Premier League - Ronaldo: This deal is historic

Eurosport - Fri, 12 Jun 09:30:00 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed his pride at being the subject of a "historic" £80 million bid from Real Madrid.

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The Manchester United and Portugal winger is set to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical with the Bernabeu giants after the English side accepted the offer on Thursday.

"I have had my time at Man United. It's time to look forward and £80m is quite a sum of money. This deal is historic," said Ronaldo, who is currently on holiday in Los Angeles.

"It's flattering when two of the top teams in the world want you to play for them.

"Now I can look forward to Real Madrid and a new stage in my career. I learned of the deal here in LA and heard from my people that United had accepted."

PA Sport / Eurosport

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  1. ronaldo should be ashamed. he was at the best club and­ lost it. how any times must i say it. Ronaldo is better­ with utd! Real are not the stars anymore and will never­ be

    From Nikolai, on Mon 15 Jun 7:22PM
  2. Nani ? GOD !!
    He is not up to that standard yet .­ Perhaps in a couple of years .

    Buy some high profile­ players with that cash .
    Silva , ribery would be just­ nice :D

    From ahn_sohee, on Sun 14 Jun 12:49PM
  3. we missed Ronaldo he is the best player in the world,he­ has been the play maker for man united for along­ time,and now who will replace him? coz Nani is off­ form.

    From Mukasa, on Sun 14 Jun 9:39AM
  4. we missed Ronaldo he is the best player in the world,he­ has been the play maker for man united for along­ time,and now who will replace him? coz Nani is off­ form.

    From Mukasa, on Sun 14 Jun 9:37AM
  5. Ronaldo is nothing compared to other world class­ players . Messi is way better than him .
    Yes . He did­ well for Manchester United . But as usual , he is just­ good against those average teams and not any strong­ teams . His departure will surely boost Manchester­ United's performance . We rely too much on him for­ the past years . It is more on the individual­ performance .
    80 Mil ? He is over-rated.
    GOD !! Give­ us a break !! Hundred thousands a week ? How could­ someone like him enjoy such luxury life ?
    He is­ nothing but an arrogant @#$% .

    From ahn_sohee, on Sat 13 Jun 2:15PM
  6. hee: it sad and is not. though am united fans but i­ only like him (Ronaldo) because is my team players but­ i definatly het is attitude on the pitch or off the­ pitch to the coach, we can deney d fact that he is a­ good player but he is very arogant, i wish him all the­ best and to REAL MADRID fans PLS test what Ronaldo is

    From alikinla s, on Sat 13 Jun 10:33AM
  7. Sad sad utd fans, worst Supporters in the world. Quick­ changing yere tune bout ronny werent ye?? Take down­ yere posters and quit yere @#$%!!!

    From pr_696, on Sat 13 Jun 6:27AM
  8. Ronaldo's absence wont do us any harm. He should­ have lent by now that all those who left us for the­ love money kissed their career goodbye. He had his­ best moments last season, and i don't envisage­ him taking any title or award for the rest of his­ career.Besides, i never liked from the onset cos he is­ very proud.He should learn from the likes of legends ­ like messi, zidan and the rest.­ TRAITOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From oseikofienoch, on Fri 12 Jun 11:14PM
  9. Has a Liverpool supporter myself, members of my family­ are Man Utd supporters, I actually think that­ Ronaldo's transfer is going to go just like David­ Beckham's did, pay a lot of money for nothing, no­ player is worth that much money unless they are on­ their way out, all he will be doing is signing his own­ career away, just like Beckham, after all where is­ Beckham now, nobody seems to know what has become off­ him, and a message for Ronaldo £80 million may seem­ like a lot of money to you and you may live it up to­ the hilt, but always remember those who go up in the­ world can also come down, faster than they think,as to­ the money you could call it your pension hahaha

    From Angel of love, on Fri 12 Jun 10:44PM
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    LOL Man U fans are so sad hahaha.

    Ferguson, I'm­ sorry to say has 1 foot in retirement. Second fun fact­ for you Ronaldo is THE ONLY best player Ferguson has­ ever made, and he didnt even make him, he refined him­ but there are lots of great managers who would have­ done that, and if your delusional enough to believe­ that no-one else would have touched Ronaldo you need­ medical attention.

    Stop being ungrateful twats and­ grow da f*** up. All i see up and down these forums are­ dumb @#$% Man U fans talking about how great there club­ is, let me just make one thing clear; If you represent­ the majority of the Man U fans you suck and your nearly­ as bad as the Barcelona fans. btw I dont support either­ of the teams...

