Cristiano Ronaldo has today compared the Premiership with La Liga, claiming that our defenders are a lot tougher than the ones he’s come across in Spain, with him particularly fond of the duels he had with Ashley Cole.
As for City, Ronaldo says no amount of money can buy the history and success United have enjoyed and there is no way he would play for any English club other than United.
“England is far more difficult than Spain,” said Ronaldo. “The players are far tougher and just want to kick you. And the referees refuse to protect the big players. But there are exceptions. I loved playing against Ashley Cole. Yes, he’s tough as well but he knows how to play the game. Some of my best memories are battles with him for Chelsea and England. But it’s still a fantastic league, for me the best in the world. And United fans shouldn’t worry too much about the team. Yes, they lost to Liverpool but they are still a good side and have good players to come back. As for Manchester City, I can’t ever see them being as big as United. United have all the tradition and you cannot make history in two or three years irrespective of how much money you have. City simply cannot buy what United have. I don’t know if they tried to get me but I wouldn’t play for any other English club but United.”
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listen and learn Tevez…i was upset he left for real but cest la vie, but he’s yet to say anything deragatory or out of place regarding United…in fact he continues to big them up…for me personally, Ronaldo is welcome back anytime, maybe by the end of the season when he realises Real are a lost cause…
or at least Ronny comes back when he’s 28/29 and play out his career like Giggsy with the greatest team ever…MANUTD!
I love this guy!
I agree and as much as we say it’s only right that he should be grateful for how United and Fergie helped make him become the best player in the World …. in modern football how rare is it to see these young millionaires show appreciation for anything.
Ronaldo proves once again, he’s not only exceptional World Class talent but a class act. VIVA RONALDO!
United legend. What player he was for us. He has shown us great respect. Utd for life, me that is .
utd v spurs carling cup
Cristiano is so clever, if anything goes wrong with his dream now turned reality, he can always come back to the biggest club in the universe. Wish he was this respectful before… Anyways,thanks for the memories
Anyone else get the feeling that Ronnie has already given Fergie his word that he will return to OT after Madrid and that was part of why Fergie let him go ?
I think so and I hope so. It would be nice to have him back with a more rounded experience. I hope that Voodoo curse doesnt work because if it does he will get an injury this year that ends his career for good. A lot of Mumbo Jumbo I know but it is Halloween after all.
All the City players are going trick or treating tonight wearing scary masks. Apart from Tevez.
RCWI
Ha very good.
Top player, Top guy. A UTD Great.
“City simply cannot buy what United have”.
Amen to that Ron.
@READ CAREFULLY WHAT I Said – I agree mate, I think Ronnie will be back for a year or two and end his caeer with us. It’s already going to shit in Madrid so why not lol. But he really has been class since leaving and I’d be more than happy to take him back should he want to play at OT again. It’s obvious he’s fond of United and as he gets older and outgrows the glitz and glamour of Madrid he won’t mind living in Manchester.
I heard city are going to be kidnapping people from the Arndale and dressing them up like fans to see what it’s like to have support. So if you see a gargoyle there today, relax because it’s just Tevez.
hes a cunt sometimes but deep down we miss him
He is only 24. It was a young age to establish himself as the best and to make his dream move.
Unless you’re Spanish, Real isn’t a club that you remain with for a seriously long time. Big Ronaldo, Zidane and Figo all had a respectable five years at the club. Assuming Ronaldo does the same, he would still have a good few years left at the top level.
Nobody can say he won’t go for longer. Neither do we know if he will be satisfied there for five years. The club isn’t renowned for its stability.
Also assuming Italian football isn’t a priority, a return would be welcomed. Oh, and as long as he doesn’t scorer a winner against us in the Champions League final…
CR7 .. he is only growing in stature with his comments.. never has he said a word bout manutd or fergie .. one argie c**t should be listening …
i know we ll play without ron but i do miss the “one trick pony”!!
