Cristiano Ronaldo Moves On After Record Bid

Like a teenager chasing their first love, they continued to whisper sweet nothings in Ronaldo’s ear and inevitably his head was eventually turned by Real’s promises of a better life together.

By 2008, Ronaldo was making little effort to hide his desire to move to the Bernabeu. Even winning the Premier League and Champions League couldn’t cement the English club in Ronaldo’s heart.

He was determined to join Real and spent much of the close-season last year desperately trying to enginner the move.

However, Ronaldo hadn’t counted on Sir Alex Ferguson’s bloody-minded refusal to bow to his demands. Ferguson has never been one to turn his back on a fight and he reported Real to FIFA for an illegal approach before flying to Lisbon to talk his player into staying at Old Trafford.

Recultantly, Ronaldo conceded that Ferguson wouldn’t buckle and agreed to stay. But crucially he made it clear to the Scot that he would almost certainly want to leave sooner rather than later.

That was all too obvious this season as Ronaldo, such an unstoppable force a year earlier, spent much of the campaign performing at no more than 50 percent of his ability. A player of such talent will always be able to conjure moments of magic even when below his best and 18 league goals helped United retain the Premier League, while also reaching the Champions League final.

For £80,000,000.00 ($130 million) Cristiano is on a move to Spain and Manchester United FC is should I say, ‘laughing straight to the bank!’