Placcy to Real

[matty]

Well I heard there was a secret deal,

Ronaldo's going off to Real

But you don't really care about mancs do ya?

It goes like this, he's off, he's not

Then he rolls around like he's been shot

The cheating c*nt is going, Hallelujah!

 

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...utd/7789229.stm

Manchester United have vigorously dismissed suggestions they have agreed to sell winger Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid at the end of the season.

 

Real director Pedro Trapote reportedly told Spanish newspaper El Mundo a deal had been struck, but added "there are clauses keeping us from announcing it".

 

But BBC Manchester's Steve Wyeth said the news has been greeted with anger by United officials.

 

"It's been strongly dismissed, and with pretty colourful language," said Wyeth.

 

Trapote, understood to be very close to club president Ramon Calderon, had gone on record to tell El Mundo: "We have already signed our top target for next summer.

 

"Is it Cristiano Ronaldo? It is Cristiano, there is no-one else. The thing is, it is better not to say anything right now."

 

But Wyeth, who is with the United team in Japan for their Fifa World Club Cup campaign, insists the claims have been met with disbelief by manager Sir Alex Ferguson and his team.

 

No official statement has yet emerged from the club, but the BBC has been told in no uncertain terms that Trapote's claims are inaccurate.

And the latest twist in the Real Madrid-Ronaldo story could well open wounds between the clubs following the acrimonious dealings between United and the Spanish giants over the summer.

 

Real's public pursuit of the 23-year-old ended with United complaining to Fifa over their conduct, with Ferguson claiming they had shown "a lack of morals".

 

The case was dismissed because of a lack of evidence, and Ronaldo later told Spanish sports paper Marca in October that he is "with Manchester in body and soul".

 

Ronaldo, this year's Ballon D'Or winner, is currently contracted at Old Trafford until 2012.

[johngibo YPC]

Real are absolute c*nts aren't they

[ManxRed]

They're made for each other.

[smithdown]

Can they draw each other tomorrow?

[Hassony]

Can they draw each other tomorrow?

 

yes

[johngibo YPC]

Can they draw each other tomorrow?

 

Yes. Sky were banging on about it this morning

[smithdown]

I like it when they draw each other. It brings Ferguson out in a bad rash. Never seen a manager so intimidated by another team before.

[Chili Palmer]

I like it when they draw each other. It brings Ferguson out in a bad rash. Never seen a manager so intimidated by another team before.

 

 

haha thats true. We bring the same reaction out in Neil Warnock, which is nice.

[smithdown]

Rattled:

 

"Would I get into a contract with that mob? Absolutely no chance," he said.

 

"I wouldn't sell them a virus - that's a no. There's no agreement whatsoever between the clubs.

 

"I said to David Gill a year last summer, when we sold Gabby Heinze, you can bet your life in January it will all start up with Ronaldo again. It'll happen again this January, believe me.

 

"We've just got to ignore it because if we keep worrying about what Real are going to say then we are not going to concentrate on our own programme of difficult games coming up.

 

"Sometimes it can be an angry situation and sometimes we are really annoyed with them, but we know the game and I think we should just play our game and ignore it all."

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...utd/7789229.stm

 

He'd love it, love it, if he stayed.

Edited December 18, 2008 by smithdown

[Roscoe]

and again, but backs up what was said in december and what many utd fans feared/suspected all along. may be nice timing for us?

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/ap...madrid-transfer

 

Cristiano Ronaldo ready to join Real Madrid in £75m transfer• Manchester United reluctantly accept winger's departure

• Real Madrid's record offer could swing Ronaldo's 'dream' move

 

Daniel Taylor The Guardian, Friday 3 April 2009 larger | smaller Article history

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo is again ready to turn his back on Manchester United.

 

Real Madrid have put in place a deal with Cristiano Ronaldo's advisers that will see him leave Manchester United this summer if the world footballer of the year gets his way. Ronaldo remains determined to move to the Bernabéu and it is understood his salary and contractual terms have already been determined as part of a planned world-record £75m transfer.

 

Ronaldo's representatives have held extensive talks with Madrid and, according to informed sources, categorically informed the Spanish club last September that he had no intention of remaining in Manchester beyond the end of the current season. It is understood that various pledges were made to ensure the deal happens and that everyone involved in the negotiations made a pact not to discuss the agreement in public.