This is one of the reasons why I love this player. He’s been speaking fondly of the club from the day he left until now. He’s showing appreciation and is being respectful, unlike certain players i.e tevez/adebayor. I’ll never miss the way he behaved in the summer of ’08 but everytime I read the comments he makes, I wish he’s still here, I am sure he’ll get a standing ovation if he comes to OT.
Good to know he’s up to date with our results, as he mentioned our loss to the dippers.
i once read ronnies twitter comments and someone asked him whether he will ever eturn to united.Ronnie said i dont know but”you never know in the future”.so he clearly hasnt ruled that out.i am sure he will not achieve the same level of success at Madrid.Already looking out for a new manager.scumbag florentino perez’s project is going down the drain and ronnie will realise in a few years that Madrid are shit.
Stop dreaming of him returning to United, lads. We still have Wayne Rooney and that should be enough.
Ronaldo will never return to united imo, but in football you never know.
I doubt we’re “dreaming” because the media have said we miss him this season. I’m sure those wishing a return are hopeful that Madrid will wear thin to the extent that he will eventually return to OT in the future. By that I mean when the majority of the side will be unrecognizable from now. The desire in no way relates to our performances this season.
Well said Ronnie, but if you ever want to come back I think you’ll have to ask Obertan first.
aw Ronnie why u go, never have i heard him say a bad thing about UTD even in 08 when he wanted to go was always about his dream and never him not bein happy at UTD. He left the best way he could no big fuss about his dream like the summer before. Since he left u can tell hes grateful for what UTD and Sir Alex done for him, ill welcome him back and cant say that bout most players, good to see hes still keepin an eye out for us, Tevez should take note.
“money cant buy what united have” cudnt put it better myself Ronnie, good head on them young shoulders, sumat that wasnt really said when he was here x
Willierednut, hahahha! u took the words right out of ronaldo’s mouth.. in football , u never know..
Premier League > Spanish La Liga
MAN UTD > real madrId
Fair play to him for recognising the history that United possess and saying that he would never play for another English club.
Sack off The Faschists and come back to United!
I try not to miss him, but i do.
Ronnie
Tevez getting dressed up for Halloween as….Tevez.
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i miss him too, but he will be back
Surprised that alot of people are saying how much class he has and shit. He showed absolutely no class for United prior to Moscow.
I hate Real Madrid from buttom of my heart. I would like them not to win La Liga 2 years, and that galacticos team fell apart. I hate that they think they can buy anyone and buy trophys. And at least Milan win 2 more Champions League, that they can t say they are the biggest club in the world.
people have short memories.what else is he meant tosay.Before he left he was a sulky cunt,Great player but remember how he treated us.
Strange enough, i do like him after leaving our clubs. He had not say a single bad things of us.
CR7 will always one of our greats.
Since he left, only respectful comments comes out of his mouth.
Great to know he understand his legend status at our beloved club.
He is welcome back to T.O.D anytime (i pray to GOD R.Madrid is shit & suck through & through until this Whizz Kidz feel f*** up over there).
For the past 3 or 4 years we were the most feared football machine in the world with him & Wazza leading the line…
TQ for memories & luv to see u back CR7
VIVA RONALDO!!!!!!
I meant to say “post Moscow”.
Spot on jespermoses.
Legend!! I dont care if he comes back or not coz you have to move forword, it would be great but if he doesnt at least he played for us for six years and what a great six years they were!! Viva Ronaldo!! Utd for life!!
20legend99:
How is it going “shit” in Madrid? He’s the topscorer in Real. Real Madrid are one point behind ligaleaders, thats less than United from Chelsea at the moment. Also Madrid has scored more goals than United in less games, and the have conceded less goals. They are top of the table in CL-group. So what is really going shit? The team is almost completely new, and gives this victories anyway. Wait half a year and youll see the best team in the world play football, when they got to know eachother.
But anyhow, indeed. Hes a GREAT personality and a great player. Thank you United for that, I as a Real supporter and CR himself will and should always be grateful for that.
