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Madrid responded to Barcelona becoming world club champions by blowing Zaragoza waway at the Bernabeu . Barcelona’s lead at the top in the Primera Division is now back to two points after madridsweeping aside Real Zaragoza 6-0 with ease on Saturday.
The game was over as a contest inside the opening 34 minutes as Madrid raced into a 4-0 lead through braces from the in-form Gonzalo Higuain and Rafael van der Vaart.
Manuel Pellegrini’s side then added two more goals in the second half through big-money summer signings Cristiano Ronaldo who scored a beauty and Karim Benzemaon his birthday to a record biggest win of the season
"I'm sad about being injured again because I was in good form, but I know that my drive combined with the work of Real Madrid's physiotherapists will help me recover soon."
When Cristiano Ronaldo suffered an injury in the first match after a wizard named Pepe wrote a letter to Real Madrid informing them that he had been hired to cast a spell on Cristiano to cause him to get hurt, the world’s crazies took this as a call to action.
First, Fernando Nogueira, a Portuguese man known as “the wizard of Fafe”, came forward and said he had been hired by close to Ronaldo to counter the black magic spell. Well, Ronaldo is still hurt and Pepe is now threatening to curse him with another injury that will end his career, so the situation looks dire for Ronaldo. Is there no one who can save him from this storm of coincidence and make believe magic?
Damn straight there is — PERUVIAN SHAMANS UNITE!!!!
That’s right, on Monday a group of Peruvian Shamans gathered outside the Spanish embassy in Lima to channel their own powers of delusion into removing the curse on Ronaldo (pictured above). Though the ritual does look a bit more menacing than helpful, what with the sharp metal things and all the wackadoos and the maracas(?), I think there just might be enough insane nonsense going on here to counteract that of Pepe the wizard.
After all, if you can’t trust a guy wearing a dead animal around his neck to remove a curse, who can you trust? I mean, really.
Does Real Madrid 's CR9 Cristiano Ronaldo Make Much Difference
Real Madrid was the first to blink. After starting the Spanish season with five consecutive victories, in lock-step with rival Barcelona, los Merengues lost on Sunday to Sevilla, 2-1, in what Mark Elkington of Reuters called a “bristling” defeat.
“Manolo Jimenez’s side inflicted a first defeat on Real with a vibrant, attacking display that was reminiscent of their performances under Juande Ramos when they won back-to-back UEFA Cups,” writes Elkington. Sevilla’s wings, Jesus Navas and Renato, did the most damage, scoring in each half, and showing that despite Real Madrid’s record spending on talent, it is vulnerable. Sid Lowe, writing for the Guardian in Britain, described the match as “the season’s first really big clash.“But it was bigger than that,” he added. “It was as if it was Madrid and Barcelona versus the rest, as if Sevilla were playing for the whole league; as if the rest of Spain sent R2D2 to the Sánchez Pizjuán with a grainy hologram: Help us, Sevilla, you’re our only hope.”
Sevilla is now level with Madrid at 15 points but Real leads on goal differential. Still, the defeat stung for Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo missed the game because of a lingering ankle injury sustained midweek during the Champions League victory over Marseille, and pundits are citing that as the major reason Madrid lost. Also missing to injury: Lassana Diarra, Alvaro Arbeloa, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Fernando Gago, prompting ESPN’s Soccernet to note that, “Madrid certainly lacked cohesion.”
Ronaldo leads the team with nine goals this season, the most prolific new star in the Real Madrid constellation of “neo-galacticos.” Pundits and columnists questioned if Madrid, despite all the high-priced talent, can really compete without the Portuguese international’s scoring punch. The Spanish daily AS said that, if not for goalkeeper Iker Casillas, it would have been even worse.The game was Manuel Pellegrini’s first real test as Madrid coach, and he fell short in the eyes of AS headline writers.
“It was a great moment for them and they were the just winners,” Pellegrini said of Sevilla’s efforts, according to the Spanish news site, Marca. “Cristiano Ronaldo is an important player, but we built a team to compensate for players who are unavailable,” said Pelligrini, who added that two serios errors by his team — not the absence of Renaldo — resulted in Sevilla’s two goals.““We were at fault for both goals. I believe the game was lost because of defensive errors,” the coach said. “I’m worried that they got two headers against us from players that are a lot shorter.” There’s no denying Ronaldo’s impressive start to the new season. He’s clearly taken his task of leading Real Madrid to heart. How important is he to the team’s chances to regain its glory and catch Barcelona, in Spain and in Europe?
Corinthians star Ronaldo is happy to see Cristiano Ronaldo running around in his old Real Madrid No9 shirt.
The former World Player of the Year told AS: "I've seen that he's taken my number and my name.
"I like that. He has a name too, so he could choose what he wanted "
"Tell him he can do very well with that shirt and with that number. He is a very great player. It goes without saying how important he is and how well he plays football."
Former Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo has given his verdict on British music, and according to him, Oasis trounce The Beatles. "Liverpool have The Beatles and Manchester have Oasis," he said. "I think we [Manchester] have the better band." The Portuguese star says he owns every Oasis album, with his favourite track being 'Champagne Supernova' ("It's an absolute classic," he said), despite never having heard of the band when he first moved to the city. "I will be honest, I didn't even know who they were when I first arrived in Manchester, but you can't live there long without knowing who they are." He added that he had never met the Gallagher brothers, though he had seen them around Manchester. "I saw them around town a couple of times but never spoke to them. They didn't look that approachable but sometimes these artistic types are like that," (The Sun).
he sad with the fact that Portuguese people lack of faith in him
Cristiano Ronaldo, who missed Portugal’s friendly match against Liechtenstein earlier this month, is being receiving a lot of criticism from the Portuguese FA. His commitment to the national team has been questioned time and times again by the President of the PFA, Gilberto Madail, as well as by Manchester United’s former assistant coach Carlos Queiroz. As regards to all the negative judgments over his personality, Cristiano Ronaldo declared:
“I just want to be more respected. I played for the national team one day after my father passed away. People do not see those things.”
Indeed, Cristiano Ronaldo played for Portugal just one day after his daddy died. Ronaldo, 19 at that time, powered his country to a memorable 7-1 victory over Russia as Portugal cruised on their way to Germany 2006.
Ronaldo continued:
“I am very sad to know that the Portuguese people have doubts about what I am, what I was and what I will be for the national team.”
Earlier this year, Cristiano Ronaldo was criticized by a member of FC Porto’s board. The Portugal captain was ironically taunted after he scored a wonder goal for Manchester United against Porto in the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo is struggling to find the back of the net for Portugal who are in a critical state in the qualifiers for South Africa 2010. Critiques paint Ronaldo as a selfish player who is either unable or unwilling to perform wonders for his national team.
“Of course I did not like those critiques,” Ronaldo said. “Those were very bad critiques. I do not know why they do it, the press, even the president and Queiroz.”
“I think they know me very well, they know who I am and so it makes me really sad that people doubt what I have, but okay, there are people like this.”
Cristiano Ronaldo reached the highest levels in club football with Manchester United when he won trophies like the Champions League and the Fifa World Club Cup in Japan. Can he influence the Portuguese team with this kind of success and offer the country its first ever major trophy?
