“Barca? At this time, Madrid is my home and my club Real Madrid but I can never say never. I do not know what will happen in the future, you never know.”
Cristiano Ronaldo’s comments this week obviously haven’t gone down too well with Real Madrid fans, with them already in a bad mood knowing that Barcelona just need to beat relegation candidates to claim the Spanish title at the weekend.
Ronaldo went to watch Rafael Nadal with team mate Raul on Wednesday in the Madrid Open, only to be openly booed by the crowd.
Still, our former winger is confident there will be success in the future though, citing his experience at United as evidence.
“We have new players, a team under construction, a different coach and we know that success does not come straight away – you have to slide a bit,” he said. “I remember in my first two years at Manchester we did not win anything and we went on to win the Champions League.”
Man Utd News 24/7
What is he like!?
Thats unfair They could at least found out what his mothers views are.
Ronnie just doesn’t sound like the person who will stay on at a club for long. He wants to win everything with everyone.
Actually Real are writing history of sorts this year. This must be the best points/games second place team of the last 50 years or maybe ever.
I know that I will always remember the season Real reached 98 points from 38 games(2.58 per game) and won nothing.
First he said it’s his dream to play for Real Madrid and now he could imagine to play for Barca?
We can be glad he never wanted to play for the dippers
Bah, forget Barca, Fergie needs to bring him back when the Spanish economy causes Real to go bust due to their absurd spending.
Barca is barca, and the dippers are, well…….. quad erat demonstrandum…..
Real fans and the club,both are a disgrace.
Shame to see those white handkerchiefs if they play badly in one half.
It never happens at old trafford.thats the massive difference in the class of both sets of fans
@parryheid
LOL…..damn funny.
Ronnie and his usual “the future,no one knows” thing again.
Btw,side tracking a little, Macheda’s a father!
There is a vital bit missing from the quote given in the article
“I would like to retire in Madrid’
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/05/12/1920944/i-would-like-to-retire-at-real-madrid-cristiano-ronaldo?
This story came from sport which are a barcelona FC based newspaper AND the city of Madrid does not just consist of Real Madrid fans.
I don’t personally think Ronaldo will ever play for Barcelona but it is true that you never do know. Hands up who would have imagined Michael Owen not only playing for united but wearing the number seven shirt a few years back? or even a year ago!
@ parryheid – Classic…
@kosio – That’s because Spanish football has descended into a farce not too disimilar to the SPL where two teams dominate and the others struggle just to exist.
It’s typical Ronaldo for me, as much as we loved him for the magic moments he gave us, we hated him for the mysterious comments he’d come out with once Real started sniffing around.
How can we tell if it was just Madrid fans ..the tennis match was in Madridl could of been Athletico supporters
viva roanldo fucking madrid fans are to spiolt they wann win everthing. once the red knights take over viva roanldo will be back. trust me the only reason he left was cos of the galzers in so much debt. if you rember fergie said i wouldnt sell that mob a virus somthing like that so why 12 months letter sell him . if the red knights take over that will be there frist project to get roanldo as man city call it a project viva roanldo
he said the exact same thing his last season with United.
Who knows, he may have started already dreaming about Barca after trophyless season at fascists.
Although I really wished he would flop there, the lad personally had a good first season. Having watched them a few times, one can only say that he will never be loved in Madrid like he was at OT before starting throwing toys out of his pram. I also got the impression that quite a few Real players are reasonably cold towards him.
As Andy Cole did, one day he will realise that he left United too early.
Real fans are renowned for turning against their players quite easily. AT the same time. Ronaldo could be better off if he stopped saying “never say never” fo a while.
He does like the innocently put “you never know……..only god knows” comments……fukinell do youself a favour Ronny.
he did it here for years & we know he always wanted to play for the fascists but if he was to mention the scousers in the same “you never know” comments whilst he was a RED shit would’ve hit the fan big time.
@brian
come on mate……he went cos he wanted to go….players couldnt give a flyin fcuk who owns the club………it was a circus in the previous 2 summers regarding him leaving/staying so i rekon fergie agreed with him that he could leave the following summer after trying to help us win the Champions League twice on the trot.
@xyth
i knows he will never get the same adulation at them cunts as he did here…….i might be in cookoo land but i can see a day when he’s plying his trade here again cos he does miss the club alot…….although thats just Ronny speak so “only god knows” lol
“he knows”
Its just the spanish papers pulling one over Ronaldo. Like someone mentioned before, he did end the interview saying he would like to retire at Real.
Anyway, you cannot blame him. He always only said it was his dream to play for Real, not that he wanted to stay there forever, haha
He’s a wind up merchant ,thats all……….i’d take him back at united though
Here’s a guy full of his own self importance, great player though.
