What a disloyal, arrogant sleaze-bag he's now showing himself to be just because Real Madrid are waving a lot of lolly in his ugly face.

Manchester United gave him the opportunity to become the best player in the world and a European Champions League winner. He repays that by trying to engineer a move away at the first opportunity.

United's players and fans also protected him despite his part in Rooney's red card in Germany 2006. I bet they're pleased with themselves.

I hope United now have the balls to keep Ronaldo at the club no matter how hard he sulks. Unfortunately with a price tag of £70 million on his head, they'll probably cash in on him instead.

It would be a mistake in many ways, not least the fact that United would be pretty ordinary without him.



THIS could be the most enjoyable European Championships of them all.

There will be no screaming in frustration at Frank Lampard's moody performances, no kicking the television in when David James makes his inevitable game-costing error, and no swearing when England abandon tactics and instead prepare to send Peter Crouch on as a substitute.

But there will be plenty of opportunity to rant at countries I love to hate. I even have a ranking list of teams that I want to fail the most.

1) Italy - The country that invented cheating whether by diving, feigning injury or bribing referees also invented boring football. Impossible to love unless you live in Rome or Fletton.

2) Germany - All footballing flair is strangled at birth in a country which prefers to grind out wins in a methodical way, or on penalties.

3) France - The nauseating presence of preening, cry-baby manchild William Gallas is enough for me to wish France ill.

4) Croatia - They wouldn't even be there if England hadn't appointed Steve McClaren. Even Sam Allardyce would probably have got England through an easy group.

5) Greece - Ruined the last Euros by winning the competition despite having about three shots on goal in six matches.

6) Austria - Their presence devalues the whole event as even at home they will do well to get a point. If this is the benchmark, you might as well let Wales host the next ones.

7) Russia - Only beat England because they were allowed to play us on a plastic pitch and the referee gave them a hugely debatable penalty. And Paul Robinson was still in the England side. And I'd hate to see Roman Abramovich win anything.

8) Sweden - They always seem to hang around without ever doing anything interesting. Bland and boring, a lower-class Germany.

So come on Spain then, or Holland, but as Spain play football like Arsenal they will doubtless flatter to deceive and the flakey Dutch are in the Group of Death so they have no chance.




LUTON Town will soon be in non-league football, but their fans will always be Premier League standard whiners and whingers.

Their club committed a serious crime and now they've been seriously punished.