Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB
I can't see Ronaldo leaving Man Utd unless the Glazers can get many a pretty penny for him - something above £30m
£30m? You're having a laugh. I'd say £18m is a realistic evaluation. Even Chelsea don't pay over £30m, and Real no longer do that kind of thing either. If it were 2000 or so, I think you might've got around £30m, but not these days.

As it happens, I don't think anybody wants C. Ronaldo, now that the Real President has said that he's after Robben, so I'd bet a lot of money on Ronaldo lining up in a red shirt at Old Trafford next season.
I mean, I admit that Ronaldo is a bit of a twat/wanker, but to say he ruined England's WC is nothing more than creating a scapegoat in him for the fact that England, quite frankly, sucked in comparison to certain other teams, and couldn't manage to defeat a single top-rated side in the tournament. 1-0 over Ecuador and a draw against Sweden are hardly world-beating side scorelines. I love Rooney to bits but he's not the be-all and end-all and I think Portugal would have won anyway.
Let's be honest here, Portugal didn't play especially well in any of their games either, and both England and Portugal were lucky to get as far as they did.

Here's my favourite Thierry Henry video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTGfyV_mgUk