Yawn, not another “only God knows” saga!
Yawn. Who gives a flying fuck? Having said that it was good to hear the Stretford End’s rendition of Viva Ronaldo on Sunday.
brian – Don’t be naive mate. Ronaldo didn’t go because the Glazer’s “forced him to”. Thats just ridiculous . He wanted to go for 2 seasons, what could Fergie or Gill do?
I guess it Madrids time to get the slimey slippery twaddle only Ronaldo can spout.
“I remember in my first two years at Manchester we did not win anything” self massaging ego.Sounds a bit like he thinks he is some sort of football Messiah.
Turning into the Mourhino of the players world.
Mind I got a pretty sad mind I sorta could imagine him in the after match shower with Zlatan Ibrahimovic,
Pass me the shampoo Ronny, Ok Darling, want me to wash your Joy stick.
I’m sorry but this is a non story
firstly those boos were apparently cheers. secondly in the same interview for the 3rd or 4th time in less than 12 months he has stated that he wants to retire in madrid. Also reports from spain and portugal suggest that he is far more settled in madrid in under a yr than he ever was in the entire 6 yrs he was in manchester (his family is much closer and visit him more often, the spanish language is more similar to portuguese than english as well as the culture, he has stated that almost everything in madrid is better than manchester and there is more to do there and he has also had a couple of dogs to help him settle and keep him company)
the bottom line is that even though in interviews this yr he has also said he wouldn’t rule out going to germany, italy, the usa, back to united and even barca now, it is in his and his clubs best interest to keep his commercial and likabilty factor up so of course he is going to tell german media that he would be open to a move to germany in the future, telling english press that he would be open to a united return and madrid/spanish media that he wants to retire in madrid. All you can conclude is that at madrid he has turned into even more of a PR machine than before, in fact it’s now hard to tell where the product of real madrid ends and the human being begins to be honest.
i’ve never bought this madrid dream nonsense and believe he was pretty open to staying at united or a longer time or when picking a spanish team between rm or barca not being too picky but you could see his whole attitude change when his family started releasing the pro madrid quotes (his mums quote on being able to die happy once she seen him play for rm was the clincher). Making choices for your family is a selfless and nice thing to do but if things go wrong than things could get very ugly for him and the people he’s close to if madrid go empty handed for 2 yrs plus running and no matter how much of an arse the guy can be he doesn’t deserve that (having said that i hope rm go out in the KO round of the CL for the 7th time next season, though i don’t think that jinx will last much longer)
personally i think that as he has told portuguese media as well he does want to retire at madrid (which contradicts his whole ‘cycles’ theory) or at the very least stay in the west/central area of europe’s mainland as it’s not as big an upheaval as going overseas to the uk. However madrid will get rid of him when they want regardless of him and if players who have spent their whole career there like raul and guti aren’t allowed to/won’t retire there and beckham was sold then unless ronaldo maintains or betters his on pitch performance and commercial value/potential and none other players in a similar mould to him come through, just 5-10 yrs younger and the fact that even if the 25% pay rise rumor is false and the player stick with the same pay when offered a new contract rm will need to cover the jump from 24% to 43% in tax in 6 yrs, i can’t see madrid keeping him more than another 7 seasons – 9 tops.
back on topic, we still have got one over madrid that he said he would never join city but hasn’t ruled out barca (so rm fans throwing pigs heads in the future is a minor possibility!)
sorry for the rant!
@ redscot
he’s got a bad memory as i believe united won the fa cup in his 1st year here – perhaps not the greatest of titles but i’m sure madrid would take the spanish equivalent of the copa del rey with open arms this yr if they were still in it!
dl – My heart bleeds for him, must have been tough on 120k a week, all alone in rainy Manchester.
In a previous interview [this season], Cristiano talked about cycles in football. He said he won it all individual and collective awards with ManUtd and it was time to move on. When he wins the same with Real Madrid, he will find another challenge on another League. When that story/article came up, people were making fun of him as he might have to stay there all his football life.
Also, he had said he wanted to retire as a Sporting Lisbon player. It is a dream, like the Real Madrid one. He said this while still in ManUtd.
It is sad to see how he does not bond with any club. One would expect Real Madrid is his one true love, but apparently it is not. I guess the honey moon fase is over.
Also, Figo made a similar move in the opposite direction.
@DL
“….he has also had a couple of dogs to help him settle and keep him company.”
Has he now?! I’m sure everyone has had a few dogs in their time.
Nothing to shout about that one!
Yeah, there is no club called Atletico Madrid, and there is no way that people can travel to and from Madrid to watch tennis.
