Should Cristiano Ronaldo leave Manchester United?

Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted he would like to play for Real Madrid, but only if they are prepared to pay Manchester United whatever they ask and him a world record wage.

The figures reported are astonishing: United could stand to receive around £76 million and the player £200,000 a week.

So should both parties take the money and run?

If the player's heart is no longer at Old Trafford then isn't it better that Sir Alex Ferguson cashes in now? And who would begrudge anyone the opportunity to earn such riches at only 23-years-old?

What about United - think of the players they could buy with that massive wedge of cash? For one Ronaldo they could probably get a Kaka plus an Eto'o. Or an Adebayor. Or a Ronaldinho. Not bad business.

Or should success on the field be more important, with Ronaldo unlikely to achieve in Spain what he can at United? He already has one Champions League winner's medal to his name and who knows how many more he could collect if he stays in a side that features Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand etc.

Should Ronaldo leave Manchester United? Vote now and leave your comments below.

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Comments

[robertO]

Ronaldo made his decision - last year when he happily signed a 4 year contract, so unless united want to sell him - and they don't, he isn't going anywhere. Another example of the media making a huge story out of
nothing.

[Josh]

Should he leave, it might not just be for the money - although obviously it helps. Ferguson has failed Ronaldo and squandered one of the great talents. It may not be too late, but CR is clearly, despite his great ability, not much cop as a winger. As a CF, he could be genuinely amongst the best in the world.

Ronaldo must surely be asking himself when a Ferguson youngster has outperformed his expectation, and, bereft of answers, can see little reason to stay. Man Utd have done well out of Ronaldo; it's harder to see that he's got anything from them he couldn't have got more of elsewhere, including money and trophies.

[Whitey]

I would love him to stay but not with this attitude which reeks of self importance amd must surely hinder team spirit. If there was no substance in the rumours he would have denied them by now but it is becoming clearer by the day that this is either about extracting more money from Man U or a real desire to join Real Madrid.

I have no idea if he will be a success in Spain or not but what I do know is that the likes of RVN & Raul will be less inclined to provide the movement and discipline that the likes of Tevez, Rooney & Giggs currently provide to allow Ronaldo to shine.

[Phil Brakewell]

As a life long Manchester United fan, I have to say its time for him to leave! No player can be bigger than the team, if he doesnt want to play for us then take £80m plus Robinho. We are in the driving seat from a negotiation standpoint. Invest the money in Klass Jan Huntelaar, Sergio Aguero, Bentley and a good right back!

[S. Turner]

Although I liked the Glazer's threat to put him in the stands, I think the situation now is such that it is obvious he has no loyalty to Man U, so if Man U can make £76 million and Real are stupid enough to pay £200,000 per week on wages, then flog the big-headed brat now. Man U don't need that sort of attitude.

[solomon mengistu]

yes he should leave.by this decision united and ronaldo are more beneficiaries than madrid.united can buy more than one superstar like benzema, ronaldiniho,bervatov,kaka,quaresma,etc.

For those who think he has the right to leave, just one question: how important are contracts to you? Just bits of useless paper, or important legal documents binding in law?

[mike]

CR will only make a sideways step if he goes to Real, after that he will be in decline from there who is bigger than those two nobody. question is will it work we have all seen what happened at chelsea with a bunch of overpaid stars teams are built on team work ethic not fabricated by splashing cash.

[S. Turner]

I don't think he has any RIGHT to leave (and I increasingly wonder what exactly the point of any football contract is), but in any job, if one of your workers was constantly saying they would rather be elsewhere, would you want them working for you? Would you trust they were giving 100% to the task? Take the money.

[Jim]

Time for him to go. His heart is obviously no longer in Manchester. We've had what will probably be his best season of football out of him. Take the money and run. The only time he'll see another Champions league final at Real will be on telly.

[philip howard]

I don't think Man Utd should sell Ronaldo to Madrid,
to Barcelona yes if they meet the price. Swap Messi.
Real Madrid have created this situation through the Spanish Paper Marca, it is a tactic they use time and time again. It means that Madrid can employ this tactic to lever a United player away from the club any time they choose? Do United wish to become a feeder club to Madrid? If United sell him to Madrid the price should be in excess of £130 million PLUS their TWO best players, otherwise no deal, cripple the club financially for the next 7 years. They always boast that they paid for Beckham in the first year through
shirt sales, the price of £130m is realistic, bad enough to lose our best player but the thought that
Madrid should profit from the deal in any way is totally unacceptable. The signing WILL make them the biggest club in the world. Make their immoral president sweat.
Ronaldo - he should not have signed the contract if
he had any doubts. United have to stand firm.

[Julius]

Business-wise he should stay, but i say sell sell the fella for the most then buy 2-3 new players, the club is bigger than the player, the more this goes on the more it dis-orients the current squad the quicker he is out the better

[Bob Sinclair]

I read with interest Guillem Balague's interview with Fernando Torres, another fantastic player linked with a big money transfer. The question below was put to Torres, and just look how easily Ronaldo couldhave quashed these rumors.

GB: What do you have to say regarding a possible bid from Chelsea?

