Ronaldo a snip at £80 million says Keane

Ronaldo will wear the '9' for Real Madrid

Ronaldo will wear the number 9 for Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo was a bargain at £80m, according to ex Manchester United skipper Roy Keane.

Ronaldo left the Red Devils for Real Madrid in a world-record deal but United legend Keane feels the fee was justified.

“I’m OK with it,” stated the Irishman. “It’s just the way it is.

“Clubs are prepared to pay that, people talk about Ronaldo going for £80m - I look at other players and think Ronaldo’s cheap for £80m.”

Keane, who was once the prize in a British transfer record when he moved from Nottingham Forest to United for £3.75m in 1993 added that “He (Ronaldo) is the best player in the world. Footballers are classed as entertainers and if you look at any industry, the top people get the top money.”

Real had been chasing the signature of the Portuguese star for 3 seasons and there was a feeling of inevitability when news of the switch surfaced and United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had long been resigned to losing the jewel in his crown.

“He wanted to leave, it’s as simple as that,” said Ferguson. “He was going to go some time.”

“We’ve done well to keep him for so long.”

United now must face the prospect of a season without their talisman and have also lost Carlos Tevez to Manchester rivals City.

Ronaldo is expected to make his ‘Galacticos’ debut on Monday against Irish minnows Shamrock Rovers.

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Ronaldo to Madrid in $131m deal

Ronaldo to Madrid for $131

Ronaldo to Madrid for $131

Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to fulfil his dream by moving to Real Madrid as the world’s most expensive ever footballer.

The Spanish giants Madrid have had an outrageous 80 million British pound bid accepted for the Portugese winger who will complete his move providing he passes a medical.

It is believed that Sir Alex Ferguson will be given free reign to buy whoever he wants with the transfer fees, ensuring an exciting summer for Manchester United.

United will still have to face the prospect of defending their Premiership crown without their prize asset, but the news about how the funds will be used, the feeling around the club remains upbeat.

United fans may now turn to Wayne Rooney - who is both younger and has a greater passion for the club than Ronaldo - to be ‘the man’ for the latest era of Manchester United.

The theory is that Rooney will finally be deployed in his favourite centre foreward role, the position that has been so fruitful while playing for England.

Whatever the outcome for Ronaldo in Madrid, one thing that is almost certain is that Manchester United, under the manegement of Ferguson will, in the end, come out stronger.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, United disappointed and looking to future

Ronaldo leaves Rome

Ronaldo leaves Rome

Cristiano Ronaldo and his Manchester United teamates will have to put the pain of defeat behind them as they go into the offseason.  United were well beaten 2-0 by Barcelona in Rome, their first ever loss in a European final.

Sir Alex Ferguson cast a figure of philosophic optimism in his post match press conference but acknowledged that, on the night, Barca were the better team.

“We didn’t play as well as we can but you have to give Barcelona credit,” said the United manager.

“Lionel Messi wasn’t the problem, Xavi and Andres Iniesta kept the ball all night and made it difficult for us.”

Ferguson, who has never suffered a European final defeat before Rome ‘09, added: “We started brightly and confidently and could have been in front in the first 10 minutes but the goal was a killer.

“We didn’t plan to lose a goal as early as that. We didn’t deal with it well enough, it gave them the opportunity to keep possession.”

And keep possession they did.  Barca passed the ball around expertly and United looked like ghosts.  Chasing shadows for 70+ minutes the Red Devils looked dejected and exhausted long before the final whistle.

Now it will be a long summer for Ferguson’s men while the back rooms will be looking towards keeping hold of, and acquiring prize assets.

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s stunner sends United to semis

Ronaldo scored from 40 yards

Ronaldo scored from 40 yards

Cristiano Ronaldo struck a brilliant first half winner as Manchester United scraped past Porto and into the Champions League semi-finals.

Ronaldo’s monumental early strike from all of 40 yards zipped through the air and into the top left hand corner of the net.  Ronaldo later described the goal as “beautiful” and “the best I have scored” and it got United off to the perfect start.

Nemanja Vidic could have sealed things just before half time, but he missed a glorious chance; firing over from 4 yards after a Ryan Giggs corner.

