Football: Fergie rules out Ronaldo return
Ferguson spoke to Ronaldo after Madrid's champions league first-leg defeat to Barcelona.
LONDON:
Sir Alex Ferguson has ruled out any prospect of Cristiano Ronaldo making a dramatic return to Manchester United following hints of a rift between the player and Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho.
Ronaldo, who left United for Real in 2009 for a world record £80 million, expressed his dismay at Mourinho’s negative tactics after the club’s stormy Champions League semi-final defeat to Barcelona this week.
Ferguson, who has maintained a close relationship with Ronaldo, spoke to the player after travelling to Madrid to watch Wednesday’s semi-final.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 1st, 2011.
Sir Alex Ferguson has ruled out any prospect of Cristiano Ronaldo making a dramatic return to Manchester United following hints of a rift between the player and Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho.
Ronaldo, who left United for Real in 2009 for a world record £80 million, expressed his dismay at Mourinho’s negative tactics after the club’s stormy Champions League semi-final defeat to Barcelona this week.
Ferguson, who has maintained a close relationship with Ronaldo, spoke to the player after travelling to Madrid to watch Wednesday’s semi-final.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 1st, 2011.