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The Official Manchester United Thread [2006/2007]
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MASSIVE MASSIVE Citeh are out of the Cup, and are going to be relegated.(we'll send them down and win the title simultaneously on their on ground, mark my words....I hope lol) They're a MASSIVE club you know!
AlienSeafood
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any clips of the goals?
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2035327,00.html
Madrid launch first phase of operation Get Ronaldo
Real Madrid have played their first cards in a game they hope will end with Cristiano Ronaldo beaming in front of the world's press, that famous white shirt in his hands. If there were any doubts that the Portuguese winger is this year's must-have player at the Santiago Bernabéu, they were blown away in time-honoured fashion yesterday with a four-page splash in the Spanish sports daily Marca, announcing that Madrid's director of football and director of marketing had given the go-ahead to sign Ronaldo "even if he costs a fortune".
Madrid launch first phase of operation Get Ronaldo
Real say winger has struck verbal agreement
Player's pressure on Ferguson is 'the key'
Sid Lowe in Madrid and Daniel Taylor
Friday March 16, 2007
The Guardian
Real Madrid have played their first cards in a game they hope will end with Cristiano Ronaldo beaming in front of the world's press, that famous white shirt in his hands. If there were any doubts that the Portuguese winger is this year's must-have player at the Santiago Bernabéu, they were blown away in time-honoured fashion yesterday with a four-page splash in the Spanish sports daily Marca, announcing that Madrid's director of football and director of marketing had given the go-ahead to sign Ronaldo "even if he costs a fortune".
Article continues
Marca also claims that Ronaldo has told Madrid officials he is willing to come to the Bernabéu and that a verbal agreement is now in place. "Ronaldo," ran the paper's headline, "says yes to Madrid." All he needs to do is speak to Sir Alex Ferguson and publicly demand to leave, a step which Marca claims he will make at the end of the season. With Madrid dependent on Manchester United agreeing to sell - something that appears unlikely after the comments this week of United's chief executive, David Gill, that they wanted the winger to stay until 2012 - that pressure from Ronaldo is, the paper conceded, "the key".
The leak marks the beginning of a well worn path: the signings of Zinédine Zidane, the Brazilian Ronaldo and David Beckham were all launched through strategic leaks to the Madrid sports press, semi-official mouthpieces of the club. The plan of action is always the same: first speak to the agent, then the press, then the player and finally the player's club. This still has a long way to run but Madrid hope that they can force United's hand - and that of Ronaldo's agent, Jorge Mendes.
It is understood that Madrid have spoken to Mendes about Ronaldo's future and about that of Jose Mourinho - who is on the Bernabéu shortlist for next season and who would welcome the opportunity to work with Ronaldo - should he leave Chelsea. Mendes has told Madrid that Ronaldo would be keen on a switch to the Bernabéu and Madrid have taken those words at face value. They are keen for their fans to be aware of their approach and are now prepared to push hard in order to make the promise a reality.
Madrid's president, Ramón Calderón, is under serious pressure after a disappointing season and question marks still hang over the legitimacy of his presidency, which he won only after a judge declared all postal votes null and void. He is also desperate to erase the memory of his broken electoral pledge to sign Kaka, Cesc Fábregas and Arjen Robben by bringing in the man widely considered the best player on the world market.
In the week after Madrid secured a morale-boosting 3-3 draw at Camp Nou Calderón is also keen to keep the feel-good momentum going at a club deeply aware of the PR value of good stories.
However, Mendes has had similar conversations with Barcelona, who are also keen to secure the winger, and has told United that he will open negotiations over a new contract. He is prepared to deal with all three sides in order to secure the best deal for his client and it is no coincidence that this story should have broken in the wake of United's declarations that a new contract for Ronaldo was close. The message to United appears to be: don't get cocky. Perhaps someone ought to say the same to Madrid.
Dong Fangzhou, the United reserve and China international, has been drafted into Ferguson's squad for tomorrow's match at home to Bolton because there are only 14 senior players available. Ferguson will include two more reserves, Tom Heaton and Chris Eagles, to counter an injury list featuring Louis Saha, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Edwin van der Sar, Darren Fletcher, Mikaël Silvestre and Patrice Evra. Paul Scholes is suspended and Henrik Larsson's loan has expired.
Bolton's manager, Sam Allardyce, believes it would be "risky" to recall Kevin Davies against United. The striker absence with a chipped ankle bone has coincided with a string of poor results but Allardyce is taking a cautious approach, saying: "Kevin hasn't played for six weeks and only trained for the first time this week.
"He hasn't been able to kick a ball in that time and it would be a huge risk to play him on Saturday in such an important game. I will continue to assess his fitness over the next couple of days and make a decision before kick-off."
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Christ will they ever give it a rest i mean ronnies said he wants to stay and negotians have already started, hes contracted regardless till 2010 so if we were likely to sell him it realistically wouldnt be until the end of the 2008/09 season.
Madrid launch first phase of operation Get Ronaldo
Real Madrid have played their first cards in a game they hope will end with Cristiano Ronaldo beaming in front of the world's press, that famous white shirt in his hands. If there were any doubts that the Portuguese winger is this year's must-have player at the Santiago Bernabéu, they were blown away in time-honoured fashion yesterday with a four-page splash in the Spanish sports daily Marca, announcing that Madrid's director of football and director of marketing had given the go-ahead to sign Ronaldo "even if he costs a fortune".
