Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Woah . . . Big Soccer News

A little late, but for those of you who don't know, Manchester City was bought by Al Fahim of Abu Dhabi Group.

That's not very important to most people, and it normally wouldn't be, except for the fact that they just got Robinho to transfer from Real Madrid to Manchester City for 32.5 million pounds. Robinho. That translates to $300,000 a week. That's ridiculous.

Oh it doesn't end there. These guys got money to throw around, and they're serious; they don't just want to compete in the Champions League, they want to win. And to win, they want to get Cristiano Ronaldo. Yeah, that Ronaldo. How much are they willing to pay for him? Real Madrid wanted to pay $160 million for him, but these heavy hitters want to throw $240 million at him. Would you say no to $80 million more?

This has to wait until January however, when the transfer window reopens, but when January comes, we'll see what happens to Ronaldo. This will be interesting . . .

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