Its been a long summer (northern hemisphere summer and hence English Premier league summer) and I am happy that finally people seem tired of the Ronaldo Saga as it looks more and more likely that he is staying at our club; a fact we Man Utd (or as our rival football fans call the team ManUre) fans knew from day one.
This means only one thing and that is peace for us poor souls. I know you would be happy to see us lose the young man and your teams then would have better chances against us.
The press in Spain and London, and fans of rival teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Madrid in particular, have been stirring this whole saga up for months and months, and repeatedly fanning the flames. I think everybody's sick of it and its about time it stopped. They hate United and will do anything, anything, to destablise Man Utd simply because we're the best, biggest and more famous club in the world and they can't stand to see it, and are jealous of us.
I think we've been treated dreadfully by the press and you guys. Our magnificent double seems to mean nothing and all that is being written about is how nasty we are for wanting to keep Ronaldo against his wishes. (Rio Ferdinand did admit that the shine of the double had been dulled by the Ronaldo saga but he said Ronaldo would still be welcome to the Old Trafford dressing room at the end of it all).
Have we treated Ronaldo so badly in the all the time he has been here? Have we acted wrongly to say that he is not for sale as one of our best young players? Obviously we're the ones at fault simply because we are Manchester United, envied all over the world. I tend to think of it all as a positive because it's sure to get the fans' backs up and just remind of us all of our siege mentality. I don't have any fears over our future because there are so many talented players at the club and the unity between them is too great to be destroyed by Cristiano Ronaldo and his "dream move".
And about Madrid not being punished by FIFA, Man Utd rushed to FIFA to show their level of seriousness in wanting to stop Madrid pursuing Ronaldo aggressively though they knew that there was no full case at the time. But it is also a move which allows FIFA to act as soon as sometime goes wrong; more of a "proactive suit" as opposed of retrospective one.
You see . . . Real will never pay up, its as simple as that. They don't have the funding required to make the transfer happen and United will not be forced to sell their player either. United didn't want Beckahm or Van Nistelrooy and as a result they lost out on gaining these players full transfer values by maybe as much as a further £25m. The lesson has now been learned and United won't let it happen again.
Heinze on the other hand wasn't forced out but wanted out. His choice though wasn't Real Madrid, no, he wanted to swap allegiances for the bin dippers of Liverpool. The reason of course was he knew he'd be 2nd choice to Evra and at his age wanted to be 1st choice. As we all know though, SAF told Heinze that he'd never allow such a transfer to happen and the result was a move to Real with a return on the £6.9m we'd originally paid for him. Ronaldo should take careful note of this scenario!
Ronaldo should also be very careful of Real Madrid and their tactics. The Madrid rags of AS and Marca have been spouting "leaked" figures of an £80m transfer fee + Ramos or Robinho and £300k a week wages to get "their man" Ronaldo. Thing is, if they're now saying they can't afford the mere £80m + Ramos, SORRY I mean "won't be held to ransom" for Cristiano then what makes Ronaldo think that they'll be true to their word and pay him £300k a week? Or £200k depending on your source. If Ronaldo were to ask for a transfer (which he won't if he's smart) then he'll have weakened his own hand. Should Madrid somehow find the money needed to sign him whats to stop them offically offering CR7 only half the wage being mentioned. What then does he do? He'll be an outcast at United and Real will hold all the cards. Didn't the same thing happen Beckham, losing out on his image rights and also offered £30k less than had been "leaked" as well.
To my mind Real Madrid are trying to play both United and Ronaldo in a game of 3-way chess. Hoping to lure United to the transfer table and also turn Ronaldo's head enough to make him request a transfer in a bid to gain an advantage in forcing United to sell and also in making a more realistic offer to CR7 of about £150k a week. Neither will work, United have Ronaldo tied to a contract with 4 years left to run and can of course simply do nothing and cash in when they want to in 2 years time. Ronaldo is now sweating because he will lose out on any loyalty bonus his contract has and will become an OT outcast placing his whole career in jeopordy should he buckle to Real's "the player must state he wants to play for us" tactic. Real, having applied this tried and trusted technique many times with success also know that should Cristiano say nothing then they won't have any leverage in the battle and will simply have to go back with their tails between their legs and tell their own fans more lies just as they did when they failed to "get their man" with Fabregas and Kaka. Maybe they are not just as big and great as they'd have everyone believe eh!!!