FT: I want to say very clearly that I’m not on the market and it is my desire to continue at Liverpool. I’m very happy at Liverpool and I want to carry on.

Ronaldo, could have even said that he one day wants to play for the Real Madrid, but not for a few seasons yet. This would have satisfied the majority of fans. However, he is of the opinion that he is bigger than his club, and has now lost the respect of the fans.

A fantastic talent, no doubt, but you have to ask if such a childish attitude from a self obsessed foreigner is good for the english game.

Good riddance I say!

[Crustinho]

All we have is the word of this journo who is 'apparently' respected. If you read the quotes there is nothing definite to say that he won't be happy to stay at United. I think Sir Alex knows he could make a load of money from this at this point in time and that is why he is wanting to go and see Ronaldo - to get the truth. There is no point in reacting so quickly to the word of one dubious source as all the gullible papers in this country have done. Anything for a story.

[jeremy]

Call his bluff and put him up for sale. He is unlikely to have another season in his career as good as the last one so United should sell to the highest bidder and move on..........

[jen pure trini]

let him go he certinaly didnot sign a contract, what did he signI dont know, agents these days are too greedy, they are only seing how much are in their pockets, remember Ronaldo God is in control he alone knows your future, he gave you a skill Sir Alex develop it, Dont throw away your future for MONEY.You are a little boy in a mans game, do you think you are really worth 300,00.00 a week get real NOT MADRID

[CG]

Sell him at such a price that it will certainly restrict RM's future spending and thus performance. There should always be a price to extract out of such poor behaviour on their part.

[The Fin]

Yes he should go and the sooner the better ofr English football. Talented he certainly is but self centred, ignorant and a cheat he also is! The fact is he is creating all this atttention for himself he loves the limelight!

[JOHN WILSON]

He has never hidden his desire to play for Real Madrid - whether it be next season or some time in the future. Madrid will realise that it's going to cost them in the region of quarter of a billion US dollars!!! to sign him up for 5 years; a stratospheric amount that will stretch even their awesome financial status. Wonaldo will lose his mentor, Sir Awex, and the potential to score 40 goals a season against weak English defences. Fergie isn't one to retain players who want to be somewhere else (aka Beckham and his desire to go shopping) and will quickly decide if Ronny's heart isn't at United.

[Gonzalo @ All In White]

As a Real fan, I'd prefer it if he didn't leave. I think this would be a disaster for Real Madrid and an even bigger disaster for Cristiano - United, on the other hand I think would cope very well, especially with a nice fat cash injection.

I thought Real Madrid had left behind the whole galactico approach to team building - how wrong I was - and we know where that ended up the first time they tried it - three years of big fat zeros.

I suspect Cristiano, if he moves for a record breaking fee, has the kind of personality that will expect the team to work for him, rather than the other way round. If this is the case, there are players in the squad who will make his life a misery.

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[collins Etisi]

Ronaldo is messig up,Madrid is anice club but not right time for Ronaldo to go.He should ask the likes of Robinho,Mourentes,Eto,who were superstarS but the club has mess with their skills.Man u trusted him while he was young and he can not do that to sir alex and the man u funs as awhole.But if he insist to go let him go.What a hell is he

Hi Ronny hope u are okey.please look back and think twice what the club,sir Alex and the fun has done to you.Nice time.COLLINS MAN-U DIE HARD FUN

[PETE]

Man Utd have done well out of Ronaldo; it's harder to see that he's got anything from them he couldn't have got more of elsewhere, including money and trophies.

POSTED BY: JOSH | JUNE 06, 2008 AT 09:11 AM

WTF?! He's just won the European Cup ... just see how many goals Ronnie scores when he's asking RVN and Raul to do the running of Rooney and Tevez: he's forgotten that it's a team game.

[Michael Duvall]

What's that song Utd 'fans' sing about Gerrard? 'He kisses the badge on his chest and puts in a transfer request'. I doubt you will be singing that next year, shame, only song you have.

2 good seasons and he's off. That is the thing with mercenaries. I'm guessing all the same 'fans' who were proclaiming him as God are now going to be saying he is overrated?

[Adam]

As a Juve fan I remember when Zidane left. Zidane was never Juve's main player, but his exploits in the World Cup and the Euros pushed his value up to a monstrous level. We reluctantly sold him, and with the money we bought Buffon, Nedved and Thuram. The next season we dumped Real out of the Champions' League. I say sell him and make better investments for the team. Ronaldo may be extremely talented, but his value is increased this year while players like Kaka have struggled with form and injury, I doubt he'll stand out so much next season. Take the money and run - next season Ronaldo will realise he needed Manchester United more than they need him.

[ROB H]

As a life long United fan (who saw the babes play in 1957) I have to say that loyalty seems to have gone from the game. In this case Ronaldo (as good as he is) has pretty much sealed his own fate all because of money (as it must be tough trying to survive on £130 grand a week!)

Sadly United must cash in and let him go, we are NOT a one man team and other goal scorers will take up from where he left off next season, as because of all that has gone on, the fans will probably never forgive (or trust) him again.