Good luck
Alex
hmm lets see you have an idiotic president who is an old dog that never learns new tricks he is still the same president that left madrid in a mess. I know united have played poorly at times but madrid get outplayed by an average milan side who lost their best player to you lot. without ronaldo madrid look poor, and they spent a fortune on the overated kaka and benzama.
add the fact madrid defend like the village idiot, your manager to perez is like this in song in perez mind goes like this, what do you do with a drunken sailer, what do you do with a drunken sailer, what do you do with a drunken sailer, sack him in the morning.
@there only one Keano, also another classic is “What do you do with the fat spanish waiter is sack him in the morning.”
john ferry
good one but that aplies to real madrid because we all know what they do best LOL
how can you hate him?
he won everything with us.
at least he has respect for us unlike tevez
Alex – Please don’t compare your sub standard Spanish league to ours. Been second in that league is effectively being last. You have lost is it 3 out of your last 5 with Guti kicking his toys out and Benzema not buying a goal. It will all end in tears son. The irony is that for all the money you spent you miss Ronaldo when he ain’t playing. We are doing fine without him. I would be embarrassed to support that bunch of Franco supporting , dodgy cunts. Not in the same class as United. Just look at the way you tried to buy everyone up in the summer, not one fucking kid coming through the ranks.
Look most us us on here probably dislike madrid but even with their dodgy politics we’d be stupid to write off madrid doing what all non madrid fans (majority of football fans) dread and winning the cl bcos spending extreme amounts of money and waving their blooming 9 european title card so any player, no matter whether their morals are good or bad just drops sticks and move over does not deserve to win the cl, or at least not on their first try after spending the majority of the summer walking over all of the other big clubs in the world, which ps what gave them the right to do that. I have no problem with ronaldo and his dream to play for rm, he may have used some dodgy tactics to leave this club whilst he was here but we all know that madrid seem to bring out the worst in players (even kaka seems to be coming across as an ass there at times, and i don’t think many thought that was even possible) and unfortunately for several reasons ronaldo is more of product, (trying to advertise himself and forfill rm’s requirements) now than a human being now he’s at madrid, which right now he seems to be happy with and good luck to him, but i can imagine in 5yrs that the madrid way of doing things could get him down. I’ve spoken to milan and liverpool fans and probably like the majority of us utd fans we are dreaming that madrid get knocked off their perch and implode from the inside so the respective clubs can pick up the pieces for themselves (it must of crossed many of your minds) but the only club who could realistically do that is milan as they are only club that are close enough to madrid in terms of european titles and i think it would be sweet music to many football fans ears if milan beat madrid to the 10 european titles but with the team madrid have that is unlikely. Hopefully milan will complete the double over madrid midweek and in a dreamworld marseille will finish the job and knock them out early but i have a horrible feeling that it’ll be madrid on the podium come may, knocking us out on the way to boot and giving us all a headache over the summer but here’s hoping they trip over their own legs before it comes to that. Sorry for the rant – i care about utd’s results more than this just like many fans it seems rm gets under my skin!
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I am not being funny but keep it shorter your post is way 2 long, I know you are ranting but keep it shorter. yes not write them off 2 be honnest we lot 2 a god awful liverpool side si we cant say much at times when we looked ok not great against park the bus blackburn.
