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.
Who is the best footballer in the World?
Whilst it would be hard to argue with the fact Critiano Ronaldo had the best season, I don’t agree this necessarily makes him the most skilful player on the planet. At United, I’d much rather...
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Written by Scott the Red. 29 comments
In recent days Manchester United have done a pretty little number on Real Madrid, a quick one-two to the ribs leaving Los Merengues looking slow and sorely unequipped for the war.
And rest assured, this is a war – one that will be fought...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 11 comments
The majority of us have one. A personal vendetta with a man you’ve never met. A man who could not have done much worse had he slept with your wife.
These are the players that rinse your club for every last penny. The players that see...
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Written by Luke Smith. 12 comments
Dimitar Berbatov produced a moment of magic and a smiling Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a brace as United beat West Ham 2-0 at Old Trafford.
Ronaldo scored his and United’s first after 15 minutes when he converted an inch perfect...
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Written by christopherwarren. Comments Off
The Ronaldo saga, possibly the most tedious bout of “will-he-won’t-he” transfer talk ever, was the bane of most United fans lives over the summer. Here we were, champions of England, champions of Europe, and all anyone wanted talk...
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Written by Penguinissimo. 22 comments
There are two main reasons why I know that the world of football is very quiet at the moment. One is that I write about football on a daily basis and, international match preparation/fall-out aside, there has been very little news compared to our normal...
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Written by Rob Parker. 11 comments
What is it about Manchester United number 7’s and the urge to own a fashion empire? And we don’t mean Eric Cantona! Cristiano Ronaldo’s second CR7 shop has opened in Lisbon selling everything you need to make your own identikit smart-casual...
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Written by Rob Parker. 2 comments
I’m thinking of applying for a job at News of the World. In a pinch, I’ll take a gig at The Sun as well.
Just think about it – you get to make up the most outrageous of fantasies based on the flimsiest of ‘tips’,...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. Comments Off
If you believe the rumours, Cristiano Ronaldo has talked Sir Alex Ferguson into giving him a starting berth against Chelsea. You won’t need a Sky Sports advert to remind you that this a massive game. Huge. The “first classic of the...
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Written by Rob Parker. Comments Off
Cristiano Ronaldo has been lacking two things this summer. One was the ability to walk without crutches and the other was a decent PR adviser to prevent him putting his Nike Mercurials in his gob every couple of days. And yet neither seems to have...
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Written by Rob Parker. 14 comments
