Cristiano Ronaldo joined us for 12.24 million pounds from Sporting Lisbon, the time has gone quick, he has to be one of Fergie's best signings, Liverpool and Arsenal were very interested in him before we got him.
I remember, lots of people (myself included), took the piss because he had no end product and just did lots of step overs. Twinkletoes, we called him. Who know he would eventually blossom to be a monster of a player. Say what you want about Fergie, but he knew how to blood those young'uns.
i seem to remember the press called him a show pony when he first arrived, all he did in his first season with us was stepovers and took too much time crossing the ball, the key moment was the world cup in 2006 when he knocked England out, from there, he's gone on to become one of the best players in the world and is the most expensive player in the world as well.
I remember the 2004 FA Cup final against Millwall where Ronaldo dazzled the Millwall players all day and started to show everyone his tricks could be of great use and not just showmanship. After the match Gary Neville was quoted as saying: "Ryan Giggs and Ruud van Nistelrooy produced some good moments for us, but Cristiano Ronaldo was particularly outstanding...I think Ronaldo can be one of the top footballers in the world." [video=youtube;5kWkpKjG_AY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kWkpKjG_AY[/video] Not the best quality video but you get the idea.
To be fair he was pretty pants. Or mediocre at best. He surprised all of us. I remember alot of rival fans dissing Drogba as well when he first came to Chelsea, saying he was rubbish.
Ronaldo is actually in Manchester tonight (so i have been told ) could just be an aniversarie catch up with Fergie.
agree, I was surprised too by the way he matured and developed .. same for Bale too tbh, i always defended his poor start bcz i knew he will come out good but I never imagined he will be that good tbh , he passed everyone expectation Regarding, Drogba, i always defended him during his poor start bcz I seen what he was able to do in OM
