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.
On one hand, Real Madrid is not the same force as before – the mammoth that lured Zidane and Barcelona Figo to the Bernabeu is a limping, whimpering animal with no brawn to back its bark.
On the other hand, Real Madrid...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 18 comments
First, the press attributed false quotes to Scolari, changing statements to make it sound like Scolari had said that Ronaldo should leave Manchester United and head for Barcelona.
Then, the Portugal squad were raided for inside stories after...
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Watch Manchester United v Barcelona live here!
With the ‘Ronaldo to Barcelona’ rumours refusing...
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Instead of indulging in pointless Football Manager-style fantasizing about who Barcelona will buy this summer, let’s look at the real reasons behind these rumours.
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Barcelona’s and Real Madrid’s interest in Ronaldo is to be expected – after all, Ronny grew up watching these two clubs and dreaming to play for them. These two are also the only clubs that could pry Ronaldo away from Manchester United...
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The Guardian tells us that Ferguson and Queiroz have told Ronaldo to avoid talking to the press about any transfer rumours linking him away from Manchester United.
Notwithstanding...
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Real Madrid will think that they came close to signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United last summer, but the cold reality is that Manchester United are not willing to let go of their prized asset unless a crazy money offer comes along.
Real...
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A roundup of the news about Manchester United in the last two days:
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Once you consider that Manchester United has two of the best wingers in the world (Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo), it’s no surprise that the Old Trafford club has managed to punch above its weight in the Premiership on the back of their performances.
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Warning: This post contains reference to events which could bring up bad memories for England supporters.
I am incredibly impressed with Cristiano Ronaldo. I’ll admit, I was very close to writing him off completely, on a few occasions,...
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