[Gareth O' Neill]

Cheerio! He may think he's bigger than the club but none of the Utd fans do. He talks about wanting to be an Old Trafford legend?? No chance!! He will never be remembered in the same way Cantona, Keane, Law, Best etc are. He will be remembered as the big headed greedy little kid who thought the world of himself and had no respect for Man Utd football club. Get the money and bid for Kaka, Ronaldinho and Benzema.

[keeley hastilow]

i wish Ronaoldo does not leave because he is a good player and real madrid has got some good players but manchester united have to keep there best players to win the next cup

[Zeylani / Nani]

Hell..o Ronny.Remember this..:How big and huge a tree will to grow, its the ROOTS thats holding it up." You are already now at the BEST CLUB second to NONE. And should you join RM, we all know its Really Money. Your Legacy is here at MU. So if you are to write your own history, please WRITE IT WELL.

[Alan]

if ronaldo leaves manchester united we would loose a lot not minding his poor p.k. peformance at the champions league final. he realy a legend we should not let him go. i will never say good bye, until his gone.

[krishna]

if he wants to leave there is no point to keep him at old trafford.he is not bigger than the club.

As much as I want him to stay, but if his heart is not with MU might as well let him leave and make some money. Let AF show no player is bigger than a club and show we can WIN more trophy without CR.

[James]

Take the money and Sergio Ramos aswell and get rid of him. The other players will step up when he's gone anyway especially Rooney. And im sure we have a future multiple player of the year in the form of Anderson.

[Makanga Ivan]

With no doubt CR has got a big talent and those who have seen him through the seasons, U'll agree with me that he always wants to be better but one thing must not be forgotten that as he tries to be better, there are some forces helping him achieve that in Sir Alex and his assistant Quieroz.

Well he'll decide his destiny but I know he still needs these two gentlemen and the club. Truly Madrid wont give him the protection & favours his recieving at United, we've seen this with Beckham, tell me where is Reyes a promising star we admired at Arsenal, Owen is soon to recover from the doom that ate away his prolific talent the moment he signed for Real,those are just afew,(Thomas Gravesen, Woodgate, Baptista) Ron should think twice.
My fellow United fans do recall that in the concluded season we lost anumber of games where Ron was and Wayne wasn't and the moment Wayne came back from injury or suspension, it seemed like he had gone with the teams undying spirit which always seemed to resurrect when he was back on the field.We beautifully counter-attacked with the typical passes United is famously known for in Sir Alex's era.
Talk about the other heroes of this season, Patrice evra (unsung heroe), Van der sar, Nemanja Vidic, Rio, Giggs, Scholes, Anderson ( infact this one should be given a contract extension soon), Nani ( give him time hopefully he wont show us his back after), Rooney (the heartbeat when it really matters), Tevez (just recall that header in the CL), Carrick, Brown, Fletch, Simpson en the whole team thats plus the coaching staff.
Surely we ought not to forget that as goals went in, those conceded were also few, and this tells you how much this wasn't an individual performance but a team.
Fine, everyone wants money but heroes and legends are remebered for what they did and not the money they earned in their lifetimes. Ron once talked of wanting to become a united legend, a club where we've seen George Best being worshiped upto his grave, one may think Sir Matt Busby is still the manager of the team, look at the statue of the trinity (Charlton, Best, Law)a reward for being loyal, their talent will never be forgotten as long as United and OT stand, of late include Cantona,Keane,Giggs, Beckham(once also at madrid but his name is more significant at United than at Real)Scholes, G.Neville.

I much know CR wants to leave a mark that someday when he's retired he'll be remebered for but that wont be at Madrid as just we can see that Thierry wont make any history at camp nou,he already did at Highbury.
Ron's praises had just started and at the moment detoriated, his shown he cant be trusted and to the fans wont be "that boy ronaldo" anymore.
United will always stand because as the manager said, no one is bigger than the club, not a player nor the fans, as long as we all take that we are to see massive glory. Goals are still going in even after RVN

Long shall this be a memory, as our loyal lads prepares to defend the League and CL plus the club championship and uefa super cup.United is to stay United

[Pete Heywood]

If Ronnie wants to go, let him go. Loyalty does no exist in football anymore and he if he thinks he will be remembered as a Manchester United legend, fat chance! Rather than keeping the United board on egg shells, why doesn't he give a straight answer on who he wants to play for?! In all honesty it doesn't take much to realise that if he wanted to remain at United he would of said so already? Keane, Best, Charlton, Law, Cantona -You want even be mentioned in the same breath boy. Players have come along to better these mentioned and you'll be no different Cristiano.

[razksig]

Good riddance. He's not bigger than the club and ManU will survive and thrive without him. Calderon has kind of talked himself into a corner where he has to pay through the nose for Crissy. Make him pay 100 mill or ship Crissy off to Barca. We'll get a right back, a forward, and bring in an up and coming midfielder to replace him. Madrid will remain crap b/c Raul and Ruud aren't going to do the running that Tevez and Rooney did to help Crissy. Thanks for your time at ManU son, but you're not bigger than the club.

