Published
2/16/2007 3:59:13 PM
by
Shane Barrow
from
Dallas, Texas
The Portuguese winger has become the hottest property in European football with Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona both reportedly preparing huge end-of-season offers for the 21-year-old, who is under contract with United until 2010. Both offers are expected to be upwards of 40 million pounds and could induce a bidding war between the two powerhouses for his services.
Ronaldo has been all everything this year leading Manchester United to the top of the English Premier League and into the knockout stages of the Champions League, which resumes next week. He is far and away the most creative and dangerous player in the EPL if not the world currently.
Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson has said he was "very confident" that American owners, the Glazer family, would not be tempted to accept the offer for Cristiano Ronaldo. "I am very confident that we will keep Ronaldo", he said. "The Glazers are the owners and we would obviously have to refer the offer to them, but they have been fantastic so far."
If Ronaldo were to move to Spain for the kind of figure that has been touted, he would become the second most expensive player in football history, after Zinedine Zidane, who moved to Real from Juventus in 2001 for 46 million pounds. However if a bidding war were to break out the 46 million Zidane standard could easily be broken.
Published
5/16/2012
by
William Montero
from
soccermogul
Less than two years on the job and Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish was fired Wednesday following the club's disappointing 8th finish in the Premier League.
Published
5/14/2012
by
Shane Barrow
from
soccermogul
This weekend will be talked about for years to come. The most dramatic of all EPL finishes took place in a matter of minutes today as Manchester City scored a pair of injury time goals to snatch the EPL title from the grasp of rivals Manchester United.
Published
5/11/2012
by
Shane Barrow
from
soccermogul
The final weekend of the EPL season is upon us and there is plenty to play for across the league. The title is up for grabs. The battle for third place is fascinating and there is a relegation battle between QPR and Bolton yet to be decided.
Published
5/8/2012
by
Shane Barrow
from
soccermogul
It was evident Chelsea has their eyes squarely on the Champions League final against Bayern Munich. They failed to show up tonight at Anfield as Liverpool ran out easy 4-1 winners in their home finale.
Published
5/5/2012
by
Shane Barrow
from
soccermogul
Didier Drogba struck the final blow as he sent a shot through Martin Skrtel's legs for the winning goal in the FA Cup final at Wembley.