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Ronaldo to pay for poor Real form

MADRID (AFP) - Crisis club Real Madrid are set to cut their losses during the transfer window and ditch their two remaining galacticos Ronaldo and David Beckham.

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Real began 2007 as they finished 2006 - with a defeat - and already the knives are out for two of the Bernabeu's biggest, and best-paid, stars.

Coach Fabio Capello met with sporting director Pedrag Mijatovic and president Ramon Calderon on Monday and AS claims he demanded the two stars be sold during the January transfer window.

While Beckham, whose contract runs out at the end of the season, continues to stall over signing an extension, Ronaldo's is a case of time having finally caught up with the three-times world player of the year.

"If you can, sell him during the transfer window," Capello told his bosses, according to Spanish newspaper AS on Tuesday. "In these conditions, he's not part of my plans."

Ronaldo's career has hit the skids over the past two seasons.

Once regarded as the most dangerous and prolific striker in world football, he is now much derided for his expanded waistline and reduced influence on the pitch.

Last season he was frequently jeered by Real's fans and before a Champions League match against Arsenal he made a public plea for patience, while also suggesting he would leave in the close season.

But the new season brought a new coach and Capello decided to give him one last chance, only now his patience has worn thin.

French newspaper L'Equipe has also claimed that Ronaldo, who has played in just seven league games this season, more than half of those as a substitute, and scored a solitary goal, is a bad influence on other players, notably young Brazilians Robinho and Marcelo.

Rumours abound that Ronaldo leads his impressionable team-mates on inappropriate nights out, while he often turns up to train, according to Capello, "in an unacceptable condition for a professional footballer at Real Madrid."

But to blame Ronaldo for Real's malaise this season would be unfair. In all competitions he has taken to the field just 13 times, including six times as a substitute.

His return of four goals and no assists is not what the Bernabeu has come to expect of the once star striker, but given he missed the start of the season with injury and has started only seven of Real's 24 matches in league, cup and Champions League, he cannot be solely blamed for their demise.

Yet Ronaldo's performance in Real's recent slump, which included three defeats in their last four league matches, was not worth his reported 10 million euros a year salary.

A 3-0 defeat at home to newly-promoted Recreativo Huelva saw Ronaldo play 67 minutes and manage only one shot on goal - which missed the target.

He got only 37 minutes as a substitute at Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday, a team that had not won in 10 league games, and he managed just two shots this time.

The Brazilian superstar's status at the club has greatly changed.

His former president Florentino Perez, whose galacticos policy at the club initially yielded such great success, once said of him: "I would sooner sell the Santiago Bernabeu than let Ronaldo leave."

But Perez's successor Calderon apparently does not feel the same way.

It is not just Ronaldo under pressure, though. Capello has been criticised for his signings and their lack of success.

Of his summer recruits, only Ruud van Nistelrooy has been a success. Fifteen goals in 21 games in all competitions has seen to that.

But even Italian World Cup winning captain and new world and European player of the year Fabio Cannavaro has not overly impressed and defensive midfielders Emerson and Mahamadou Diarra have become deeply unpopular with Real's attack-hungry support.

Capello's signing of three South American youngsters (Marcelo, Fernando Gago and Gonzalo Higuain) for a combined 35 million euros in the transfer window does not seem likely to solve their issues either.

But the question is, are Real really in crisis. Capello insisted after the Deportivo defeat that they were still enjoying a good season and Mijatovic said after Monday's meeting that the club had faith in Capello and knew how to solve it's problems.

They are third in the league, only five points off top spot despite their recent troubles, and still in both the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.

Some might be glad to suffer such a crisis, but tellingly Capello decided Tuesday to bar the press and public from Real's training sessions.

Real, it seems, have their backs to the wall.

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Saudis Target Ronaldo Swoop

Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad want to sign Real Madrid's superstar striker Ronaldo.

The Brazilian hitman has struggled with his form in recent times at the Bernabeu.

And now the Spanish giants are reportedly trying to offload him during the January transfer window.

According to AS, AC Milan offered around Ј10million for Ronaldo last summer, but couldn't seal a deal.

The Madrid paper claims Real offered the Brazilian to the Rossoneri only last week, and claims that Italy or the Middle East are the only possible destinations for Ronaldo.

Al-Ittihad would reportedly pay around Ј14million for Ronaldo, and their sport director Mansour Al-Blouwi has already been in contact with Real representatives.

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[Diego Bion]

INFELISMENTE FUTEBOL NÃO É PRIORIDADE NA VIDA DO RONALDO, DIGO ISSO COM MUITA TRISTEZA JA QUE EU SOU FÃ NUMERO 1 DESSE RAPAZ....PARECE Q A UNICA COISA Q ELE SE INTERESSA HJ EM DIA É BALADA E TROCAR TODO ANO DE MULHER...RONALDO ESTA AGONIZANDO!!!

