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£80 million!
What credit crunch?

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5374142,00.html

i don' think I would have sold him for that.












ok, I would have sold him for less....lol 80mill. This and 56 for Kaka is just ridiculous...I almost hope they don't win anything again and that Barca continue to dominate.

Tevez aswell I here...

How much diifference is there between Ronaldo & Kaka or Messi & Iniesta,barca will still be better imo

This was all arranged last season was it not? when he wanted to go. They told him he could leave the end of next season, everyones happy.


I will miss watching him in the EPL, he was utter class player in terms of skill.

Too much to turn down.

Still based on the 2007/8 season performance I suspect.

Hope this means we hang on to Tevez though.

Newcastle is up for sale for £100m, worth only £20m more than Ronaldo

strange times


I suppose this was all agreed with CR a year ago..."give us one more season and then go".

Was so expecting this to be a rubdown

In a way it kinda is tho  ;D

If you were talking just about the value of the team alone i'd rather have ronaldo then that shower of shit all added together but would say sjp is worth more than ronaldo,just

It's not a rubdown

Just a thought on what "trophy assets" which Ronaldo is to a rich buyer, can fetch compared to a whole club, for sure on hard times, but presumably more of a bargain for the long term

Great player. Big miss but deffo right time to sell.

In all honesty he should have gone last year- you can tell his heart's no longer at the club

Will be interesting how Fergie will spend the 80m cos he'll be a massive loss obv

An easy person to dislike, but a vv good player...

*Waits for all Utd fans who previously bummed him to say they never liked him anyway*

Guess just what he'll add to the team plus increased shirt sales etc etc is why he's worth so much,or why real think he is at least

I do think if someone with the right capabilities i.e not a complete moron,and a few spare 000's of millions to spend then newcastle are a bargain imo

It'll pain me to see him wear a Real shirt- I also think he'll be awesome for them

i liked watching him play but hated his 10 yo tantrum personality on the pitch, big miss for the premiership.

Love his talent, but attitude? This pic sums that up - nice ad placement ;D

(http://i44.tinypic.com/1dg1l.jpg)

obv photoshopped

Yes, he's standing up - not rolling on the floor with an expression of anguish on his face.

Replacing that guy will be Fergusons most difficult task yet.

I bow to your rapier wit kinboshi  (not irony)

 ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

PS - why is the bowing smiley called tightend?


oh, and there won't be a replacement for Ronaldo, just as there was never a replacement for Charlton; Best; Law; Cantona; Schmeichel; Keane at United or Keegan; Rush; Dalglish at Liverpool

Valencia replaces him. Replacing Tevez and buying the midfielder you were short already is what Fergie needs to do.

Dwayne, is this what you wanted to post?

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I've always said by far and away you were the best mod...   

Good business for all concerned.

Considering the season he has had (compared to 07/08), it's good value for Man U and I think the deal is happening at the right time.

Hopefully, Fergie will spend wisely during the summer and not splash out £50m of it on someone like Ribery.

He might not have had the season he had the previous year, but he was integral to your league win and to reaching the CL final. 

Big loss to you, and I'm obviously delighted.  Of course if fergie has the £80M to spend he'll probably spend it well.  He's rebuilt the squad before, but hopefully it'll take him a while to get it right - no scrap that, hopefully he'll get it completely wrong this time!

I agree, huge loss, but if it means we play Rooney, Berbatov, Tevez upfront instead, I'm fairly happy with that.

Hopefully we can ditch Nani aswell.  No point in him hanging round anymore.

Spend a bit on a few more options that will change a game.

The squad has plenty of depth, okay we lose the superstar of the team, but others will step up.  Always do.   ;D

Hopefully you don't keep Tevez.

You haven't tasted his tea!

Getting a fit Owen Hargreaves for the season would be nice...

That might not be that simple.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8078750.stm

Agreed - huge miss for you IMO.

So much for not selling them a virus, especially when the press in Spain are now leaking a pre contract with Ronaldo from last summer saying he'd get 20 mil personally if Real didn't sign him by June 30th. There's honesty from both clubs and the player!

Good deal for Real IMHO. He is the most marketable player in the world right now.

I would think Ronaldo's effect on the Utd team will be nigh on impossible to replace (in terms of points won when he plays) unless they buy 2/3 very good players.

their problem is, they can only put one player on the field though ...

gonna be a tough job to keep the team going forward, sorry to lose him from the Prem from a football fans point of view.

