Ronaldo is Ready
Postado a September 12th, 2008 em news & rumous
According to goal.com, Kaka prefers Messi to Ronaldo:
The Brazilian star vowed to return to challenge for personal honours after tipping the Barcelona forward to pick the France Football award ahead of Ronaldo.
Many have tipped the Manchester United playmaker after he helped the club win the title and the Champions League, but for ability alone, Kaká prefers Messi.
“Messi is a truly great player. Cristiano Ronaldo is also very good and deserves the away, but I want Leo to be my successor,” he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“He has incredible ability and can control the ball superbly and that makes him one of the best players in the world.
“I think he is the sort of player that you would always want in your team.
“I am only talking about this year. My aim is to recover my form as quickly as possible and to try and win th trophy again in Paris and the FIFA World Player of the Year in Zürich.
“But for that to happen I have to be playing at a consistently good level for Milan.”
Kaká then stated that he believes Ronaldinho’s move from Barça to Milan will turn out to be a bargain for the Serie A side and explained that he enjoys playing alongside him.
“Without doubt he will be the best signing of the season in the Italian league. Our paths in life have been very different, but that does not mean that we cannot be friends,” he continued.
“Above all, it does not mean that we cannot play together either.”
Finally, Kaká moved to reiterate his desire to stay with Milan despite the annual rumours of him attracting the biggest clubs on the continent.
“First it was about Madrid now everyone is talking about going to England. That is how the market is, but I insist that I am not going anywhere, he explained.
“My relationship with everyone at the club is excellent and unless someone has a change of plans one day and decides to sell me, I will not be moving.”
Nani also mentioned Ronaldo ina recent interview, here’s an article about it:
Manchester United winger Nani has played down comparisons with Portuguese and Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.
21-year-old Nani arrived at Old Trafford from Sporting Lisbon last summer, who also sold Cristiano Ronaldo to the Red Devils in 2003. So given that Nani plays in a similar position, comparisons with Ronaldo were always going to be drawn.
Nani had a mixed first season in the Premier league with United, but did show some signs in his performances of why Sir Alex Ferguson paid Sporting £17million for him last summer.
However, the Portuguese International still aims to be one of the world elite, but insists he is a different type of player to Ronaldo, who is favourite to be crowned FIFA World Player of the Year this year.
“I do not want to be compared with Cristiano Ronaldo,’ said Nani.
“We have different functions and our style of play is different.
“My dream is not to be better than Cristiano Ronaldo, but to be considered as one of the major stars of world football.”
“To be the best I will have to work hard, I believe that I can be stronger and if I do that I will get where I want to be.” {premiershiplatest.com}
Hip Celebrity has recent pictures of Ronaldo shopping with his family (here) and apparently Ronaldo used an outfit similar to the supermodel Elle Macpherson (here).
According to Sir Alex, Ronaldo is ready (http://www.manutd.com):
Cristiano Ronaldo could make a shock return for United in the next few days after Sir Alex Ferguson revealed he may take the winger with him to Anfield.
Wednesday’s Champions League Group E opener against Villarreal at Old Trafford might be a safer bet, but either way the news is a significant and surprising boost to United as some reports had suggested last season’s 42-goal hero would be out of action until October.
The Portuguese winger has been sidelined since undergoing a successful ankle operation in Amsterdam at the start of July. However, his rehab work in Manchester has gone so well in recent weeks that his inclusion in Sir Alex’s XI is now close.
Sir Alex told MUTV on Friday morning: “Ronaldo is training now, he’s with the first team. He’s come on leaps and bounds and I may take him with us tomorrow, who knows? But he’s more likely to be involved next week.
“I think we mentioned a couple of weeks ago he was making rapid progress in terms of overcoming the injury problem he had and the training he’s been doing with the physios and Tony Strudwick the fitness coach.
“He’s been making great strides in the direction towards first-team football.”
The summer months were riddled with press speculation and uncertainty over his future. But he has decided his future remains in Manchester and his impending return to action is a real filip for Sir Alex ahead of another key match against Chelsea.
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