Cristiano Ronaldo

[Tredder]

Nick Collins is up and about and he has his top button undone, proof enough that this is a done deal.

Now it's serious business, cheers.

Is Jim White on? That would be the clincher

They've had Martin Tyler on the phone, but it's Millie and Payne at the moment.

[Tredder]

Tommy Docherty has been on, you could hear the whiskey bottle being placed on the coffee table in the background.

[Harry Carry]

MASSIVE loss for Man Utd if he goes. He's one of the very few players in the World who's irreplaceable.

Does this mean that Man Utd will fall apart now? If so, Spacey likes this.

I very much doubt it. Fergie isn't stupid. He'd have known this was coming for a long time now, probably since last summer, so he'd have been planning ahead for life after CR.

[Harry Carry]

Tommy Docherty has been on, you could hear the whiskey bottle being placed on the coffee table in the background.

the ex QPR player. Not suprised he turned to drink after playing for that sham of a club.

[Tredder]

Tommy Docherty has been on, you could hear the whiskey bottle being placed on the coffee table in the background.

the ex QPR player. Not suprised he turned to drink after playing for that sham of a club.

Manager Kes, manager.

Although, he did manage Chelsea as well my Mylo lookalike.

[Daffy]

MASSIVE loss for Man Utd if he goes. He's one of the very few players in the World who's irreplaceable.

Does this mean that Man Utd will fall apart now? If so, Spacey likes this.

I very much doubt it. Fergie isn't stupid. He'd have known this was coming for a long time now, probably since last summer, so he'd have been planning ahead for life after CR.

So if Man Utd don't fall apart, continue to win the league etc...... does that mean he is replacable?

[rabidbee]

Not necessarilly - just that they have a number of other world-class players in their squad. Just think of the quality that Fergie can now bringin with £80m to play with.

[readingbedding]

Cheeky 40m bid for Torres for starters.

[rabidbee]

I'm just waiting for Citeh to match Real's bid, to be honest.

[Dirk Gently]

Not necessarilly - just that they have a number of other world-class players in their squad. Just think of the quality that Fergie can now bringin with £80m to play with.

Once they've used it to cover the Glazers's annual debt replayment, they'll have about £6 M left.

[Compo's Hat]

Where did Real Madrid suddenly get all this money from is what puzzles me?

Huge loss for United. In games where they're having an off day a bit of Ronaldo skill could be the difference.

[Huntley & Palmer]

Florentino Perez magics it out of the air. Much in the same respect as the transfer of Beckham to Real, the fee will almost certainly be recovered through merchandise and other comercial opportunities so it's not actually going to cost them that much. They have also bought a player with resale value too, which Beckham was too old for

[readingbedding]

Sir Alex Ferguson said that he would not "sell that mob a virus".
Oh well, someone did, if it wasn't him...
Which it would have been.

[who are ya?]

Real shame for English football, been a absolute pleasure watching the guy, anyone who says otherwise is an blinkered fool imo.

Massive loss for Utd, who they gonna replace him with? Even Ribery and Valencia would still be a step back. That's if Real don't buy Ribery as well that is.

Sad day.

'greed 100%. He's been head and shoulders above the rest of the league over the last few seasons and it will be a shame to see him go, especially to that bunch of oxf*rd.
If you're going to be petty and disagree saying he's a cheat and all the rest of it then, basically, you're an absolute cvnter!

[readingbedding]

Why is it a shame for any RFC fan that he goes?
Can you not go round a mates and watch him play on Sunday evenings if you still live in the 80's?

[Compo's Hat]

Florentino Perez magics it out of the air. Much in the same respect as the transfer of Beckham to Real, the fee will almost certainly be recovered through merchandise and other comercial opportunities so it's not actually going to cost them that much. They have also bought a player with resale value too, which Beckham was too old for

They've spent a lot more in the past week than they did with Beckham though. Also the current economic climate has changed since that deal.

They might make a bit more money if they brought a decent defender that would help them to get titles and not concede four goals like they did at Anfield or six against Barca!

[AF1]

Andy Townsend





"think about the poor Burnley fans, they've been promoted and were looking forward to seeing Ronaldo next season"




:snoop

[TheMaraudingDog]

The biggest surprise here is that United’s season ticket ‘renewal deadline’ is June 14th. Poor timing from the club to let such information out just before they push everyone for £££

[handbags_harris]

Imo he would have wanted to stay if Untd won the Champions league, but obviously they didn't.

See i dont think he would....

He's won theres all to win in England so probably feels he wants another challenge!

Has he won the Johnstone's Paint Trophy?

[handbags_harris]

Florentino Perez magics it out of the air. Much in the same respect as the transfer of Beckham to Real, the fee will almost certainly be recovered through merchandise and other comercial opportunities so it's not actually going to cost them that much. They have also bought a player with resale value too, which Beckham was too old for

They've spent a lot more in the past week than they did with Beckham though. Also the current economic climate has changed since that deal.

They might make a bit more money if they brought a decent defender that would help them to get titles and not concede four goals like they did at Anfield or six against Barca!

Pre-democracy in Spain, Real were always Franco's puppet club. Given the way Real were financed when they went on their last spending spree signing Ronaldo, Figo, Zidane et al, it wouldn't surprise me if they were financed on the same basis this time around. If memory serves me correctly, Real had to sell their training ground at one point in order to stay afloat as their debt was so huge (for the time). I don't think it's any surprise that the new money has probably come in exactly the same way as the previous lot of cash, and I believe it was Florentino Perez who was at the top back then. The reason they are allowed to go into debt as much as they do without repercussions is due to the fact that they are the government's puppet club, always have been, and always will be.