Sunday, June 15, 2008

Important note to Sir Alex Ferguson and Man United – Remember what happened the last time a great player called Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid

Real Madrid’s pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo is becoming a major cause of concern for Alex Ferguson and all United fans. Now here’s a precedent which should cause more concern.

Real Madrid were successful the last time they pursued a player called Ronaldo – Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima - the Brazilian striker who was a three –time World Player of the Year in 2002 when Real got him from Inter Milan. Like Cristiano he was also one of the top players in the world.

The Ronaldo on the left could repeat what the Ronaldo on the right did in 2002

United believe Cristiano has enough reasons to stay at Old Trafford.

Beware !!!

There was a good reason to believe that ROnaldo would also not want to move to Real. He had just been through 20 months of rehab. Inter Milan had been fully supportive, not only paying his full salary but also his medical bills. Ronaldo was expected to feel grateful and stay at Inter. But he got lured by Real. Such is the attraction of Real.

Now for the scariest part

In exchange for Ronaldo, Real gave Inter 35 million euros and the option to take one of two players – Steve McManaman or Santiago Solari. The valuation of these players was put at 10 million euros each, thus making Ronaldo transfer value 45 million euros.

Fair deal? Not really

Inter Milan choose Solari but the player refused to join the club. It took more then six months and a lot of trouble before Inter finally got hold of Solari. The player, however, was a disgruntled man and his frustration showed in his performances. He was a shadow of the player he was at Real. It became a bad investment of 10 million for Inter.

Now for the remaining 35 million. Real Madrid paid one instalment but defaulted on the balance payment. Inter had to go to FIFA and another painful saga ensued. Finally, Real compensated Inter by giving them another player. Needless to say the player was highly over-valued for the deal and did not make a name for himself at Inter. A bad deal became worse for the Italian club.

So as a Red Devil and a well-wisher of Man United, I have just one piece of advice for Sir Alex and his legal team

United should not settle for mediocre players like Solari

You are dealing with a Club who are absolute crooks. They have already made illegal advances. They are fully capable of luring Cristiano to the Bernabeau. Prepare for the transfer well in advance and do your homework. Please ensure that you get your pound of flesh for Cristiano. Don’t settle for Real’s rejects like Robinho or fall for a complicated payment plan.

Just remember what happened the last time a superstar called Ronaldo moved to Real. Please for god’s sake; spare us (Red Devil fans) the same heart break.

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

You got your facts wrong with this one bro - "Real on the other hand won a Champions League with Ronaldo playing a major role." The only major title Ronaldo has not won in his otherwise illustrious career is the Champions League.

Unknown said...

thanks for pointing out. Have made the correction. But doesnt change the fact that Real robbed Inter

Anonymous said...

A bit like Alex robbing Rooney from Everton

Unknown said...

My dear friend. Man United made a prompt payment of the full transfer fees. Everton did not have to knock FIFA's doors to get their money. And neither did Man United forcibly offload a player by delaying payment and forcing the other club to accept whatever they could get.

Moreover, as a Red Devil fan Iam just making a point that we should get our pound of flesh in return for arguably the best player in the world. And not get conned by Real.

If you think United robbed Everton, you can write a similar article the next time a player of Rooney's class is on the verge of moving to United and warn the club involved :-)

Vanjul said...

avi has been a die hard fan of ManU... and this year belongs to him... so let him enjoy.... for he has waited for their success for long time...but one thing avi... if being bad is being the best then Real Madrid are correct, for its all comes down to winning... n a win is the best medicine....

dont mind it yaar...

Unknown said...

Vanjul

I dont mind if Ronaldo goes to Real Madrid. In fact I think its the best time to sell him and his market valuation will never be higher. But I dont want cash or one of Real's scrubs in return. If United are giving up their best best player they should one or possibly two of Real's best.

Please read this article
http://commonfan.blogspot.com/2008/06/cristiano-ronaldo-to-real-madrid-good.html
then you wil know what I have wanted all along

And dude we have won a whole lot of trophies before this also.

Vanjul said...

as our old days... our hot discussion will continue for who is the better team real or manU.... your comment took me to our old college days... sitting on park fence n fighting for our teams....same old buddies...

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