Agree with the first bit.

I was sorry to see Henry go. Not this penis.

Can real Madrid make £136m extra from having kaka and ronaldo? Commercially impossible to justify I would think. Any additional shirt sales would be lucky to cover the first year of the difference in wages from a normal galatico wage to what these lads will be on.

To be fair to Fergie he said he wouldn't sell to them under the old regime. I think Perez has gone by things a little bit better.

All the reports are that the deal was done with the old regime.

I will miss him as a footballer who (regardless of what I think of him personally)  is a fkin awesome player ... a grade 1 prick, i agree ... but a joy to watch.

Good question. I would estimate enormous growth directly and indirectly through the purchase of Figo, Zidane and especially Beckham.

As a brand I would guess yes - if not now then over the coming years. They have just re-established themselves as thee largest club in the world.

La Liga numero uno fo sho now.

Spanish, Italian, Ghetto and English. You are a cunning linguist!

Once you've had a solid bid in at £80m it must be almost impossible to say no.

It's not like footballers are like diamonds or other inert valuables. They get older, their contracts run down, they get injured!

Imagine the face of the Utd Finance Director if they knocked back the bid and 2 days into pre-season he did his cruciate in. When will he be fit again? Round about the time his contract expires. Doh!

They still won't take the title off Barca IMO.

its down hill for utd,unless they buy big...
ronaldo gone
tevez going
giggs twilight of his career
scoles same as giggs
park g crud player
nani average
anderson average
carrick aint no scoles
fletcher aint no keane
rooney very ugly
berbatov lazy *bleep*
ferdinand quality
vidic not bad
evra quality
o'shea average
neville past his sell by date
brown below average

looking back to when they had a full strength side out 3/5/10 years ago,theres only 5/6 of these would get in it.they need to buy,buy and buy some more. retire at the top fergie.if he does not buy, 3rd place next year looms......then its bye bye
invest, break the bank, or its the end of an era.an era which has brought me great pleasure, even as a rovers supporter. you may dissagree with some of my ratings, its not to long ago they had...giggs,scoles,becks,keane,cole,sheringham,pallister,irwin,stamp,bruce,neville,neville and so on--10 of the currant squad would not get in there team, because they are to old or are crap.its the end

HE MUST BUY BIG,or bye bye
new to this forum guys so you gotts know its, just my opinion

They have been given £250Million to rebuild this preseason, Ron and Kaka aquired still gives them ££114M to spend

.....Ribery from Bayern (£40M-£50M) and Alonso from L'Pool (£20M-£30M) leaves £30ish Million for a few shit-hot Fringe Players!

MBSFN

Still Scummy Bastards tho!

Mon the Catalans

You put your transfer in, your transfer out, in out in out you fuck your club about, you do the cristiano and you change your mind, that's what its all about!!! Ohhh Ronaldo is a wanker, oh ronaldo is a wanker, oh ronaldo is a wanker, Knees bent, arms stretched DIVE DIVE DIVE!

Sandy

The deal with Ronaldo was. Not the deal with United. This is Perez.

FORMER REAL MADRID PRESIDENT RAMON CALDERON
"It's going to be a big event for Real Madrid - Ronaldo is going to add a lot to my club.

"Last season, Manchester United decided not to do it because they thought it was too early. Everyone involved in the operation agreed to do it this season. That is what I can say.

"I don't mind that I was unable to sign him during my presidency. I am a Real fan and I'm very happy. The most important thing is the club.

"Real are very well organised with a lot of income, and the new president [Perez] can now spend the money I made and saved.

"We needed to improve by one or two players, and that's what Perez has done by signing Kaka and Ronaldo."

[ ] I'm shocked Calderon would make that claim
[X] He'd still be president if he had an agreement in place

Ramos confirmed he is not surprised as they had a pre-contract agreement with Ronaldo and it was a matter of time before United sold

Don't forget players going to Real Madrid sign over their image rights to the club, thats worth hella money with the likes of Ronaldo.

Apparently real Madrid are furious this morning after they were informed they could have bought a big girls blouse from Primark for £ 4, rather than the £80 million they paid.

Sandy

Have to say I'm delighted with the news, it's a win-win situation for me as a Liverpool fan.

