Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester United when he was 18-years-old, when he was deemed a one-trick pony and spoke little English. Things have changed a great deal since then, with the first individual award of the season coming his way in the form of the FIFPro World Player of the Year. He has a few winners medals to his name, including the one he really wanted, the Champions League, and has attracted attention from the biggest clubs in the World.
Following a summer of fussing, Ronaldo has stayed at United although how permanent that will be is unknown. At the awards for FIFPro he recognised the importance of playing in United’s number 7 shirt, although didn’t sound too convinced about how long he would be playing in it for.
“I arrived at this club at 18-years-old and asked my boss to give me the number 28 shirt, but he said no, the number 7 is going to be good for you,” Ronaldo said. “Then I started playing and I watched Manchester United TV to see who played for this team. I started to understand what was the biggest number, which players played in this shirt. It’s an honour to play in this shirt, I love this shirt.”
Ronaldo was then asked was it his dream to continue playing in that number 7 shirt for Manchester United, no other team, to which he was rather hesitant.
“My dreams? Well, it is to win the Champions League again, erm, and to win more individual awards. That is my dream for the moment.”
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I love United and i love the players, but every day i’m becoming more and more disinterested in anything this boy has to say. Even watching him play for United, i no longer jump to the edge of my seat with great anticipation of what he’s going to do next. A lot has been said of the crowd no longer chanting for him every 3 seconds, but the buzz of stadium when he gets the ball has also diminished this season.
It was an unfair question by the reporter and one that should not be worth any more attention
‘you dream of no other club but manchester United’
everyone bloody knows he still dreams of Madrid. so why ask him? do people expect dreams to go away overnight? mind you ronaldo probably really wanted to say ‘shut the fuck up’
I am glad he did not say Madrid though
gave a good answer
I agree Spencer.
It was an unfair question. The question was actually ‘you dream of playing in number 7 shirt for Manchester United, nowhere else’. The reporter knew full well he still has a dream of playing for Madrid. A dream he had as a boy isn’t suddenly going to go away. I was pleased with the answer but sad people want to drag it up, giving the reporter what he wants.
That last question about his dream was just plain stupid. If you grew up supporting Manchester United and you ended up playing for Juventus and became renowned at that team, if someone had to ask you the same question what would you say?
“Um, yeah, I always want to play for Juventus. I never want to leave this club. I want to play here until my heart gives in and even then I want my ashes to be used to fertilize the soil under the pitch so that my spirit can ensure Juventus always wins!”
my fellow United fans – GROW THE FUCK UP and stop acting like emotionally wounded girlfriends!
Well said DarkDevil
and to be honest, it was one of those where Ronaldo couldn’t have won
If he had said ‘yes’ to the question people would have screamed liar at him.
If he had said ‘no’ people would have screamed at him to stop mentioning Madrid.
It was a highly inappropriate time for the interviewer to be asking such a question.
Viva Ronaldo
He’s kinda stuck with a question like that isn’t he. Do you want him to lie?
He is a foreign player and no doubt plenty of foreign players harbour ambitions of one day playing elsewhere after doing well in the premier league. plus plenty of foreign AND domsteic players harbour ambitions of playing for other clubs. Getting all the best years out of someone is not a right, though it would be a priveledge with someone of Ronaldo’s ability. And what ability. he is just getting better and better. A long way from the obviously talented ‘one trick pony’ of the early days. The ease and regularility with which he can go by people or lose them and get a cross in etc. is just staggering. Plus his finishing, plus his dead ball ability, plus his heading etc. etc.
Sure he ain’t the chirpiest chap in the world, but he is in a cold wet country and whilst playing for a big great team, it is not the team he always one day wanted to play for. So maybe he hopes one day to play for the team he always dreamed of. What’s wrong with that? Some people need to get a grip (and we need to get Tevez signed up properly in case Ronnie does one sooner rather than later).
When he does go he will have played a massive part in the club’s recent achievements AND we will get a big transfer fee for him. Some people just want it all (and I’m talking about supporters here, not Ronaldo)
I agree spence, wos stupid question and am glad ronaldo gave the answer he did because we all know what he was trying to get out of ronaldo. people must have been living in hiding for the last 5 years if ronaldo dreaming of madrid, is new news to them.
interestingly enough, he said in his marca interview that he sees spain as portugal as virtually the same country. many players have dreams, not all is to remain at manchester united for the rest of their career, which is what the reporter wanted ronaldo to confirm. it was unfair
agree with what everyone else is saying, shit question, sort of left him with no room to move.
