Ronaldo off to Spain....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7404089.stm

Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo says he may consider his future at the club after next week's Champions League final.

The 23-year-old, who has scored 41 goals in a superb season, has been linked with a move to Real Madrid.

"I'm very happy here but let's see after the Champions League final what happens," Ronaldo told Spanish TV at United's training ground.

"I feel at home here. I've been here five years but the future, we'll see."

He added: "I've said a million times I'd like to play in Spain but dreaming is one thing, reality is another. I don't know."

Ronaldo collected the Football Writers' Association award on Thursday, part of a clean sweep of the English player-of-the-year prizes this season.

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What do you make of Cristiano Ronaldo's comments?
The Portugal international signed a contract extension last year to keep him at Old Trafford until 2012.

Speaking in January, Manchester United chief executive David Gill told Football Focus: "There's no chance of us selling him, no way, whatever the bid.

"Cristiano signed a new contract last season to 2012 and we are not a selling club."

And selling the club's leading scorer would not sit well with last week's statement from Gill outlining plans to further improve the squad over the summer.

"We will certainly be in a position where, if we can improve it, we will," Gill told MUTV.

However, Real Madrid have made no secret of their desire to sign Ronaldo, with their coach Bernd Schuster describing Ronaldo as "the best player in the world" earlier this year.

On Wednesday, Miguel Angel Arroyo, Real Madrid's general director, said: "We have the solvency and the financial liquidity to be able to take on a signing of the magnitude of Cristiano Ronaldo.

"It would be economically beneficial due to the merchandising that would arise from it."

Real have signed big names from United in recent seasons, with David Beckham and Ruud van Nistelrooy both moving from Old Trafford to the Bernabeu.

Could the ECL final be his last game?

I say ....Next year... Liverpool will certainly win the premiership...

RicardoJol wrote:I say ....Next year... Liverpool will certainly win the premiership...

To next year

Part exchange with Robinho and Nutter's won't be seen again. Now for it to happen.

New low for BBC.

Sun copy Marca's article, BBC copies the sun's.

Parks lives wrote:New low for BBC.

Sun copy Marca's article, BBC copies the sun's.

A new low for the British media you mean, unless Marca for once aren't lieing.


Manchester United midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo has hinted he may reconsider his future at Old Trafford after the Champions League final. (various)


Usually, when the Beeb puts various in it's gossip column, in means two or three papers. I've just made a quick check of the newspapers that are running the story on there websites as one of the major headlines in the sporting section. This time every national paper that covers sport has that story.

So in other words it'd be pretty remiss of the BBC not to report it in a column which is basically newspaper gossip.

Dwarf wrote:Part exchange with Robinho and Nutter's won't be seen again. Now for it to happen.

I've seen the interview and he seemed insistent to point out that "anything can happen". That he was happy at manu but no-one knows the future, and that his dream is to one day play in spain.

If a player has no intention to move in the immediate future then he would say he would stay at least for the time being, but he was very much for the "no-one knows the future except god, and anything can happen", even when asked if he would be there next year.

So it is quite normal to wonder if he will go, especially if real were stupid enough to put in a bid of say 60-70 million or something.

But they've got his statement in quotes on the BBC website. This is more than gossip.

Straight from the horse's mouth (no, not Ruud's):

"I'm very happy here but let's see after the Champions League final what happens," Ronaldo told Spanish TV at United's training ground.

"I feel at home here. I've been here five years but the future, we'll see."

He added: "I've said a million times I'd like to play in Spain but dreaming is one thing, reality is another. I don't know."

Presumably, if it was recorded for Spanish TV, the report will eventually be disseminated, and, when that occurs, the Spanish posters on here can confirm or refute the veracity of the BBCs translation.

He knows he can't expect loyalty from the club, so why not leave on his own terms....


....hmmm, maybe he's smarter than I thought after all

this is all very similar to the Beckham situation.

Everyone in England will remember the I've had talks business.

The Quiet Earth wrote:But they've got his statement in quotes on the BBC website. This is more than gossip.

Straight from the horse's mouth (no, not Ruud's):

"I'm very happy here but let's see after the Champions League final what happens," Ronaldo told Spanish TV at United's training ground.

"I feel at home here. I've been here five years but the future, we'll see."

He added: "I've said a million times I'd like to play in Spain but dreaming is one thing, reality is another. I don't know."

Presumably, if it was recorded for Spanish TV, the report will eventually be disseminated, and, when that occurs, the Spanish posters on here can confirm or refute the veracity of the BBCs translation.

