Cristiano Ronaldo
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Oh, I heard about him not celebrating because he was unhappy at a few things at Madrid.
Maybe this is why we never spent 'the Ronaldo money', we were saving it for Ronaldo.
Jesus Wayne, you'r killing me here
To be fair, what he's said there isn't that insulting. Ronnie acknowledges his good looks - fair enough.
For an athelete, giving blood is a big deal.
That is a really interesting article.
The tipping point for Sunday's public display of disillusion was Andres Iniesta's election as Uefa's Best Player in Europe three days previously. After a season in which Ronaldo scored 46 goals in 38 games as Real Madrid ended Barcelona's hegemony over La Liga, the Portuguese ended up two journalists votes adrift of Iniesta, who is generally considered to have followed an unexceptional domestic campaign with an excellent Euro 2012.
There is no doubt that Barcelona place more value on such individual prizes than Madrid. The Catalans have a strategy for acquiring them. Starting with Joan La Porta and continuing with Sandro Rosell, their presidents are ever present at football's grand events. Their principal players - Iniesta, Xabi and Lionel Messi - publicly push for each other to win what have turned into global popularity contests.
At Madrid, Ronaldo has been blocked from granting interviews to important European publications while a group of teammates that includes Xabi Alonso, Alvaro Arbeloa and Marcelo who share media representation with Iker Casillas have been promoting the goalkeeper's candidacy for Fifa's World Player of the Year award. If Madrid doesn't push for its best player to be recognised as such, how can others?
It certainly explains the 2010 awards when Sneijder didn't even get a look in. I also didn't feel that Rivaldo deserved the award in 1999, and Beckham's second places always seemed a bit generous to me. Personally I don't feel that Iniesta deserves the award this year, surely it has to be Messi or Ronaldo. Furthermore, I feel that the world player of the year should be voted by all the worlds professional players and managers, with no press input.
i think is at the very heart of his issues. And if it is, I have sympathy for him.
Ohhhhhhhhh it's on
All these should surely be a part of Ronaldo's sacrifices for 'pursuing his dream of playing for Real Madrid, the bestest of best clubs in the world?
Suck on it, Ronaldo.
Suck on it, Ronaldo.
Sensationalist headline.
Rooney is rather complimentary to Ronnie there. Interesting how he spoke to him straight after the red card incident too.
Don't think its a money issue, Ronaldo has many faults but grabbing more money isn't really one of them. He's just a very insecure individual, needs to feel loved and I don't think he feels that at the Bernebau... he wants the place to feel like his arena and that he is captivating the audience, instead it feels like a continuous audition where he has to prove himself, time and time again... it must wear him down.
He's still a whiny little attention seeking bitch, but he's worked really hard to not just be a goalscorer - he's actually entertaining again, last season was testament to that for both club and country, he was fun to watch during the Euro's too.
This is possibly a ploy to get the Madrid crowd onside, make them realise what they have and instil some fear in them that they might lose him if they don't get their act together. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Jose himself orchestrated it.
He's still a whiny little attention seeking bitch, but he's worked really hard to not just be a goalscorer - he's actually entertaining again, last season was testament to that for both club and country, he was fun to watch during the Euro's too.
This is possibly a ploy to get the Madrid crowd onside, make them realise what they have and instil some fear in them that they might lose him if they don't get their act together. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Jose himself orchestrated it.
Bring him home, put him on a pedestal, watch him destroy everyone again.
Obviously someone like Nani would have to go to make way in terms of wage bill.
Obviously someone like Nani would have to go to make way in terms of wage bill.
Ronaldo, insecure?.. Hmm dunno about that
Offcourse, even I do. I mean, I love Casillas, but seriously? Has he had a better year than Ronaldo? Let's not get silly now. I wouldn't blame him if he wanted to leave because they support Iker instead of him for the Ballon D'or. He singlehandedly won us the league ffs. Another thing is the support he gets from the crowd. I've been to a home game for the first time in my life past May and I couldn't believe how quiet it was. Only the Ultras who sat about 50 feet away from us were making a fantastic atmospere, the rest of the stadium was just fecking dead with the occasional clap or cheer. It was a real eye opener, expected it to be different for a club of our stature. No wonder he doesn't feel as loved as he was at Old Trafford. We'll always be a big club with or without Ronaldo but you just have to treat a player as talented as him with more respect, that's how I feel about it. Would be a shame if we would lose him over this next summer.
I think a lot of madrid fans are spoilt. They don't understand Ronaldo, is the only reason Madrid can compete with Barcelona. He almost matches probably the greatest talent ever in Messi. It's beyond comprehension. In England it would never happen, at most clubs it would never happen - but some Madrid fans think they're bigger then the game and they're very wrong. They might have sepp blatter on side. The fact is, he made the move for his father and because he grew up watching that - but in many respects it was a mistake leaving United and their support.
Don't know if it has something to do with being spoilt. I think the reason is Madrid has such a big foreign support that the crowd is a bit too incoherent week in week out. Oh and I think it was his mother not his father that was a Real Madrid fan.
Its rumoured that Jorge Mendes actually advised Ronaldo to stay at Man Utd when he left as Mendes thought United would be better placed to guide him at that point of his career. According to this version of events Mendes wanted Ronaldo to leave for Madrid but around now, with him fully matured and developed as a player, not in 2009.