Madrid launch first phase of operation Get Ronaldo
Real say winger has struck verbal agreement
Player's pressure on Ferguson is 'the key'
Sid Lowe in Madrid and Daniel Taylor
Friday March 16, 2007
The Guardian
Real Madrid have played their first cards in a game they hope will end with Cristiano Ronaldo beaming in front of the world's press, that famous white shirt in his hands. If there were any doubts that the Portuguese winger is this year's must-have player at the Santiago Bernabéu, they were blown away in time-honoured fashion yesterday with a four-page splash in the Spanish sports daily Marca, announcing that Madrid's director of football and director of marketing had given the go-ahead to sign Ronaldo "even if he costs a fortune".
Article continues
Marca also claims that Ronaldo has told Madrid officials he is willing to come to the Bernabéu and that a verbal agreement is now in place. "Ronaldo," ran the paper's headline, "says yes to Madrid." All he needs to do is speak to Sir Alex Ferguson and publicly demand to leave, a step which Marca claims he will make at the end of the season. With Madrid dependent on Manchester United agreeing to sell - something that appears unlikely after the comments this week of United's chief executive, David Gill, that they wanted the winger to stay until 2012 - that pressure from Ronaldo is, the paper conceded, "the key".
The leak marks the beginning of a well worn path: the signings of Zinédine Zidane, the Brazilian Ronaldo and David Beckham were all launched through strategic leaks to the Madrid sports press, semi-official mouthpieces of the club. The plan of action is always the same: first speak to the agent, then the press, then the player and finally the player's club. This still has a long way to run but Madrid hope that they can force United's hand - and that of Ronaldo's agent, Jorge Mendes.
It is understood that Madrid have spoken to Mendes about Ronaldo's future and about that of Jose Mourinho - who is on the Bernabéu shortlist for next season and who would welcome the opportunity to work with Ronaldo - should he leave Chelsea. Mendes has told Madrid that Ronaldo would be keen on a switch to the Bernabéu and Madrid have taken those words at face value. They are keen for their fans to be aware of their approach and are now prepared to push hard in order to make the promise a reality.
Madrid's president, Ramón Calderón, is under serious pressure after a disappointing season and question marks still hang over the legitimacy of his presidency, which he won only after a judge declared all postal votes null and void. He is also desperate to erase the memory of his broken electoral pledge to sign Kaka, Cesc Fábregas and Arjen Robben by bringing in the man widely considered the best player on the world market.
In the week after Madrid secured a morale-boosting 3-3 draw at Camp Nou Calderón is also keen to keep the feel-good momentum going at a club deeply aware of the PR value of good stories.
However, Mendes has had similar conversations with Barcelona, who are also keen to secure the winger, and has told United that he will open negotiations over a new contract. He is prepared to deal with all three sides in order to secure the best deal for his client and it is no coincidence that this story should have broken in the wake of United's declarations that a new contract for Ronaldo was close. The message to United appears to be: don't get cocky. Perhaps someone ought to say the same to Madrid.
Dong Fangzhou, the United reserve and China international, has been drafted into Ferguson's squad for tomorrow's match at home to Bolton because there are only 14 senior players available. Ferguson will include two more reserves, Tom Heaton and Chris Eagles, to counter an injury list featuring Louis Saha, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Edwin van der Sar, Darren Fletcher, Mikaël Silvestre and Patrice Evra. Paul Scholes is suspended and Henrik Larsson's loan has expired.
Bolton's manager, Sam Allardyce, believes it would be "risky" to recall Kevin Davies against United. The striker absence with a chipped ankle bone has coincided with a string of poor results but Allardyce is taking a cautious approach, saying: "Kevin hasn't played for six weeks and only trained for the first time this week.
"He hasn't been able to kick a ball in that time and it would be a huge risk to play him on Saturday in such an important game. I will continue to assess his fitness over the next couple of days and make a decision before kick-off."
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Christ will they ever give it a rest i mean ronnies said he wants to stay and negotians have already started, hes contracted regardless till 2010 so if we were likely to sell him it realistically wouldnt be until the end of the 2008/09 season.
Thelonious
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apparently Ferdinand's out for the next two games as well as the England game with cracked ribs.
Thelonious;2295109 said:
The official site is saying that he's fit for Bolton.
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=411689
well silly season has truely started early this yes with the Sun reporting ronnies penned a 5 year £28m deal and the guardian saying hes had his £140k week deal rejected and he's off to Real. wish theyd just leave the crap out and tell us when something real has actually happned
Thelonious
Senior Squad
I think Ronnie's agent is just using playing Real Madrid, Barcelona and Man utd off each other just to get him the best deal , I don't think anything will happen until the end of the season , but hopefully the board will pay up , if Ferdinand's getting 120,000 a week then Ronaldo should get more he deserves it.
Thelonious
Senior Squad
Fernandez;2295425 said:
and I was referring to april_29's post
That Ferdinand story was typical of the Sun though.
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