    From Marco, on Fri 12 Jun 10:34PM
  11. hey ronaldo , there is only 1 top team in the world and­ it's manutd , real madrid ia not even close to us ,­ so go f yourself there and don't worry be happy ,­ we still have players better than you and we still have­ SIR ALEX THE GREAT FERGUSSON who can make a new top­ player from a D S like you­ ..........................
    you will do like others who­ went to madrid and lost lost and lost­ ...............
    GLORY GLORY MANUTD AND THE REDS GO­ MARCHING ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

    From SIRMAN, on Fri 12 Jun 10:18PM
  12. hey ronaldo , there is only 1 top team in the world and­ it's manutd , real madrid ia not even close to us ,­ so go f yourself there and don't worry be happy ,­ we still have players better than you and we still have­ SIR ALEX THE GREAT FERGUSSON who can make a new top­ player from a D S like you­ ..........................
    you will do like others who­ went to madrid and lost lost and lost­ ...............
    GLORY GLORY MANUTD AND THE REDS GO­ MARCHING ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

    From SIRMAN, on Fri 12 Jun 10:17PM
  13. JUDAS Ronaldo hope he breaks a leg

    From ALAN, on Fri 12 Jun 9:56PM
  14. What dream he have playing in Spain,does he think he­­ still playing at Maritimo?
    Real Madrid dream to sign­­ player like him,that's the truth.Everybody support­­ Real Madrid should kiss his cok to make him accept the­­ deal or he won't be happy At Real­ Madrid,that's­ for sure.

    From Online197988, on Fri 12 Jun 7:28PM
  15. What dream he have playing in Spain,does he think he­­ still playing at Maritimo?
    Real Madrid dream to sign­­ player like him,that's the truth.Everybody support­­ Real Madrid should kiss his cok to make him accept the­­ deal or he won't be happy At Real­ Madrid,that's­ for sure.

    From Online197988, on Fri 12 Jun 7:28PM
  16. first of all i dont like ronaldo, ever since he sent­ rooney off in 2006 worldcup, i lost all my respect for­ him and i m not even english,, he is too arrogant, he­ thinks he is the best in the world, but ask anyone true­ football addicts and they will tell u that he is far­ from being the best even though he won champions league­ last year and took the crown from messi which i think­ he didnt deserve it, when i watch messi, i see a­ maradonna, taking the ball passing 3,4 players and­ scoring and he does that week in, week out, when was it­ last time ronaldo went passed 2 players to score a­ goal,, havent seen him do that in a very very long­ time, he had the chance to outshine messi
    in champions­ leauge twice but but messi outshone him in both­ accosaions.

    we dont call him a winker for­ nothing.

    now to the deal?

    sir alex ferguson is not­ stupid, he made ronaldo the player he is, he bought him­ for a mere £12m and sold him for £80m, is ronaldo worth­ £80m, never in a million years, there are better player­ than him around, starting with messi, ronaldinio ect­ ect,,,but ferguson knew that he got the best out of­ ronaldo and he wont improve anymore than he already has­ as a player, yes he is very good for markerting and he­ will probably sell a lot of shirts but than again he­ wont be the best at that either as david beckham beats­ him on marketing hands down,,mark my word? from now u­ will see ronaldo disintegrate as a player and­ eventually will end up playing for a second hand club­ somewhere in portugal,,,
    ronaldo is great but far from­ the best and way far from earning a place in the­ football greats category.

    john smith?

    From EDWARD V, on Fri 12 Jun 6:57PM
  17. Its enough to feed the third world for a year!

    From harrisonmx250, on Fri 12 Jun 6:37PM
  18. i want to say utd got the good side of that deal true­ ronaldo will sell a lot of shirts but hes no messi­ torres gerard heck i even think stephen ireland is a­ better player but i could be saying that as im a cork­ man like himself and as for nina liverpool with there­ so called second rate players made yer so called­ galacticos look like a pub team get out of here with­ your bs 4 . 1

    From Paul, on Fri 12 Jun 6:00PM
  19. this is whats wrong with football, never worth 80­ million.

    From JAMES, on Fri 12 Jun 5:56PM
  20. annou9 . what do u mean by 'sign Barca' ?

    80m­ is hell lot of money .
    It is enough to bring in world­ class players like Ribery , Silva , Villa and moreeee­ :D

    From ahn_sohee, on Fri 12 Jun 5:11PM
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