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How Manchester City Can Afford to Pay £120M for Ronaldo - A History Lesson

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Anyone who has followed the English football league for any length of time, by which I mean more than fifteen years, has watched one of the most astonishing transformations of an industry in a short period of time, ever.
This transformation started when the teams of the then old First Division of the Football League, the [...]

Injury economics

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Fans of great football everywhere should be rejoicing. Cristiano Ronaldo says that he believes that he could return and play for Manchester United by the end of September,  upon completion of  his rehabbing program following ankle surgery.
The gifted winger went under the knife in July following Euro 2008 and the forecasts then were that he [...]

Stating the obvious

Friday, August 8th, 2008

After a long summer of speculation Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed what we all knew, that he will  be playing at Manchester United next season. The gifted Portuguese winger admitted that he wanted a move to Real Madrid this summer for a “new challenge” and to be closer to his family. But he has now committed  [...]