 

That strategy explains why Ronaldo has stopped talking about his "dream move", but it proved too difficult for one of Real's club's directors, Pedro Trapote, who tipped off the El Mundo newspaper in December. "If you are asking me what we are going to do now, then I would tell you that we have already signed the best player for the summer," he said in a recorded interview, intended to be an off-the-record briefing. Asked to clarify that he meant Ronaldo, he added: "The best of the best. It is Cristiano, there is no other. It is better that we do not say anything at the moment, though. It is best to not say anything because there are some clauses that prevent us from announcing it now."

 

Sir Alex Ferguson reacted furiously at the time, insisting that he would not "sell a virus" to "that mob", but it now appears that Trapote was speaking in good faith, having been privy to what was taking place behind the scenes.

 

Ronaldo is said to be intent on getting his way and that means, unless United show the kind of resistance that was evident when they blocked the same move last summer, there is a distinct possibility the Premier League will lose its most recognisable player in the coming months.

 

SThere are conflicting reports about United's current position. Ever since it became apparent that Ronaldo wanted to play in Spain, United's official line has been that he is under contract until 2012 and is not for sale. That stance has not altered, but Real and Ronaldo's camp believe they made a breakthrough behind the scenes. Indeed, there are claims that the two clubs began talks earlier this season and that United have accepted Ronaldo's position. It helps the negotiation process that Ramón Calderón, the Madrid president who orchestrated last summer's affair and irritated United so much in the process, is no longer in office, having been replaced by Vicente Boluda.

 

Calderón's conduct made keeping Ronaldo at United a point of principle to Ferguson and his chief executive, David Gill. They always knew, however, that Ronaldo was in Manchester against his wishes, and the revelation that he is planning to resurrect the transfer is news they have been dreading since the start of the season – even though it hardly represents a shock. "The mistake last year was to speak about Madrid so much," Ronaldo's godfather, Fernao Sousa, said recently. "This year hardly anyone is saying anything and it is certain the transfer will go much better."

 

Ronaldo's cousin, Luis Felipe, added: "He's won everything with United and he needs new challenges with a new team."

 

Ronaldo is currently United's leading scorer with 18 goals, but he managed 42 in the previous campaign, and there have been times when his body language, scarcely celebrating some goals, has come under scrutiny. Nonetheless, Ferguson's determination to keep him is understandable given Ronaldo's standing in the world game and the fact that, at 24, he is still relatively young in football terms.

 

In total, Ronaldo has scored 110 goals for United in 233 starts and 47 substitute appearances – a staggering strike-rate for a player who is essentially a right-winger.

 

The question is whether United's owners, the Glazer family, can turn down such a huge financial deal in the current economic climate. Ferguson will hope they can, but the manager has acknowledged that playing for Real is the pinnacle for a player of Ronaldo's Iberian background and it has stuck in his mind, from their talks last summer, that the player already thinks he has achieved everything he can in England.

[Sion]

i'd rather he stay than give them £75m to buy someone like Benzema or Aguero or Ribery

[stressederic]

In total, Ronaldo has scored 110 goals for United in 233 starts and 47 substitute appearances – a staggering strike-rate for a player who is essentially a right-winger.

 

If 'essentially' means 'stands there for kick offs' then yes, yes he is.

[carrafan]

Real director Pedro Trapote reportedly told Spanish newspaper El Mundo a deal had been struck, but added "there are clauses keeping us from announcing it".

 

:lol: :lol:

[John am Rhein]

i'd rather he stay than give them £75m to buy someone like Benzema or Aguero or Ribery

 

He's a better player than them so better he leaves and they waste their money on crap like Ribery

[Leo No.8]

i'd rather he stay than give them £75m to buy someone like Benzema or Aguero or Ribery

 

Disagree - I think Ronaldo is irreplaceable. None of those three are in his league.

 

Benzema and Aguero are highly talented youngsters with plenty yet to prove at the highest level but would cost about £30m, and the other Ribery looks quality but hasn't played in one of the top leagues yet ie England, Spain or Italy.

[Raj]

i'd rather he stay than give them £75m to buy someone like Benzema or Aguero or Ribery

 

Hope the Glazers keep the money to pay off their loan and they promote Nani.