Winger vows to stay loyal to current employer for slightly longer
Just about everybody in the world knows that Cristiano Ronaldo has augmented his summer of tanning and love by peppering the back pages with gauche comments about his desire to move to Real Madrid. This morning, however, the Nutella-brown star did his best to put out the fires he has started, with a media savvy apology for his actions and a vow to stay in Manchester for another year:
“I want to say that I was the one who was most responsible for this whole controversy.”It wasn’t their fault because I was the one who showed in public my will to move to Real Madrid.
“I also ended up, even though it wasn’t my intention, the one responsible for all the problems between the two clubs.”
He continued:
“I’ll play for Manchester United with my heart and soul. I will fight and honour that shirt with all the commitment and dedication I’ve always had.”
Some might say he has been forced to make these comments with his tail between his Hooters’ girl legs, yet his self-serving comments throughout the transfer saga seem to have been orchestrated to show his overt desire to move to Spain. As soon as he saw that the transfer was a no-go, he switched to Plan B, delivering his carefully-crafted apology and promise to be at his best for the team he would rather not be playing for in 2008/09. Frankly, we wouldn’t be surprised if he (or his people) had written this ‘admission of fault’ months ago.
Manchester Utd fans, are you feeling a healthy mix of relief, anger and confusion? Let us know with a comment below.
Spoiler Bonus: we called this outcome weeks ago
5 responses so far
1 caidian // Aug 7, 2008 at 8:48 am
he sucks ,what a bitch
2 Manav // Aug 7, 2008 at 9:02 am
Personally I am overjoyed that Ronaldo is staying. I want to win the Premiership and the Champions League this year, we have a better chance with Ronaldo, its simple as that. Also loosing another star to Real, we should have learnt our lesson how financially stupid that is after the Becks transfer. At work I dont need the traders to love the “company”, they just have to be good at their job and profitable!
3 Keano // Aug 7, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I hate that he’s staying. I don’t care about winning all the trophies if we have to do it through the work of a “slave” whose life dream is to play for a totally different team. No thanks, we’ll put out the team that is loyal to the badge, not to the bank account.
4 Alex // Aug 7, 2008 at 1:50 pm
At NO POINT has he said just for one year????? He has a contract and its up to Fergie not the boy.
5 PaulScholesIsASaint // Aug 7, 2008 at 2:41 pm
he’s lost my love. he can g’head and mend that leg, return to the pitch and take all the boos he’s got coming to him, then score a shitload and exit graciously. i’ll bet fergie gave him an ear full.