Cristiano Ronaldo's skanky ex-girlfriends just can't keep their mouths shut. Nereida Gallardo, who had dated the Real Madrid winger in 2008, continues to discuss her brief fling with the Portuguese soccer stud. Gallardo, 26, recently told a Spanish TV show that Cristiano's favorite underwear is a pair of tight red pants with an elephant's trunk on the front. "He puts his willy where the elephant's face is, but he doesn't fill its trunk," said Nereida. "During our time together he got turned on more by looking at himself in the mirror than at me." Gallardo was obviously retaliating against Ronaldo for having snubbed her outside a Majorca nightclub on Aug. 1. Cristiano, 24, was walking to his car after an evening at a disco when Gallardo tried to approach him to say hello. Paparazzi photos show that Ronaldo did not make eye contact with Nereida, who was quickly escorted away from the Portuguese international winger by security guards. Cristiano Ronaldo ex girlfriend
Gallardo pleaded with security staff to let her through by insisting, "But he is my ex-boyfriend." However, a completely uninterested Ronaldo ignored her and continued walking. Maybe the reason is that after their brief romance ended last year, Nereida repeatedly talked trash about Cris on tv and in tabloid interviews.
"I regret what happened at the nightclub," Gallardo declared recently on a Spanish TV show. "I made a fool of myself. But it would have been the reaction of any woman who has been hurt in the way I have. I was in love with Cristiano and he behaved very badly with me."
Nereida, a one-time nursing assistant, is an aspiring model who has posed topless in cheesy girly magazines and has competed in bikini contests. Shortly following a sun-splashed Sardinian holiday last summer, Ronaldo dumped Gallardo after growing tired of the lurid headlines about Nereida's seedy, bed-hopping past.
Spanish and Portuguese tabloids have reported that Gallardo, who previously had a fling with Spanish footballer Sergio Ramos, had once dated soccer agent Pedro Campane. In an interview with News of the World, Campane revealed that Nereida has a wild side. "She was like a wild animal in bed," he said, adding the two slept together the first night they met.
"She didn’t have any [sexual] hang-ups," he said. "She liked doing everything in every position. Nereida doesn’t know much about football but she knows lots about men and how to please them." Campane also revealed that Gallardo has bedded other soccer players in the past, and cares only for men with money. Geez, is it any wonder Cristiano dumped her?! source http://www.theimproper.com/Template_Article.aspx?IssueId=3&ArticleId=3869 The Spanish soccer season begins Aug. 29.
MADRID, July 6, 2009 (AFP) - Cristiano Ronaldo said on Monday he had fulfilled a "childhood dream" as he was officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player before a record-setting capacity crowd of nearly 80,000 people at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
"I am very happy to be here," the 24-year-old Portuguese winger told cheering fans at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in the Spanish capital after completing his long desired move to the club from Manchester United.
"For me it is the realization of a childhood dream, which was to play for Real Madrid. I never expected the stadium would be full just to see me. It is impressive," he added.
Club officials said the event had smashed the previous record for attendance at the unveiling of a footballer set in July 1984 when Diego Maradona was presented at Naples after signing from Barcelona before 75,000 people.
Real acquired the player from Manchester last month on a six-year deal worth 94 million euros (131 million dollars) and he will reportedly be paid 13 million euros each season, making him the most expensive player in the world.
Ronaldo, the 2008 FIFA world player of the year, said he was "proud" to be the world's best paid footballer and would do all he could to help the team win the Champions League.
"I want to prove that they paid the right price for me," he told a lengthy news conference after he was unveiled where he fielded questions in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
"We have a great team, a great coach, and we have to take it step by step. We have a really good chance to win the Champions League," he added.
Real, Spain's historically most successful team, last won the Champions League in 2002. Ronaldo wore the black and white Number 9 jersey once sported by club legend Alfredo di Stefano during his unveiling.
The Argentine striker, Real's honorary president, was present at the unveiling as was Portuguese legend and former Real player Eusebio.
The number 9 jersey was recently vacated by Argentine striker Javier Saviola who joined Portuguese side Benfica last month.
While Ronaldo wanted to keep the number 7 which he used during his six years at Manchester, that number is already taken by Real captain Raul.
"Nine is a mythical number at the club. The numbers don't play. It is me who is going to play and I am going to play well," he said.
Ronaldo arrived in Madrid on Monday afternoon on a private flight from his native Portugal where he was on holiday to undergo medical tests before he was unveiled.
The head of Real's medical services, Carlos Diez, said Ronaldo was "in perfect condition" after the player underwent medical tests.
"His cardiac and lung capacity is extraordinary," he added.
Fans, many equipped with food and drinks to ease a lengthy wait, starting gathering at the stadium hours before the official presentation, which lasted about 30 minutes, got underway at 9 pm. Real president Florentino Perez praised Ronaldo's "professionalism and talent" who is capable of taking the club to "the peak of world football".
Ronaldo will team up with Kaka, the 2007 FIFA world player, who signed with Real from AC Milan for 65 million euros from AC Milan in early June.
Kaka was officially unveiled on June 30 before 55,000 fans. He was the first big name who Perez signed since he returned in June for a second stint as president of Real.
Perez, who brought Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane to Real during his first term as the club's president between 2000 and 2006, is seeking to rebuild a squad which trailed arch rivals Barcelona last season by reviving his policy of signing football superstars.
Among Real's other signings is French striker Karim Benzema from Lyon and defender Raul Albiol, who joined from Spanish side Valencia.
Those waiting to see the world's most expensive player in his new colours will be able to so at the end of the month...
Cristiano Ronaldo will be presented by Real Madrid at the end of June and will become the world's most expensive footballer when he finishes his well-publicised holiday, he has revealed.
The Portuguese star is currently in his homeland after a trip to Los Angeles that made the front and back pages of newspapers and magazines around the world.
While Ronaldo recuperates from a long hard season and a busy Stateside trip, the media continue to report and contemplate the world record fee that Madrid are paying for him.
That does not seem to have affected the 24-year-old, who is clearly enjoying his summer break before he travels to the Spanish capital..
"I imagine that I will presented on June 30," Marca quote him as saying.
According to the report in the Spanish daily, the player will fly to Madrid and sign his contract before then, but nothing official will be announced.
Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Real Madrid from Manchester United has been finalised
The Spanish club confirmed, with the Portuguese set to officially join the Spanish giants on 1 July. The £80m fee breaks the previous world-record of £56m, set earlier this summer, which Real Madrid paid for Milan's Brazilian forward Kaka.
United had accepted an offer from Real for Ronaldo on 11 June, after the player made it clear that he wished to leave Old Trafford. However, the deal could not be finalised until Ronaldo returned from holidaying in the United States, and now the Portugal winger has put pen to paper on a six-year deal.
"Real Madrid and Manchester United have signed a final agreement for the transfer of the rights of Cristiano Ronaldo from 1 July," a statement on Real's website said. Ronaldo, who joined United in 2003 for £12.2m, is set to earn a reported €13m (£11m) a year in Spain, making him the highest paid footballer in the world. He will be presented at the Santiago Bernabeu on 6 July.
The acquisition of Ronaldo, 24, is just part of a sensational summer in the transfer market for Real, with the club having already added Kaka for £56m and Valencia's Raul Albiol for £12m. Despite an outlay of £148m, however, the spree looks set to continue, with Real linked to Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery, Valencia's David Villa and Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso.