I think it would be better if he went as soon as possible. He’s having a corrosive influence on everything. He’s an attention freak like Maureen Mourinho. Go to Madrid and good luck, son. Full steam ahead, Benzema.
Yes, clearly having a corrosivie influence on everything judging by Rio’s words on Ron this morning……………NOT.
Benzema? PMSL. First of all, we don’t need him and secondly, he doesn’t even want to come here
WUM Bruce
nothing wrong with it.
i agree with spencer and co
difficult question.
stupid reporter
end of.
Ronaldo e a good player I am to see him winning the FIFA footballer of the Year in Unted Shirt, then he can go ever where he wants, Madrid or not, it up of him, Sir Alex in making a new team, strong anough to win more and more trophied, i really Loves Ronaldo Playing for my Man Utd, but it seams like he did enough for us. I would like to see him with us at least for more 5 years, but i do not believe it will Happen.
VIVA MANUTD and also VIVA Ronaldo, while he is one of us…
ROONEY
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Rooney will never get the number 7 shirt, not after he recently said the number 10 shirt was the most important at the club.
Viva Ronaldo,
Viva Ronaldo,
**** what you all said,
cos he is still a red
Viva Ronaldoooo
spencer- ur right about benzema. he plays in a different position to ronaldo, and doesnt want to play for us. he wants to be at madrid. i say we give an extremely wide berth to any player that “dreams” of madrid rather than manchester!
hearing, “get benzema” is almost as silly assomeone saying, “get messi!”
like its really that simple?! championship managers!
Fuck all you lot who tend to have hatred for their own fuckin player. That does’nt happend everyday, does it. It fuckin hurts me on my left ball to hear United fans venting their anger at our very own Ronaldo! For fuck’s sake lets all get behind him. He’s a class apart. Simply sublime. He’s in a league of his own, not even Rooney can come close (mind you i LOVE Rooney) and you lot (Ronaldo-hatres) know it too! He’s the best! Viva Ronaldo
Fuck all you lot who tend to have hatred for their own fuckin player. That does’nt happen everyday, does it? It fuckin hurts me on my left ball to hear United fans venting their anger at our very own Ronaldo! For fuck’s sake lets all get behind him. He’s a class apart. Simply sublime. He’s in a league of his own, not even Rooney can come close (mind you i LOVE Rooney) and you lot (Ronaldo-hatres) know it too! He’s the best! Viva Ronaldo
Great way to dodge a bullet. Good answer on Ronaldo’s part, he said nothing wrong. He didn’t even mention his classic, “the future god only knows.” I always suspected he was talking about Fergie.
SPOT ON DARK DEVIL…SPENCER AND SULLY.
Stop with your anti ronaldo hate the rest…for fuck sakes it does my head in its got soooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring.
Just stop it.
Yes dont sing for him as much or love him as much….but crying out loud he IS STILL OUR PLAYER WEARING OUR SHIRT AND BADGE…..STRIVING FORTHE SAME CAUSES…SAF AND HIS TEAMMATES STIL LOVE HIM TO BITS.
SO STOP FUCKIN MOANING AND DISSING HIM…
And remember what he has done FOR us
UTD pulls in 1 way…
It’s funny i was singing his song earlier.
Lets stop talking about him going, his dream and whatever else he does or doesn’t do.
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I’m not part of the boo Ronaldo crowd(i’m beyond caring enough for whatever he does to even boo or hate him, i just don’t care about him anymore), but really who do you all think you are telling others what to think of him?? Some people, not everyone likes him or kisses his a$$, people will always have different opinions of him. The Ronaldo fan-boys/ a$$ kissers + his irrational haters need to leave with that.
Plus: Rooney >>>>>>>Ronaldo…42 goals or not, Rooney adds a lot more to the team than Ronaldo ever could.
manchester united>anybody
Ok people, there’s 1 thing almost everyone seems to have missed — did Ronaldo even understand the question fully?
To me it seemed he was a bit confused the 1st time he heard it, because the reporter did ask it in a pretty roundabout way. After hearing it a 2nd time, he still didn’t get it fully, so he just talked about his dreams since that’s the keyword he must’ve caught, as asking the reporter to repeat a 3rd time would be embarrassing.
Think of this from a non-native English speaker’s perspective.