LISBON (AFP) - Cristiano Ronaldo on Thursday said FIFA president Sepp Blatter was right to controversially describe him as being treated like a "modern-day slave" by current club Manchester United.
Ronaldo was responding to Blatter's comments made earlier in the day, in which the head of world football insisted the player should be allowed to join Spanish giants Real Madrid if he wants to.
"I completely agree with the FIFA president," said the player currently resting in Portugal after undergoing an ankle operation.
He added: "The president is correct, but I do not want to say more."
Real Madrid are believed to be prepared to offer around 85 million euros for the 23-year-old and pay him nine million euros on a five-year deal.
Ronaldo, a boyhood Real fan, has consistently been linked with a move to the Spanish capital since the end of last season after scoring an impressive 42 goals last term as United won both the Premier League and Champions League.
"There is no agreement with Real Madrid and I still don't know where I will be playing next season," Ronaldo said on Thursday, adding that he will be out for "10 to 12 weeks" to recover from his operation.
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..NOW.. BECKHAM, supports RONALDO too...! as he says The Soon to Be, BIGGEST EVER Transfer of the 21st CENTURY, OUGHT to be AWARDED, the "Soulei D'Or" (GOLDEN Boot) for the WORLD's BEST PLAYER !!!-The more we Read (Except,of COURSE, for a few RETARDS, here)..the More Big Time STINK, seems to be coming from Old Traford.."ABOUT MONEY"...Not, LOYALTY,RESPECT,VALUE,WORTH,FOOTBALL...BUT the "Shares VALUE"(Sir Alex, included,as well as HIS SON..)..and "IF" SHAKESPEAR were Alive TODAY, he would WRITTE:
"SOMETHING is ROTTEN in the KINGDOM of MAN.U " !!!-
RONALDO, Whether "WE LIKE IT OR NOT"...is Getting ALL the HYPE and BACKING, from Footballing PRESS, in Europe and beyond..!EVERYONE seems to be AT "HIS FEET" !!!
At the END of the DAY..Let's HOPE..we Make it this Season..now without CARLOS, as well..!-LONDON
Not sure who is the biggest moron here, Blatter continues to think he is above the law and what do the swiss know about slavery from what I read he knows about corruption and as for Ronaldo he is a great footballer and a total con artist which is why most real football fans struggle to like him. Let him go to Grasshoppers and the pair of pillocks can be happy in their own made up worlds!!
I haven't any moments in which he seemed to dislike wearing the United logo! What the heck is he crying about? To stay at a high-end club, you must perform as such. To perform as such, you must endure tough training to both physical and psychical sides!
He gets paid a lot, he gets a lot more attention than he ever did in his life, and yet he's whining about what?! Real should wizen up a bit and see that if C. Ronaldo is willing to leave a club such as Man. Utd. under the current circumstances, what makes Real so confident that he won't leave them after he's "through" with them?
what a prat, he wants to think about what slavery really is!! he can go and i'll be a man u slave for £160k a WEEK!
well he is the best paid slave ever in my view
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