Just to freshen up your memory little bit Ronny.In your first two seasons with the biggest club in the world,United won the FA cup in a game you scored a header and a brace from RVN. In your second season we won the Carling cup against Wigan, 4-0 if i’m not mistaken.
@ willierednut
if you are close to your family and they live a long drive/flight away so you can’t see them that often no amount of money make that easier – even after 5+ yrs. And whether people like manchester or not is personal choice – the rains a silly reason as the whole of europe has had wacky weather this yr with many nice days in manchester and many wet days in spain.
@ AlphaRS
i’m just saying that pets do help you settle in a new place and that moving with pets as well as young children, esp overseas is difficult – it seems like he’s making a bigger effect to get settled in madrid in comparison in almost unsettling himself on purpose in the uk (well i can’t remember any of the staff and fans at utd doing anything apart from trying to help him feel comfortable in his yrs here) but it’s only a theory and i don’t know if it’s a good or bad one – only he can tell us that!
Nothing wrong with a bit of rain, he’s a drama queen.
@ Alejandra
makes you wonder if he does a beckham (only won one la liga at the end of his 4 yr spell at rm) – it be a pretty big disaster for ronaldo if in his first 4 yrs in madrid, probably his peak yrs he was only to win one la liga title. considering that you potentially have a crack at the cl in any major europe club and cups like fa cup and copa del rey aren’t usually on the 1st page of a players checklist, if the unlikely above was to happen do you think ronaldo would do – count his losses and move to a club that can win the big prizes whilst he’s still at a good enough level to do so or use up all the yrs left on his career to try and get that 10th europe title with rm? (though i think with all the money they’ve spent it will be a shock if rm don’t win the cl within the next 3 seasons!)
Great player, but he must be slightly retarded to start up with this “you never know” shit again. Good riddance.
You never know, never say never. Only God (oh and my agent) can say !
to be fair, it could have been athletico fans or fans supporting any other side, it was a tennis match in madrid, doesn’t mean they are all real fans?
@dl
Aright mate. Just havin a laugh.
“In my first two years at Manchester we did not win anything”…. did we not win the F.A Cup in his first year?
I mustapha please don’nt allow palgirini to go he is trying his best
Forget about him now and talk about our present squad players. We are used to those kind of statements. The most important thing is we go those 80 Mil from his sale. After all such statements led to his sale at the end.
Let’s put in a cheeky 60m offer when they fail to win the league.
brett1985 – That will buy one of his legs.
@ willie aye his middle one they way that cock is putting it about.
Totally unprofessional and a tempstress. Recognise a Georgie Best in the making here!
Nah, Real won’t sell him for 60 million. In the form he is in this season, they are not regretting the money they spent for him.
You don’t say.
I’d just find it amusing to antagonise Real Madrid with transfer rumors like they did to us.
It would be fun brett. But from the looks of things, he is doing it just fine on his own.
Should have been regarded in the same braeth as Laws, Best, Charlton, and Cantona with his ability but instead he sold us out and turned into a cunt.
I would have no problems saying he wanted to leave and sign for Madrid but the circus that prevaled and his slavery comments with Blatter just make me sick. Manchester United the team celebrated the Champions league together in Moscow and this cunt sat on his own in the middle of the pitch. We should have packed his bags for him.
I will get a few replys to this no doubt but just because he is one of the best footballers in the world we should bum him. I hope he gets everything he derserves at Madrid.
I cant beleive the stretford end sang his name on the last day of the season, i felt sick.
The future is in global warming – a few years back was having a few weeks in Panay in the Philippines – met a couple of guys wrting a thesis on where climate is heading. They reckoned in a few years the west Lancashire coast will be the next Costa del Sol – vineyards will be sprouting up in the Pennines. Scotland will have an average temperature of 85F from May – October. When the Med dries up Spain is going to be part of the Sahara. Like Oklahoma in the 30′S the place will be a dustbowl and people will be dropping liike flies – no economy – no people (except a few goat herders and fig growers). Harpurhey will be like Monte Carlo
Look at football in North Africa – non existant (except for the exports of young players). Madrid will be totally f#*ked – where will the Real be then – Ronny will have to join the queue and I hope to Christ they deny the twat entry. He wore our shirt for a while but dropped it when the Spanish Royal Family came calling- let him and his bitch of a mother eat bad goat for the rest of eternity
CR was a great player for us but we don’t need to talk about him anymore.
@Torontored
That is a great post mate, funny as fuck!
Can you believe the stretty end sang his name?????? I felt sick to the core and was made up when Giggs scored to eradicate that cunts name from Old Trafford.