Ribery going nowhere
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This time it's for Real...Madrid confident they will capture Ronaldo from United in £75m world record deal
Ronaldo finally looks set for the move.
Real Madrid believe they will finally complete the record-breaking £75m transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United this summer.
Sportsmail understands that the Spanish giants are sure they have the foundations of a deal in place with the player and with the English and European champions. United continue to deny that there is an agreement and are sticking to their very public stance that Ronaldo is not for sale.
However, it is also the case that a select group of European super agents are now convinced that United's resistance to the deal will finally be broken in the coming weeks and that the biggest transfer in English football history will finally take place at the end of the season.
Ronaldo has coveted a switch to the Bernabeu for more than 18 months and was only convinced to give life at Old Trafford another go after the personal intervention of manager Sir Alex Ferguson last summer. But it was always likely that Madrid would come back for the World and European Player of the Year and at Real, at least, there is now cast iron confidence that Ronaldo will be the latest superstar to wear the all white of Spain's most famous cub.
Madrid's proposed deal includes a £75m transfer fee - to include a down-payment of more than £50m - and wages in excess of £200,000-a-week for Ronaldo. They believe this is now acceptable to United and to the player.
The news will disturb United fans but not surprise them. Ronaldo has enjoyed a productive season at United since returning from an ankle problem which delayed his start to the campaign but he has not quite been the inspirational, all-conquering force he was when he led the team to the Premier League and Champions League double last season.
Star man: Ferguson (left) will lose Ronaldo.
Just two weeks ago, Sportsmail revealed that there are increasing fears within Old Trafford that Ronaldo, who cost United £12m when signed from Sporting Lisbon in 2003, will bring his time in England to an end, due in part to the physical treatment dished out by Premier League defenders on a weekly basis.
But it has now emerged that Madrid were sure they had got their man weeks ago. Back in December, for example, Real director Pedro Trapote gave a recorded but off-the-record interview to Spain's El Mundo newspaper, which subsequently became public. He said: 'If you are asking me what we are going to do now, then I would tell you that we have already signed the best player for the summer.
'It is Cristiano, there is no other. It is better that we do not say anything at the moment though.' Ronaldo is expected to be in the United team that faces Aston Villa at Old Trafford tomorrow and may even play up front with Carlos Tevez as an emergency striker as Dimitar Berbatov is injured and Wayne Rooney is suspended.
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not again...
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haiz still a hardcore Ronaldo buyer -.-
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Go please.......... I'm getting sick of this
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Question is, can man utd survive without ronaldo?
Where are they going to get a replacement for the creative source?
None in the current squad fit the bill.
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sell him la. he is not the CR of last season. heart is not in man utd.
for that money can get silva + ribery.
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FERGIE MAKES GRAB FOR RIBERY
French superstar bound for Old Trafford
OLD TRAFFORD TARGET - Franck RiberyALEX FERGUSON is set to snatch French ace Franck Ribery from Barcelona's fingertips this summer.
The Spanish giants believe Manchester United have already done the deal with Bayern Munich. And that is a clear sign that Cristiano Ronaldo will finally be on his way to Real Madrid. Barca want to build on what looks like a certain La Liga crown by capturing the Bayern Munich star. But sources at the Nou Camp are convinced Ribery is heading for Old Trafford, suggesting that United are well advanced with preparations for life without Ronaldo.
Gap
Ribery, who will be 26 on Tuesday, is understood to have just signed a £1.2m a year sponsorship deal with Nike, keeping him with them until 2014. Both United and Barcelona are Nike-backed and the Spanish team look favourites to take the French winger from Adidas-backed Bayern in the summer.
But it is United who are in pole position, with the need to fill the gap left by a departing Ronaldo seen as the driving force.
Despite strenuous claims to the contrary from Old Trafford, Real Madrid officials are convinced that Ronaldo agreed last summer to join at the end of this season, a deal that will not be affected by a change of president at the Bernabeu.
Boasted
Former president Ramon Calderon boasted: "Thanks to me, one of the best players in the world will arrive at the end of this season.