[Phil]

I think he should go. Aside from the money, I think the rest of the team could benefit from his departure, as Arsenal did when Henry left. Rooney and Tevez in particular have been quiet this season, and I think it could be what they need to push on and start racking up a decent number of goals between them.

[Michael]

Let him go for £100,000,000 and buy a couple of new players. He wont win anything major with Real because they are pants.

[SpiderMonkey]

Good riddance... extremely talented player... petulant, egotistical, greedy, vain child/man

[danny k]

ronaldo is a portugese egg head and too big for his boots he should leave and with the money buy dean ashton daniel alves and micah richards

[Omar]

Personally, I'm past the point of caring. If he goes to Madrid, I fear he will not be the player he could have been. He will either be forced to play wide, or up front - he will not have the free role which he currently enjoys at United and Portugal, and which Raul currently enjoys at Madrid. For United, I think the consequences will be that they will get back to the 4-4-2 with Rooney back in his favoured role (and possibly back to his best, which is at the very least, IMHO, a match for Ronaldo on his day), or possibly a continuation of the 4-2-3-1, but with Nani having a much larger impact.

In terms of possible replacements, as I said earlier, Nani would be a good start. However, my hope is that, in addition to developing Nani, we sign someone of the ilk of Messi or Ribery to replace Ronaldo, as they are the only players who are capable of getting to, or even exceeding, his level, and who ply their trade (atleast nominally) on the wing. Failing that, an unpolished gem (which, many have forgetten, Ronaldo was when he joined in 2003) would be sufficient. Someone like Ben Arfa would fit the mould for this type of signing.
Add in a striker who is mobile, intelligent, and equally adept at finishing and creating chances, and I think the United machine will continue to motor on as if Ronaldo hadn't had even gone....

[Joe Turnham.]

For all his skill and tricks I never thought much of Ronny as a person with any moral integrity. Look how he treated his 'team-mate'- that's if he even recognises such a concept - Rooney in the World Cup?
Good riddance Ronny.

[Aaron D]

man u fan here. CR shouldnt be gettin all these negative comments, he has dont a lot for his team and allegedly said he will only go if REAL pay wot united want. If they do pay and CR take the move i wish him all the best (appart from in the champs league of course). take the money and buy either messi or benzema. We dont need any other players as our squad is very young. ps MUFC treble champs 08-09 remember where ya heard it first lol ;)

[Kieron Freeburn]

I think United should keep him, even if he is relegated to the stands. Next season Barca will have their usual presidential elections and will be only too willing to enter a bidding war with Madrid (who knows they may even trade Messi), so his value will not be affected.

I suspect that after a few weeks out of the first team the boy will be itching to play

[allyduly]

Ronaldo is a very good player, but if he wants to go, i think he should be allowed to do so. Nobody is irreplaceable. And the club can buy other good players for the money.So let's say thank you to Ronaldo and wish him luck with his new club.

[Qas]

Yes he shud leave .. i WAZ very proud of him when he had such an awesome season with us .. but then came the real ronaldo .. he love the limelight he loves money not MANCHESTER UNITED FC ... he didnt even thought of the fans before saying i wud like to play for madrid .. i admit now i have started to hate him .. and all the people sayin take robhino and cash .. i wud say .. y not take SERGIO RAMOS plus £75m and leave robhino ... that way our need ov a RB will b as good as over then sign someone big and this time LOYAL player I;E messi kaka or ronaldhino .. !!

[john]

I'm a united supporter-and think that the bottom line lies with the player himself.If he so much as dithers then the club should offload immediately-collect the money and run--absolutely no player on the planet is bigger than the team and to watch a second rate team like real pay that kind of money -esp -if he got injured--week in and week out -would be a joy to watch ---sell him---there's plenty more coming through.

[joe]

ever heard of kobe bryant? suck it up man u and wait 9 months when your winning again and ronaldo is happy

[Alexander, Serbia]

C. Ronaldo should go to Real Madrid, Real is much bigger club, Real is bigest football club in history. ALsno Real have youngest team in Europe after Arsenal. I don't see the reason why he shouldn't go.

[Jonski]

Liverpool fan here. First I want to say I think Utd will miss him initially if he goes, but my fear is that they go out and buy more to improve their squad even more. Second I think Man Utd suit Ronaldo to the ground take UTD away from him (not the other way round may I add) and he won't be half the player he is at Man U. He has players like Rooney and Tevez working so hard for him, who will do that at Real? No-one. Also Sir Alex has such an aura about him that for the last 20 odd years has got at least 20 percent extra out of nearly every top player he has managed. I think Ronald has more to lose than Utd, they will still be around in 20 years time he won't.

[carl lindgreen]

- Let him go, but screw Madrid for every penny they have..100 million is the price I would put on him. It seems he has decided to leave, despite all the noise of "wanting to be one of the legends at O.T.", well, he's blown that for ever, and as much as I admire the idea of leaving him to rot in the stand, we might as well get some good out of the fickle little sod.....

