Here is the state of play as I understand it.
The issue is that there seems to be a lot of different angles all pointing to the unescapable conclusion that Ronaldo wants to go, or at least will stay one more year and then go (which is not acceptable)
The facts are: Ronaldo has been recorded in live interviews (ITV and Radio5) within days of each other stating "I'm gonna stay" after the UCL final and then coming out with "I promise nothing to the supporters I promise nothing to my mother I decide in a few days what my future is"
These interviews are stone cold fact. The interview in the Brazillian website has not been recorded or transmitted so we don't actually see Ronaldo say this.
However, ignoring the "interviews and quotes" attributed to him we still have the fact that Cristiano has not come out and publically declared his intentions - which in itself is extremely worrying. We have heard absolutely nothing concrete, so we can assume from this that Cristiano is seriously considering Madrid. From this we can also theorise that Cristiano is not 100% committed to United, and that is why the supporters are getting annoyed with him. In addition to the fact that he is only one year into a five year contract which he was more than happy to sign last year, meaning that Ronaldo should not even be considering his future.
All we do have are these reports flying round that Ronaldo wants to go (which he has not denied) probably being orchestrated by Real Madrid sympathisers themselves (Marca). Apparently now there is a real rift developing between Ronaldo and Sir Alex - Allegedly Ronaldo has banned Sir Alex from speaking to him during EURO 08 (Although Scolari has said he would allow Fergie to talk to Cristiano if he wished)
Of course Sir Alex is away taking a well earned break, so we can only guess as to whether Sir Alex has indeed attempted to contact Cristiano as yet.
So we are left to wonder, and question the intentions of Cristiano Ronaldo - so if we don't know what his intentions are, how can we trust him?
That my friends is the burning question, we need to know where United stands - If Ronaldo is not committed then he has to go.
The issue is that there seems to be a lot of different angles all pointing to the unescapable conclusion that Ronaldo wants to go, or at least will stay one more year and then go (which is not acceptable)
The facts are: Ronaldo has been recorded in live interviews (ITV and Radio5) within days of each other stating "I'm gonna stay" after the UCL final and then coming out with "I promise nothing to the supporters I promise nothing to my mother I decide in a few days what my future is"
These interviews are stone cold fact. The interview in the Brazillian website has not been recorded or transmitted so we don't actually see Ronaldo say this.
However, ignoring the "interviews and quotes" attributed to him we still have the fact that Cristiano has not come out and publically declared his intentions - which in itself is extremely worrying. We have heard absolutely nothing concrete, so we can assume from this that Cristiano is seriously considering Madrid. From this we can also theorise that Cristiano is not 100% committed to United, and that is why the supporters are getting annoyed with him. In addition to the fact that he is only one year into a five year contract which he was more than happy to sign last year, meaning that Ronaldo should not even be considering his future.
All we do have are these reports flying round that Ronaldo wants to go (which he has not denied) probably being orchestrated by Real Madrid sympathisers themselves (Marca). Apparently now there is a real rift developing between Ronaldo and Sir Alex - Allegedly Ronaldo has banned Sir Alex from speaking to him during EURO 08 (Although Scolari has said he would allow Fergie to talk to Cristiano if he wished)
Of course Sir Alex is away taking a well earned break, so we can only guess as to whether Sir Alex has indeed attempted to contact Cristiano as yet.
So we are left to wonder, and question the intentions of Cristiano Ronaldo - so if we don't know what his intentions are, how can we trust him?
That my friends is the burning question, we need to know where United stands - If Ronaldo is not committed then he has to go.