Ronaldo will publicly state he "would like to go to Real"...

[CROoney]

Ronaldo's godfather's shock revelation

Marca's latest attempt to suggest Cristiano Ronaldo is heading for Real Madrid, a day after the Spanish champions appeared to call off their chase, centres around a sensational interview with the Manchester United icon's godfather.

Fernao Sousa was interviewed in Portugal even though Los Merengues stated they understand their main target is not for sale this summer.

Sousa is presented as a very important person in the midfielder’s life and the one who advised the young Ronaldo to move to Sporting at the age of 11.

The godfather encouraged the 23-year-old to move to Old Trafford and has now claimed that Ronaldo wants to move to El Santiago Bernabeu and will make it public in July.

“Cristiano must take advantage of this opportunity to go to Real Madrid,” Sousa apparently told Marca.

“I think that he has decided he will go to Real Madrid, but he will not say it until the European Championship is over.

“Cristiano Ronaldo’s top objective is to win everything, it is what he wants the most, especially the Champions League and then going as far as possible with Portugal during Euro 2008."

United have already threatened to report Real to Fifa and Sir Alex Ferguson accused the club of using Marca as a propaganda tool regarding incoming transfers.

[CaptainRoyKeane]

Oh you got to be kidding me! Not sounding positive at all! Whay can;t he make his own decision and stick to his contract for now!!!

[reddwarf]

Goal.com are reporting this story but they have added...

Spanish sports daily Marca claims that Real Madrid president Ramón Calderón has received an angry letter from Manchester United regarding Cristiano Ronaldo

Following on from the Red Devils' public statement about Madrid's conduct, this personal letter appears to be a step further.

Allegedly signed by David Gill, the Old Trafford CEO, it states that not only are United unwilling to sell Ronaldo at present, but that they will not do so even if Cristiano Ronaldo publicly asks for a move.

[CROoney]

lol - i would deliberately sell him to barca in a few years time instead

[Ando2008]

i'd sell him to Athletico for way less and that would certainly p!ss them off

[RedForceRising]

For goodness sake sell this unappreciative, immature brat already!!

I'm reaching boiling point. No player is above the team!

Yes, he is a great player, but I cannot believe all this nonsense about him staying or going. If he can't see that at 23 the right place for him to be is still Man Utd then he should really go.

He just won his second league title and first Champions League medal and the people close to him and the player himself keep making these assertios.

Sell him, but Bentley and a striker and let's see how much we'll miss him. Boah ...... I
m getting really sick of this brat and his minders.

[manutd004]

I'm not really sure what to make of this.

This, to me, just seems that its the Godfathers wish for him to go to Real.

If he does indeed want to go, demand a big fee and at least 2 players, one of which has to be Robinho. If they want him that badly, then they will have to accept our demands.

Either that or offer him to Barca and try to get Messi and/or Eto'o :p

[Ando2008]

For goodness sake sell this unappreciative, immature brat already!!

I'm reaching boiling point. No player is above the team!

Yes, he is a great player, but I cannot believe all this nonsense about him staying or going. If he can't see that at 23 the right place for him to be is still Man Utd then he should really go.

He just won his second league title and first Champions League medal and the people close to him and the player himself keep making these assertios.

Sell him, but Bentley and a striker and let's see how much we'll miss him. Boah ...... I
m getting really sick of this brat and his minders.


I'd rather get Young, he is a far better player than that tit Bently

[CROoney]

For goodness sake sell this unappreciative, immature brat already!!

I'm reaching boiling point. No player is above the team!

Yes, he is a great player, but I cannot believe all this nonsense about him staying or going. If he can't see that at 23 the right place for him to be is still Man Utd then he should really go.

He just won his second league title and first Champions League medal and the people close to him and the player himself keep making these assertios.

Sell him, but Bentley and a striker and let's see how much we'll miss him. Boah ...... I
m getting really sick of this brat and his minders.

calm down rfr - he's never said he'd like to go - numerous of times he's said that he loves the club,the fans and has no reason to go anywhere... it's all hear-say - untill he says he would like to leave for madrid i'm calm - if he does that however, i would be the first who couldn't care less coz we've proved many times that we're not a one man team - and have never been

[Nemanjaaa]

Right he will not leave, he will leave in 3 years when Fergie retires i really really doubt he will leave, BUT if that "offer" with Robinho/Diarra/Ramos + 38 million came our way i think we should take it!

[CROoney]

Right he will not leave, he will leave in 3 years when Fergie retires i really really doubt he will leave, BUT if that "offer" with Robinho/Diarra/Ramos + 38 million came our way i think we should take it!
put casillas instead of diarra ( we're already well equiped in that position)

[Keano!]

