Listen to Ronaldo after the final were he missed a penalty and would have cost us the trophy. The Portuguese star admitted he felt he had cost his side victory when Petr Cech saved his penalty but Terry hit the post for Avram Grant's side and Van der Sar made the decisive save from Anelka.
"I thought we were going to lose," conceded Ronaldo. "I had played well and scored but I had missed my penalty and it felt like the worst day of my life. But the lads did a proper job and I feel very proud for them. It means everything to me - now it is the happiest day of my life."
Some people have called Man Utd a one-man team, in reference to Ronaldo's 42 goals last season. Well their opinions respected on him winning us the Champions League single-handedly. And if he did, he did it as a Manchester Player and we are proud of one of our players doing that. What a great feat. That is why I say he is such a great footballer. But, ya but, he is a lousy and stupid man who has no respect for people and doesn't know how to behave.
Ronaldo is a great footballer. I have no doubt he shall be the World Footballer of the Year this year and why he came out third not second last year is still a mystery. He broke George Best's record by scoring more than 32 goals in a season from midfield but broke other records before the end of the season including wiping the slate clean on awards available for individual accolades. Though he didn't beat Ferguson in the scoring stakes who notched an impressive 45 goals for Dumfermline...42 years ago, Ronaldo only failed by 5 goals to become the club's highest scoring player in a single season - a mantle currently held by Denis Law who scored 46 in the 1963/4 season. He also failed to reach Van Nistelrooy's record of 44 goals per season though this would have been different had Ronaldo been an out and out striker.
But the achievements were still too great to have been imagined at the beginning of the season. He is exceptional; he has perfected his penalties and free-kicks.
And with the money he earns, TV coverage of the EPL even in America as opposed to La Liga and Serie A, the Ronaldo brand including his CR7 brand, has grown. Cristiano Ronaldo can become the Tiger Woods of football and rival golf's No.1 as the most recognisable face in global sport. Why he even wears a red shirt. Just like Tiger. Three of the most influential men in the art of marketing and making money - big money - reckon Ronaldo is already on course to outplay David Beckham in terms of multi-millionaire, iconic status. One of them, sports management boss Chubby Chandler, reckons Ronaldo has the potential to fly far higher than that, starting by becoming the first £200,000-a-week footballer in the world.
He is that great.
If he can handle the pressures of football on the pitch so well, how come he can't just handle his dealings of the pitch better for the liking of the masses? Why doesn't he just activate his escape clause if he has it or buy out his contract whilst he is at it?
As Man Utd, we are not clinging to Ronaldo. We signed a deal with him which says he is with us. We are not asking him to sign now. We own his signature for the next 4 years. So clinging is not the word.
Employment contracts have a dissolution clause or a get-away clause. Ronaldo would go if he were to follow one of them; which is to buy out his contract but in football, he can only do that when he has two years to go. FIFA say so not Yours Truly.
As for salaries, Rooney gets less money than Ronaldo right now and only Rio gets more than Ronaldo. Giggs and Scholes both get less than Ronaldo and so it is not like the young man is short of cash. He is a millionaire with big house and big cars. And how much was he getting when we bought him? US $500 per week. So much for mistreating the boy and slavery as Blatter puts it!
Yes we can move between companies if a good offer comes but do we do it in the press and keep fanning flames of acrimony between the two companies? No. If we do that, we become stupid. We move between companies by resigning following what the contract allows. By the way, Ronaldo has the right to ask for a transfer but he know that once he does that, no loyalty allowances shall be paid to him and because he loves money, he hasn't done that.
My saying he is stupid is not that he has wants to move to another club. It is that he has not handled the saga well. He kept the story going this way and that way and up to now, people are not clear about things. A good man, like Sneijder will say I'm staying at my club or like Asharvin shall say I am leaving, so that people have time to make plans etc. Not acting like a prima donna and wanting all the attention on himself.
I am starting to believe what Mourinho said about the young man's background and education. Yes he has advisers but can an adviser like agents say stay at Man Utd when he is supposed to get millions from a transfer? Haven't many advisers told him to stay or announce if he is leaving and he is saying nothing up to now? Didn't he lie to the world that he is going to announce about the future in three days and it is now weeks after he lost his Euro match? Just shows you of someone not having a stable program.
We know he wants to go to Real and we shall allow him to go but only when we want to. Bayern did it with Hargreaves. In fact we did not make noise over Hargreaves in the press. We put in a bid which was rejected and we waited until the club was ready to trade the young man and we are happy. We didn't say he should ask for a transfer and the club should say he is for sale before we move in like Real is doing. That is why Bayern yesterday was telling off Madrid. And by the way, this is the first time a 3rd party football club board is making a comment on a deal between two clubs.
The of course we have head the likes of Wenger against Madrid, redknapp, Pele etc.
May be the stupidity I see is in the public relations but businesswise, he may be very shrewd. Time will tell.
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