Iam a CHELSEA fan,but a lover of good football not­ minding which team does that.l personally believe that­ we are the ones creating monsters in the name of­ "football heros" which are now haunting us in­ day broad light.Who is Ronaldo without MAN U,his­ co-team mates and his good coach? MAN U shouldnt make a­ hero out of a cowardly footballer like him.They should­ let him test new grounds and see if a single player can­ make an entire team.We have seen much more talented­ players that were wrecked by greed for money rather­ than love for the round leather game.He should go to­ hell for all l care!FROM DAVIDSON IZEGAEGBE

and there are people dying because they can't­ afford to turn on there heating
its a disgrace.no­ credit crunch at man u then?

Jonathan G makes a point about the money rock/pop stars­ earn. The difference between a football player and a­ rock/pop star is this: the musician typically makes his­ money from his "intellectual" property, i.e.,­ his songs. A footballer has no such intellectual­ property! The footballers "intellectual­ property" is his feet - chop them off, they're­ useless!

he is a good player i love him to much

Payers like George Best, Dennis Law PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR­ THE PASSION OF GAME NOT THE MONEY. PLAYERS LLKE THEM­ ARE THE TRUE SUPERSTARS OF OUR FAMOUS SPORT.ITS NOT­ ONLY RONALDO WHOES OVER PAYED AND OVER RATED ITS THE­ MAJORITY OF THE FOOTBALL LEAUGES OF ALL COUNTRIES. I­ PERSONALY BLAME PEOPLE LIKE AMBROVINICH (CHELSEA)WHO­ BUY OUR CLUBS WITH ALL THEIR BILLIONS,BUT HAVEN'T­ GOT A CLUE ABOUT FOOTBALL, WHERE HAS HIS BILLIONS GOT­ HIM 3 MANAGERS AND STILL NO CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CUP.(USING­ CHELSEA AS AN EXAMPLE)

Will someone please tell me how much is David Beckham­ currently earning each week; how much is Lionel Mesri­ or Ronaldihnio or even Robinio earning. These guys sell­ shirts; these guys are the reason why the Sky pay to­ watch is so popular. In fact because of the popularity­ of the English Premiership there is now talk of a­ gaming ring trying to fix matches. There's too much­ money in English premier league football and this is­ exacerbating the difference between those who are­ "entertainers" and those who do difficult and­ vital jobs for the country eg soldiers, nurses etc.­ I's a rotten world when SOME footballers are paid a­ fortune for kicking a ball!

I'm a Man U fan and have been for 25years, I think­ Cristaino Ronaldo is a Greedy lil @#$%, I think Sir­ Alex should tell him to p*ss off, if he wants to go to­ Real Madrid, then let him, the reality check might do­ him some good!
As Beckham found out, NO player is­ bigger than the team!

THATS if he PLAYS LOL

i'd love a career of earning £130,000 for doing a­ dive every game!

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GREEDY LITTLE LUCKY BUGGER AND I BET HE USES OUR NHS

@ comment 65 - modern day slave? I very much disagree.­ Ronaldo was more than happy to sign a contract with Man­ Utd, it was them who gave him a chance to play on the­ world stage at club level. He is contracted to Man Utd­ which mean's if he was in a normal 9-5 job at a­ business and was contracted to work there for a period­ and wanted to leave, do you think they'd allow it?­ same in football. He's contracted, he pledged his­ future to the club - at least see the contract out and­ then open his portugese trap and say he wants to­ leave.

Personally United wouldn't miss him for ­ long, many big names have fallen to the wrath of Sir­ Alex, and he's gotten bigger and better players­ in.

Cantona who?

Lets not forget that Ronaldo is a modern day­ slave.
Whilst his masters give him a measly £120,000­ per week pocket money he will never consider himself­ truly free.
£130,000 per week will at least give him a­ start in life.

Jeez. £130,000 a week. Are they no takin fitba a wee­ bit to far. C'mon it's only a game. I'm­ awat to watch the kids playin doon at the­ school
Gouranga take care.

if a player scored an amazing goal then i would forgive­ them for commiting a murder the weekend before, i'm­ not talking about a tap-in or a deflection, it'd­ have to be some sort of 30 yard over head kick to­ warrant foregiveness.

players get paid a lot but what­ most people forget is that it's not that easy to­ run with a ball at your feet for 90 minutes, have you­ tried?? it's exhausting!!!!

Mmm Jimmy Hill has a lot to answer for doesn't he.

Soccer fans have only themselves to blame. Whilst they­ continue to pay exorbitant amounts for sweat shop­ produced rags bearing some soccer players name, and­ whilst they continue to pay the ever spiralling costs­ of SKY etc, they will always get ripped off. Don't­ do it, then watch reality return to the game (sorry,­ business).

I think what worries me most about the whole thing is­ that these people actually think their lives are worth­ that much money. Is it any wonder that they do though­ really. They are put up on some sort of pedestal by­ football supporters. A player could go out one week,­ commit a crime maybe even murder someone and as soon as­ he scores a goal all is forgiven. Before pointing your­ fingers football supporters ask yourselves who has­ created these "heros"? Giving your life for­ your country makes you a hero in my book carrying out a­ job which saves other peoples lives makes you worthy of­ large amounts of money and the adulation of members of­ the public. Without surgeons firemen nurses doctors­ paramedics carers where are any of us.
It isnt time­ yet because people in general are still too interested­ in celebrity but one day we as a race will wake up and­ the people we pay to entertain us will be exactly­ that.. there to entertain and nothing else.

I pay my­ license fee listen to radio five lives excellent­ coverage of football and laugh at those of you stupid­ enough to add to these peoples bank balances.

Comment 57, he owns AC Milan, not Inter Milan..