I always hated Manchester United and I will always do, but no one can deny that Cristiano Ronaldo is a great player, actually I see that he played THE main role in this year’s Manchester United winnings. So any club in the world would want him to be part of their squad.
During the past few days he Cristiano Ronaldo was just giving hints on his wish to move to Real Madrid, but that is not the case anymore, yesterday he talked to the Brazilian website Terra.com.br and he said “ Yes, I would like to play for Real Madrid, That’s the truth, depending on what they are willing to spend on me and what Manchester United ask. But that’s not up to me.”
Then he added “I think I’ve put across an important message, As of today, I will speak no more about this with absolutely anyone. I’ll only talk about it after the Euros. Nobody is to ask me anymore, as I will not answer.”
Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson was not happy with what have been said, actually they were not happy even earlier since Real Madrid approached Cristiano Ronaldo, Ferguson slammed Real Madrid and the Spanish media for unsettling the player.
Today another news came out, Marca announced that Cristiano Ronaldo have agreed terms with Real Madrid, and now all what needs to be done is setting the price with Manchester United. Calderon told Marca “It’s an honour that Ronaldo wants to play for us”. But it is a known fact that Manchester United summer transfer plans will be hugely affected if Cristiano Ronaldo leaves, and the player is very important that Alex Ferguson will try to convince him to stay.
But it looks like Cristiano Ronaldo have set his mind, he actually refused meeting Alex Ferguson as it was announced in the British media few hours ago that a meeting was set as Alex Ferguson decided to cut short his holiday in France to meet Cristiano Ronaldo in Portugal’s Euro 2008 training camp.
It is believed that Cristiano Ronaldo’s salary if he moves to Real Madrid will be around $200,000 if not higher. There were shouts from many players and managers in the game urging Cristiano Ronaldo to stay in Manchester United and not to go to Real Madrid for the money, but it seems those shouts were not heard by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Am I happy that he might be with Real Madrid, YES!!, but really worried that another talented player already in Real Madrid will be sold, lets say someone like Robinho.
Fabio Capello arrived to London yesterday and held talks with the English FA. The FA communication director have described the talks as positive and without any problems. The discussions lasted for 3 hours where after Capello traveled back to Milan and left his lawyers to finalize the deal. It is being said that Capello will be getting £4.5 Million per year where the contract will mostly last til the end of the World Cup 2010.
Capello said yesterday that he thinks the problem with England players is mostly psychological. He is amazed how England was not able to qualify to Euro 2008 and he thinks the players have a mental block!
Here what he had to say : "There is tremendous difference in the attitude they show from one game to the next. How can players of the level of Beckham or Owen have performances so different when they play for their national team?" questioned Capello. “It’s clear the shirt is very heavy even for those great champions."
"It’s clear there is a mental block, otherwise how can you explain their elimination from Euro 2008? We managers ask ourselves how can England, with the players they have, not qualify for the 2008 European Championships? The English team, much like the Spanish team, wins very little despite having some very good players."
"I’ve watched some of the games of the English, in the match against Russia in Moscow they played defensively. They sat right outside their own 18-yard box for 90 minutes despite having the advantage after taking a 1-0 lead in the first half. Against Croatia at Wembley they were all playing up front. They lost 2-3 when a draw at home would have been enough for them to qualify.”
In my opinion Capello is better than Maurinho for England, and I know he will make huge changes to the squad, and some of those might not be so happily accepted by England fans, but that’s how he works. I wont be surprised if he does not choose Beckham for example, I wont be amazed if he does not choose to keep Terry as captain. Change is on the way, is it good change? bad change? who know, but you will see a totally different England team.
The first match Capello will play will be a home game played in Wembley stadium against Switzerland in Feb. 2008.
Reports are surfacing both the English and international media that the FA has sacked McClaren. It has been said late last night that he refused to resign. He said judge me on results, and we saw the amazing results. England lost to Croatia 3-2 last night and lost the qualification to Euro 2008.
The former Middlesbrough couch might be replaced by Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill. The media and the fans would love to see either Fabio Capello or Jose Mourinho manage England, but i really doubt it.
England is not in the Euro 2008, thanks to Croatia amazing win 3-1, It was really an entertaining match, I don’t say this usually about England International matches. Five goals was scored and during each and every one scored we were on the edge of our seats. Russia should keep on thanking Croatia for centuries to come, because they gave them the qualification on a silver plate.
The penalty clearly was not right, Defoe cleverly fell down. The English goalkeeper had the worst display ever, i think he killed any chances of becoming an International favourite to any manager managing the English National team.
Today on the Wembley Stadium at 20:00 GMT England will play Croatia to qualify for the Euro 2008, few days ago England was saved by Israel(The Zionist Entity), when it won over Russia 2-1, now Even if Russia wins today against Andorra and England won or drew with Croatia they will be through, England also might become the leader of the group if they win Croatia 2-0 or more. The match is airing on Aljazeera Sport Channel 1 here in the middle east.
But with Beckham and Robinson not chosen by Steve McClare, depending on the latest news, England chances just doesn’t look so bright. This is was he said lately, “There is great spirit and strength in the squad, and a steely resolve and determination, but there can be no excuses. The players have got to go out there and prove they deserve to reach Euro 2008. It is not done and dusted.”
