Premier League - Calderon blames Ronaldo for saga

Eurosport - Thu, 11 Dec 14:45:00 2008

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has insisted that the Cristiano Ronaldo transfer saga was instigated by the player in the summer.

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Real and Manchester United clashed over the newly crowned European Footballer of the Year, as the Spanish giants looked to clinch his signature in the summer.

Sir Alex Ferguson and United chiefs stood firm over Ronaldo and shunned Real at every turn.

Now Calderon insists that Real only pursued Ronaldo after the player made it clear he wanted to move to the Santiago Bernabeu.

"We have left that, it has been a very big story which we didn't provoke," Calderon told Sky Sports News.

"The player said he wanted to come here, a dream to come to Real Madrid and we received and we were happy to know that.

"After that I talked to Manchester but David Gill was very clear and said they didn't want to sell at all.

"We want to have a good relation with all the big clubs in Europe and Manchester is one of the best and I like to have a good relationship with them forever, and they said for the moment no."

Calderon added that he thought the media were to blame for much of the Ronaldo situation.

"I know the media in general try to give excitement to their readers and listeners and Cristiano Ronaldo is a fantastic player and he has won the golden ball and I congratulate him on that and I wish him the best, anywhere he is going to be in the future."

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  1. I'm sure Ronaldo started it. But Calderon should­ have known not to open his big mouth about it until it­ was a done deal

    From tom h, on Fri 12 Dec 9:09AM

  2. Lets face it both of these individuals are to blame,­ Calderon cannot come out now and say that no its was­ Ronaldo who started it. R.Madrid played their part as­ well. It's like others have said Calderon is making­ these statements now because things are going well at­ R.Madrid and a lot of people in Madrid still blame­ Calderon for their situation so now he is feeling the­ pressure.

    The sooner R.Madrid get a new president with­ some footballing sense the better. They need someone­ that will not constantly interfere with the managers­ job, allow himosme freedom in terms who comes and who­ goes and what the line-up should look like.

    From Dex Genius, on Fri 12 Dec 7:07AM

  3. JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH @#$% CALDERON!!!!!!!!! YOU SPANIH­ @#$% HAVE NO OTHER WORK OTHER THAN BUYING MAN UTD­ PLAYERS!!!!!!!!!!

    From Jenar, on Fri 12 Dec 5:13AM

  4. I HOPE RONALDO GOES TO MADRID BCOZ WAT CAN RONALDO­ DO AT MU.IF FERGUSON SAYS WITHOUT RONALDO WE CANT WIN­ THE TITLE LAST SEASON WHY THEN U NEVER ASK HIM TO PLAY­ ALONE 1 VS 11.RONALDO GOLDEN BOOS AWARD.@#$% I­ HATE HIM THE DIVER @#$%.

    From dhinesh.anfield, on Fri 12 Dec 4:37AM

  5. 3 words for Calderon: Get. Over. It.

    From callmemisscutie, on Fri 12 Dec 2:16AM

  6. Ronaldo is a great player.watch him. Good luck!.

    From joseiavarone, on Thu 11 Dec 11:52PM

  7. Sapper. Absolutely spot on as usual

    From Tony K, on Thu 11 Dec 8:58PM

  8. Ronaldo is a TW*T. The only reason he is still at­ United is because he was injured at last season's­ end. He will be at Madrid or Barcelona in the next 15­ months. Anyone care to wager me this?
    Beyond that, even­ talent does not warrant the awards he has won due to­ poor behavior off the field. Yes, of course he was at­ the HEART of all the Trouble with Madrid. DONT BE­ DAFT!

    From ebbsfleetunitedfan, on Thu 11 Dec 8:23PM

  9. I THINK THEY SHOULD RELEASE RONALDO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE­ SO HE COULD MAKE A RECORD AS THE HIGHEST TRANSFER OF­ THE CENTURY..IF NOT WE SHOULD CONSIDER MAN C....

    From beccyfins, on Thu 11 Dec 8:22PM

  10. Would Ronaldo stay at Manchester United in a crisis­ then? Hardly.
    Ronaldo love the thought and the­ attention of playing for winning sides but only that.­ His loyalty is only to himself with his own self­ possession. I wouldn't regard him as a fighter and­ he would never have been an asset to Madrid anyway. In­ future, if his kind with into such clubs, I would slam­ the door in his face. I mean, why work everyone up­ about that nonsense of his then come out stating that­ he is where he is for the long haul. If that is the­ case, he should shut his cakehole and get on with what­ he is paid to do.

    From sappercommando25, on Thu 11 Dec 8:08PM

  11. I am very sure that Ronaldo loves all the attention. At­ the end of the day, he must have instigated all the­ hype in the press to get attention. I wouldn't have­ given him the feedback in the first place. He should­ have been given an ultimatum to move or not and if this­ were not met, he would just have the door slammed in­ his face. He is not god and by no means the best player­ on the planet. If it were not for his team mates­ providing all the good set up plays for him, he would­ never have had that many goals in the first place. His­ step over tactics are not wearing thin and now prefers­ to roll over in pain when he fails to win the ball. Is­ that the mark of a world class player or a common­ cheat. He clearly has his own agenda and is not­ interested in anything else except himSELF.

    From sappercommando25, on Thu 11 Dec 8:00PM

  12. come on football fans Ronaldo was the best player in­ the world last season
    love or hate him theres not a­ manager or fan anywhere who would'nt have him in­ there team wink wink say no more

    From Andrew A, on Thu 11 Dec 7:23PM

  13. Who gives a flying F***!

    From Bobby Robson A Legend, on Thu 11 Dec 6:54PM

  14. Ronaldooooooooooooo

    From Hazara, on Thu 11 Dec 5:39PM

  15. ogcommander learn how to type.

    From Nathan, on Thu 11 Dec 5:11PM

  16. CR7 not deserved to awarded Ballon D'or. He should­ get the best footballer of cheater @ diver. Man U with­ the help of cheater.

    From jake_1401, on Thu 11 Dec 4:52PM

  17. Meesi is better because he won an Olympic gold­ medal???? What absolute rubbish! No doubt Messi is­ brilliant, but that comment is nothing short of biased­ stupidity!
    Being the top goal scorer in the toughest­ league in the world, as well as winning the most­ prestigious club cup in the world (Champions league)­ and then the Ballon D'or?! What else does he need­ to do to???

    From Oliver, on Thu 11 Dec 4:43PM

  18. SIR ALEX IT'S BETTER IF U SELL RONALDO BEFOUR HE­ CLAPS LIKE RONALDINO,

    From dereje, on Thu 11 Dec 4:25PM

  19. Well done busybee you can see what has and is­ happening. United are the worst offenders of this sort­ of thing. Don't trust a word to come out of old­ seniles mouth. Time he packed the hairdryer and left.­ He will be the downfall of the club if they don't­ win a trophy this season.

    From PHILIP C, on Thu 11 Dec 4:22PM

  20. TO CALDERON AND SEF BLATTER ...MAY THE FLEAS OF A­ THOUSAND CAMELS INFEST YOUR ARMPITS.

    From Troika, on Thu 11 Dec 4:20PM
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