1. Man utd are losing a gtd shit load of goals and the team will be weakened alot imo.

2. I get to see the back of the biggest muppet to ever play in the prem, no more whinging, crying, hissyfits or lies coming out of his mouth.

Who seen the interview Ronaldo did with himself? Sums him up completely.

didn't becks do a 50/50 deal with them when he signed? I'm sure I remember that happening but can't find anything about it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/robborobson/2009/06/hata_la_vista_cristiano.html

Disagree. Pretty much every piece of news out of Spain suggests it was done last summer. Everything since then has just been keeping the fans off his back and trying to stop Utd looking like a smaller club than Real.

Calderon is only claiming it was done 6 months ago so i wouldn't take too much notice of those reports.

In footballing terms United are way bigger. Real are in financial terms but only cos they know if they fuck up they have the state to buy them up. Like when they sold their training ground for some ridiculous price and leased it back

elaborate PLZ

Why?

cos i asked? How are ManYoo bigger in "footballing terms"?

At the moment they are. Obv Real and Liverpool are more successful historically.

Real: Doyle Brunson
Liverpool: Hellmuth
Man U: Ivey

ManYoo were the Tottenham of the north for nearly 30 years; good cup team but never won the league. Also both clubs got relegated from the top flight for one season. Since the $ky boom though ManYoo have grown and become very successful.

Anyway footballing terms:

Real Madrid's trophy list.

(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/5931/rmadrid.th.jpg) (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/rmadrid.jpg/)

ManYoo's

(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6538/manuc.th.jpg) (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/manuc.jpg/)

business terms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richest_football_clubs

[ ] in footballing terms ManYoo are way bigger. ;-)


fao admins: auto resize for pics is a really ghey feature imo.

Wasn't it 6 months ago the virus statement left Fergie's lips? lol

Brunson has more bracelets than Tom Dwan, Phil Ivey, etc etc

Just cos they won loads of league titles in the 20's does not make them bigger than United

19th Dec 2008

Sir Alex Ferguson launched his most scathing attack yet on Real Madrid when he said yesterday that he would not sell the Spanish club "a virus", let alone Cristiano Ronaldo (unless we can get £80 million).

You had a better side until you sold your best player to them. Being better than them will depend on your replacements and whether they sort out their back four.

Liverpool aren't bigger than Utd no, but Real most certainly are. I cant think of one aspect where Utd are ahead of Real.

They're Real Madrid, not Newcastle United!

Since 1993 (your most successful era) Real Madrid have won 18 major trophies, and ManYoo 21.

In all ManYoo have won 41 major trophies, Real Madrid 62 major trophies.

In the last 30 years, ManYoo have won 27 major trophies, Real Madrid have won 26 major trophies, but in England we have two cups and Spain have one and ManYoo have won 3 league cups in the last 30 years.

Real Madrid were voted by FIFA the club of the 20th century.

I still don't think Calderon did the deal but the fact he's claiming he did it only 6 months ago rubbishes "pretty much every piece of news out of Spain" suggesting it was done last summer meaning the only source is Calderon himself saying they had a gentelmans agreement. I don't know what that is more believable than Man Utd saying no agreement was in place till last Tuesday night.

Surely Barca are Ivey?

Given they are the best in the world.

Are Leeds Jennifer Tilly?

:dontask:

Real are keeping Man U friendly this time around - this was no hostile transfer. Of course they aren't going to say we had this deal done last year. I think it's pretty clear that it was done already going by the speed at which the bid was accepted, the way it wasn't even known they had bid until it was accepted, the fact that Ronaldo was away when it happened, the reports in Spain of a pre contract agreeing fees in all directions if the transfer didn't happen before July 1st and the general acceptance by Fergie that it was inevitable.

Not to mention there has been no denial about the claims by either side being the most telling thing of all.

http://backofthenetnews.blogspot.com/2009/06/worlds-most-overrated-club-signs-worlds.html

Pretty much sums the whole thing up really.

what I suspect will happen is that Ronaldo will go to Real, play like the worlds best player, and the Man U fans will all lament the sale, but I think whatever standard he plays at for Real, he would likely achieve something like 70% of that for Man U if he had stayed, which would still be a high standard, but not one that is irreplacable with £80mm. Players will always play better for clubs they want to play for so whatever level of play he generates for Real, i dont think you can assume he would reproduce that same level for Man U if he had stayed.