And another thing, the fans don't decide this one; SAF does and I have no doubt he will not sell. For months he has said he is not selling Ronaldo. He has also been backed by the two other factors in the decision-making process of selling the player: the chairman David Gill and the club owners, the Glazers. He has further gone on to advise that leaving Man Utd would bad for Ronaldo's career.
SAF wont sell because the next time we develop Anderson or Nani into the next big thing all & sundry will think it's a possibility for them to leave as well to whatever their dream team. If Ronaldo stays it will be because SIR ALEX FERGUSON wants him to stay. If he goes it will be becuase SIR ALEX FERGUSON wants him to go. The Glazers would never overrule SAF. Ask keane, RvN or Becks.
This is what I predict. SAF won't sell and Ronaldo will stay. Ronaldo will not go on strike and SAF won't leave him in the stands or on the bench. He will be back like nothing ever happened and after the first couple of goals go in (as Ronaldo himself said during one interview) it will be as though this saga never happened until next Summer (or until we face Madrid in the Champions League) when Madrid will try and ramp up the pressure again...
When Ronaldo was interviewed was asked about how he would be received by Man U fans after all this saga and he said "After a couple of goals they will be all happy"...so i think he also knows his chances of moving this season is slim to nothing.....
I choose not to quote the millions of people who have spoken for or against Ronaldo going to Madrid but suffice to say this was the saga of the summer what with the following having commented: Arsene Wenger, Blatter, Platini, Pele, Becks, Canavarro, Scolari, Mourinho, Robinho, Raul, Rio, Redknapp, Keane, Sneijder, etc.
Support the Team and Live the Dream..... Believe!!
This means only one thing and that is peace for us poor souls. I know you would be happy to see us lose the young man and your teams then would have better chances against us.
The press in Spain and London, and fans of rival teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Madrid in particular, have been stirring this whole saga up for months and months, and repeatedly fanning the flames. I think everybody's sick of it and its about time it stopped. They hate United and will do anything, anything, to destablise Man Utd simply because we're the best, biggest and more famous club in the world and they can't stand to see it, and are jealous of us.
I think we've been treated dreadfully by the press and you guys. Our magnificent double seems to mean nothing and all that is being written about is how nasty we are for wanting to keep Ronaldo against his wishes. (Rio Ferdinand did admit that the shine of the double had been dulled by the Ronaldo saga but he said Ronaldo would still be welcome to the Old Trafford dressing room at the end of it all).
Have we treated Ronaldo so badly in the all the time he has been here? Have we acted wrongly to say that he is not for sale as one of our best young players? Obviously we're the ones at fault simply because we are Manchester United, envied all over the world. I tend to think of it all as a positive because it's sure to get the fans' backs up and just remind of us all of our siege mentality. I don't have any fears over our future because there are so many talented players at the club and the unity between them is too great to be destroyed by Cristiano Ronaldo and his "dream move".
And about Madrid not being punished by FIFA, Man Utd rushed to FIFA to show their level of seriousness in wanting to stop Madrid pursuing Ronaldo aggressively though they knew that there was no full case at the time. But it is also a move which allows FIFA to act as soon as sometime goes wrong; more of a "proactive suit" as opposed of retrospective one.
You see . . . Real will never pay up, its as simple as that. They don't have the funding required to make the transfer happen and United will not be forced to sell their player either. United didn't want Beckahm or Van Nistelrooy and as a result they lost out on gaining these players full transfer values by maybe as much as a further £25m. The lesson has now been learned and United won't let it happen again.