United and Porto were both 100% committed to the match, leading to a midfield war-ground and few clear chances.

Lisandro Lopez could have saved Porto late on, but Edwin van der Sar easily stifled his scuffed effort.

In truth, United were deserving of their win and kept a clean sheet for the first time since beating inter 2-0 back in March.

With the win United became the first English team in history to win at Porto’s Estadio Do Dragao, a feat that cannot be underestimated.

The crowd were raucous throughout and the carnival atmosphere was something to behold.  The home fans kept good voice throughout but were out-sung by United’s famous traveling fans for much of the first half as that-boy-Ronaldo put their Red Devils in front.

Ronaldo and United will now face Arsenal in the semi-finals in what promises to be a stunning exhibition of England’s two best footballing teams.

End note:  Chelsea F.C also and Arsenal join United and Barcelona in the final four, making it 9 English teams out of the last 12 semi-finalists since 2006-07; England has had 3 teams in the semis for 3 straight years.

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Cristiano Ronaldo grabs clincher as United beat inter

Manchester United 2 - 0 Internazionale Milano (2-0 agg)

Vidic, Ronaldo

Roanldo rises

Roanldo rises

Manchester United booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Uefa Champions League, disposing of Jose Mourinho’s Inter 2-0 on Wednesday. 
The teams arrived at Old trafford stuck at 0-0 following the first leg, a scoreline that lefet many in red feeling less than comfortable.
United started quickly and were ahead after just four minutes when Nemanja Vidic rose to head home Ryan giggs’ corner.  The 78,000 crowd roared but United did not respond as Inter began to control the game.
United were at sixes and sevens at the back as the Italian champions rained shot after shot on Edwin Van Der Sar’s goal.
Surviving barely until half-time United changed their tactics.  Sir Alex Ferguson opted to put more emphasis on midfield and moved Wayne Rooney to the left wing inorder to stifle Esteban Cambiasso.  This paid of just 5 minutes later as Ronaldo rose to head home after some brillinace from Wayne Rooney on the left flank.
This goal triggered celebrations inside the theatre of dreams and aside from an Adriano strike that hit the post, the reigning champs never looked fazed.
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Cristiano Ronaldo rested as united cruise to semis

FULHAM 0 - 4 MANCHESTER UNITED

Tevez (2), Rooney, Park J.S.

Manchester United celebrate Rooney's goal

Manchester United celebrate Rooney

 

Manchester United kept their quest for five trophies alive as they dispatched Fulham with consumate ease to reach the Semi-Finals of the FA Cup on Saturday. 

United have already won the Club World Cup and the Carling cup to keep them on track for the most historic of seasons.

Carlos Tevez headed United in front after 21 minutes before completing his brace on the stroke of half time with a 30 yard wonder strike.

Fulham showed some resistance after the break but their day was summed up when Nemanja Vidic somehow scrambled Andrew Johnson’s effort off the line.  United sealed another Wembley appearance after Wayne Rooney and then Ji-Sung Park rounded off the rout.

United headed into Saturday’s clash with Fulham on the back of a 13 game Premiership win streak that has them 7 points clear of Chelsea and Liverpool and in position to win their 18th league title.  Sir Alex’s team sheet was absent of a few of his biggest stars as Bebatov, Ronaldo, Giggs and Scholes were given time off. 

The Red Devil’s strangth of squad was underlined however, as they swept Fulham aside to set up a semi-final with Everton at Wembley in four weeks time.

United are now threatening to do what was thought impossible and win all 5 trophies available to them in a single season.  If they can get past Inter Milan on Wednesday, United will be in the Quarter-finals of the Champions League, Semi-finals of the FA cup with the Premiership title all but won.

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2 down, 3 to go

Manchester United

Manchester United

Manchester united have claimed the second part of their run at a historic quintuple of trophies as they beat Tottenham in a penalty shoot-out to claim the Carling Cup on Sunday.

United had already won the World Club Cup but were made to work for their prize as an even match offered few chances.  However, it was United, just slightly the better team on the day, who held their nerve to win 4-1 in the shoot-out.