[Qendrim]

i can just say to ronaldo: "Ronaldo don't leave our lovely team"

[Michael]

Aye he needs to leave!!! We don't need his trash at United! We've only developed him as a player, won more titles than he could dream of, earned him more awards, and all he can say is "I want more money" Please let's sell this egotistical excuse for a footballing blockhead to ANYBODY (Except Real of course) just to get him out of here. He doesn't deserve to wear a Manchester United shirt! I can't believe after all we've done for him, after how much everyone has stood behind him both the fans and the good lads at the club, and this is how he rewards us all!? He should be stuffed in a wheelybin and be left to rot there, not on the sidelines. Egh, don't want to get the benches dirty with his slime. Especially having banned Sir Alex from speaking to him!!! The coach who has made him into the player he is isn't good enough for him now, eh? What a thickheaded blooter.

[Francisco Mulango]

I think Ronaldo abilities are due to his good moment and colleagues (I remember a cup of yers ago he was so good but not fit mentally). He should stay in M.U. to maintain his abilities. RM is an imprevisible team and his game doesnt match with the good M.U. game. Otherwise he will loose himself.
Good luck CR in your decision.

[Tom]

With his value skyrocketing, should Portugal win Euro 2008 Ronaldo will be able to afford to go and play on the moon until the obscene bidding ceases and he can come down to earth.

[G.Brown]

The Glazers need that money bad. $1.5B of debt and rising. Those who say it doesn't matter don't understand.

He'll go, as it's good business, and that's always the Glazers bottom line.

[sasanka]

Ronaldo at best is a good player not a great player. Now a days media and PR in a whimper elavates a person much higher. He only had a very good season. Kaka , messi ,Robben , Ballack as whole is much better and complete player than Ronaldo. He only surpassed 20 goal barrier this season and for past 4 seasons his goal average in all competitions were below 10. He only excelled this season because of arrival of Tevez and hard working for the team by tevez and Rooney . He has got the looks , plays good football that is why so much noise. Sell him

[Gregorio]

As a anchester United fan i would say i hope he stays as we have a nucleus capable of fighting for trophies for years to come. But as a Portugal fan, i would say that the way all England turned on him after the world cup ( some United fans being the exception )he has proven himself by coming back & facing his critics as the best player in England & now surely the worlds best. The way he was branded as a bad guy & the reason England were out of the cup for a wink was absolutely ridiculous to anyone who wasnt English. Maybe not qualifying for these euros was the best thing to make those petty reporters & so alled football fans wake up. This is not meant as a dig at English football as i love the premier league & even the English football team but as a person of Portuguese decent ( Madeira actually )i was very disappointed with the way the whole world cup fiasco was handled, yes we did read all the stupid comments on websites & blogs( i hate ronaldo any-one). I hink by leaving he would give English football the slap in the face it deserved for his treatment but the Manchester United fans should not be made to suffer as the majority have been loyal to him & he would never have it better than at United. Real only ever serve to destroy careers of players & managers alike. But are we even sure that these comments are really Ronaldos & not the work of Reals associates in the press to get United fans to turn against him so that he is left with no choice but to leave? Never trust the press or their motives!!!

[Red4Ever]

Let him go...there is no point in keeping him if his head is in Madrid. United should take the money £100M and reinvest the money in two or three world class players. My worst fear is that SAF will "let him rot in the reserves" and his value goes down or worse that he sits out his contract and goes on a free in four years time.

[David]

think ronaldo should listen to his heartly desires cos psychological settlement is essential for his care achievements.if he feels to go let him go a head.

[Steve Dawson]

There is no doubt that Ronaldo is an incredibly effective player. However,his effectiveness so far has been limited. He rips the likes of Aston Villa or Everton or Derby etc etc, to pieces week in week out. But I have never seen him take a game by the scruff of the neck and dominate it the way a world class player should, against any really good team, at home or abroad.I keep hoping to see him really step up to the mark at the top level and end up disappointed. No matter who Lionel Messi plays against he scares them to death and his effectiveness at the top level seems to be on a different plane to that of Ronaldo. The same can be said of Kaka. I would not like to see Ronaldo leave United because I believe he still has a lot to prove and I would like to see him reach his undoubted potential. However, If Barcelona were prepared to accept what Real Madrid are reportedly willing to pay I would be sorely tempted, as Messi is the one player I would swap for Ronaldo.

[Akash Bedi]

I feel Ronaldo should play for united until he retires.He is a great player.

[Jared]

i wouldnt mind ronny leaving if we were given robinho and sergio ramos as well as another 40million or so

[John]

NO if he goes for 75 million, its going be bad for Manchester United and bad for football. We are not going to get both an Eto or a kaka because theyre price will be massively inflated. The market will change

[Shannon]

I agree with the poster who says that Ronaldo has no respect for Manchester United. I saw long ago that he has no respect for any club or any of his team-mates or opposition. He is a brilliant footballer but his continual diving and the way he got Wayne Rooney sent off in that England-Portugal match tells a story. And the way he now discards Man U like an old boot proves that, as far as character goes, he is just scum. Sure, other players dive too, but none really seem as pleased with themselves about it as Ronaldo.

[Nic]

Real Madrid > Man Utd.