Luana Belletti the NEW QUEEN for CRISTIANO RONALDO
Cristiano Ronaldo has accordingly to reports, found new girl. Not just with anyone, but with Chelsea defender Juliano Belletti's sister, Luana.Internet site people.co.uk says Ronaldo and Luana have been secretly dating for two months.Not only that, but the couple were apparently set up by Belletti himself.
"Luana had mentioned Cristiano a couple of times to her brother so he set it all up," an unknown source told the Web site.
The news of the coupling beaks almost a month after Barcelona tied Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final to advance to the final against Manchester United — which Barcelona won 2-0.
The couple have no problems with communication, since Brazilians speak Portuguese.
Zoran Tosic has revealed that he and his Manchester United team-mates knew before they contested the Champions League final with Barcelona at the end of last month that Cristiano Ronaldo had resolved to leave the club.
Tosic, who joined United from Partizan Belgrade in January, did not travel to Rome with the squad for the ill-fated showdown against the Spaniards. The young winger had featured as a late substitute in United's final Premier League match at Hull City three days previously and he had headed straight home to Serbia to prepare for the European Under-21 Championship in Sweden with his country's team.
But by then he had spoken to Ronaldo and got the clear impression that the Portuguese World Player of the Year had called time on his glittering six-year spell at Old Trafford. Ronaldo has since agreed an £80m transfer to Real Madrid.
"I spoke with him," said Tosic. "He told us that it's enough to be here. He'd won all the awards in England and he wanted to try something else. I think he's going to be again the best player in the world [at Real]. This season was not the best because last season he scored 42 goals, this time 25, and they all said it's the worst season. He scored 25 goals and it's not enough! I think that in Madrid he will be again the best."
Tosic is convinced that Sir Alex Ferguson will sign a big-money replacement for Ronaldo but his looming departure has invited the club's existing wingers to press their starting claims. Nani has already said he can be the man to fill the void while Park Ji-sung has similar ambition.
"My first six months at the club were for me to prepare, to get stronger," said Tosic, "and in the next six months it's important to try and break into the team and prove that I'm a United player. To be honest, I think that probably Cristiano was the best player in the team and so someone will come in to take his place.
"These games at the Under-21 championship are very important for me and then, when we go on pre-season tour, I hope I'm going to get a chance. I played three games [as a substitute] this past season but I was adapting. Next season, if I get a chance, I am ready."
Tosic believes he is comfortable on either flank although his left foot is stronger and the 22-year-old says "the people from Manchester think I can play better on the left side". The club's official website muses: "It could be Tosic who is charged with filling the Welshman's boots when [Ryan] Giggs eventually retires."
Giggs is among those at the club who have done most to help Tosic settle. Paul Scholes is another while Tosic's international team-mate Nemanja Vidic is a friend and neighbour. "Nemanja is maybe five minutes away," said Tosic. "I knew him before from playing in the senior Serbia team and we spend a lot of time together. His wife and my girlfriend are together all the time. Giggsy and Scholesy are also fantastic, they help me a lot. They want to use their experience to help all of us."
Tosic is a tricky if diminutive player who has struggled with the physical aspect of the English game. He admits at times the reserve team league resembled a school of hard knocks. "In a few games for the reserves the players kick me andI was wondering, 'What is going on? Iam going home, I cannot play here.'Then I got through that and it's normal for me."
Tosic speaks English fluently, a legacy of language lessons at school, although he jokes that he struggles to understand Ferguson. His main points of contact at United thus far, as he lives a boyhood dream, are the coaches Mick Phelan and Rene Meulensteen.
"I was a United fan as a kid since we won the 1999 European Cup," he said. "From that moment I was a United fan. I remember when I was just starting to train, I saw a picture of the Serbia national team up in the changing room and I said to the coach, 'I am going to stand there one day and I am going to be a Manchester United player. Those are my two wishes.'" by David Hytner
Manchester United have made a long-term decision not to sign any players aged 26 or above for large transfer fees because of new financial stipulations that have been put in place at Old Trafford to shape the club's recruitment policy. Dimitar Berbatov, who was 27 when he signed from Tottenham Hotspur last September, has been described as the "last of his kind" in a move that has immediate implications for their attempts to replace Cristiano Ronaldo.
The restrictions automatically mean that Sir Alex Ferguson's admiration for Franck Ribéry will not manifest itself in a concerted attempt to sign the France international. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich's chairman, said yesterday that United, Chelsea and Barcelona had all lodged bids but the Premier League champions say that is not true.
Instead, the policy from now onwards is that the club will have a strict age-before-ability approach in which they will sign players in big-money deals only if they will retain a significant market value some years after signing a five- or six-year contract.
Karim Benzema, the Lyon striker, would fit into their strategy, being 21, but Ribéry is considered too old even though he turned 26 only two months ago and is approaching what are generally considered the best years of a footballer's career. United's thinking is that Ribéry would cost close to £60m and have no significant resale value, leaving Chelsea, who have tabled a formal bid believed to be around £40m, hopeful of signing the France international, particularly as Real Madrid's interest appears to have cooled.
The same policy applies to David Villa, the outstanding Valencia striker who is on the market at the age of 27 for a fee of around £45m, as well as the man who scored the first goal against United in the Champions League final, Barcelona's 28-year-old forward Samuel Eto'o. Both are ruled out unless there is a rethink at Old Trafford.
United are aware that the policy may not go down well with those supporters who are expecting high-profile replacements to fill the void left by Ronaldo's impending world-record transfer to Real Madrid. However, the club insists it makes sound business sense not to bring in a player for £30m or more who cannot be sold for another high valuation some years after signing his contract.
This explains why United did not make any effort to sign Kaka, the Brazil international and former world footballer of the year, when he became available for £59m from Milan, even though Ferguson has now admitted he knew for virtually all of last season that Ronaldo would be leaving this summer. Kaka was 27 in April and that does not fit into United's strategy of not buying expensive players whose values will then plummet.
Berbatov was considered an exception to the rule when he signed for £30.75m but Ferguson is now working under the knowledge that his chief executive, David Gill, and the club's American owners, the Glazer family, expect him to pursue younger players who could conceivably make the club a profit.
Ronaldo was 18 when he signed from Sporting Lisbon for £12.2m six years ago and United, despite being renowned for wanting to keep their better players, are placing a heavy emphasis on bringing in people who could feasibly make them money. The policy has been gradually evolving over recent years, with Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Anderson and Nani all 25 and below when they were signed.
United are now targeting Antonio Valencia, Wigan Athletic's 23-year-old Ecuador international, to take over from Ronaldo on the right side of their attack but face competition for the 23-year-old from Madrid and an unnamed club, believed to be Bayern Munich. "It all rests on where the lad wants to go to: Man United, Real Madrid or the other European club," said Wigan's chairman, Dave Whelan. "We can't force him where to go. We will have a meeting with United and Real Madrid in the next three or four days, see what offers are on the table and then present them to the lad and he will decide where he wants to go or if he wants to go. We would never stop a player from going to a top club. The lad comes back from holiday this weekend and I expect it will be another 10 to 14 days before a deal is done.
"Real Madrid have been in contact once a week for the last six weeks. I thought them agreeing a deal with Ronaldo would fulfil their requirements but it hasn't done, as they've been in touch again since then. There have been fees spoken about but have we had a bid put in black and white? No." Whelan added that he would not increase the asking price for Valencia in light of Ronaldo's £80m sale.
