There has been lots of speculations surrounding Christiano Ronaldo's future in the last few days. There are rumours that he will be heading to sunny Spain to join the Spanish champions, Real Madrid.The rumours intensified after Manchester United's champions league triumph over Chealsea in Moscow last week. Ronaldo was reported saying that he would not promise anyone as regards his future.
I strongly believe Ronaldo will be at Old Trafford next season and why not? Manchester United are the champions of Europe and arguably the best team on the planet. Why would he want to move to Real Madrid that "peed in their pants" when they faced Roma in the champions league.
Gone are the days when we believe that the only way to win laurels is by playing in Real Madrid and AC Milan. Milan won't even be playing in the UCL next season after they finish 5th in the Italian league.
Back to Ronaldo.
The only thing that can make Ronaldo leave Old Trafford this summer is if he has an out of this world tournament next month at Euro 2008 and a club comes in with 100 million pounds.
Anything apart from that, I'm certain he will remain at Sir Matt Busby way.
Manchester United fans however know that Ronaldo is not a United "lifer". He will still leave to play in another country. He'll probably play about 2 more seasons. That will take his number of years at Old Trafford to seven.
I'm not sure one can complain about the loyalty of a player (foreigner) that served for seven years.
Akin Alabi
PS: Can Man Utd win the league next season? You can get more than double your money on them if you back them here.
