God for the last time I seriously dunno where u get this shit from. The Sun? Yeah. Great source
Sneijder is not for sale and he doesn't want to leave the club. If there's anyone we would sell to get some cash it would be Robinho.

Robinho performed well in the 1st half of the season before his injury. The reason why we're considering selling him is because he has a high market value compared to our other players. It wouldn't make much financial sense to sell Sneijder just one year into his Madrid career when we spent 27 mil on him already.
We don't have to sell to United. We can easily sell him to another club and pay full for Ronaldo. It doesn't make a diff to me. Ramos and Casillas? Haha. Good luck with that

Yeah, definitely one can only dream..i totally agreed with that

btw, new thread, new spirit, new ambition, new player    cant wait for the new season

I know where you're coming from but the fact is even with everybody in top form we don't have many options on the right. Robinho and Robben prefer to play on the left. And Robben is injured half the time. Robinho has a more disruptive ego imo and seeing that Robben got some playing time off of him, he had a chance there to show his dissatisfaction but chose not to; although now he's saying that he wouldn't mind leaving. That's also another reason why I wouldn't mind selling Robinho and if he really was sold then I don't really see a problem with Ronaldo coming in. If Ronaldo comes and starts performing nobody is going to complain.

That's the point man, if Ronaldo is going to perform for us and keep others out of the starting line up, who's going to complain? It's like you're saying Ronaldo should not come because he's too good.

The things is, with Ronaldo in our squad, it doesn't mean that we have an option on the right as Ronaldo play the
same role as did by Drenthe, Robben and Robinho.. If Schuster push Ronaldo to play as a SS/AMF in order to give Robinho or Robben (assuming that drenthe will still be left out) a chance to play, they might be filling the gap on the right but the three cantera's product(granero, Javi garcia, De la red) will be left out for quite a long time until an injury come between Ronaldo, Robben or Robinho.. I know those cantera's play a different role compared to these 3Rs but IMO schuster won't change his decision and formation just to give these guys some chance to play(same happen to saviola and Soldado and drenthe).. Maybe they will play in the spanish Super Cup but don't you think they deserve better than that?

Ronaldo's transfer is only a matter of time now, but Robinho and drenthe's departure seems to be uncertain..We'll have a bunch of world class talents in the same position playing the similar kind of gameplay.. don't you think that gonna cause a chaos in our team? -that's my main point-..

Another thing is, by doing so we will ruin a bunch of players career! Don't you it's a bit cruel for them.. As a footballer I see this things in a serious way. No Madridista wants to hear people labeling us the "career devastating club"..

So to sort things out, we have to sell Robinho+let drenthe on loan or something(Robben can play as a RW) in order to purchase Ronaldo, so that we don't ruin the young souls that just came to our holy land!
off topic -- Frankly speaking, even if Ronaldo doesn't come I've been losing more and more respect for Robinho. The  player who fought his boyhood club to leave and now is ready to departure just b/c he aren't paid a couple of months after he finally done some right things for the club.. WTH
You said it, how if he thinks he's bigger than us if let say his 1st year in Madrid he pull of the same level as his last season achievement with ManU? Hey it's good thing but somehow I can see this kinda attitude gonna annoy some of our players and fans a bit.. Finally, would you be still supporting him if he done the same thing like he did to ManU in this past few weeks?

I thought our lack of options on the right flank were quite evident this season which was why Schuster opted a asymmetrical 4-4-2/4-3-3 style. We played with only one winger most of the time and we left Ramos with alot of work to do on the right flank. Replacing Robinho with Ronaldo would be a good way to balance the squad. And even if Robinho doesn't leave we can just modify the formation by giving Raul less minutes. It's this flexibility that would be key to our next season. Competition for places are never a bad thing imo. The players know they are playing for the biggest club in the world after all.

And you're wrong when u assumed the cantera players we brought back would compete for those places. All 3 of them are central midfield players which would mean they would be competing with the likes of Gago, Sneijder, Guti and Diarra.

As for Saviola, Soldado, and Drenthe, do u really think they are good enough to be starting for us? As I said they know who they are playing for. It's up to them whether they want to stay and accept getting minimal minutes or they can easily request for a transfer. That's how football is. Don't get me wrong; I like Drenthe for instance. But the most important thing is for the club to succeed. You just have to take a look at Man Utd's squad and see the depth they have especially in midfield. That's what it takes for a big club to be successful.
This is just a case of ppl seeing what they want to see. If u ask me every club is pretty much the same. Some players will succeed, some will not and u won't know which will so u got to cast your net as wide as possible so to speak.
I won't lose respect for a player who thinks about his future. He has every right to. No big deal imo.
I don't see how Ronaldo thinks he's bigger than Man Utd. If anything it's that he feels he's achieved all he can at Manchester and sees this as an opportunity to join his dream club; the club he supported as a boy. I think MU have played their cards pretty cleverly and have managed to portray Ronaldo in a bad light to their fans in order to prepare them for a sale that might happen. That's just my opinion.