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ahh!! eu não gosto do capello...mas sera q ele esta errado???

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Ronaldo to pay for poor Real form

MADRID (AFP) - Crisis club Real Madrid are set to cut their losses during the transfer window and ditch their two remaining galacticos Ronaldo and David Beckham.

ADVERTISEMENT

Real began 2007 as they finished 2006 - with a defeat - and already the knives are out for two of the Bernabeu's biggest, and best-paid, stars.

Coach Fabio Capello met with sporting director Pedrag Mijatovic and president Ramon Calderon on Monday and AS claims he demanded the two stars be sold during the January transfer window.

While Beckham, whose contract runs out at the end of the season, continues to stall over signing an extension, Ronaldo's is a case of time having finally caught up with the three-times world player of the year.

"If you can, sell him during the transfer window," Capello told his bosses, according to Spanish newspaper AS on Tuesday. "In these conditions, he's not part of my plans."

Ronaldo's career has hit the skids over the past two seasons.

Once regarded as the most dangerous and prolific striker in world football, he is now much derided for his expanded waistline and reduced influence on the pitch.

Last season he was frequently jeered by Real's fans and before a Champions League match against Arsenal he made a public plea for patience, while also suggesting he would leave in the close season.

But the new season brought a new coach and Capello decided to give him one last chance, only now his patience has worn thin.

French newspaper L'Equipe has also claimed that Ronaldo, who has played in just seven league games this season, more than half of those as a substitute, and scored a solitary goal, is a bad influence on other players, notably young Brazilians Robinho and Marcelo.

Rumours abound that Ronaldo leads his impressionable team-mates on inappropriate nights out, while he often turns up to train, according to Capello, "in an unacceptable condition for a professional footballer at Real Madrid."

But to blame Ronaldo for Real's malaise this season would be unfair. In all competitions he has taken to the field just 13 times, including six times as a substitute.

His return of four goals and no assists is not what the Bernabeu has come to expect of the once star striker, but given he missed the start of the season with injury and has started only seven of Real's 24 matches in league, cup and Champions League, he cannot be solely blamed for their demise.

Yet Ronaldo's performance in Real's recent slump, which included three defeats in their last four league matches, was not worth his reported 10 million euros a year salary.

A 3-0 defeat at home to newly-promoted Recreativo Huelva saw Ronaldo play 67 minutes and manage only one shot on goal - which missed the target.

He got only 37 minutes as a substitute at Deportivo La Coruna on Sunday, a team that had not won in 10 league games, and he managed just two shots this time.

The Brazilian superstar's status at the club has greatly changed.

His former president Florentino Perez, whose galacticos policy at the club initially yielded such great success, once said of him: "I would sooner sell the Santiago Bernabeu than let Ronaldo leave."

But Perez's successor Calderon apparently does not feel the same way.

It is not just Ronaldo under pressure, though. Capello has been criticised for his signings and their lack of success.

Of his summer recruits, only Ruud van Nistelrooy has been a success. Fifteen goals in 21 games in all competitions has seen to that.

But even Italian World Cup winning captain and new world and European player of the year Fabio Cannavaro has not overly impressed and defensive midfielders Emerson and Mahamadou Diarra have become deeply unpopular with Real's attack-hungry support.

Capello's signing of three South American youngsters (Marcelo, Fernando Gago and Gonzalo Higuain) for a combined 35 million euros in the transfer window does not seem likely to solve their issues either.

But the question is, are Real really in crisis. Capello insisted after the Deportivo defeat that they were still enjoying a good season and Mijatovic said after Monday's meeting that the club had faith in Capello and knew how to solve it's problems.

They are third in the league, only five points off top spot despite their recent troubles, and still in both the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.

Some might be glad to suffer such a crisis, but tellingly Capello decided Tuesday to bar the press and public from Real's training sessions.

Real, it seems, have their backs to the wall.

Thats just fucking ridiculous.

Because of Crapello, Ronaldo doesnt start, he sits on the bench...

Real madrid get thrashed by very poor opposition in consecutive matches, and so the person to blame is... Ronaldo?

and Crapello insists in play that garbage raul...pfft...one of the worst players ive ever seen.

Hope Ronaldo leaves that Madrid shithole and go to England or Italy.

Fuck Real Madrid and Capello.

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ahh!! eu não gosto do capello...mas sera q ele esta errado???

Claro.

