BARCELONA STUNNED BY REAL'S RONALDO & KAKA DEALS
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ronaldo is off to real madrid!!!
Manchester United have accepted an £80m offer from Real Madrid for Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's last game for United was the Champions League final defeat to Barca
A statement on the United website confirmed that a deal for the 24-year-old should be completed by the end of the month.
''Manchester United have received a world-record, unconditional offer of £80million for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.
''At Cristiano's request - who has again expressed his desire to leave - and after discussion with the player's representatives, United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player.
''Matters are expected to be concluded by 30 June. The club will not comment until further notice.''
Ronaldo has long been a target for the Spanish giants, whose president Florentino Perez vowed earlier this week to do ''everything possible'' to take the 24-year-old to the Bernabeu.
It is now certain that a second era of "Galacticos" has begun at Madird, with news of Ronaldo's £80m deal coming in the same week Perez agreed a £59m, deal to sign Kaka.
The news is bound to be greeted with some scepticism by United fans who have repeatedly been told no deal had been agreed for the sale of FIFA's world player of the year in the face of regular statements from Spain the former Sporting Lisbon star was bound for the Bernabeu.
It was even suggested Ronaldo would be due a £20m compensation fee from Real if the deal did not go through by June 30, the date United now state themselves is when they expect matters to be concluded.
As it now seems a matter of when, rather than if a world record transfer will be completed, Sir Alex Ferguson might wish to explain why he has gone back on his famous comment in December last year that he would not ''sell that mob a virus''.
It is the first time for many years United would have allowed a player to leave they were not happy about losing.
Yet some supporters may be pleased that at least another drawn-out transfer saga, such as the one 12 months ago, is not played out in public.
At least the money could be reinvested in a squad that almost, but not quite proved good enough to win back-to-back Champions League trophies, in addition to a hat-trick of Premier League titles.
In reshaping a squad that looks almost certain to lose Carlos Tevez as well, Ferguson might be able to offer Wayne Rooney a more permanent central striking role and fulfil the promise he has shown on the international stage this season.
The name of Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery is bound to crop up as a potential replacement, although the 27-year-old seems hugely overpriced at the £40m figure being bandied about in some quarters, with Wigan's Antonio Valencia also in the frame.
Ferguson will certainly be making plans already to ensure his new faces are on board before United head to Asia for their pre-season tour five weeks from today.
Amid the frenzy over Ronaldo's impending departure, it is bound to be asked whether the current debt hanging over United of almost £700m has played any part in the decision to accept Real's huge bid.
While Ferguson has always backed the Glazer family for the backing he has received, supporters will now be interested to see whether their manager is handed all the funds received from Spain, plus an annual transfer kitty said to be around £25m.
With Edwin van der Sar, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville all reaching the end of their careers, it promises to be a far more testing summer than Ferguson might have realised.
And, for all the petulance and pouting for which Ronaldo is so famed, filling the void created by the loss of his immense talent may prove difficult.
from http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=654097&sec=transfers&cc=4716
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there he goes. byebye. Have a nice day.
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Finally ronaldo has left.I knew that this fellow would somehow leave man u one day and he has proved it now.
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who will replace him....?
Nani/Park?
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They will either buy Tevez or get another striker other than that I don't see them buying a wide player they may give Nani a chance and Tosic/Park on the left.
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so nice, real got kaka plus ronaldo
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madrid no good signing , Shunsuke Nakamura better neh .
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nani has been linked back to sporting as a trade for captain Joao Moutinho or sthn liddat. lol. ie park is the most likely replacement/new player coming in (ribery/benzema?)
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wow 80m shiok lah.. zhuan dao liao
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Sigh..irreplaceble la the fella..he has done great stuffs for us.. :(
Waa seh..now my nick left Rooney liao le... -.-
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Originally posted by RvnRooRon84:
Sigh..irreplaceble la the fella..he has done great stuffs for us.. :(
Waa seh..now my nick left Rooney liao le... -.-
dun worry maybe rooney will join real next season leh? -
Originally posted by I-like-flings(m):
dun worry maybe rooney will join real next season leh?LOL then I can switch faith to Real Madrid liao..
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lol end of the MU era (- -) ?????
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its the right thing to do.
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hoseh liverpool next season can win liao
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hoseh liverpool next season can win liao
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*BARCELONA STUNNED BY REAL DEALS* . . *Barcelona finance director Xavier Sala i Martin is bewildered as to how Real Madrid are funding their summer spending spree. With a reported transfer budget of 300million euros at their disposal, Madrid president Florentino Perez has this week set about creating a second 'galacticos' era.* The Spanish giants had a world-record bid of £80million for Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo accepted by Manchester United on Thursday, hot on the heels of Monday's 68million euros acquisition of Brazil playmaker Kaka from AC Milan. And Sala i Martin, whose team finished nine points clear of Madrid at the Primera Division summit last month, is puzzled by how the purchases are being financed. He told Radio Station RAC1: "I don't know where the 300million euros that Florentino Perez expects to invest on signings are coming from. "He says he will recover that money by selling shirts but, in order to do that, he will have to sell 30million shirts. That is impossible." Sala i Martin is stunned Madrid are able to spend so much money in such a difficult economic climate. He added: "I guess someone will have to give him that money and it would be good for him to explain where it will come from. "How can it be that a football team is loaned so much money, considering the current financial crisis in the country and the policy of restricting credits that banks are currently following? "I can assure you that we will not pay 65million euros for a player. "For that amount we would buy the whole Barcelona team that won the Champions League in Rome."
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it will be interesting if they fail to win anything.
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the question now is where does manu stand...hair gel probably contributed a third of manu's points...and with tevez's situation uncertain, they've got only sulky left so far....
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Originally posted by dukedracula:
the question now is where does manu stand…hair gel probably contributed a third of manu’s points…and with tevez’s situation uncertain, they’ve got only sulky left so far….
Rooney?
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Will RM be like Leeds in a few years time? maybe the King of Spain has something to do with RM having 300m euros to spend on players. Maybe the Banks lend RM money with little or no interest charges, or the Banks involved were given shares in RM and given board seat, who knows? Or Perez is using his own money since he is a billionaire, or a consortium coughing up silly money 300m euros. At the rate RM is spending, even Man City has difficulty spending this type of money even with Sheik's money :)
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For Real,
Kaka is the solution to the next Zidane; a playmaker.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the next Figo; a winger.
David Villa, the next fatty Ronaldo; a striker.
I'm interested to find out who would be their next Beckham, the biggest soccer commercial icon ever...
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well... suggest to them buy back backham? lol...
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Originally posted by Chris88110:
Rooney?
he didn't exactly do much this season.............in fact, his contribution in terms of goals or assists isn't that prolific.....you get the occasional flash but no consistency....not in the league of gerrard or lampard... -
thr goes ronaldo's future