodgy suits!
Number 6 Posted 18 July 2008 Posted 18 July 2008 I really wish he would bugger off. None of this 'players should honour their contracts' rubbish. No doubt Man U fans would have moaned no end if he had gone yet they have been doing it to other clubs to years. Did Everton want to lose Rooney? Did Leeds want to lose Rio or Smith? Carrick & Spurs, W.Ham & Tevez. We could go on for a while here. Berbatov may soon be added to the list too, and poor Man U have to worry about whether Ronaldo will go. Boo Hoo.
Simi Posted 19 July 2008 Posted 19 July 2008 The only way Ronaldo will stay is if he knows he's got a deal at the end of next season.
MC Prussian Posted 19 July 2008 Posted 19 July 2008 Poor Ronaldo, now that he's not going to be able to play for the next 3 months...
Joinesy77 Posted 19 July 2008 Posted 19 July 2008 At least it seems over now and Ronaldo has shown his true colours of being a traitor and a twat! All the utd fans that adored him now know that he doesn't really love the club and would jump at any opportunity to leave Hopefully he gets loads of abuse from the utd supporters as well next year
Uncle Albert Posted 19 July 2008 Author Posted 19 July 2008 At least it seems over now and Ronaldo has shown his true colours of being a traitor and a twat! All the utd fans that adored him now know that he doesn't really love the club and would jump at any opportunity to leave Hopefully he gets loads of abuse from the utd supporters as well next year But if they did that they wouldnt be able to sing their main two songs. 'Viva Ronaldo' and 'He plays on the left...'
Father Ted Posted 19 July 2008 Posted 19 July 2008 Ferguson says Ronaldo is staying Sir Alex Ferguson says winger Cristiano Ronaldo will stay at Manchester United next season. Ferguson confirmed he met Ronaldo, 23, in Lisbon on Monday after weeks of speculation about the player's future. "The meeting went well - I think we both put across our points of view - where we stand and where the player stands," explained Ferguson. "I can say he'll be a Manchester United player next season. That's our stance - he won't be sold." United will hope that Ferguson's comments at a press conference in South Africa will put an end to rumours linking Ronaldo with a transfer to Real Madrid. Full story to follow. Thankfully this saga is over. But after what's been going on, who knows what could happen... Although I think he will stay, as will Adebayor and Barry at their clubs.
Samilktray Posted 19 July 2008 Posted 19 July 2008 The Ronaldinho saga was far more interesting than this farce.
Number 6 Posted 20 July 2008 Posted 20 July 2008 Shows how desperate Man U are to keep him by the fact that Fergie flew out to see him. To be honest if I was offered £70m I would have taken it for him. Can buy 3 world class players for that.
MC Prussian Posted 20 July 2008 Posted 20 July 2008 Shows how desperate Man U are to keep him by the fact that Fergie flew out to see him. To be honest if I was offered £70m I would have taken it for him. Can buy 3 world class players for that. Also, buying world-class player after world-class player and putting them into the starting eleven has hardly ever worked out fine, neither nationally nor on an European level. Chelsea, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventurs Turin have all had their issues with "superstars".
Simi Posted 20 July 2008 Posted 20 July 2008 Shows how desperate Man U are to keep him by the fact that Fergie flew out to see him. To be honest if I was offered £70m I would have taken it for him. Can buy 3 world class players for that. The good thing is though is that he doesn't seem to be getting a new contract. He doesn't deserve one. If I had the confidence I'd be very tempted to stick Ronaldo in the ressies and make him sweat and realise what a selfish twat he is.
Guest Bilo Posted 20 July 2008 Posted 20 July 2008 The good thing is though is that he doesn't seem to be getting a new contract. He doesn't deserve one. If I had the confidence I'd be very tempted to stick Ronaldo in the ressies and make him sweat and realise what a selfish twat he is. To get an insight into the kind of person Ronaldo is, read this piece. Even I was surprised. I need to point out that this isn't gutter journalism courtesy of some rag, but a piece from a Guardian columnist. Personally, I can't understand why any true Man United fan would WANT to keep Ronaldo after reading this. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/ju...&feed=sport
Simi Posted 20 July 2008 Posted 20 July 2008 To get an insight into the kind of person Ronaldo is, read this piece. Even I was surprised. I need to point out that this isn't gutter journalism courtesy of some rag, but a piece from a Guardian columnist. Personally, I can't understand why any true Man United fan would WANT to keep Ronaldo after reading this.http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/ju...&feed=sport It is a good article, although the question at the end is pretty pointless. You keep him because he is probably the best player in the world at the moment, sadly not everyone can be like Paul Scholes as Ronaldo demonstrates so well in the article. I am 100% sure that Ferguson will put up with him being a willy puller if he can produce last seasons performances again next season, no matter how much he'd like to kick the gobshite out.
