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Originally Posted by cam_wmh
Ya know, upon reflection on Ronaldo... my harsh ill will has passed. After the events of the first half of the season, a blow up was pretty much inevitable. His scathing criticisms of the Glaziers, surely helped my about face. Scholes, Beckham, Keane, Rooney, and even Cantona too, have all had their demons exhibited at the club. Indeed, the interview helped propel him to the end result he desired,.. and this too will wash over, and he'll be a welcomed, retired, returning legend.
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I have a very different perspective. The players you've mentioned primarily fell out with Ferguson ... Ronaldo went out of his way to #### on the whole club. It was an unprecedented move to get what he wanted, and he didn't give two ####s about the club in doing so. None of the players mentioned came even close to this. Add the fact that he compared himself to a slave the first time he left and calling him a club legend becomes, to me, impossible. Great player? Obviously. He's the best player I've seen in a United shirt. But legend? Nah. He's burned way too many bridges for that.
And he doesn't get an iota of credit from me for criticizing the Glazers either. He sneaks in three sentences about them into a 90 minute smear interview? Wow, big deal. He happily took their money this past year, after all. But he knew that criticizing them in the interview would a) enhance his chances of becoming a free agent, and b) score him some cheap points with the fanbase.
He can go pound sand.