IMO, a lot of this rubbish is transmitting from his own family now.

His mum wants him to go to Spain and now his godfather!

I just hope he's man enough to stand on his own two feet and say, "I not going anywhere"


Edit:

I'd accept €100M, Robinho, Ruud, Casillas, and a buy back clause of 100K;)


Not asking for much? Am I? :p

[-zuco-]

put casillas instead of diarra ( we're already well equiped in that position)
We've also got three good 'keepers.

[manutd004]

IMO, a lot of this rubbish is transmitting from his own family now.

His mum wants him to go to Spain and now his godfather!

I just hope he's man enough to stand on his own two feet and say, "I not going anywhere"


Edit:

I'd accept €100M, Robinho, Ruud, Casillas, and a buy back clause of 100K;)


Not asking for much? Am I? :p

Thats a great deal!

I would happily accept that right now! :p

[CROoney]

We've also got three good 'keepers.
nah - we've got 1 world class, one average and a hot prospect - we can't mess around with that spot - we can't experiment with kusczcack - we need to off load him and put foster as a back up

[christianoharleiro]

:mad: for gods sake can we ban people from making Ronaldo threads until August?

as ive said before, i hope they block the sale to madrid (like they did with heinze and liverpool) and sell him to barca or someone instead because of the way madrid have gone about their business.

if madrid want him, £100m + robinho, ramos, casillas, pepe, rvn. if barca want him £50m + Messi fair deal.

[Forever_United]

even if he wants to leave, he's in a contract and were not going to let him leave. i too am getting sick of all this talk by his family as well. i guarantee if he does go he'll miss the pace and excitement of the EPL ;)

[CROoney]

:mad: for gods sake can we ban people from making Ronaldo threads until August?
as ive said before, i hope they block the sale to madrid (like they did with heinze and liverpool) and sell him to barca or someone instead because of the way madrid have gone about their business.

if madrid want him, £100m + robinho, ramos, casillas, pepe, rvn. if barca want him £50m + Messi fair deal.


hmmmm - sounds like mods form talkingreds:mad:

[christianoharleiro]

lol, not really, just getting really boring, tomorrow there will be another thread about how Ronaldo's mum's sister's dog's dad has said to the press that he's definately going to go to madrid.

seriously in the last week or so theres been about 50 different stories on sky sports about the Ronaldo saga.

[CROoney]

lol, not really, just getting really boring, tomorrow there will be another thread about how Ronaldo's mum's sister's dog's dad has said to the press that he's definately going to go to madrid.

seriously in the last week or so theres been about 50 different stories on sky sports about the Ronaldo saga.
yeah . i see what you mean but back there on talkingreds we had a period in which everyone was frobbiden to open a ronaldo thread because of all "is he or isn't he great / worldclass" and stuff

[ManUtd08]

He Anit Leavin Nw Pplz U Gt It All Wrong He Stayin At United!!!!!

[scott 4 evra]

he doesn't need to say it. i tink he's made it quite clear he wants to move.

[yangch0000]

the stories will keep coming up over the next months, until ronaldo actually stops all the rumours by giving a definite answer. so everybody dun be so ****ed off at the moment. i am annoyed by ronaldo, but i am keeping a cold head over this issue. if he does leave, he will lose more than us. if ronaldo does not understand this, we have no point of keeping an ungrateful, unfaithful and extremely idiotic player. let him go and get the money.

[Keanos Magic Hat]

the stories will keep coming up over the next months, until ronaldo actually stops all the rumours by giving a definite answer. so everybody dun be so ****ed off at the moment. i am annoyed by ronaldo, but i am keeping a cold head over this issue. if he does leave, he will lose more than us. if ronaldo does not understand this, we have no point of keeping an ungrateful, unfaithful and extremely idiotic player. let him go and get the money.


Agreed. All this nonsense can be stopped if the man himself publicly states that he wants to be a Man u player next season.
All the comments coming from Ronaldo himself are only fueling the speculation......."It is my dream to play in Spain.....the future who knows? ...anything can happen in football....etc."
If he wishes to play in Spain at some point that fair enough, however he could just state that he is not ready to go yet. Tbh hed be a fool to leave now there is so much potential in the current squad.
No player is bigger than the club.

[Jazz 16]

Agreed. All this nonsense can be stopped if the man himself publicly states that he wants to be a Man u player next season.
All the comments coming from Ronaldo himself are only fueling the speculation......."It is my dream to play in Spain.....the future who knows? ...anything can happen in football....etc."
If he wishes to play in Spain at some point that fair enough, however he could just state that he is not ready to go yet. Tbh hed be a fool to leave now there is so much potential in the current squad.
No player is bigger than the club.