That is the truth and that is why the boy Ronaldo wants to go there. Whether he makes the step up or not is another thing but Manchester should take the money and look at other young talent

[helena]

cristiano came to madrid please ..¡¡

you are one of the bests players..you can play with players like cannavaro ,van nistelrooy , sneijder , casillas...

WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU :):):)

[puto]

Ronaldo should leave if he wants to it's Ronaldo's decision.Alex give it a break Ronaldo wants to shine in Real Madrid than Old Tranford!!!

[Ben Knight]

Ronaldo has a fantastic opportunity at Manchester United to be part of somthing the majority of footballers can only dream of - to be the central figure in creating a footballing dynasty. From this he can establish himself as one of the game's true greats.

Instead it appears he has decided that money is his central motivation and he is off to play in La Liga. No amount of money can substitute the opportunity he has at Manchester United. I fear, if he moves, he will look back at this point in his life as a fundamental mistake in his footballing career.

Even as a West Ham fan, I hope he stays as I think the Premiership will be a poorer place without his fantastic skills.

[Marcus van Geyzel]

The way things are playing out, it seems Real are teasing up the transfer and it will likely only happen next summer.

No one player is bigger that the club obviously, and Ronaldo moving to Real will realise just how much the way this United team play has helped to put him up on the pedestal that he is currently on.

He's a great player, no doubt, but if he goes it will allow players like Rooney (who has "suffered" the most from his prominence) and Nani to take more prominence. Of course, the inevitably huge transfer fee will also give United the ability to beef up their defence and attack (midfield being their obvious strong point).

I am a United fan, and he has had an AMAZING season, and is a great player. But losing him would not be the end of the world.

[Bubbye CR]

It's quite amusing seeing all these Man U 'fans' upset about having a player blatantly tapped up and calling said player 'scum'. Short memories. Surrey must be an unhappy place right now.

And while I'm on the subject of short memories, Fergie made me giggle going on about how he should have signed Gazza to save him. The only problem was that didn't want to.

[David]

I would like to see him stay but only if he still has the desire to win for MU. If he doesn't then we should stick out for the top price and move on. In my 60 years of watching MU at OT, I haven't seen a player leave without his career going into decline. When you are at the top, the only way is down.

[Dani Major]

Look here: "Gregorio". I´m from Portugal too, and I don´t idolotrize Ronaldo. The problem of portuguese people it´s that, just because someone is good in what they do, we think he´s the best man on earth. And Ronaldo is a good player, but he´s not a moral example for anyone and this situation proves it.
Even if Ronaldo wants to go to RM he should wait for the right moment to negotiate with United and with Real. He shouldn´t speak with the media and feed this "obsession" for him. He should talk in the right moment, with the responsables people for his situation. He´s doing a very dirty game with United, the team who raised him, and created him. This is not a proper conduct of a gentleman.
I can´t imagine Messi, Torres, (and Torres is in a similar situation because Chelsea wants him), Kaka doing this.

So, I think that the Man Unt will understand in a long turn that they´re better without him.

[afsar]

He can not be loyal to Man U after making statements like he has despite what the club has achieved. Once he leaves the club he'll realise the mistake he has made as Real will still not have what it takes to win in Europe for many years to come. Man U can use the cash to buy more fantastic talent and continue to win...

[Rita Cocking]

This is nothing more than poetic justice as far as I am concerned.SAF is now getting his comeuppence for the way he treated David Beckham,who,incidently did not want to leave United.

[simon s]

Part of me wants United to make him sit on the bench if need be for the next 4 years to penalise him for a complete lack of loyalty to a club who have supported and encouraged him to the hilt, both on and off the pitch, only for him to turn round and say he wishes to move for more money and bars his biggest fan, Sir Alex, from even talking to him. He is currently, as a 23 year old idolised star, on 120k per week/6 million per year, then there are his earnings from endorsement/sponsorship. If he retired now he is already a rich man, and in football terms he has just won back to back Premiership winners´ medals and a Champions´ League winner´s mdeal, with the opportunity of more to come... just how greedy can a person be ? The other part of me wants him to move to Real Madrid and suffer from the lack of support Tevez and Rooney selflessly provide him in every game, and to be shown to be a very skilful player but not one who can frequently dominate top-class opposition in the way Kaka and Messi can, and end up winning very little with Real and regret his decision. Either way, he is very deserving of a large dose of come-uppance.

[Miguel Miranda]

Though I'm portuguese my opinion is that he is just a player like any other. In some years I've seen him progess, and believe me that players that come also from sporting like moutinho ou miguel veloso show much more potential than he did at their stage... Just my opinion...

[BarryK]

Let him go. He is not as good as he thinks he is.

[Chris]

United survived the loss of half of it's team in the Munich air disaster, and came back to be one of the biggest and most successful clubs in world football. I am sure United will survive without this showpony, as good as he is.
Ronaldo will never be recognised as a club great because he only loves himself, for me he showed his true self with the part he played in getting Rooney sent off during the last world cup, people have short memories!!
Let him go and get as much as possible for him while his stock is still high.

[Janusz]

Ronaldo has been wonderful for the last two seasons and it would be a very big blow to MU if he left, but at this point I don't see any different way of handling the matter apart from haggling with Real until a very substantial fee is agreed. This will bring lots of money into the club and allow to buy 2-3 star players in the summer. Quaresma, Benzema,?