After playing  a cagey 120 minutes of football that left both sets of layers exhausted, the referee blew for the end of extra time which meant only one thing - penalties. 

Ryan Giggs was first up for United but he overcame the pressure to drill the ball home off the inside of the post.  The responsibility then fell to Jamie O’Hara to level the scores, but United keeper Ben Foster clawed away the powerful spot kick.  Carlos tevez then made it 2-0 before David Bently’s miss signalled the end for Harry redknapp’s men.  Although Vedran corluka was able to score for Spurs, the shoot-out was ended after Cristiano Ronaldo and then Anderson emphatically slotted home.

Spurs, the defending champions looked dispondant as Anderson’s winning kick found it’s mark, but they can hold their heads high for matching the european champions in almost every department for over 2 hours of football.  Radknapp’s men infact, enjoyed the better of the chances and if not for some wastefull finishing from Aaron Lennon could have won the match in regulation.

It was not to be however and with one swipe of Anderson’s left boot, united had claimed phase two in their quest to five trophies this season.

Can they achieve this monumantal task? Leave your comments below.

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Ronaldo, United left frustrated in San Siro

Manchester United dominated for long periods of their Champions League last 16 tie against Internazionale but were unable to breech the Italian’s defence.

United created multiple good opportunities in the first half and will be extremely disappointed not to have grabbed an important away goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic

A powerful header from Cristiano Ronaldo was brilliantly saved with just four minutes on the clock, before Ryan Giggs missed from close range when put clean through.

Ronaldo later hit the post with a long range free kick and saw two others saved by the Impressive Julio Cesar. 

Ronaldo was becoming increasingly frustrated despite his great performance, as nothing would break his way.  Julio Cesar seemed as though he was always in the right place and saved one Ronaldo drive with his face after being unsighted by his own wall.  Inches were all that seperated Ronaldo from a potentially game winning goal, but it was not to be.

Inter did not show much offensively, and aside from a 15 minute spell after half time were chasing United shadows.  Still, boss Jose Mourinho will be pleased with a result that leaves Milan needing just a score draw from Old Trafford in order to progress.

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Ronaldo scores magical winner, warms up for inter

Ronaldo thrashes home his lethal winner

Ronaldo thrashes home his lethal winner

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a truly emphatic free kick to sink Blackburn rovers and Send Manchester United 7 points clear at the top of the Premiership.

United were heading towards two dropped points, being held 1-1 after conceeding their first premiership goal in over 23 hours of football to a tidy Roque Santa Cruz finish. 

Wayne Rooney had put the hosts ahead after tapping in Nani’s cross for his fouth goal in his last four games.  Twenty minutes later however, Rovers were level after a mistake from Paul Scholes and John O’Shea allowed Santa Cruz to race clear before slotting home past Tomasz Kuszkzak. 

Then, cometh the hour, cometh the man.  Cristiano Ronaldo first won the freekick, which was 30 yards out and on a tight angle, then rifled it past Paul Robinson’s outstratched hand to earn 3 points for his team.

This may have been just one of many free kick goals from Ronaldo, but may have be his best, not to mention his most important.  No less than 18 hours after Ronaldo had won the pointd for United, title rivals Liverpool drew at home to Manchester City, a result that puts an 11th league title within reach of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Next up for Ronaldo and the Red Devils - a trip to the San Siro to take on Italian giants Internatzionale Milano.  Ronaldo will be looking to prove that he is still the world’s best player as he comes up against Swedish superstar Slatan Ibrahimovic for the very first time.

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Ronaldo sex partner interview preview

Ronaldo with a former partner

Ronny with a former boo

Here at Christianoronaldo videos, we are always striving to bring you the juciest news from the life of th world player of the year.

Now though, we have come across our biggest story yet!  We have arranged a completely exclusive interview with a 40+ year old cougar who has bedded Cristiano Ronaldo. 

We ARE the first and only publication to have met this person and will be the only ones to conduct an interview.  The woman in question is an old acquaintence of our editor’s friend, but she will remain nameless, as per the terms of our agreement.

Check back soon for that exciting, saucy interview.

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