Ronaldo tá jogando muito melhor q o nistelrroy nos ultimos jogos. R9 fez 4 gols nos ultimos 6 ou 7 jogos em q ele jogou. Filho da mae do Capello é tão retardado que ele colocou o Ronaldo, Beckham, Cassano e Robinho no banco no ultimo jogo e o real madrid perdeu...pra variar.

No dia seguinte, vem a noticia em todos os jornais da espanha que o Capello não quer mais Ronaldo e que ele é o culpado por tudo isso, puta que pariu, FDP só coloca o Fenômeno pra jogar 20 minutos e ele é o culpado por toda a merda que ele fez?

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Thanks for the info LuNo!

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Ronaldo future uncertain

Ronaldo's Real Madrid career could well be drawing to an end, with the possibility that he will leave the Spanish giants before the transfer window closes.

Plagued by injury and criticised for being overweight, Ronaldo has been a shadow of his former self this season and has netted just four times since returning to action at the end of September.

And it could be that he will be the first high-profile casualty of Monday's emergency meeting between Real coach Fabio Capello, sporting director Predrag Mijatovic, president Ramon Calderon and technical secretary Franco Baldini.

The meeting was called to discuss Real's poor form, which has seen the team lose three of their last four league matches culminating in Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Deportivo La Coruna.

Although the specifics of that conference have not been made public, Mijatovic claimed afterwards that they highlighted the problem areas and had implemented measures to deal with them.

One of those measures may well be to allow the 30-year-old Ronaldo, a £29million buy from Internazionale in 2002, to leave.

Coach Capello has not openly criticised Ronaldo, but actions could speak louder than words in this case with the Brazilian being omitted from the Real squad for Thursday's Copa del Rey clash with Real Betis.

Also missing from the squad for technical reasons were David Beckham, Antonio Cassano, Michel Salgado, Francisco Pavon and Alvaro Mejia - all senior players who have struggled to make an impact this season.

When asked directly on Wednesday if he had a problem with Ronaldo, Capello said: "I don't like to single anybody out. Win or lose, it's a team affair and I head the entire project."

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Ronaldo Ready To Leave Real

Spanish daily Marca is reporting that Ronaldo has given in and agreed to leave Real Madrid this winter.

Fabio Capello and Pedja Mijatovic are said to have reached the definitive conclusion on Monday, that the Bernabeu career of Ronaldo, as well as of Antonio Cassano, is over.

While Capello had hinted on the Cassano bit, he refused to make a public remark on Ronaldo, who, it was understood, was not too keen to leave through the back door.

However, after having been told that he has no future at the club, and would not play a part in the second half of Real's season, El Fenomeno seems to have given in, suggest Marca.

Ronaldo is said to be upset and annoyed, because Mijatovic had only recently told him that Madrid were not looking to transfer him. Now El Gordo seriously is considering the offer from Saudi club Al-Ittihad, who are willing to offer Real 7 million Euros for his services. Al-Ittihad recently secured the services of another former Real player, Luis Figo.

Cassano, meanwhile, is getting closer and closer to a move to Inter Milan -- likely on loan, even though Inter president Massimo Moratti denied interest only two days ago in the Italian forward. However, Inter coach Roberto Mancini is said to be open to the forward's arrival.

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Ronaldo Ready To Leave Real

Spanish daily Marca is reporting that Ronaldo has given in and agreed to leave Real Madrid this winter.

Fabio Capello and Pedja Mijatovic are said to have reached the definitive conclusion on Monday, that the Bernabeu career of Ronaldo, as well as of Antonio Cassano, is over.

While Capello had hinted on the Cassano bit, he refused to make a public remark on Ronaldo, who, it was understood, was not too keen to leave through the back door.

However, after having been told that he has no future at the club, and would not play a part in the second half of Real's season, El Fenomeno seems to have given in, suggest Marca.

Ronaldo is said to be upset and annoyed, because Mijatovic had only recently told him that Madrid were not looking to transfer him. Now El Gordo seriously is considering the offer from Saudi club Al-Ittihad, who are willing to offer Real 7 million Euros for his services. Al-Ittihad recently secured the services of another former Real player, Luis Figo.

Cassano, meanwhile, is getting closer and closer to a move to Inter Milan -- likely on loan, even though Inter president Massimo Moratti denied interest only two days ago in the Italian forward. However, Inter coach Roberto Mancini is said to be open to the forward's arrival.

Amen!

Thank God Ronaldo is leaving that shithole.

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I really hope Ronaldo goes to Chelsea or Milan

Fuck Crap Madrid

[Compassionate_Conservative]

No! He can't leave Madrid!

[Ange]

I'm afraid he is going to leave.