As of ways of keeping Ronaldo, rising his wage to a ridiculous level will probably lead to unrest amongst other players and United will have to inflate the entire wage bill or face losing other good players. And of course forcing him to stay will only bring a pissy player to the dressing room and of all the ManU players Ronaldo is probably the one I'd mark as the worst one to have unhappy in the squad.

Plus, if he leaves, it would be really entertaining to see him fail in the glorious white Madrid shirt.

[Paul]

I can't blame Ronaldo for wanting to go to Real. They have been the glamour club of Europe and with the likes of Figo and the brazilian Ronaldo having played for them he'd want to follow in their footsteps. Plus Spain may fit more with him culturally and feel more like home. There is always this risk when a team buys foreign talent, the players are not likely to stay for long or feel any major loyalty to a foreign team.

[Ramirez]

..Ronaldo..is the best of the best!!he dont go away Manchestr

[Silvio]

I am Portuguese and became MU and premiership fan, i like the way they support young players and build them till become great players in greater teams. Despite of being Portuguese and from Lisbon (Sporting of Lisbon suporter - Cristiano's former club) i'm afraid i agree with most of the posts here, Cristiano is one "pesetero" (means money sniffer)only thinks about money. He was not allways like that, but he become one today.
On the other way arround, you have to think that the challenge for
MU next season is to mentally prepare players that have won everything this, how do do you do that!! Please look what Barça this season, very good players with no ambition and nothing left to win. I believe there is a time for everything, this is the time to cash in. Besides, MU have Nani and Anderson, perhaps you don't know them so well, but i can tell you they will be the biggest MU player in two years and world class players, patience is a virtude that MU allways had. Long live the Premiership.

[Royston jenkins]

sell ronaldo 130mill squeeze the life out of the fools buy menez now so he will replace him a player with skill menez is 15 mill euros cheap at da moment so buy quick and buy benzema and a defender who is vesatile and can play definsive midfield if required and push anderson up to attacking midfield and ramsey altogether a better team

[Zeus Dormer aka Donald #uck]

Why isnt anybody surprised that a portugese player wants to join a spanish team. You must remember that Portugal is a pathetic little country always trying to be something but always dominated by a far greater power to the east. I can understand that Ronaldo wants to go to Madrid, what history have the likes of Benfica, Porto and Sporting got? theyre minows compared with lower league Spanish teams.
I know for one if I an English playing in the Premier League had a chance of moving to France or even Germany, oh the chance to play for Glockenspiel Dunker FK. Oh Id jump at it.

[Jeff]

I read all these commments from M.U fans and understand thier fustration and venting but let me make 3 or 4 points and be honnest about this.
1) If CR wanted to stay he would have came out BLUNTLY and said so as did Torres with liverpool no matter the money. so weather it be money or as his mum said , playing for madrid is his dream.. The kid wants to leave.

2) Alot of hatred and anger is being sent to real but Calderon and Shuster are only doing what fergi would do for Man u. He (Fergi) is one for the most cruel and harsh managers ever but i love him for it because he puts M.U first.

3) i think the move would be good for M.U and CR but bad for madrid, they (real)invested time and money in a young talented team with good idols like rudd n raul and won the la liga first up under shuster. This madrid team is exactly that A TEAM , every one worked hard to win .Though some players were more skilled than other e.g robinho.They all played with madrid at heart and as a unit. CR will offset that balance because he demands attention and playing time . for e.g robinho was benced and understood it was a team game.CR will not be the same, he is espected to play , which means rotation on the left will stop so even in robinho leaves, robben will stil struggle.

so to me it all lies at the player. Last year Man, u fans wanted him gone because of world cup but , now the cussin him out because he wants to leave.lol.lol i find that funny. calderon and Madrid would'nt run full steam ahead for him if they were not being fuled by his agents.

So if he moves i think he will score many goals because gago,sheidjer,baptista,guti etc will create many changes as did teves n rooney but i dont think real madrid will win many cups becasue that team spirit they had this past season will die once the Stardom players are signed.

[pramod]

hi ronaldo want to leave only because alex has treated in badly - the comment from MANU that he will be allowed to rotten on bench rather let him go to madrid is sign of how bad the thing are at MANU - i am not a real madird fan but i can let you that real madrid football suits him much then physical foot ball of MANU

[Jon Jon]

Who are you jokers who say he is not good. Did you watch this last season? Don't be so bitter. Anyways, United should fleece Madrid for all they got and turn that into 4 world class players instead of one. His time in Manchester has been amazing but he can be replaced.

[Robert]

Let him go, there nothing to achieve with MU for Ronaldo any more.

[anonymous]

let him leave if he want to leave.for how many years United are playing without Ronaldo snd still kept winning trophies.he's not the one who's making United a great team.so,fergie should let him go if he want to.lets see what he can do without him.

[Micky]

I think people some people are thinking about this the wrong way. If you were Ronadlo would you leave arguably the best team (winning a EPL-EUFA double proves it) in the world to play for a team who consistanly struggle in Europe since they last won and play in a league were the competition isn't as great in comparison to where you are currently.