"Last summer was not the right moment for him to come but Real Madrid has the money to get the best."
Madrid newspaper Marca quoted Ronaldo's godfather Fernao as saying in Portugal: "Real need to sign Ronaldo. The error of last year was to talk to much about it.
"This year, hardly anything is being said, so I'm sure negotiations will run much more smoothly."
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i hope barca don't buy this chad kroeger.
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good deal
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In terms of form, I guess he is better than Ronny this year...
Just hope Bayern is willing to let him go...
But if Ronny picks up to the form like last season, then there is no one better than him currently in my opinion...
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i dont think will go through
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Screw them both, buy Benzema
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Originally posted by Chris88110:
Screw them both, buy Benzema
Well, lets just say sell him and the money can be use to buy Frank and Ben... lolBut I see no point getting Ben as it would mean bye bye Tevez...
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Originally posted by Chris88110:
Screw them both, buy Benzema
To be frank, i've never seen Benzema play one single good game. He flopped at Euro08. Maybe i dont watch enough Lyon and France games.Ribery looks good but can't match the pace of Ronny.
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Originally posted by zocoss:
Well, lets just say sell him and the money can be use to buy Frank and Ben... lolBut I see no point getting Ben as it would mean bye bye Tevez...
Benezma can play on either left or right wing, that way he can either be a direct replacement for Ronaldo, or we can 4 solid strikers again like we used to have in 1999
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erm ribery for ronaldo hehe that good deal actually
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Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:
To be frank, i've never seen Benzema play one single good game. He flopped at Euro08. Maybe i dont watch enough Lyon and France games.Ribery looks good but can't match the pace of Ronny.
Hmm, Benzema just recovered from a goal drought.
Might be the reason why the gap between top 2 at the French League is only 3 points, Lyon normally runs away with it.
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well, if this goes thru, a sad loss for United and EPL..
but then, that's football, we build, then rebuild, nothing is permanent.. and that's the fun part..
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I would tink that its a good deal for Manchester.. The Devils play has been too predictable for the last three matches.. Sent 2 person to mark Ronnie when he gets the ball or tackle him at all cost when he had the ball..
I tink the trickery of Ribery can spark Devils offence to a new level.. Sadly, i tink the purchase of Berbacock is a total flop.. Did not manage blend into the Devils quick offense well.. I tink the speed of Bezema would be definately more exciting to watch.. I hope Tottenham would buy back Berba at a discount price.. Haahaa..
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Originally posted by Maurince:
I would tink that its a good deal for Manchester.. The Devils play has been too predictable for the last three matches.. Sent 2 person to mark Ronnie when he gets the ball or tackle him at all cost when he had the ball..
I tink the trickery of Ribery can spark Devils offence to a new level.. Sadly, i tink the purchase of Berbacock is a total flop.. Did not manage blend into the Devils quick offense well.. I tink the speed of Bezema would be definately more exciting to watch.. I hope Tottenham would buy back Berba at a discount price.. Haahaa..
haha, same thing will happen to Ribery if he comes too.. He will get hacked all the time.Furthermore, he needs time to adjust to EPL.
Benzema is good but his heart is not here, so no point talking.
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ronaldo go also good
i dun like him
he got serious attitude problem i think :(
And he is very ambitious, man u cannot contain him
when he success at real madrid, he will leave for other club again.
He is going the same path as Michael owen and David beckham.
going for fame n glory.
:(
But i think he might do better than beck n owen.
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Ribery going nowhere
Franck Ribery will not be leaving Bayern Munich at the end of the season according to Jurgen Klinsmann.
The France international, who scored both winners in the double clash with Lithuania, has been linked to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Chelsea in recent months, following outstanding displays in the German league.
But Klinsmann has ensured Allianz Arena fans that the attacker is not for sale and will not leave Bavaria after two seasons with the club.
“Franck is staying at the club whatever happens,” Klinsmann told Munchner Merkur.
“We have decided so, and from now on you are aware of it.
“I have always told Franck to take speculation as a compliment, but as a club we also have huge targets.”