Spot on lads....It's getting annoying at this stage.....
but you said it all.

[Dynamite]

Real ready to give up on United's Ronaldo


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[Edinburgh Red]

I seriously doubt ronaldo will leave united in the summer.This is defo a PR stunt at most and ferguson said himself that he is confident cristiano will be here next season!!.Anyway why would you want to leave the european champions for a diddy team?I SMELL S**T.

[CROoney]

PORTUGAL coach Luiz Felipe Scolari last night hinted that he had advised Cristiano Ronaldo to move from Manchester United to Real Madrid.

The Brazilian -- who could yet be pitting his wits against Ronaldo's Manchester United team next season in the Premier League as the new manager of Chelsea or even Manchester City -- was asked about the player's situation at Portugal's Euro 2008 training camp in Viseu.

"I have told him that in football you cannot live on memories," he said. "You have to take the opportunities when they come along because perhaps they will not come again in your lifetime."

Scolari said the recent speculation about his future had in no way affected Ronaldo's preparations for Euro 2008.

[abojodeh]

Report by Ben Hibbs

United goalscoring legend Denis Law has told Cristiano Ronaldo that Old Trafford is the place to be to fulfil all his career aims.

Ronaldo had another record-breaking season in terms of goals for a winger - he scored 42 goals, just four behind Law's record of 46 in a campaign. It's the sort of form that has United's prized asset the envy of Europe's top clubs.

Real Madrid have persistently been linked - and linked themselves with - a move for the 23-year-old winger. But such a transfer doesn't make sense to Law, who says there's more to come after United's Double-winning campaign.

"There has been talk of Ronaldo going to Real Madrid, but you've just got to look at what he's done here at Manchester United and ask yourself, 'What's the point in him going to Real Madrid?'," he said.

"He's just won the Champions League and back-to-back titles, so why go anywhere else? He is at the most famous club in the world and they are not yet done with winning trophies."

Law, who alongside George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton has been immortalised in the 'United Trinity' statue outside Old Trafford, also believes the Portuguese forward should be named European Footballer of the Year, an award all three United greats won in the sixties.

"I would think that Ronaldo is the favourite to win it this year," Law added. "The way he's going, he is one of the favourites and if he doesn't win it this year, he'll certainly win it at some point."

[RedForceRising]

I'd rather get Young, he is a far better player than that tit Bently


I would be fine with either of them. Ashley Young is a talented player, with ace and vision. I think he has the second highest amount of assists in the prem this season and I would like to see him in a Man Utd jersey.

calm down rfr - he's never said he'd like to go - numerous of times he's said that he loves the club,the fans and has no reason to go anywhere... it's all hear-say - untill he says he would like to leave for madrid i'm calm - if he does that however, i would be the first who couldn't care less coz we've proved many times that we're not a one man team - and have never been


We've talked about it in the shout boz, but I just wanted to answer on your thread too. It might also help qualify my comments.


What i dislike about Ronaldo's statements is that he never just leaves it at "I'm happy at Man Utd and I want to stay here. He ALWAYS adds, who knows the future?

The answer is he does. He has another 4 years on his contract, so for the next four years his future should be at Man Utd.

As a fan I find it very disappointing. Even if it feels that way, he should keep it to himself, instead he always makes it a point to add that sentence. Just to tell Ral Madrid he;s keeping his options open and keep David Gill on his toes in the hope that he might get a new contract.

Again I would say, he should negotiate behind closed doors and not use the media to his advantage. It is disappointing for the fans and must be sending mized signals to his team mates.

[Dynamite]

Old Trafford chiefs will let Ronaldo rot, says Fergie

SCREW YOU, REAL

SIR ALEX FERGUSON insists Manchester United's American owners will force Cristiano Ronaldo to rot in the stands if he demands a move to Real Madrid.

Ronaldo's international boss Luiz Felipe Scolari last night urged the Portuguese superstar to sign for the Spanish champions.
And as the war over Ronaldo's future turned nasty, Old Trafford boss Fergie declared: "The Glazers' attitude is ‘screw them'.
"They would sit a player in the stand just to prove a point."

Ferguson insists Ronaldo is going nowhere and revealed United's American owners have now got involved in the bitter battle.

Real refuse to accept that the player is not for sale, despite United chief executive David Gill sending them a stern letter stating that the Premier League and European Cup winners would not let Ronaldo go — even if he wants to.

