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Following up FIFA president Sepp Blatter's commentary likening Ronaldo's having to serve out his contract at Old Trafford with Manchester United to slavery -- one of the dumbest public comments by the head of a major sporting organization -- Ronaldo ... agreed with Blatter? Really? (Wipes eyes, peers at feed reader.)
Yes, I'm afraid we've reached the tipping point from "merely loathsome" to "please, please let Marco Materazzi headbutt this man into the ninth dimension."
“I agree with the statements of the president,” Ronaldo told TVI, the Portuguese television channel, when asked about the “slavery” comments. “What he said is correct. You know what I said, what I want and what I would like. Now I have to wait and see what happens.”Ronaldo, who makes $240,000 a week if you just count his salary, hopped in his Maybach, purchased a round of prostitutes for his teammates, and then fell down and grabbed his knee when a stiff breeze blew by him. His pleading with a nearby tree yielded no yellow card, though adoring fans did spray the "injury" with a water bottle, causing the world's best footballer to miraculously recover in a matter of seconds.
Meanwhile, real slavery thinks Cristiano Ronaldo needs a brush up on his definitions.
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