Ronaldo’s transfer from Old Trafford: Deal as good as closed

July 31, 2008

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been proved right after his counterpart from Real Madrid, Bernd Schuster, confirmed that the Christiano Ronaldo deal is as good as closed, at least for the fact that there are other signings to be made at Real and the club cannot keep waiting for a player, who is not being released.

According to him, C. Ronaldo is not the only signing objective at Real this summer, and if this deal is not going as it should have, there are others to be struck.

He, however, was all praise for both Ronaldo and Ferguson. He said from the club’s pre season training base in Austria that Ronaldo has an unfailing reputation as a team player, and Ferguson should not be blamed for not releasing him. He even added that if he was at Old Trafford, he would have done the same.

Meanwhile, the Portuguese Star has been blamed for a lot of drinking during his rehabilitation in the US. There has been report of him having an affair with hotel heiress and Hollywood starlet Paris Hilton.

As far as Ronaldo is concerned, the midfielder is backed strongly by Ferguson, who even revealed that Man U had a representative with Ronaldo for commercial reasons, and that his holiday to the States was to come irrespective of the circumstances.

Ferguson also said that it is normal for people to change with success, and Ronaldo should not be counted in exception. However, it depends on the person in question how he takes it.

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