I saw an english version, but I didn't see the first 2 quotes above. The third one yes, and a lot of "no-one kows the future, anything can happen"

I posted this a few days ago, and also mentioned these quotes he had made, yet was laughed off. As is usual for interviews given to press from different countries, it takes a while for it to disseminate to other countries and languages.

What do you say now, Man. Utd. fans

Heard the 1st and 3rd quotes this morning

kas wrote:I posted this a few days ago, and also mentioned these quotes he had made, yet was laughed off. As is usual for interviews given to press from different countries, it takes a while for it to disseminate to other countries and languages.

What do you say now, Man. Utd. fans

About what?

Let me know when he says he is moving.

A boot in his head..a boot in his head..he'll get in a boot in his fucking head

He could always play for Liverpool - it would be 'like' playing in Spain - without the sun and sangria granted

No surprise Ronaldo is saying this now; he just wants a better contract and will get one. I expect him to one day play in Spain (probably for Barça..)

f@ck knows why he wants to leave, Barcelona are in transition and Real Madrid play shite football...

Problem is, United can't keep buckling to these demands, i mean hes had what 2 / 3 new contracts in the last 2 years?

One day United will have to say enough is enough - you're earning shed loads and winning trophies already stop being a greedy pr!ck

Then a boot to the head

I'm not really interested in paying a ridiculous fee for him, which, at this point, is what it would take. So hopefully he stays in Manchester.

Jaime wrote:I'm not really interested in paying a ridiculous fee for him, which, at this point, is what it would take. So hopefully he stays in Manchester.

Why not? What's money to Madrid? Buy him and you're guaranteed to win the league next season again and probably go very far in Europe as well.

Luis wrote:

Jaime wrote:I'm not really interested in paying a ridiculous fee for him, which, at this point, is what it would take. So hopefully he stays in Manchester.

Why not? What's money to Madrid? Buy him and you're guaranteed to win the league next season again and probably go very far in Europe as well.

Apparently we've got the money but if we sign him it would most likely be our only signing and I think our defence needs to be improved and we still don't have a suitable replacement for RVN.

Luis wrote:

Jaime wrote:I'm not really interested in paying a ridiculous fee for him, which, at this point, is what it would take. So hopefully he stays in Manchester.

Why not? What's money to Madrid? Buy him and you're guaranteed to win the league next season again and probably go very far in Europe as well.

He probably will unbalance things.

Il Raifael wrote:

Luis wrote:

Jaime wrote:I'm not really interested in paying a ridiculous fee for him, which, at this point, is what it would take. So hopefully he stays in Manchester.

Why not? What's money to Madrid? Buy him and you're guaranteed to win the league next season again and probably go very far in Europe as well.

He probably will unbalance things.

He can single handedly destroy any team, he's up there with the best we'll ever see in football, I'd pay 100 million + for him to be honest, give him the ball and he'll win you a football match.

Il Raifael wrote:

Luis wrote:

Jaime wrote:I'm not really interested in paying a ridiculous fee for him, which, at this point, is what it would take. So hopefully he stays in Manchester.

Why not? What's money to Madrid? Buy him and you're guaranteed to win the league next season again and probably go very far in Europe as well.

He probably will unbalance things.

That too...we've managed to create a great spirit in the team, post-galatico, and I don't know if anyone wants to revisit that experiment right now.

Jaime wrote:

Il Raifael wrote:

Luis wrote:

Jaime wrote:I'm not really interested in paying a ridiculous fee for him, which, at this point, is what it would take. So hopefully he stays in Manchester.

Why not? What's money to Madrid? Buy him and you're guaranteed to win the league next season again and probably go very far in Europe as well.

He probably will unbalance things.

That too...we've managed to create a great spirit in the team, post-galatico, and I don't know if anyone wants to revisit that experiment right now.

Post- Galáctico era Real have done well, I still think you guys need a new Quinta del Buitre

Raul: 'don't change things, don't destroy this team'., The idea for Real is to get new players - but not Cristiano Ronaldo kind of players…

IMO, Ronaldo should wait at least till he turns 26 to move to Spain. With that said, I think he will be gone next year, especially if United win the CL.

Personally, I think United have the perfect environment for his growth. If he takes a year or two to adapt to La Liga, he will lose some crucial time. He has a good thing going--why wreck it?

Hopefully this is just a ploy to get a new contract. We do need a right winger and he is a good player but he isnt worth the money for what he can offer currently.also he owes Man utd and Ferguson a year or two more before he leaves. the thing is that i can see him coming this summer.