Heinze on the other hand wasn't forced out but wanted out. His choice though wasn't Real Madrid, no, he wanted to swap allegiances for the bin dippers of Liverpool. The reason of course was he knew he'd be 2nd choice to Evra and at his age wanted to be 1st choice. As we all know though, SAF told Heinze that he'd never allow such a transfer to happen and the result was a move to Real with a return on the £6.9m we'd originally paid for him. Ronaldo should take careful note of this scenario!
Ronaldo should also be very careful of Real Madrid and their tactics. The Madrid rags of AS and Marca have been spouting "leaked" figures of an £80m transfer fee + Ramos or Robinho and £300k a week wages to get "their man" Ronaldo. Thing is, if they're now saying they can't afford the mere £80m + Ramos, SORRY I mean "won't be held to ransom" for Cristiano then what makes Ronaldo think that they'll be true to their word and pay him £300k a week? Or £200k depending on your source. If Ronaldo were to ask for a transfer (which he won't if he's smart) then he'll have weakened his own hand. Should Madrid somehow find the money needed to sign him whats to stop them offically offering CR7 only half the wage being mentioned. What then does he do? He'll be an outcast at United and Real will hold all the cards. Didn't the same thing happen Beckham, losing out on his image rights and also offered £30k less than had been "leaked" as well.
To my mind Real Madrid are trying to play both United and Ronaldo in a game of 3-way chess. Hoping to lure United to the transfer table and also turn Ronaldo's head enough to make him request a transfer in a bid to gain an advantage in forcing United to sell and also in making a more realistic offer to CR7 of about £150k a week. Neither will work, United have Ronaldo tied to a contract with 4 years left to run and can of course simply do nothing and cash in when they want to in 2 years time. Ronaldo is now sweating because he will lose out on any loyalty bonus his contract has and will become an OT outcast placing his whole career in jeopordy should he buckle to Real's "the player must state he wants to play for us" tactic. Real, having applied this tried and trusted technique many times with success also know that should Cristiano say nothing then they won't have any leverage in the battle and will simply have to go back with their tails between their legs and tell their own fans more lies just as they did when they failed to "get their man" with Fabregas and Kaka. Maybe they are not just as big and great as they'd have everyone believe eh!!!
And another thing, the fans don't decide this one; SAF does and I have no doubt he will not sell. For months he has said he is not selling Ronaldo. He has also been backed by the two other factors in the decision-making process of selling the player: the chairman David Gill and the club owners, the Glazers. He has further gone on to advise that leaving Man Utd would bad for Ronaldo's career.
SAF wont sell because the next time we develop Anderson or Nani into the next big thing all & sundry will think it's a possibility for them to leave as well to whatever their dream team. If Ronaldo stays it will be because SIR ALEX FERGUSON wants him to stay. If he goes it will be becuase SIR ALEX FERGUSON wants him to go. The Glazers would never overrule SAF. Ask keane, RvN or Becks.
This is what I predict. SAF won't sell and Ronaldo will stay. Ronaldo will not go on strike and SAF won't leave him in the stands or on the bench. He will be back like nothing ever happened and after the first couple of goals go in (as Ronaldo himself said during one interview) it will be as though this saga never happened until next Summer (or until we face Madrid in the Champions League) when Madrid will try and ramp up the pressure again...
When Ronaldo was interviewed was asked about how he would be received by Man U fans after all this saga and he said "After a couple of goals they will be all happy"...so i think he also knows his chances of moving this season is slim to nothing.....
I choose not to quote the millions of people who have spoken for or against Ronaldo going to Madrid but suffice to say this was the saga of the summer what with the following having commented: Arsene Wenger, Blatter, Platini, Pele, Becks, Canavarro, Scolari, Mourinho, Robinho, Raul, Rio, Redknapp, Keane, Sneijder, etc.
Support the Team and Live the Dream..... Believe!!
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