The New York Red Bulls reportedly offered Ronaldo $120 million to ply his trade in MLS. He politely declined. Here’s his agent…
“A transfer to the United States right now would not make sense,” Farah said. “He still has several challenges in European soccer.”
Rough translation: “Awww, that’s really cute, MLS. Tell you what… I’ll get back to you in four or five years, though, when I’ve lost a step or two or five, and then I’ll take your $120 million. But for right now, I’m going to continue with the real soccer. But if I develop a major drug habit or lose a limb or just start sucking at soccer, I’ll give you a call.”
Ronaldo, who plays for Real Madrid, spent most of this year injured, and scored just five goals in nineteen games, so, you know… it might be coming sooner than later. He’s also on the Brazilian national team… and here’s a crazy stat that I was not aware of: Ronaldo has played 97 games with the Brazilian national team. With him in the lineup, they’ve lost eight times.
Apparently, if the offer did was in fact extended, MLS has adopted the Beckham rule, which would allow each team to sign one player outside of the league’s salary cap. Right now, the cap for each team is $1.6 million, and unless that Ronaldo contract was for 75 years, the rule is a go. We’ll see if they can get anyone to take their money. I hear Pele’s available.
Oh, and here’s some Ronaldo sickness for you… set to some truly terrible music.
Z
Uh…so I guess Ronaldo is the girl all the bad guys want?
May 30, 2006 at 2:45 am
theotheruw
I’ve only watched soccer while sitting in foreign bars, but that clip is great. He’s like Tim Hardaway with stutter steps and crossovers and shit. That’s really who it reminded me of.
May 30, 2006 at 3:05 am
telly
that might be the worst song I’ve ever heard.
May 30, 2006 at 9:37 am
Giddy
It’s definitely the worst song you’ve ever heard. Ronaldo might be a pretty talented soccer player.
May 30, 2006 at 10:27 am
Brad
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May 30, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Sean
OK, so the song is crappy. But it still makes me feel happy.
May 31, 2006 at 12:06 am
tony
So in a clip titled “The Best Goals of Ronaldo”, it takes 49 seconds to actually see a goal? And 1:19-ish to actually see something that might qualify as “best”?
Meh.
(Although those two around 1:19 or so really were pretty tough. You’re the fucking best, Ronaldo.)
June 1, 2006 at 12:35 pm