English champions Manchester United have officially announced that they have accepted Real Madrid's record 94 million euro bid for Manchester United attacker Critiano Ronaldo (24).The official announcement on Manchester United's website goes under the title 'Record Ronaldo bid accepted' and reads as follows:
"Manchester United have received a world-record, unconditional offer of £80million for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. At Cristiano's request - who has again expressed his desire to leave - and after discussion with the player's representatives, United have agreed to give Real Madrid permission to talk to the player. Matters are expected to be concluded by 30 June. The club will not comment until further notice."
After the signing of AC Milan midfielder Kaká (27) for a presumed transfer fee of 68,5 million euro earlier this week, this is Real Madrid's second high-profile signing of the summer.
pep's opinion:
where are they getting the money with a debt of 500 million euro before this summer and a global crisis? we won't ask. it's sure good for the liga (so also for barcelona's revenues) having the last two fifa world player's of the year playing in spain. i don't think ronaldo and kaka really solve any of the problems madrid has faced last season, but i'm sure it's good for the moral of the fans.
Hung Said,
I think Perez told him to hook up with Paris to promote for the coming jersey sale
Posted on 12 June 2009 at 08:44
Barca! Said,
Ok.... The usual galactico transfer tactic..... I think that this is going to affect the transfer market primarily about what is outrageous and overpaid or not. Initially, I agree with previous comments that this is going to be good for the RM fans' moral. But, more or less, this is going to be a big flop. It is like an experimental project that some scientists carried out a few years ago. In their attempt to design the image of the most beautiful human being ever, they carefully selected and gathered all that human characteristics considered as nicest. (the nicest eyes, lips, nose, hair ect.) The result of this? It was awful... A real monster... What I mean is that it doesn't worth luring all the big names from other teams, but develop your own stars. Because there are some overrated players but some underrated too. And all of the underrated ones can also do their best in certain conditions. For example, Pique, who in ManUtd was benched all the time, now is Barca's Piquembauer! So, overpaying doesn't mean creating a good team. It's about selling some more fake jerseys, stickers or expired Ronaldo and Kaka candies... Our whole team cost is just below the Kaka cost, but is the one which really gives joy to the fans, not only by the trophies but also by the uniting spirit. (Not to mention the big hole in the RM economics....)
Posted on 12 June 2009 at 14:37