Ferguson is also still hoping to persuade Carlos Tevez to sign a permanent deal with the club, despite the Argentinian saying publicly and privately that he has no plans to return to Old Trafford when he becomes a free agent on 30 June. Tevez, also a target for Manchester City, Chelsea – who do not believe they will land him – and Liverpool, is 25 and United's initial reluctance to pay the £25.5m fee wanted by the investors who own his economic rights partly derived from a concern about what he might be worth to them towards the end of a five-year contract. Gill has already publicly stated that he thinks Tevez's valuation is a "bit toppy.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s formerly owned Porsche 911 for sale
by Adrian Hearn
A Porsche 911 convertible previously owned by Cristiano Ronaldo is for sale on Auto Trader.
The soon-to-be Real Madrid player was the first owner of the Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Tiptronic S which he bought in 2007.
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It’s just one of a range of stunning cars which have been owned by the 24-year-old whose daily runaround is a 202mph Bentley Continental GT Speed.
Under the hood of the Porsche is a 3.8-litre engine which develops 355bhp and 295lb/ft of pulling power.
This enables the convertible to accelerate from 0-62mph in 5.4 seconds before reaching a top speed of 177mph.
The car has upgraded leather seats, sat-nav, 911 Turbo alloy wheels and a tracker.
The Porsche is the first of what many will expect to be a mass clearout by the Portuguese footballer with a selection of luxury cars and his Cheshire mansion likely to come up for grabs. Ronaldo hit the headlines last week when Man United accepted a world record £80 million bid from Real Madrid.
To celebrate the historic move, he is currently sunning himself in the USA where he was snapped canoodling with socialite Paris Hilton and splashing the cash in Las Vegas.
While he is the only registered owner of the car, Ronaldo doesn’t currently possess the Porsche with the supercar being sold by a dealer with the footballer’s name signed on the log book.
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Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo turned down Paris Hilton after she made a play for him at a Hollywood nightclub, MailOnline has learned.
The Manchester United striker - currently in LA on an undisclosed business trip - arrived at trendy hotspot Villa in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
A source said: 'Paris was all over him. The moment he arrived, she went over to his private table.
'At one point, she pushed her chest together and made a point of trying to snuggle up against him. Enlarge
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New admirer: Seductress Paris Hilton worked her charms on an unimpressed Ronaldo last night in Hollywood
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'But Ronaldo clearly wasn't interested in Paris. He turned his back on her.'
According to reports, the 23-year-old Portugese star is a single man after splitting from model Nereida Gallardo, 25.
And heiress Paris, clad in a peach-coloured dress, was clearly impressed by his charms.
The onlooker added: 'Every girl in the club was checking him out but Paris couldn't take her eyes off him.
'You could tell he enjoyed the attention but he didn't really want anything to do with any of the girls.
Single and ready to mingle: The footballer let his hair down at trendy Hollywood club Villa
'He just sipped vodka soda in the corner of the club with his friends.'
Flanked by four or five male friends, Ronaldo arrived hobbled in on crutches just after 11.30pm.
Earlier, he had enjoyed a business dinner with around nine associates at Hollywood steak restaurant STK.
A fellow diner said: 'He is obviously in LA on business.
'He looked very serious over dinner and spent the entire time talking to the men in suits.'
The onlooker added that Ronaldo is being accompanied by a glamorous female assistant, who is apparently helping him recuperate from injury.
Real Madrid have stepped up their efforts to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to Spain ahead of what is expected to be an official bid of £75million in the coming weeks.
As Sportsmail first reported in April, Madrid have been confident for months that they had a tacit agreement in place with Manchester United to buy Ronaldo this summer.
While United have always publicly denied this, it is now understood that new Real president Florentino Perez wants to test the water with a mammoth bid once transfer business for players like Valencia's David Villa is out of the way.
On his way? Real Madrid are set to make a mega-offer to United for Ronaldo
Madrid's sporting director Jorge Valdano hinted at his club's interest in Ronaldo, saying: 'I can only talk about players who are on their way here, not about those we are in negotiations over.
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'But he is a great professional, he dedicates a very great deal of time to his work. He is a great footballer and a very good professional.'
Ronaldo is currently in Los Angeles recovering from a lower abdomen problem that may need minor surgery. He has been told by his advisers not to say anything that may inflame what is already a delicate situation.
It is increasingly possible, though, that Ronaldo may have to formally ask to leave Old Trafford if he wishes to speed up the process.
LA confidential: Ronaldo relaxes in Hollywood but his Manchester United future remains uncertain
As is often the case with the Spanish club, Real have begun to drip-feed stories, information and - in many cases - half-truths to the media in recent days as they look to place increasing pressure on United to give in to something that has been viewed as inevitable at the Bernabeu since before Christmas.
Perez has seemingly done his best to be publicly respectful towards United since he was confirmed as Real's president last week, perhaps wary of how the behaviour of his predecessor Ramon Calderon only encouraged United not to play ball when the Spanish club tried to sign Ronaldo a year ago.
But a flurry of stories in the Spanish press on Wednesday - some ludicrous - suggested that Real were beginning to revert to type.
superlatives, except to say that having developed and matured from an inexperienced, young winger when he left Sporting Lisbon in 2003, he's now the best footballer on the planet.
The story goes that Sir Alex was persuaded to buy Ronaldo - largely unknown when he signed as an 18-year-old for £12.24m in 2003 - by his players on the plane home from a pre-season friendly against Sporting. In truth, the boss had long been aware of his ability. The urgency stemmed from other clubs’ increasing interest. This was a target Sir Alex simply could not miss out on.
Ronaldo wasted little time in showing off his sublime skills with a stunning 30-minute debut against Bolton at OT in August 2003. There was a buzz of excitement as soon as he stepped off the bench and, after 39 appearances and eight goals that season – including the opener in the 3-0 FA Cup final win over Millwall – he was named Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year.
His second term didn’t quite live up to his first, but late season form saw him end 2004/05 with nine goals in 50 appearances. In 2005/06 Ronny again reserved his best form for the latter stages, but the inconsistencies of a developing young player were being
The new Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, has made clear his intention to sign Cristiano Ronaldo by claiming he will 'work to bring' the player to the Bernabéu.
Having all but secured the £56.2m signature of Kaka from Milan – the Brazilian is expected to complete a move to Madrid on Monday – Pérez has now turned his sights to Ronaldo.
"What I want is for many of the best players in the world to play with us, Cristiano would be one of them," he said. "I'm going to work so that Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo can be with Real Madrid.
"It would be very good if great players were at Real Madrid this season. Cristiano would be one of them."
Pérez, who returned to Real on Monday, is believed to be studying a pre-contract agreement made between the club and Ronaldo last season and which could lead to the 24-year-old joining the Spanish giants for close to £75m, a fee the president is thought to be concerned about.
Officially at least, he claims to know nothing about the agreement. "I've been here for two days and neither [previous president Vicente] Boluda or anyone else told me anything about this," he said
The questions at the Portugal camp ahead of Saturday’s game against Albania will inevitably concern the future of the Manchester United player. We remember the pantomime of a year ago when daily bulletins demonstrated with increasing clarity Ronaldo’s desire to join Real Madrid. Manchester convulsed.