Guest Bilo Posted 20 July 2008 Posted 20 July 2008 It is a good article, although the question at the end is pretty pointless.You keep him because he is probably the best player in the world at the moment, sadly not everyone can be like Paul Scholes as Ronaldo demonstrates so well in the article. I am 100% sure that Ferguson will put up with him being a willy puller if he can produce last seasons performances again next season, no matter how much he'd like to kick the gobshite out. I understand the question at the end because, from a footballing point of view, Ronaldo clearly doesn't want to be at Old Trafford, has lost all respect for Ferguson and cares more about his hair gel and Gucci jackets than the fans who pay his wages. It does seems a bit pointless keeping a player under those circumstances especially when his transfer value will almost certainly never be higher, he's unlikely to have another season like he's just had and the fans, who Ronaldo reckons will be back on side after 'a couple of goals' (his words, not mine) have made it abundantly clear that Ronaldo is no longer welcome. I'd take the £75m, snatch Kaka from under Chelsea's noses and laugh my nuts off as Ronaldo flops against the superior defences of La Liga.
Fox You Forest Posted 20 July 2008 Posted 20 July 2008 To get an insight into the kind of person Ronaldo is, read this piece. Even I was surprised. I need to point out that this isn't gutter journalism courtesy of some rag, but a piece from a Guardian columnist. Personally, I can't understand why any true Man United fan would WANT to keep Ronaldo after reading this.http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/ju...&feed=sport First of all a little story to tell you what kind of man we are talking about. It is January 9, 2008, and in an upstairs room at Manchester United's training ground five elderly men in smart blazers are struggling with their emotions in front of a hushed audience. It is the club's media day building up to the 50th anniversary of the Munich air disaster and Sir Bobby Charlton's polite smile does not hide the fact he is trembling as he takes his seat. Bill Foulkes is straight-backed and dignified but only a couple of questions have been asked before the tears appear in his eyes and he reaches for a glass of water.In an adjacent room Wayne Rooney has agreed to offer a modern-day perspective of that seminal day when 23 people, including eight members of Sir Matt Busby's team, were killed in the wreckage of the burnt-out BEA Elizabethan. It is not his specialist subject but he handles the occasion with dignity and more eloquence than some people might imagine. But then Cristiano Ronaldo comes through the double doors and the mood is broken. He is wearing a white suit jacket and ripped jeans, looking every bit the boy-band hunk, but it is very obvious he is in a bad mood. He begins by berating Karen Shotbolt, the club's press officer, because he is waiting for Rooney and the event has over-run. He is banging his watch with his hand, flapping his arms and gesturing in the way that Portuguese footballers usually reserve for fussy referees and, at first, he is so animated it appears as if it might be a wind-up. When he flounces back through the doors, cursing loudly, it is very obvious he is being deadly serious. Rooney is professional enough to carry on with his tribute but the attention is no longer exclusively on him. Thirty seconds later Ronaldo appears again, first rapping his forefinger against the glass in the door, then opening it by a fraction and starting to whistle at Rooney in the way that a farmer beckons his sheepdog. It was such an unpleasant scene the journalists decided not to write about it because we had been invited to the training ground to cover a far more important subject and, when you have sat with men as noble as Charlton, Foulkes, Albert Scanlon, Harry Gregg and Kenny Morgans and seen the hurt in their eyes, it felt incongruous to veer off-track. But coming away from Carrington that day it was difficult not to wonder what had become of the pimply teenager with the braces on his teeth who had been photographed, in his first few weeks as a United player, holding hands with his mother, Dolores, as they crossed a busy Manchester street. The answer, of course, is that Ronaldo has fallen in love with his own reflection and, as United are currently finding out, that ego is in danger of spiralling out of control. Nor, sadly, is this story a one-off. One member of staff at Old Trafford reports being shocked by his rudeness when sorting out his travel arrangements for a club trip last season. And then there was last season's Football Writers' Association's annual dinner when, with barely any notice, its player of the year demanded that space was made for five