Now there's also the issue that as United dont take as big a chunk out of their players global advertising deals as Madrid do Mendes also saw more money in Ronaldo staying at United. But if you believe that Mendes also cares about Ronaldo's state of mind it stands to reason he anticipated that Ronaldo would come to miss all the things he took for granted at United e.g. Fatherly affection from Sir Alex, the love of the crowd, the unity of the squad, the lack of factions at board level etc. Certainly the interview with Hunter on Talksport bares the view that Ronaldo misses United.
I'll buy him the flight back to Manchester...can't get fairer than that
As a fan I'd love to see Ronaldo back, but the United he left back then isn't the same United now. We're very much in transition and are building a new team. Sure, the core of the 2009 United has remained and Ronaldo's said many times in the past that he misses his former colleagues and the gaffer, but how long will Vidic, Ferdinand, Giggs, Scholes, and Ferguson stay at the club?
Ronaldo has scored like 140 goals in 138 games in his last two seasons at Real, but he could never have scored that many without world class footballers around him. If he comes back at United he won't have that many world class footballers playing alongside him and I think that will frustrate Ronaldo.
Ronaldo has scored like 140 goals in 138 games in his last two seasons at Real, but he could never have scored that many without world class footballers around him. If he comes back at United he won't have that many world class footballers playing alongside him and I think that will frustrate Ronaldo.
Talksport had a phone in before: 'Rooney or Ronaldo'
One of them left us for a club he considered bigger and better.
The other decided to stay. I know which one I'd prefer
One of them left us for a club he considered bigger and better.
The other decided to stay. I know which one I'd prefer
One of us left. The other came really close.
No great difference other than the fact Ronaldo is clearly better than Rooney.
The outcome of the Talksport poll 65% in Ronnie's favour seems sound to me.
Hmm bit odd, Ronaldo left to go to the club he supported as a child, Rooney came here to win trophies and when he thought we might not compete any more he handed in a transfer request. Would hardly say that Rooney has shown more loyalty or anything.
m.talksport.co.uk/radio/sunday-exclusive/120909/marcotti-man-united-will-not-buy-back-ronaldo-180540
Marcotti: united will not buy back romaldo.
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It's talkshite so it must be on...
Marcotti: united will not buy back romaldo.
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It's talkshite so it must be on...
Huh? So much wrong in what you're saying. We still have more than enough quality players to keep ronaldo happy. Put Ronaldo in our line up instead of Real's and i'l put money on us beating them. He isnt bigger than the club at all, you're talking of Manchester United here with players like Rooney, RVP, Kagawa, Nani, Valencia, Giggs, Scholes, Carrick, Vidic and Rio. Not enough quality there?
If he comes here, we'd walk the league. And become the 2nd best team in the world. I have no doubt about it.
It will never happen, fortunately.
Ronaldo ain't bigger then the club. The type of character in the dressing room is still the same....Vidic is 30/31, the others will probably stay at the club in some capacity...we're not inferior. Far from it.
Oh dear
Possibly the most idiotic thing I have read in this thread so far.
Never mind this thread, that's the stupidest thing I've ever read on the caf.
Everything's great again.Drama Queen.
Cristiano Ronaldo has again insisted he is not concerned about contracts after returning to Real Madrid following international duty with Portugal.
The forward appeared to raise question marks over his Real future earlier this month after admitting he did not celebrate scoring against Granada as he was feeling 'sad'.
Speculation has suggested that the motive for Ronaldo's unhappiness is that he wants to be handed an even more lucrative deal at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Ronaldo has yet to explain the reason for his sadness, but has reiterated that he remains committed to helping Real to success.
"It is now time to return to the club and think only about my club," wrote Ronaldo on his Facebook page.
"I would like to reaffirm, without being concerned about contracts, that my focus is solely on winning every game and every available trophy with the essential company of my team-mates and all Madridistas."
Ronaldo heads back to the Spanish capital after helping Portugal to beat Luxembourg and Azerbaijan in their opening two World Cup qualifiers.
Cristiano Ronaldo has again insisted he is not concerned about contracts after returning to Real Madrid following international duty with Portugal.
The forward appeared to raise question marks over his Real future earlier this month after admitting he did not celebrate scoring against Granada as he was feeling 'sad'.
Speculation has suggested that the motive for Ronaldo's unhappiness is that he wants to be handed an even more lucrative deal at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Ronaldo has yet to explain the reason for his sadness, but has reiterated that he remains committed to helping Real to success.
"It is now time to return to the club and think only about my club," wrote Ronaldo on his Facebook page.
"I would like to reaffirm, without being concerned about contracts, that my focus is solely on winning every game and every available trophy with the essential company of my team-mates and all Madridistas."
Ronaldo heads back to the Spanish capital after helping Portugal to beat Luxembourg and Azerbaijan in their opening two World Cup qualifiers.
He said that before when the whole thing kicked off as well didn't he? As in he'll always put 100% and try and win every game etc.
Either way, he'll get a new contract and its all then good.
More wingers are the last thing we need right now. That's why I expect Ronaldo to be back at Old Trafford in January. We'll probably sell all our central midfielders and full backs to help pay for him as well.
And probably the most disrespectful as well.
He might have had a better chance to get away with it if he was talking about Becks but Ronaldo? No.
Ronaldo Sr's time at United has passed. His son's however...
It's also funny to think his son was born in the US and could technically play for them. It's the US' new strategy: First it was to send servicemen to impregnate the German population. Now it's to force prostitutes onto European players when they visit so their sons are eligible. Rooney stay away!
It's also funny to think his son was born in the US and could technically play for them. It's the US' new strategy: First it was to send servicemen to impregnate the German population. Now it's to force prostitutes onto European players when they visit so their sons are eligible. Rooney stay away!
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