Five days into the post-Champions League wake the lessons of the defeat to Barcelona make United’s position regarding Ronaldo less not more acute. Barca reminded Sir Alex Ferguson and the rest of the world that there is another way to play the game that relies on qualities even greater than those possessed by the Portuguese.
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The beauty in the Catalan template is not so much the individual merit of Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi Hernandez, deep though that is, but the regard they have for each other which manifests itself in a work-rate and sense of togetherness United couldn’t match.
Many years ago the holy trinity that was Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Marco Van Basten performed comparable miracles for Holland and AC Milan. After lifting the 1988 European Championship trophy Gullit smiled when he was asked how Holland made the game look so easy. It might look that way, he said, but looking good is bloody hard work.
We are still waiting for Ronaldo to track back in a red shirt. Messi and Co would run twice around the Nou Camp to recover possession. Iniesta is probably still at it now. Loss of the ball is theft. There is no pouting impatience intended to rebuke lesser team-mates. It is all hands to the pumps, not hips.
This is the difference between Ronaldo and the three amigos. As outrageously gifted as Ronaldo is you sense that this brilliance is delivered in his own interests first. Fantastic when it comes off, but not so good when things do not go his way.
Barcelona enchant as well as enthral. The joy they take from the game is obvious, conveyed in passages of triangular exuberance. The experience is genuinely uplifting. You can’t but smile as you watch them weave their exquisite patchwork. Even opposing supporters are disarmed. The fans of Manchester United, devout in their attachment, could not bring themselves to complain. Barcelona transcended allegiance in Rome. They entered all our hearts.
This paean to Catalonia does not seek to demonise Ronaldo but to recognise how the consequences of the Barcelona experience for Manchester United might have changed the dynamic at Old Trafford.
Wayne Rooney walked out of the Olympic Stadium hailing Iniesta as the best player in the world. He is not. But in the context of a team ethic it appears that way. How much better might Rooney appear were Ronaldo to share in the leg work the Englishman puts in, to embrace his team in the reciprocal way Barcelona’s stellar men do. Rooney has arguably more clubs in his bag than Iniesta, but in Rome he was left flailing away in a bunker of despair.
Sir Alex Ferguson was another deeply moved by the beating. Ferguson is a master of renewal. He has excused Ronaldo in the past because on balance that was the right decision for his team.
Equally Ferguson has never run from a difficult decision. He noted how the sense of unity, of camaraderie, appeared to give Barcelona an extra man. This was only one game, of course, and he can point to countless occasions when Ronaldo has made the difference.
But there is more to it than that. A football club is not only the 11 that takes the field. No. It is every member of the squad, anyone who wears the tie, in whatever capacity. Every man jack of them represents, indeed makes up, the thing that is the club; that gives it its identity.
So when Messi pledges his career to Barcelona he is committing himself not only to the first XI but to an institution, a brand, an ideal. No one asks Messi where he will be playing his football next season. He and Barcelona are indivisible. No one asks Rooney. They don’t have to. The question recurs in the Ronaldo tale because the player considers that his own interests are not necessarily those of the club. He could lay all speculation to rest by saying unconditionally, as Fernando Torres has at Liverpool, that he is at the club for which he wants to play.
After Rome it might be that Ferguson decides the time has come to leave Ronaldo to his Real Madrid dream and get on with building a team. Barcelona demonstrated the beauty of that thinking
In football there have always been players who crackle the imagination with just the mention of their name.
The surname is all that it takes to stir the blood. Pele, Puskas, Maradona, Eusebio, Cruyff, Best, Moore. Nothing else needed.
You know that associated with them was achievement and great occasions.
Tonight here in Rome at the Olympic Stadium two modern-day gladiators can light up the Champions League final.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will use this wonderful final between Manchester United and Barcelona to roll back the memories of all yesterday’s heroes.
Ronaldo, the World Footballer of the Year against Messi, the man who wants his crown.
Ronaldo – explosive pace, the quickest feet in the game, strong in the air and with the ability to score towering free-kicks. The most gifted attacking player in football.
Messi – the darting, smaller man, with the ability to change a game with a swerve of his body. His finishing is clinical, a little master.
This is what the Champions League final is about. Greatness.
Great is the most over-used word in football and yet we can hang it on these two superstars.
Tonight is about the two best players on this planet trying to outfox each other.
The pin-ups of today’s game. Two men who have every sponsor and advertising executive falling over themselves.
Ronaldo, 24, said: “When you are a boy, you dream of matches like this. You watch television and think, ‘I want that to be me’ and then when you arrive you feel just as excited.
“Last season I scored in the final and it was wonderful to win it.
“Now we must do it again and every player must treat this as the most important match of his life.
“I love to entertain and know that I have a special talent.
“I am the best player in the world and part of that honour is living with the pressure of proving it.”
Messi, 21 and younger than Ronaldo, said: “This is the most important game of my life. Everyone knows this is special.
“The whole world will be watching and it is games like this that makes everything worth while. I would love it to be a great final for football and this is not about two players, it is about two teams.
“I have always done well against English sides (although never scored against one) and my mind is racing at the prospect of doing well on such a stage.”
A comparison between the players comes from Gerard Pique, the Barcelona centre-half who spent last season at United.
“Ronaldo is the more complete player,” he said.
“He’s good in the air, has a great shot and is quick and strong.
“Messi is more decisive when he’s dribbling. He is also quick and creates chances on his own.
“It is hard to get the ball off them especially when they are doing their tricks.
“Messi keeps the ball close to him, waiting for the opening. Ronaldo runs and runs at you.
“Messi changes direction while Ronaldo hunts you down. Messi comes deeper for the ball and is more deceptive.”
The Argentinian has scored nine more goals this season than Ronaldo. Both players are matchwinners, both can conjure up magic from nothing.
Messi is valued at £130m in the transfer market – although has no intention of quitting the only club he has played for.
“Barcelona is my life,” he said. “It broke my heart to miss the 2006 final against Arsenal and I want to win this one with them, for them, so much.”
Ronaldo has admitted he now wants to stay at Old Trafford after more links with a £100m move Real Madrid. United without Ronaldo and Barcelona without Messi is unthinkable.
Ronaldo spends more on his clothes and cares about his hairstyle and how he looks. Messi has a slightly dishevelled look and features of a young Dustin Hoffman.
Messi will be marked by United’s Patrice Evra, who did such a good job on him last season, while Barcelona don’t have a first-choice left-back to look after Ronaldo after Eric Abidal was wrongly sent off against Chelsea in the semi final.
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: “I’ll be surprised if Sylvinho (the former Arsenal player) doesn’t mark Ronaldo.
“Ronaldo is stronger than Messi physically although Messi has started to grow in strength in his upper body.
“They are both fantastic players who can create and score goals. When great players get to this level you are only talking about little details that separate them.
“Last year we depended on the speed of Evra to look after Messi and we will depend on him again. Evra is quick and a fantastic player.
“There will be times when there is nothing you can do when Messi attacks players and we must give these great players credit. You need luck when you plan against them.
“Let’s hope Messi falls over the ball when he is in a good position!
“We can plan against a lot of things and yet it is difficult to prevent everything happening.
“It is on the night that matters and you hope the man against you has an off day.”
Ronaldo and Messi are the first names that roll off the tongue when you start talking about tonight’s final. You don’t need to say anything else.
