Why United should let this ego walk off to Madrid

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Ronaldo ready for war with Ferguson
Published 6/21/2008 by Arthur Antunes Coimbra at 101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more
... has been substantially improved and I believe that it will be for the benefit of the club. All of us are focused on the transfer window and we want to be ready for that and we want to have adequate resources and good communication with Rafa.” - George Gillett. Today’s overview: The Cristiano Ronaldo saga goes into overdrive this Saturday, with every aspect of the story analyised and counter-analyised by the various media outlets. While Daniel Taylor urges Ferguson to sell his Portuguese star, David Gold (who ...

Battles Lines Drawn: United and Ronaldo Seem Ready for a Fight
Published 6/21/2008 by Nick at Manchester United
So now were set for a very public pissing contest. We’ll see who backs down first. Should United let him walk? Or should he be allowed to dictate his own future? Personally, I think United can kick and scream all they want, but in today’s player driven world of modern football — can they realistically force the best player on the planet to remain at a place he quite clearly has decided he doesn’t want to remain at? I’m not so sure. You?

Are You Down With The People News
Published 6/23/2008 by brucio (noreply@blogger.com) at du Nord
... The Guardian lead the charge of the English press turning on Christiano Ronaldo again. I can't believe I am about to defend CR here, but this line in the article makes my blood boil: "It was such an unpleasant scene the journalists decided not to write about it ...." What a bunch of total garbage. The English press live for this kind of crap. There is no way it went down like it's written about here or it would have been the biggest headlines of the year the day after it happened. Not to mention that this is seriously ticky tacky stuff here. ...

Christiano Ronaldo for Portugal (vs Czech Republic), June 11 2008
Published 6/24/2008 by SwissToni (noreply@blogger.com) at Cheer Up Alan Shearer
... I was interested to read this piece in the Guardian by Daniel Taylor though. He tells the story of some petulant behaviour by Ronaldo at a press conference at the Manchester United training ground to commemorate the anniversary of the Munich air crash. The behaviour itself is probably not so surprising and the article is designed to reinforce your view of Ronaldo as a petulant little shit and generally unpleasant piece of work. The really interesting bit is when Taylor says: ...