Screw

Now the Glazer family have told Fergie they are prepared to make the double Footballer of the Year an Old Trafford outcast if he decides he wants to join Madrid.

Fergie declared: "The thing people miss the point about is that I've had a couple of meetings with the Glazers. Their attitude is: ‘Screw them'.
"They would sit a player in the stand — absolutely no doubt about it — just to prove a point.

"They will not give in to these people. They've got balls. I've been delighted with them in that respect.

"They have been good to this club, believe me. They have been brilliant owners."

Ronaldo still has four years left on his United contract after signing a new £110,000-a-week deal last year.

Although he has pledged his future to United he has also stated that he will make an announcement on his future after this summer's European Championship finals.

He met up with Scolari at the Portuguese training camp and the pair have discussed the opportunity of joining the Spanish champions.

When asked whether he would recommend that Ronaldo moves to Real, Scolari replied: "In football you don't live on memories. You have to take the opportunities that come along because, if you let them pass by, you'll probably never get them again in your life.

Fantastic

"I'm like an older friend to him and during these days together we've talked a lot."

Ronaldo has always been close to the Brazilian coach and regards him as a father figure.

He has been known in the past to consult Big Phil on major decisions in his life.
Real president Ramon Calderon and coach Bernd Schuster have constantly sent out blatant messages to the Spanish media that they expect Ronaldo to become their player this summer.

And yesterday Real sporting director Pedrag Mijatovic said: "Signing Cristiano Ronaldo is our objective.

"Spending 50m, 60m or 70m euros on a top player is not a waste of money.
"He is one of the best players in the world, a fantastic footballer and of course we are interested.

"But he has a team and we would never go against the rules of FIFA and UEFA."

In another bizarre twist, a brand new £90,000 Audi supercar was pictured in the club's car park last week with a handwritten note on the windscreen which read: "To be delivered to Cristiano Ronaldo."

Ethics

Spanish newspaper Marca even claimed Real have gone over the heads of Gill and Fergie to negotiate a £70m Ronaldo deal with the Glazers — a move that has been firmly denied by the American family.

The whole bitter saga has infuriated United. They have threatened to report Real to FIFA over the Spanish club "immoral" tactics.

United insist they would not sell Ronaldo for £100m and Old Trafford No2 Carlos Queiroz declared: "Ronaldo is not going to leave. Manchester United can offer the best conditions.

"Where we can't compete is in a lack of ethics — because we have ethics and we don't abandon them.

"The Real president was a director when I was manager. I knew what he was telling me and what actually happened.

"If I were the player's agent I'd have no doubt which environment is best and I know he shares my opinion."

Real are also supposed to have taken out an insurance policy before making a formal bid, protecting them from any fluctuations in the exchange rate between the pound and the euro.

But the most damaging claim from Madrid sources is that Ronaldo has decided to move because he is angry with United for not keeping a promise to offer him an improved contract.

Powers

It is alleged he sees Real's offer as fairer recognition for his achievements.
Sport of the World first exclusively revealed United were considering making a new contract offer of around £7m a year to Ronaldo as a reward for his record-breaking season.

But there was never any promise, either written or verbal, to the player or his agent.

United argue that Ronaldo only signed a new five-year deal in 2007 which adequately compensated him for his contribution.

Fergie insisted last week there was no new offer on the table and he was satisfied that the winger was happy to stay.

But sources close to the manager indicated he is ready to fly out to the Euro finals for a heart-to-heart with Ronaldo.

The United manager used his persuasive powers to convince the Portuguese winger to stay after the furore erupted when Ronaldo was accused of deliberately getting Wayne Rooney sent off during the 2006 World Cup finals.

All Fergie's managerial experience will be needed now to calm a storm that is turning into a hurricane and could yet sweep their most prized performer into the clutches of Real Madrid.

Link (http://blogs.notw.co.uk/sport/2008/06/united-fury-ove.html)

[The_Red_Prince]

he has'nt stated that he wishes to leave.In the end,it is Ronaldo's decision alone that will decide every thing

[Wazza1989]

hm..they tried with his mother...now..with his godfather?..what's next?....why are they trying to lure Ronaldo..to a "better" place..this is what i don't understand...:(...he told a million times...that he loves Manchester United and everyone there and said that one day he would like to go and play in spain but, please..look at Real and look at Man Utd...Carlos Quieroz told the young portugese to think 2 times or more before to take this huge step, because Real Madrid is a very instable place...how does he know that..well as we all know, he was their manager for one year...so this is another stupid story Marca invented to unsettle the young lad...and even if it's true..Ronaldo is the only one to decide...not his mother..not his godfather or anyone else