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Calderon - Ronaldo Or Nothing

Tue 29 Jul, 03:09 PM


Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon claims that if he fails to land Cristiano Ronaldo he will not attempt to make any other signings this summer.

Calderon is eager to prise Ronaldo away from Manchester United and Real manager Bernd Schuster recently aired his concerns over his club's obsession with the Portuguese winger.

Schuster said on Tuesday morning that he would be just as happy to sign Hamburg star Rafael van der Vaart as he would Ronaldo.

However, Calderon appears to have ruled out the possibility of Van der Vaart arriving at the Bernabeu.

"Either Cristiano Ronaldo comes or nobody does," Calderon is quoted as saying in Marca.

The news could come as a major blow to Schuster, who is eager to strengthen his squad as Real prepare to defend their Primera Liga title and eye success in the UEFA Champions League.

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  1. What more words out of Real Madrid!!!!! Is there nothing happening in Spain again???? Marca must be short of stories. This is not how big a club is, this is PR people working overtime with the same story.

    From plewis696@..., on Tue 29 Jul 5:49PM

  2. Fergie..sell the player and take the money to buy someone else...why must u keep a player that his heart and soul is not in the club..Ronaldo is unfaithful player.He forgotten what Man Utd have transform him(a world talented player).

    From samvaro, on Tue 29 Jul 5:34PM

  3. rossghwv,u seem to be obessed with the excitment around old traford.Even the great SIR ALEX knows the financial powers of RM when it comes to anything about succer in this wide world.the difference btw the clubs financially is comparing night(MU) and day(RM).Go figure that out dude.

    From YOUNG GURU, on Tue 29 Jul 5:24PM

  4. According to Harvard University
    Real Madrid is the biggest and most popular football club in the world, and the richest in term of revenue income

    And isn't man u heavily debt? i can't remember exactly amount, like 700m+ and 70m+ interest per year?

    From Sam, on Tue 29 Jul 5:22PM

  5. Real a mediocre club hey? With 9 champions league cups and the highest average attendance in europe to boot not to mention the countless domestic trophies!!! These are stats Man Spew can only dream about and for the record they aint even the most successful club in there own country!!! coz thats LIVERPOOL FC!!!!!!! Read and weep ....

    From D, on Tue 29 Jul 5:13PM

  6. Fine then, Nothing it is

    From Richard K, on Tue 29 Jul 5:08PM

  7. rossghww, I don't think u really know what you are saying. That RM is a mediocre club means you are JJC. By records, RM is the biggest club in the world of football. Financiall, currently, MU is the biggest. But achievement wise, RM has the upper hand, even Liverpool is bgger than MU records wise. So what are you saying. Moving to RM, for CR, it is a dream move, but to you it is not because you are not a footballer and you don't know too. So shut up your trap when people like us are talking on this site. This site should be for brains like us and not mediocres like rossghww. Or you too want to show off as a browser.

    From Luxy, on Tue 29 Jul 5:07PM

  8. Calderon is clearly an idiot!

    From me, on Tue 29 Jul 4:54PM

  9. English football is different from Spanish football. The fact that C. Ronaldo is doing fine in the Queen's land may not mean he can do the same in Spain. We had players who were exceptionly good in PL but are now warming the bench in Spain! C. Ronaldo should take care. I wish the 'laddie'(boy) a quick recovery.
    Thomas Kamanga.MW

    From adamanoah@..., on Tue 29 Jul 4:41PM

  10. More fool them. They claim to have move on past the 'Galatico' era and yet they keep trying to lure players like Kaka, Fabregas and Ronaldo, players they aren't going to get, making them look like fools.
    Just because they've won the league twice doesn't mean their squad doesn't need improving. The Spanish League has been rather weak over the last two years, thus making an average Madrid squad into league winners. All you need to do is look at their Champions League performance and that tell's the actual tale, unable to get past the first knockout stages and beaten by Roma, a team Man Utd demolished not too long ago...
    They have many aging legs that need replacing, especially up front.
    Personally I think they should go after targets such as David Villa and Van Dar Vert, who they actually have a chance of getting and would drastically improve the team

    From vulcanraven01@..., on Tue 29 Jul 4:41PM

  11. @#$%!

    From kevin m, on Tue 29 Jul 3:25PM

  12. Just to remind all you muppets that I said from day one that Ronaldo would not lower himself by moving from the Biggest and best club in the world to a mediocre side like Real Madrid. Gloat, gloat, guess I was right all along ha ha ha ha ha.

    From elrosso, on Tue 29 Jul 3:15PM
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