If he knows anything about loyalty, then he should stand by his commitment. If he wants to become what most of the young EPL based players like Beckham, Anelka, Owen etc and break down easily or be told you aren't good enough or wanted by managers.

Would you give up playing for a team that has the potential to go back to back in Europe for the first time since 1990 to go to a team who probably won't feature in the final in the next 3-5 years if the past few years are anything to go by.

If logic provails then he would stay. United are the only team that would win a treble. Does Ronaldo want to be remember as a whore who left for moneyt or remembered as the greatest player to play for Manchester United and probably the best non-english player ever in the top flight?

If Ronaldo still wants to go to Madrid, wouldn't you do it at the end of the contract when you are in the prime of your career at 27? That makes more sense.

I thought players wanted to play to win trophies, obviously the example of Ryan Giggs isn't good enough for a self indulgent prick like Ronaldo. If Ronaldo is the 'best player in the world' say to Ronaldo 'if you want to leave we are trading you to Barcelona for Lionel Messi + 50 million pounds' or say to Real Madrid 100 million pounds, nothing less.I am sure we can use that money over 2-4 years.

Ronaldo doesn't know the value of the club, he thinks he is more important than the club. No player is bigger or more important than the club.

[philip howard]

Watch out for Nike and Adidas slogging this one out,
Ronaldo has a new deal with Nike in place for next
season at Man U which will give him another £150,000
a week plus his salary, It will cost Real Madrid£300,000
a week in wages to match it. Transfer fee minimum
£130 million based on potential shirt sales over 5 years.
Big minus for Adidas sales with United fans when the
full story comes out. Real Madrid petty cash in this
deal. RM and CR they deserve each other, a marriage made in hell.

[Colin Dixon]

United should sit down and work out exactly how much they would want for Ronaldo, and tell Real that they will sell him the second they get that amount. That would turn the tables on Real Madrid. If Real start to haggle, or try dirty tricks, then United will have the PR advantage of showing Real up as a bunch of cheapskates, bolstering their chances of having them reprimanded. If United were clever, they could link Madrid's moral bankruptcy to their consipicuous lack of recent internation success, maybe smearing a little mud on the magic white shirt.

If on the other hand Real match the valuation, then sell. It would be a case of willing seller, and willing buyer. It's nonsense to suggest that Ronaldo is priceless. One injury or a poor season (just which great player was great every year?) could spoil everything. Far better to take Real Madrid's money and build a stronger team of people who want to stay there....

United seem so niaive compared to real. Why don't they realise that they are in the driving seat?

[forevergunner]

This is what happens when a club is so heavily in debt !! The financiers will ensure that Ronaldo is sold to pay a small part of this year's interest bill !! Of course,the small matter of 20% of season ticket holders not renewing might have something to do with it !! They're still paying Lego for adding seats in every orifice at the Theatre of Prawns ! A club in crisis. Hasn't Abramovitch got any mates who would be interested in bailing out a worthy cause ? If it would help,they wouldn't mind registering as a bona-fide charity ! If it wasn't so funny,it would be quite sad.

[manu]

What many don´t understand is the greatness of real, nine times champions of europe, and how important to creative players (messi, zidane, romario, laudrup, maradona) it´s to play in la liga, known as the most spectacular league. Ronaldo has been saying since 2005 (check the press) that his dream is to play at real. Most kids of the world outside the UK dream with one day wearing the misthic white shirt.

[William]

Let him go, he is an asset who is only a broken ankle away from being a liability.

[Tim]

United should cash in now - best player in the World or not. His heart isn't with the club and he would need to do some major league a**e licking to win the fans back. It's best for all concerned if he stopped blowing kisses to Madrid and went all the way.

[Thiago]

I'm brazillian and I've gotten my degree in Leeds Uni. And i think that it's one of the reasons why i understand and support Ronaldo if he does decide to leave for Madrid. You guys don't understand how latin people miss the weather. How we like to be close to home. Why we only leave our parents house to get married. I don't know. People talk that Ronaldo is lacking respect and appreciation. But guys... It's just football. It's just a sport. It's only entertainment. When we start mixing pride with sports thats when things start going the wrong way. Because it's just one step away from mixing things like religion and some other stuff. Let the kid go and play for the team he always dreamed of as a child. Let him go to the warm weather. Let him go closer to his family.

[Javier]

I'm from Madrid, and I'd rather see Ronaldo as far as I can. It would be too much money, I prefer to hire Villa (Valencia) and other two or three players more from the front line, and don't spend all the year's budget just in one player. R. Madrid is still making the team after the leaving of Florentino Perez, and here people don't trust this kind of hiring politic, because we all remember the problems with a team full of stars (Zidane, Figo, Ronaldo, Beckam,...): R. Madrid didn't win anything in three long, long years.

[red smurf]

Forevergooner- Premiership & European Champions-What a crisis!!!!!!!!!!

[H.Roberst]

Look at all the bitter sad Mancs here...none of course who live in Manchester!

You owe, you owe, to RM he'll go...It's that simple.