The other shoe has finally dropped. Real Madrid have put up nine players for sale, including their whole Dutch contingent. Joining Heinze, Saviola and Mahamadou Diarra on the transfer list are Ruud van Nistelrooy, Rosten Drenthe, Rafael Van der Vaart and perhaps most surprisingly, the young trio of Arjen Robben, Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Wesley [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 17, 2009
We’re already in the middle of June, and though the signings haven’t been coming hard and fast just yet, that doesn’t mean that there’s a shortage of action thus far in the summer transfer window. In this morning’s transfer news and rumors roundup, we’ve got tidbits from England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, and Greece, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
Where would we all be without the UK Press? An even better question is what am I doing adding even more print to the already exhausted saga of the world record transfer of the greatest narcissist in the history of football? Ronaldo must be positively unbearable, flouncing around in LA with the world media spotlight on [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
Last summer, we heard numerous reports that Ronaldo was to move to Madrid. A deal was in place. It was definite. It was going to happen next week. But then, there was some delay; and the deal would go through the week after that. It never did. No matter [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 12, 2009
I’m going to miss him. Sure, he’s a diver and a crybaby who is one of the least likable Manchester United players of all time. It was always difficult to defend him to United haters because, for all of his considerable talent, he had the maturity of a six-year old and temperament of [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 11, 2009
Manchester United have accepted a world record offer of £80 Million for Cristiano Ronaldo. “Manchester United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player,” said a statement from the English club official website. It added that the decision came at Ronaldo’s request after he “again expressed his desire to leave the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 22, 2009
Normally teams are announced an hour before kick-off, but not if you’re the Sun. They have the inside scoop on the United team to face Barcelona in the Champions League final and it’s… well… pretty unsurprising. Carlos Tevez is out, Dimitar Berbatov is out, Park Ji-Sung and Ryan Giggs are in. The paper claims it’s a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 22, 2009
Today’s tittle-tattle is off to live in a floating duck house – because we deserve to be safe from foxes too Forget Manchester United v Barcelona, The New Harry Potter Movie v The New Terminator Movie or Peter Andre and Katie Price v The Possibility That Newspapers Might Stop Writing About Them Soon, the real heavyweight [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 22, 2009
Spanish giants Real Madrid denied Friday persistent media reports that it has a pre-agreement to sign Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. “Real Madrid wishes to deny news that have appeared in several media regarding an alleged signing of Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo. No pre-agreement exists between the club and the player, his agent or [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Another week, another rumor linking Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. Will it ever end? Not until he actually moves to Madrid, which can’t happen soon enough for some. But, until he moves, he’ll still be popping up in our transfer news and rumors column, along with several other tidbits from around England and [...]
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