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Added on June 26, 2008, 10:47 amLatest transfer news:
We have sold Balboa to Benfica for 6ME. Good price

Hey, for time being the 90ME is not official yet .But, two thing for sure though, he will come(it's just a question of when not if anymore) and we will break the transfer record..

About Ronaldo.. He will play his game means he will score goals and add some flair in Madrid's football.. Why is everybody thinking that the only thing he can do or he should do is scoring goals.. Yes, goals makes the most difference in football matches but does the word assist deserve to be forgotten? Ronaldo assist many goals in his United career.. Don't you guys think that this can also help RVN, Raul or Higuain at some point of game.. Maybe a few realized that he can actually assist more than he score, just that IMO in ManUtd there's no true no.9 and that's why Ronaldo can easily be their top scorer..

If it goes down the same way as it has with the other Galacticos, Ronaldo is almost wearing white now as Calderon has been 'denying' the transfer in the last few days.

The usual trend is as follows (The 10 easy steps to sign a Galactico  ):

1. Real Madrid uses the media to declare interest in player.

2. Nothing happens for a few months.

3. Madrid again uses media to declare intention of signing the player.

4. Player/player's agent declares interest in a move to Madrid.

5. Player's club panics, calls Madrid a disgrace etc.

6. Player's family and friends used to reinforced the player's desire to move to Madrid through interviews once player stops giving media statements to keep adding fuel to the fire.

7. Real Madrid denies luring the player.

8. Few weeks or so pass by with little news.

9. When it seem negotiations have stalled, Madrid issues a statement stating we have 'given up' the pursuit of the player.

10. Player is unveiled in the Bernabéu.

'Sadly' it's the Glazers who control MU.

so VDV will take number 7 jersey or leave it for ronaldo ? 

did u take note of his claims? he tried to get his contract renewed many times before, but madrid didn't show any urgency.
but they did start to take notice when their transfer targets slipped away. (http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/...ual_124157.html)
for a player who's never had any major problems with the club to suddenly claim he's determined to leave, obviously something really bad happened. to me, it seems he does have a case here. a player doesn't just suddenly decide to leave right? its a culmination of events that has upset him big time.

I quite agree with that..ther were once a time when RM wanted to swipe him for Ronaldo..For a player,it shows that the team doesnt need him anymore,and maybe,i said maybe..thats the reason why he was upset and want to leave immediately.RM is a big team wher all players around the world are in pursuit to be in it.But seems like he's the only person who wanted,obviously wanted to get away and out of the team is quite confusing.
Maybe we shud put ourselv in his shoes..

I don't know whether to laugh or pity your naivety, Ronaldo declared his intentions to join us publicly not only once but a few times through an interview with a Brazilian football website, quotes when he was with Portugal at the Euros and press conferences. It's just a matter of time before Ronaldo wears white.

I don't exactly rate Robinho, he's inconsistent like Guti. His shots are weak and his work rate is poor. The only reason he's still here is because Ronaldo is at Manchester and Cazorla is at Villareal.

The only fact is that if Robinho is going to continue to sulk and be a greedy ******* his value will only drop with only 2 seasons remaining on his contract. He has the talent no doubt, play well and show you are willing to win at all costs for Madrid and like Ramos, he'll then deserve a pay rise. Robinho has to make the complete transition from a show boater to a genuine world class winger, he's already half there and that's why if Chelsea do buy him tonight I don't rate him anywhere under 40 ME.

Some evidence for you.



Pissed off? I'd be pissed if Casillas, Ramos, RVN, Pepe or Sneijder leaves. Robinho for 40ME to City? Sounds a good deal to me though we'll be seriouslly lacking in squad depth.

And Man Utd did not want to sell, but Madrid does. Simple as.

keeps on winning streak.. i do hope this season will be ours again

We are taking a loan for this spree. We will "pay" for it over the next few years but I don't think we will have any problems with that. Our marketing engine is already starting to warm up
As with any crisis, there are winners and there are losers. Obviously we are in the right category.
You're welcome!
At least you have the decency to show some gratitude to what he has done for you guys unlike most of your fellow fans over in the MU thread.

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Added on June 11, 2009, 9:26 pm
I thought Sir Alex wouldn't even sell us that?

another award winning actor to your team. handle him carefully

the problem is many of ur supporter is glory hunter..no offense..

real madrid to play with 10 players only?
cool.