Tonight’s the night when every great player there has been in the history of the sport can nod their head with approval.
The names say it all. Nothing else needed. By Brian Woolnough
Cristiano Ronaldo Will Face anothet bad day when lionel messi run
Sir Alex will most likely use the same format as used against Arsenal. Both Arsenal and Barca play the short passing game with emphasis on ball possession. So Ronaldo, knowing he wont track back for defensive duties, upfront as the lone striker aided by Rooney and Park on the flanks. This is also exactly the same format he used in last season's semis against Barca at the Nou Camp. Sir Alex would really fancy his chances this time round with these three upfront knowing like with Arsenal, Barca have their key defenders missing either through injuries or bans. Barca's loss of both their full-backs in Alves and Abidal and centre-half Márquez could prove a huge blow for them. Their make-shift defence most likely to consist of Puyol (unsteady at RB), Piqué (Slow), Touré (midfielder) and Sylvinho (old) looks very inviting indeed for any strikeforce.
Fletcher would most likely have played in his first final had he not been banned, who along with Anderson would have been used to hassle and harry the likes of Xavi and Iniesta in midfield. Hargreaves would have been perfect aswell but as we all know he's out for the season. So that leaves the most experienced player in Giggs to slot in and provide a more intelligent and calculated approach. Giggs and Carrick like-for-like with Xavi and Iniesta to conduct the play from midfield alongside Anderson as the box-to-box runner.
The defence is straightfoward with my only concern being O'Shea on the right being able to live with the pace of Henry on the left. Once again Fletcher would have aided him to double up on Henry but since that's not possible Park would need to cover extra mileage as he always does to provide backup. Evra, Anderson and Rooney tracking back should be more than enough to keep Messi quite and Rio/Vidic will have Eto'o for breakfast.
So there's the winning game plan (in United's favour ofcourse) to ensure a thrilling final and not all this "anti-football" stuff. Chelski have already taken care of that
Manchester United have made an offer of about €70m (£62.5m) for the Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribéry as they close in on a deal that would shatter the world transfer record.
Sources in Munich confirmed the bid has been received for the France international, who has made his desire to leave Germany known in the past few weeks. United scouts have repeatedly watched the 26-year-old in recent Bundesliga matches and sounded out his friends and entourage in Munich.
United's remarkable offer, which comfortably eclipses the record £44m paid by Real Madrid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001, is contingent on the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Madrid this summer but the approach to Bayern has been firm enough to suggest that the Portuguese's departure is a near certainty. Although Bayern are understood to have turned down United's offer, it is considered the first serious move in a negotiation that will eventually bring the winger to Old Trafford.
Ribéry, who earns €8m a year at the Allianz Arena, the equivalent of £134,000 a week, is set to replace Ronaldo as United's highest-paid player. Due to the unfavourable exchange rate and taxation levels in Britain, the Champions League holders, who take on Arsenal in the semi-final second leg at the Emirates Stadium tonight, will have to spend closer to £145,000 a week to match his net wages at Bayern. Money, however, is not the determining factor for Ribéry. The former Marseille player, who moved to Munich in 2007 for €25m plus add-ons and is contracted to Bayern until 2011, has repeatedly turned down offers to renegotiate a contract extension on improved terms.
Finishing only 16th in the running for the 2008 Ballon d'Or after a season in which he had inspired Bayern to a domestic double – "I am disappointed, I should have deserved better," he said – and his club's 5-1 aggregate defeat by Barcelona in the quarter-finals of this year's Champions League seem to have convinced him that a move to a bigger club has become necessary.
Bayern's general manager, Uli Hoeness, who has ruled out a sale of Ribéry throughout the season, softened his stance over the weekend. He confirmed Bayern were already eyeing up Werder Bremen's Brazilian midfielder Diego, 24, as a possible replacement "in case Ribéry were to go".
Manchester City, who have included the Frenchman on a short-list of transfer targets, have been hampered by their lack of Champions League football next season and are not seriously in the running.
Barcelona recently came close to an agreement with Ribéry but negotiations halted when news of their interest was leaked to the French press by sources close to the player last week. Although Barcelona have not officially pulled out, United are now best placed to entice Ribéry abroad. Relations between Bayern and United are cordial despite displeasure at Sir Alex Ferguson's aggressive pursuit of Owen Hargreaves in the summer of 2006. The English international moved to Old Trafford for £17m in July 2007.
It is understood that Bayern have rejected Ferguson's first offer but, with the Germans no longer insisting on a prohibitive €150m valuation – "We would perhaps let him go for that," Hoeness was quoted as saying in January – negotiations between the clubs are sufficiently advanced to suggest an agreement can be reached before the player goes on holiday in June.
In an interview with the French sports paper L'Equipe last week Ribéry indicated that he would leave Bayern if his team did not qualify for next season's Champions League: "In those circumstances it would indeed be very difficult to stay, that's obvious... That's why the club has to finish at least second." Bayern are currently second in the league, three points off the leaders VfL Wolfsburg. Only Germany's top two teams are guaranteed places in the Champions League.
Sir Alex Ferguson not fazed by Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez
United's Cristiano Ronaldo leaves the Old Trafford pitch after being substituted by Sir Alex Ferguson. Photograph: Michael Regan/Action Images
Sir Alex Ferguson insisted he had "no problem" with Cristiano Ronaldo's show of dissent and, for entirely different reasons, Carlos Tevez's own protests during the course of a comfortable derby win that has left Manchester United on the brink of their 18th league title.
Ronaldo had a fit of pique after being substituted an hour into the 2-0 defeat of Manchester City, whereas Tevez went into the match on the back of an interview with the News of the World in which he reiterated his feelings that he had no future at the club. Tevez pointedly celebrated scoring the second goal by running in front of the dugout and cupping his ears, looking up towards the club's directors.
Ronaldo was even more animated, repeatedly shaking his head and throwing his arms around as he took his seat in the dugout, and left the ground within 15 minutes of the game ending. "You know what he's like," Ferguson said afterwards. "He wanted to stay on. It's a simple reason. He's such a great athlete but don't forget he's run his socks off on Tuesday [against Arsenal]. I've got Wednesday's game against Wigan and Saturday against Arsenal to think about. I've got to look at how we can get through these games and keep the players as fresh as I can. He's in great form but I've got to look at the bigger picture."
Tevez's own frustration stems from a growing sense of resignation that United have no plans to pay the £22m necessary to turn his two-year loan arrangement into a permanent deal. The Argentinian's adviser, Kia Joorabchian, intends to accelerate the search for a new club this week, with City among the early candidates. Mark Hughes, the City manager, described Tevez's performance as "exceptional".
As well as a host of top European clubs, including Real Madrid and Internazionale, Liverpool are also said to be monitoring Tevez's position, although the striker has decided not to entertain the idea of a switch to Anfield out of respect to the Old Trafford supporters who again implored Ferguson to "sign him up".
The chances of that happening appear to be receding, however, with Ferguson conceding that "nothing has changed" as well as making a pointed remark about the crowd's affections for Tevez. "The fans love a trier," he said. "That's the great thing about football. A lad who tries a lot can be forgiven for a lot of things."
Ferguson insisted he had no issue with Tevez going public with his grievances. "Not at all. If he keeps scoring I've got absolutely no problem."