theres only one Keano
hopefully we’re getting our unconvincing patch out of the way early – every team as a down patch (or several small little down patches) across a season so i’m not too worried as of yet – winning is still winning and the main aim this side of xmas is realistically is to still be in the carling, fa, and cl cup comps and be up there in the pl as one of the leaders. I don’t think any 1st placed team is going to lead over the second by more than 4pts at any pt this season. Good news for football fans in general that all comps that the english teams are competing for are wide open so anyone could win them – and yes liverpool have been awful over the last month but they still beat us and this could be turn out to be their only bad point in the season, or (with the exception of chelsea that one time and hopefully against us later in the season) they are going to be big team beaters and lose against the smaller teams in the pl and europe – which i have no objections to if they want to knock out the 2 big spanish teams in the cl and then we knock them – that would be sweet! sorry bout the length of the previous post
Ronaldo’s manners since his departure remind me a little of Beckham after he left, again a legend, again leaving under something of a cloud. I think that players who spend their formative years at United have it all, the best manager in the world, the best club in the world, the best team-mates in the world, the best fans in the world (even if this is sometimes expressed as an awed hush at Old Trafford from time to time, it’s not like the place isn’t always full or near as damnit). Players have all this, then they go to Real, typically the only club big enough to sign our best players, and they walk right into a bad comedy. Managers who are in and out the door faster than brothel punters, a history of stupid spending, corruption and ties to fascism, and a team of gifted mercenaries who are mostly there for the money and the sure and certain knowledge, deep in your soul, that if you must play in Spain you’d rather be at Barca. How can anybody leave United for Real and not miss what they left behind?
I’d take him back at United in a second. But wouldn’t want us to pay more than thirty million quid for the privilege. Lose him for a couple years, sign him back for £50m profit, that’d be about right.
lucky for me that i didn’t go and buy that cuntevez jersey, other wise i might have burned them like lots my arse fans fellas who burned their adebayor jersey, as i still keep my ronaldo’s jersey
King Eric
Been second in that league is effectively being last. You have lost is it 3 out of your last 5 with Guti kicking his toys out and Benzema not buying a goal. It will all end in tears son. The irony is that for all the money you spent you miss Ronaldo when he ain’t playing. We are doing fine without him.
this is truth! It is awful that without Ronaldo they loosing games, and they have a Kaka and Benzema. You cant have that much stars in the team, it is wasteing of money. I would like that Benzema not succeed in RM and than come to OT.
But i think that RM have a better team. They are not althogether but they will. We play great without Ronaldo, becuause he is world class, and after him, we can say whatever we want but, there is a big hole, without him. So we need to spent money on some good players to be 100% sure that we are copentitive.
Doghouse….
the same question I asked few weeks ago. I just dont understand, what players see in that circus? When they get call from RM, in their head happend like they get crazy, they lost their mind. That club, didnt win anything last few years, except with Capello, but everybody wants to go there. I think Ronlado won t be happy there. Only in UK fans live for football. Even Mourinho, says that that pasion you cant see and get anywhere.
If he ever plays against us anybody who boos should be hit very hardly across the head with something
mara
i don’t think many of us get why so many players loves madrid more than any other club but that’s why we’re fans of utd and not of madrid. i got something to do with the (ancient) history and the overall glamour – lets face it madrid is the footballing version of hollywood (think about it footballers their are prehaps the some of the biggest world known stars coming out spain, where as in this country we have some pretty big world known actors and musicans as well as our sports stars – if a footballer wants to be in the world spotlight you can understand why players want to go there as players there are the movie stars of madrid, whilst football here, especially in the north is gritty with raw emotions, basically it’s the purer (and orignal) version of the game) i’m just saying that i understand why ronaldo may view madrid as a bigger club than utd, even though i think we are more of a team and more stable as he is like the brad pitt of the footballing world who feels that lifestyle should match that profile and madrid has the glam factor that manchester does not, but i love manchester bcos it’s not glitz & it’s in the real world. i think ronaldo will be very happy there at least in the beginning & even if not he won’t say bcos he can’t as rm are clearly on evidence so far pulling the strings. for the record i don’t think he is missing us at all but add in the next 5yrs countless managers, over self promotion, hounded by the paps 24/7 reducing him to his home, and the high standards you have to achieve 24/7 or the fans (and president) will want your blood and his body language could be telling a very different story. sorry bout the length!
He already said that the fans dont understand that they cant be on the first place on the table alll the time. Jerks!
Great player, class player, class comments.