Facts behind Ruud's walkout.

[FL4ZGN]

Setanta Sports can EXCLUSIVELY reveal the story behind the bust-up that saw Ruud van Nistelrooy dropped from the Manchester United team to face Charlton, a bust-up that could well presage the end of the Dutchman's Old Trafford career.

Speaking to Daire O'Brien on Setanta Sports' The Hub, European Soccer Correspondent Graeme Hunter explained the incident that caused Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson to drop his star striker.

"In January, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo, who literally cannot stand the sight of each other, traded punches in training, and van Nistelrooy left Ronaldo with a broken face,"
Hunter explained.

"On Sunday, van Nistelrooy was not named in the Manchester United team, and as we all now know, he walks out.

"The roots are from a serious bust-up on the training pitch the day before, over a perennial row between the two. Ronaldo held onto the ball too long in training, and van Nistelrooy asked again: "Why do you keep onto the ball, why don't you pass to me? I am in position, I am the striker. Get the ball to me."

Hunter went on: "Ronaldo gives van Nistelrooy some lip, it ends up in a fight, and van Nistelrooy as he always does, needles into Ronaldo, and says "Yeah, yeah, go running to your Dad."

"He means Carlos Quieroz, Ferguson's assistant. Ronaldo's own father had died during the season, and finally, in the face of this abuse, Ronaldo burst into tears on the pitch and shouts "I don't have a Dad, he's dead."

This is the incident Sir Alex Ferguson spoke of after the game on Sunday when talked about a need to keep "team unity" at the club.

However, Hunter is not so keen to write off van Nistelrooy's Old Trafford career just yet.

"It is not necessarily the end for van Nistelrooy, because he is the goalscorer, and Ferguson still wants four strikers at the club.

"What Sir Alex may not know is that Cristiano Ronaldo is dead set on leaving Manchester United this summer, if Madrid will buy him. He personally has had enough of Manchester United, and English football. So, it may be that we are left with Ronaldo saying that he wants to go, and that van Nistelrooy and Ferguson may make their peace."

[storysham]

I didnt really believe that after reading it. but there it is on setantas website.

Bad news about ronaldo.

[FL4ZGN]

I didnt really believe that after reading it. but there it is on setantas website.

Bad news about ronaldo.


The players do not seem to have taken too well to the lad in fairness. He has had trouble with Alan Smith in the past also.

[bricktop]

The players do not seem to have taken too well to the lad in fairness. He has had trouble with Alan Smith in the past also.
the players must be frustrated when they get into good positions and ronaldo doesnt pass to them. ruud has it down to a fine art but it may only happen a couple of times in a game.

[storysham]

Ronaldos an exellent player but he takes too many shots on goal for my liking, most of which arent on target, or even near the target. id say his goals to shot ratio is woeful.

[bricktop]

Ronaldos an exellent player but he takes too many shots on goal for my liking, most of which arent on target, or even near the target. id say his goals to shot ratio is woeful.
have to agree and what has happened between the two players this week has been brewing for a long time. ruud was the first to say united missed beckham since he left. you were guaranteed a first time cross from beckham which suited ruud perfectly. i fully expect ruud or ronaldo to be with real next season(ruud and beckham reunited?) and the world cup will be the perfect opportunity for ruud and ronaldo to get clubs interested.

[FL4ZGN]

have to agree and what has happened between the two players this week has been brewing for a long time. ruud was the first to say united missed beckham since he left. you were guaranteed a first time cross from beckham which suited ruud perfectly. i fully expect ruud or ronaldo to be with real next season(ruud and beckham reunited?) and the world cup will be the perfect opportunity for ruud and ronaldo to get clubs interested.


Just speaking of Beckham there and sorry for going off track but i watched him closely against Villareal last night. On no fewer than 13 occasions were his crosses into the box placed precisely on the head of his team mates. We have missed that attribute big time.

As for Ruud 150+ goals in five seasons would be hard to replace but should the wizzard be offered big money for him then i think he is out the gap and Ronaldo may follow but not until at least next season.

I feel that Ronaldo will stay as long as Queiroz does.

[Rebelred]

"It is not necessarily the end for van Nistelrooy, because he is the goalscorer, and Ferguson still wants four strikers at the club.

I'll be extremely surprised if this happens

"What Sir Alex may not know is that Cristiano Ronaldo is dead set on leaving Manchester United this summer, if Madrid will buy him. He personally has had enough of Manchester United, and English football. So, it may be that we are left with Ronaldo saying that he wants to go, and that van Nistelrooy and Ferguson may make their peace."

I'll be pissed off if this happens

[xvis]

getting rid of Beckham was the best move Ferguson ever made.


useless, posing fuckpot .... the other threads on here are all over the place

[west cork rebel]

i'd have to agree about Ronaldo, in the game against Chelsea he had kept the ball for too long when he could have passed to Saha or another player, whom would have had a better chance then his 25yrd+ shot, which was off targett.

[Coin]

Ronaldos an exellent player but he takes too many shots on goal for my liking, most of which arent on target, or even near the target. id say his goals to shot ratio is woeful.
5.1. Which is fairly poor. Giggs lets say is 4.3, Joe Cole is 3.4.

[Langer Dan]

Van Nistelrooy arrived on Sunday having thought no more of the incident - only to be told that he was not included in the match-day squad. On hearing that, the Dutchman said to club captain Gary Neville: "Good luck for the game. I'm off."

Van Nistelrooy promptly took a taxi back to Old Trafford, where he picked up his car and drove straight to Manchester Airport before taking the next available flight to the Netherlands.

FuckSake Ferguson, first Keane now Ruud. How many more vital players are we going to offload on his whims.

Saha and Rooney will NOT provide the same amount of goals as Ruud.
Huge huge error tom offload Ruud, massive.

Probably Ferguson's last.