United need four points from their remaining three games to sew up the championship. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/may/10/sir-alex-ferguson-carlos-tevez-manchester-united
Manchester United v. Chelsea - 11 January 2009 - Live Blog
Peter Liaros
Manchester United and Chelsea went toe-to-toe in one of the better games this season - United’s width and pace gave them an obvious advantage, but Chelsea were able to match them with their physical approach, discipline and control of the midfield.
If Chelsea and played with Robben and Cole from the start, you never know what direction the game would have taken - United could have had more space to attack, but they would have been under the cosh as well.
Good comeback by Chelsea - they took the second half just as United took the first one. This title race will go the the distance, and United will be hoping Arsenal can take a few points off Chelsea and help them build a lead before the two sides meet again at Stamford Bridge.
FT: Match report.
90 + 3: And that’s it, full time. Manchester United stays 3 points ahead of Chelsea in the title race.
90 + 1: SUBSTITUTION - CHELSEA on Renato Paulo Ferreira off Michael Ballack.
90 mins: 3 mins of injury time
87 mins: Essien hits the volley but it’s well wide. United fans are giving Ashley Cole some grief after his tackle on Ronaldo.
85 mins: SUBSTITUTION - UNITED on John O’Shea off Louis Saha (injury)
85 mins: SUBSTITUTION - UNITED on Darren Fletcher off Cristiano Ronaldo (injury)
84 mins: YELLOW CARD - Ashley Cole gets booked for his 4th trip on Ronaldo, who is limping off the pitch.
83 mins: Last years hero, Fletcher, is ready to come onto the field, will he be the hero again???
81 mins: Now its United’s turn to look dangerous, they are looking like scoring.
80 mins: Manchester United using patient passsing in defence, which ends up coming to a great and fast playt fown the wing which results in a corner
77 mins: Chelsea looking dangerous at the moment.
75 mins: Last time Chelsea versed United at Old Trafford, there was a hero, will United have a hero again today? Or will it end in a draw?
73 mins: SUBSTITUTION - CHELSEA on Joe Cole off Andriy Shevchenko
73 mins: Chelsea about to make a change.
72 mins: United are clawing their way back into this game with around 6 or 7 attacking opportunities, United taking control.
70 mins: I’ve been to busy watching this game, I haven’t been able to tell you the final score - TOTTENHAM 3 def. WIGAN ATHLETIC 1
69 mins: GOAL CHELSEA!!!!! Carvalho gets a header in from a Lampard corner and Chelsea draw level. United are falling to sleep at the moment.
63 mins: Great passing move by Chelsea involving Drogba and Ballack. It drops to Lampard but he blasts his shot over the bar.
63 mins: United have had the latest two attacking chances, both were missed, both were brilliant opportunities.
60 mins: Some great attacking chances for both teams at the moment, if anyone has a chance it would be Chelsea.
55 mins: Chelsea are asking questions at the beginning at this second half, whether they can get back into this game. I say they do, they are having alot of attacking opportunities this half.
48 mins: The corner has come to nothing, Chelsea clear straight to straight to Carrick and he feeds a wonderful ball to Rooney and he hits it across the fac of goal, and both Saha and Ronaldo miss it, great strike from Rooney.
48 mins: UNITED CORNER - A United counter attack has ended up with a corner.
47 mins: Chelsea have indeed started off the second half better than the first so you Chelsea fans, you have a chance.
46 mins: United kick-off the second half…
45 mins: HALF TIME SUBSTITUTION - on Arjen Robben off Geremi
45 mins: Arjen Robben is out on the field warming up for Chelsea, will he come into the freight? Will Chelsea come back from a horrible first half? Will United stick with the lead? Stay here for the second half which commences in around 1 minute.
45 mins: Chelsea’s possession doesn’t truly affect the way they are playing, Chelsea are playing backyard football while United are playing with ease. Saha’s goal would have stopped the talk in the media about his penalty miss in United’s loss to Celtic mid-week.
HALF TIME STATS:
MANCHESTER UNITED 1 CHELSEA 0
(Louis Saha ‘27)
6(3) Shots (on Goal) 4(4)
6 Fouls 8
1 Corners -
39% Possession 61%
-/- Yellow/Red Cards 2/-
4 Saves 2
45 mins: An United go into the break with a 1-0 lead, the first time CHelsea have gone into Half-Time losing. Stats to follow…
44 mins: A nice pass from Tooney to Giggs who has cut inside then beats two Chelsea challenges. He is unable to deliver the final ball though and Chelsea will hope that is the end of United’s attacking for this half.
38 mins: Vidic being a victim to foul play today, first Drogba, then rammed down by Shevchenko, I think the Chelsea strikers are targeting him, after all, he is United’s best defender.
37 mins: Gee whiis, I was saying that only Ballack was being dirty today, more like Chelsea in general, stats on fouls coming soon…
33 mins: Vidic was wacked in the face by Drogba, should receive a red. Drogba is booked, not good enough there by the ref.
31 mins: United are on attacking flairs at the moment, every chance Chelsea gets, United get 5 in return, Drogba is down in the United half at the moment.
27 mins: GOAL UNITED!!!! Louis Saha you beeeeeaauty, the ball is lost by Chelsea, Rooney threads it to Saha and he just kicks it in.
26 mins: Ballack playing dirty today, 5 or so fouls, should have received a yellow by now, surely.
25 mins: Chelsea unable to get any shots in, great defence United all the time, Chelsea off their game today, not playing well at all.
23 mins: Ballack gives the ball away to Rooney who just sprints away from him but cannot link up with another United player.
21 mins: Ballack gives the ball away to Rooney who just sprints away from him but cannot link up with another United player.
19 mins: Makelele gets the first booking of the night after making a handball, then kicking the ball away, what on Earth is Chelsea doing today?
19 mins: United looking the much more confident side today, attacking with ease.
17 mins: Great strike Ronaldo, just stopped in flight by Cudicini
16 mins: UNITED FREE-KICK Another foul by Chelsea is just gifting United with opportunities. 15 mins: POSSESSION 50-50 at the moment, a back and forward game. 12 mins: UNITED FREE-KICK Ashley Cole clips Cristiano Ronaldo’s shin and is caught for a free-kick. 9 mins: Ronaldo working his arse off at the moment, he is basically doing 75% of the work today. 5 mins: Both teams working hard at the moment as United make a silly error in their own half. 1 min: The ball comes in from the Giggs and Rooney gets a head to it but it goes wide. 1 min: Ronaldo begins to gather pace when he gets stopped by Michael Ballack in Chelsea half, free kick to United. 0 mins: Kick-off - Chelsea 0 mins: Both teams out on the pitch 0 mins: 5 minutes or so to kickoff. Newcastle have caused a minor upset by beating Portsmouth 1-0 at home. Tottenham are on course for a second upset, leading Wigan 2-1 at half-time. Can United make it 3 upsets for today, or will we see Chelsea put themselves in the driving seat for the title?
Teams:
Manchester United: Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Heinze, Ronaldo, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Rooney, Saha.
It’s still November - 24 games to go, 72 points to play for.
But Alex Ferguson and Manchester United know that this is the best chance they have had in more than 3 years to establish themselves as favourites for the title race. You’re not in front of the queue until you’ve beaten the champions and like it or not, this is a big game for United.
