Real Madrid Finally Accept Defeat, Ronaldo To Stay At United

The long and seemingly never-ending transfer saga involving Cristiano Ronaldo, seems to finally be over.

What a relief.

I was beginning to wonder if it would ever end! And I must admit, I’m absolutely sick and tired of all the news regarding his future.

I hope it makes you as happy as it does for me to know that we won’t have to see the name Ronaldo hogging all the headlines anymore; at least for the same reason it has been in the past few months.

I’m sure that once he’s back from his injury and playing in a United jersey again, we’ll see some similar headlines as to what we saw all last season.

Roman Caledron, Real Madrid’s president, has all, but given up hope in signing Ronaldo this summer.

As Caledron introduced his newest, and only summer signing, Rafael Van der Vaart to the a crowd of fans inside the Bernabeau, he admitted the Dutchman would probably be the club’s only signing this month.

“Van der Vaart is the first signing and probably the only one,” Caledron said.

Despite Real Madrid’s active pursuit of Ronaldo all summer, Manchester United has remained firm over their “not for sale” stance.

After Caledron finally accepted defeat in capturing Ronaldo, Sir Alex Ferguson announced the transfer saga was finally over.

"The matter is closed now," said Ferguson on Sky Sports News. “He is a Manchester United player, it's finished. He is going to play here believe me."

This is good news for Manchester United fans, as well as all those who couldn’t wait for the transfer debachle to finally come to an end.

It’s not a happy ending for Real Madrid, but at least the Spanish Champions have a whole year to plan how they are going to lure Ronaldo away from Old Trafford next year when the transfer market reopens in the summer.

Until then, let’s enjoy the “Ronaldo-less” headlines and focus on the new season which is rapidly approaching over the horizon.