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Ronaldo presented at the Bernabeu

Cristiano Ronaldo introduced at Real Madrid, wearing number 9. Continue reading

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Ronaldo transfer completed

According to ESPN Soccernet, Real Madrid and Manchester United have completed the £80 million Cristiano Ronaldo transfer today. He signed a 6-year contract with the Spanish club. He will be presented to the media and fans on 6 July. Speculation … Continue reading

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Saturday Night Links: Replace Ronaldo with 3 players?

Round-up of links, mainly dealing with the Tévez and Ronaldo situations. Continue reading

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Saturday night links: Sir Alex looks for Ronaldo replacement

Real Madrid will apparently offer €25 million plus Álvaro Negredo to Valencia for David Villa. Sir Alex has begun the search for Cristiano Ronaldo’s replacement by lodging a £16 million bid for Wigan winger Antonio Valencia. Cristiano Ronaldo’s £80 million … Continue reading

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The Ronaldo transfer: breaking teams and records

I suppose I never really gave serious thought that Real Madrid would table a world record shattering bid for Cristiano Ronaldo. I mean, I figured with Kaká in the central attacking midfield role, Klaas Jan Huntelaar up top (Ruud van … Continue reading

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Champion’s League Final: A study in beautiful football?

Head v. heart: who wins? Your head thinks logically, looking at the positives and negatives and comes up with a perfectly legitimate conclusion. Your heart, though, is different. It looks for something that will make it sing. Its conclusions might … Continue reading

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Florentino Pérez states the obvious

Florentino Pérez officially announced his candidacy for President of Real Madrid today with the stunning announcement that Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best players in the world. I’m shocked.

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Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t show up in big games

Yeah, he royally fucked up the PK in the Champion’s League Final last year. Yeah, he dives too much for my liking. But today in Porto, he was an artist. He slashed in and out and around the defenders as … Continue reading

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