Davor Suker the formal Croatia striker has told BBC Sport that he thinks England will get their point and will join Croatia in Euro 2008, “Croatia and England will make it to the championship,” he told BBC Sport. “It’s not easy to beat England at Wembley. They’ve been a little bit up and down this year but that’s normal when you have a lot of changes in the dressing room and on the pitch. I think England will qualify and be very strong at the finals in Austria and Switzerland.”
For sure i will be watching Eduardo da silva in the Croatia squad, and Richards in England, I expect both to show real control and power. Both very talented with Eduardo scoring 10 goals in this qualification round with Croatia. And of-course Richards have been playing well with both Manchester City and his National Team.
I expect a draw either 0-0 or 1-1, if there would be a winner i would expect Croatia to win, but it just looks like a draw for me now.
Don’t miss this friendly, today Ronaldo and his friends and Zidane and his friends will play each other at 18:00 pm GMT. The match is the 5th of its kind created by the UN called “Match against Poverty”, to help end poverty in the world, it will be aired on Abu Dhabi Sport’s Channel, Dubai Sports Channel 1, Kuwait Sports Channel, Saudi Arabia Sports Channel and ART Sports 5.
It has been said that around 40 players will be in this event, such as Beckham, Robinho and Schumacher. I would recommend watching it on Abu Dhabi Sports Channel because the commentator will be Ali Sa3eed Al-Ka3by.
Confirmed players: Robert Pires (Villarreal), Víctor Valdéz and Eidur Gidjohnsen (FC Barcelona), Michel Salgádo and Roberto Soldado (Real Madrid), Carlos Diogo and Ricardo Oliveira (Real Zaragoza), Aitor Ocio (Athletic Bilbao), Idriss Kameni (Espanyol Barcelona), Renato (Sevilla), Antonio López and Mista (Atlético Madrid), Marta (Umea IK), Nuno and Pedro Emanuel (FC Porto), Peter Jehle (Boavista), Roque Junior (Duisburg), Lua-Lua (Olympiakos), Juliano Belletti (Chelsea), Pavel Nedved (Juventus) and Sami AL Jaber (Saudi Arabia).
Don’t worry, David Beckham is not coming to Arsenal, well he is, but not as a player. Thank God. Basically he wants to be part of the England team to qualify to Euro 2008, so he needs to train and get fit, and for that he needs a club, and here comes Arsene Wenger to the rescue.
Beckham’s club LA Galaxy refused to loan him to any english club, but accepted him getting the training he needs in england. He will be joining wenger and his squad for training, although watford and tottenham also offered beckham their services.
Anyway I don’t expect England to qualify, they have a match against croatia and even if they win it and russia win israel they are out, and russia will win israel by the way.
The goalkeeper of Israel who is russian born already announced that he wants russia to win and that israel will throw the game.
To be honest, as an arsenal fan, I don’t give a hoot this guy is coming to train in our club, I just don’t know why the news gets hyped up just because he is doing something, oh beckham did this, oh bekcham did that, as an Arsenal fan i am angry on wenger for giving this guy a chance to do anything, and don’t give me this crap about him having a good influence on our players, thats just BS.
So Beckham is training in Arsenal, yappadooda… We just won the Championship…
I always hated Manchester United and I will always do, but no one can deny that Cristiano Ronaldo is a great player, actually I see that he played THE main role in this year’s Manchester United winnings. So any club in the world would want him to be part of their squad.
Today another news came out, Marca announced that Cristiano Ronaldo have agreed terms with Real Madrid, and now all what needs to be done is setting the price with Manchester United. Calderon told Marca “It’s an honour that Ronaldo wants to play for us”. But it is a known fact that Manchester United summer transfer plans will be hugely affected if Cristiano Ronaldo leaves, and the player is very important that Alex Ferguson will try to convince him to stay.
Fabio Capello arrived to London yesterday and held talks with the English FA. The FA communication director have described the talks as positive and without any problems. The discussions lasted for 3 hours where after Capello traveled back to Milan and left his lawyers to finalize the deal. It is being said that Capello will be getting £4.5 Million per year where the contract will mostly last til the end of the World Cup 2010.
Reports are surfacing both the English and international media that the FA has sacked McClaren. It has been said late last night that he refused to resign. He said judge me on results, and we saw the amazing results. England lost to Croatia 3-2 last night and lost the qualification to Euro 2008.
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oday on the Wembley Stadium at 20:00 GMT England will play Croatia to qualify for the Euro 2008, few days ago England was saved by Israel(The Zionist Entity), when it won over Russia 2-1, now Even if Russia wins today against Andorra and England won or drew with Croatia they will be through, England also might become the leader of the group if they win Croatia 2-0 or more. The match is airing on Aljazeera Sport Channel 1 here in the middle east.
Don’t miss this friendly, today Ronaldo and his friends and Zidane and his friends will play each other at 18:00 pm GMT. The match is the 5th of its kind created by the UN called “Match against Poverty”, to help end poverty in the world, it will be aired on Abu Dhabi Sport’s Channel, Dubai Sports Channel 1, Kuwait Sports Channel, Saudi Arabia Sports Channel and ART Sports 5.
Don’t worry, David Beckham is not coming to Arsenal, well he is, but not as a player. Thank God. Basically he wants to be part of the England team to qualify to Euro 2008, so he needs to train and get fit, and for that he needs a club, and here comes Arsene Wenger to the rescue.