Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the most hated, respected, ridiculed and loved football stars today. He is a true icon – splitting public opinion right down the middle. A Portuguese national and a Manchester United star, the right-winger had a career-changing 2006/2007 season, when he came in off an excellent World Cup performance (although people only remembered the diving and the Rooney incident) and led Manchester United to their first Premiership title in four years.
He’s a good player, that boy Ronaldo.
Ridiculous Rumours: Real Madrid and Barcelona Sign Ronaldo and Aguero
Well, if reports published on elconfidencial.com are to be trusted, then Spanish champions and European powerhouse Real Madrid have signed Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid. Or at least, they have reached an agreement. It has emerged that Real and Atletico have agreed on a deal with Real to pay their crosstown rivals a massive 60…
Sir Alex Ferguson: Sell Ronaldo To A Mob? I Wouldn’t Even Sell Them A Virus!
It is transfer time and understandably speculation on Cristiano Ronaldo has started to sprout. And understandably Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is not very happy with the current situation. Spanish paper El Mundo recently carried a news in which they quoted the Real Madrid diretor Pedro Trapote as saying that they have reached an…
The Biggest Winners of 2008 – Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona, Lionel Messi, Fabio Capello and TSG Hoffenheim
While football success and failure is usually measured season to season, from August to May, the end of an year gives an opportunity to look back on the calender twelve months and see who we think has been worthy of appearing in this column. Here’s a look at the teams and people who deserve to…
Arsene Wenger On His Side Of The Cristiano Ronaldo Miss
On Friday, we reported Cristiano Ronaldo’s frank confession of how he came close to signing for Arsenal instead of their Premier League rivals Manchester United in 2003. We now have Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s side of the story. The French professor too has let the cat slip out of the bag and told The Guardian:…
Ronaldo: I Almost Signed For Arsenal. Mum: He Could Have Been A Druggie!
Manchester United star midfielder and newly crowned European Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that he was on the brink of signing for Premier League club Arsenal in 2003. The 23-year old Portuguese international winger has confirmed that in 2003, when he signed for Arsenal’s Premier League rivals, Man United, he was actually…
Ronaldo Award Exposes The Bias In Ballon d’Or
Sir Alex Ferguson today spoke of his pride in Cristiano Ronaldo for winning Ballon d’Or, which crowns him as the best player in Europe. Of course, it could have been a very different story had Ronaldo pushed for a move to Real Madrid in the summer, where he would have likely still won the award…
Mass Exodus at Valencia, Drogba Going Nowhere, Owen’s Merseyside Return, and more!
Welcome to the Cristiano Ronaldo-free Transfer Rumor update for December 4, 2008. Today’s rumors include two big-time homecomings, a possible fire-sale at a big-name club, and a couple of in-demand players who are going nowhere… for now. Valencia Fire Sale? According to reports,
Cristiano Ronaldo is 2008 Ballon D’Or Winner
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2008 Ballon D’Or award by an overwhelming margin. Ronaldo comfortably beat his main rivals Messi and is now the fourth Manchester United player (after Law, Charlton and Best) and the first England-based player since Michael Owen to win the France Football award. The Ballon D’Or will go nicely with his…
SL Daily: Tottenham v Liverpool, Newcastle and Portsmouth takeovers, Nerieda takes ‘em off, drug testing hitlist and more
While you wait for Football Manager 2009 (little over 2 days to go), here is today’s news in brief to keep you company (don’t worry, you’ll be saying goodbye to rest of the year this weekend):
Nereida Gallardo: Ronaldo a self-centered, cowardly mommy’s boy
Nerieda Gallardo (god bless her body, not too impressed with the rest of her) has finally been bagged by the pubescent lads at NOTW for a photo shoot (clothes on of course, they aren’t buying up photos of Nerida Gallardo naked on the beach like the Sun) and was more then willing to talk about…
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