of his friends to attend and that he would like them all to be on the top table with him. He got his way, as superstars often do, but the organisers were unimpressed, to say the least. This is not to say that Ronaldo is all bad. He won a court case against the Sun earlier this week after it was reported that he had been fined for breaking club rules by using his phone during training: a story that was obvious baloney to anyone who has followed the player's career. Ronaldo, in many ways, is the consummate professional when it comes to improving himself on the pitch. He is not a man for nightclubs or raucous evenings out among the Manchester glitterati and there is something deeply impressive about the way he has come from his humble beginnings, growing up in Madeira in a house so small the washing machine was on the roof, to become the most penetrative attacking footballer in the world. And yet United's more loyal and thoughtful supporters would by now be entitled to think it would be better for Sir Alex Ferguson and the Glazer family to end this shabby saga and let the previously unthinkable happen. To them, his constant prevaricating about his future, his flirting with the Spanish media and his apparent disregard for Manchester United, must smack of a man who has started to think he is bigger than the club. His sound bites have become increasingly strategic, as if he thinks we cannot see what he is doing, yet nobody will have been surprised that the sweat had barely dried on his brow after Portugal's defeat by Germany on Thursday before he had re-iterated his desire to leave Old Trafford - just as Real Madrid had requested. United insist they will not allow themselves to be bullied into a corner but, when a player is acting like this and would so obviously be resentful and unsettled if he is denied the transfer he craves, the question should be: what is the point in keeping him? What a twat.
Simi Posted 20 July 2008 Posted 20 July 2008 I understand the question at the end because, from a footballing point of view, Ronaldo clearly doesn't want to be at Old Trafford, has lost all respect for Ferguson and cares more about his hair gel and Gucci jackets than the fans who pay his wages. It does seems a bit pointless keeping a player under those circumstances especially when his transfer value will almost certainly never be higher, he's unlikely to have another season like he's just had and the fans, who Ronaldo reckons will be back on side after 'a couple of goals' (his words, not mine) have made it abundantly clear that Ronaldo is no longer welcome. I'd take the £75m, snatch Kaka from under Chelsea's noses and laugh my nuts off as Ronaldo flops against the superior defences of La Liga. I agree with you, but you'll struggle to find many of todays footballers that don't think like Ronaldo. He just seems proud of it, which really is sickening. I'd sell as well if I was Ferguson for the money rumoured to be offered, they'd still be a stronger side I think, Fergie is so good like that. As for the United fans, I hope they stick to their word that he's not welcome. Although I wouldn't bank on that.
Guest Bilo Posted 20 July 2008 Posted 20 July 2008 I agree with you, but you'll struggle to find many of todays footballers that don't think like Ronaldo. He just seems proud of it, which really is sickening. I'd sell as well if I was Ferguson for the money rumoured to be offered, they'd still be a stronger side I think, Fergie is so good like that.As for the United fans, I hope they stick to their word that he's not welcome. Although I wouldn't bank on that. I agree that Ronaldo is far from unique, but when you consider what he has been through at the club, it's a almighty kick in the teeth. Since arriving at Old Trafford, the club has supported him through an allegation of rape, the death of his father and the (wholly self-inflicted) fall out from the World Cup spat with Rooney. They were patient enough to give him three years to acclimatise to the English game, three years in which he was at times ineffectual and something of a joke among some in the football world. It's naive to expect loyalty in these days of player power, but Ronaldo is far and away the worst example. Worse even than Cashley Cole's infamous 'I nearly crashed my car when I heard I was only gonna be paid £50k a week' rant. If the Man U fans love football itself as much as their club, they MUST take a stand against Ronaldo. Return shirts bearing his name to the club shop, greet a goal scored by him with indifference, boo his inclusion on the team sheet. Show that they think as little of him as he does of them. That way, maybe, players will beign to realise that they aren't bigger than a club, but a small part of it.
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