Chelsea on the other hand shouldn’t be too worried. They’ve not started as well as they’d have liked to, but sooner or later someone was bound to match them for pace in the Premiership and this year it has been United. They’ve left the rest of the league biting dust far behind, and they won’t mind a two-horse race against a team they’ve historically had a good record against.
A win sees United go 6 points clear at the top, and installed as favourites by everyone else but Chelsea fans. A draw is what pundits are predicting, but it’s not something either team will want, especially with the advantages a win would bring. A win for Chelsea puts the teams equal on points, and will hand the initiative to Chelsea in the league.
Referee: Howard Webb http://soccerlens.com/manchester-united-vs-chelsea-261106-live/
Another week, another few rumours taking Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid - this time for £75m, and £200,000 a week! And another press-conference where Cristiano insists he is happy at United. With the Guardian reporting about a 'secret contract' between Ronaldo and Real at the weekend, Ronaldo looked tired of answering the same question again and again as he answered the inevitable press questions ahead of the game against Porto. "I am happy at this club. I think it is the right club," said Ronaldo. With Ferguson having told the world that Ronaldo wasn't protected enough by Referees, Ronaldo admitted it hurts, but that it has always been this way. "It has always been like that," he said. "It is not only this season that defenders have kicked me to try and stop me. It is just normal." Ronny is hopeful of taking home the big trophies this season - "We are the best team in England," Ronaldo said. "We have shown that by being top of the table. That speaks for itself. We respect all our opponents but if we carry on winning, we will win the title again." "We have a chance to win everything this season," said Ronaldo. "First we have to beat FC Porto. After that, we must carry on." source http://www.cristianoronaldo7.com/content/ronaldo%3A-mu-right-club
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has all-but written off Real Madrid's chances of winning this season's Champions League. Ferguson believes Barcelona and the three other English teams involved in the competition are the biggest threats to his side's hopes of retaining the trophy. Madrid, according to the Red Devils manager, do not have enough pace in their team to worry the rest of Europe's heavyweight sides.
When asked by French paper Le Journal du Dimanche earlier this month whether Madrid were among the favourites for the Champions League, Ferguson said: "No chance. "Their game lacks pace. They have great players like (Gabriel) Heinze, (Fabio) Cannavaro, (Fernando) Gago, but they aren't quick. "There is (Arjen) Robben, the only one who can give them some rhythm, but he isn't very brave. "The three English teams - Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal - or Barcelona (are the favourites, along with United). The level of the Premier League is so elevated that it prepares you for games at the highest level. "And Barcelona can count on a fantastic player - (Lionel) Messi." The interview was given on February 4 but, since then, Madrid - who take on Liverpool in the last 16 - have won three Primera Liga games in a row, scoring 11 goals in the process. Indeed, they are on a nine-match winning run in the Spanish top flight and have drawn to within seven points of leaders Barca at the top of the table. There is no love lost between United and Madrid, especially since their high-profile bust-up regarding the future of Cristiano Ronaldo. Another player they may compete over in the next few years is Lyon's star striker Karim Benzema.
Manchester Univeristy student Olivia Saunders will be delighted to hear that Cristiano Ronaldo has found himself a new lady. He met 27-year-old surname-less Brazilian Gabriela at a Portuguese nightclub.
C-Ron was so taken with the gym instructor from near Lisbon, that he hired a car to get her to Portugual’s recent friendly with Finland. Presumably, this is where she thought it appropriate to hold up a picture of her new man (see linked image above).
According to a gushing friend of Gabriela:
“They’ve ended up dating. He’s fascinated by her athletic body. She says he’s attentive and romantic.
“They’re a match made in heaven.
“Like Cristiano she never touches alcohol, and she’s as fit as she is beautiful.”
It hasn’t been that long since he was on the injured list, and Cristiano Ronaldo narrowly escaped landing on the sidelines again when he crashed his Ferrari this morning (January 8).
The Manchester United soccer stud reportedly wrecked his swanky sports car in a tunnel near Manchester Airport around 10:20am local time while on his way to practice with his team.
The latest claim that the Portuguese superstar is heading for Madrid in the summer looks crazy when one assesses the respective qualities of the two clubs...
No sooner did Cristiano Ronaldo have the World Player of the Year trophy in his grasp than Real Madrid were announcing to anyone willing to listen that he was about to join them in the summer.
Yet another unashamedly orchestrated attempt by the frustrated Spaniards to lure the world’s best player from the world’s top club – Manchester United. They tried it all last summer and failed; now they’ve set up the circus tent again.
The Spanish aren’t very subtle when it comes to “tapping up” a player. Living in Spain I see it almost every day.
A word in the ear of highly-respected sports journalist and TV punter Guillem Balague and it’s a headline-grabber in every tabloid, on every sports programme and on his own website. If Balague says Ronaldo has struck a deal with Real chief Ramon Calderon to join them in the summer, it has to be true.
The news, in fact, came as no surprise to Sir Alex Ferguson. “We expected this in January. We’re not fazed by it and just have to accept that this kind of thing happens.” was his cursory brush-off.
After all, it was Ferguson who talked sense into Ronaldo last summer when the Portuguese youngster seemed intent on making the switch to the Bernabeu after he had made a clean sweep of all the individual player awards.
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Report: Cristiano Ronaldo Has Agreed To Join Real Madrid
The Portuguese winger will apparently move to the Bernabeu at the end of the season...
It seemed almost inevitable that the Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid rumours would resurface if the Portuguese winger won the FIFA World Player of the Year award, and it has taken only a few hours for tongues to start wagging.
Spanish journalist Guillem Balague claimed this morning, via his website, that the Manchester United star's agent, Jorge Mendes, has come to an agreement with Madrid president Ramon Calderon meaning that Ronaldo will move in the summer.
Earlier reports had stated that a similar agreement had been set-up with Florentino Perez, which he would exploit in order to re-gain his presidency at the Bernabeu.
However, it is instead with Calderon that a deal has been struck, allowing the Portuguese international to tell a press conference before the FIFA ceremony: "My agent does not have an agreement with Florentino Pérez."
Now, Balague has spoken to Sky Sports News, giving "access to the details of the agreement, including the financial terms," as promised within his initial claim.
The agent explained: "Ramon Calderon, I understand, has got an agreement with the player. He is going to play €12 million to Cristiano Ronaldo, €8m to Jorge Mendes, the agent, and they've got €85m - which will go up to €105m - to pay Manchester United.
"All that doesn't mean there's any agreement between the clubs. Still, I put all these things to high standing figures at Real Madrid, and they all came out with the same answer: 'We're not going to deny this, we're not going to say that it's true, but you're on the right path'."
Deal Or No Deal
Turning his attention to how the apparent understanding will affect Manchester United, Balague continued: "It's a verbal agreement and I think there will be a punishment though, if it doesn't get respected in the summer.
"It's up to Manchester United to accept or, as they did in the summer, not accept any kind of deal. What is strange that, if Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't want to leave Manchester United, why is his agent agreeing things with Real Madrid?
"I know Sir Alex Ferguson is going to be upset."
Asked about the legal implications, he mused: "You'd have to ask Real Madrid and UEFA. You find this constantly in football.
"Now it's a matter of convincing United with money... it won't be easily done."
Agreement in place, Los Merengues have apparently decided to scrap plans to sign Wigan Athletic's Luis Antonio Valencia in order to save funds."
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