Cristiano Will Always Be CR7: A Few Interesting Tidbits

From soccernet.com and other internet sources:
Cristiano Ronaldo concedes he has missed Manchester United since completing his world record £80 million transfer to Real Madrid over the summer.
Ronaldo's lengthy flirtation with the Spanish giants finally ended in June and he has adapted rapidly to life in Spain, scoring 13 goals in ten games for Manuel Pellegrini's side.

But having developed into one of world football's elite players during his six-year stay at Old Trafford, winning three Premier League titles and the 2008 Champions League, Ronaldo still has fond memories of life at United.
"What people think about me is their opinion but I really miss Manchester a bit," said Ronaldo after being named in the FIFPro World XI on Monday. "I played there for six years and I left a few friends there. So I miss the club a little bit but I'm focused now at Real Madrid and I'm really happy there.
"I think they [United] are doing very well this season. They have lost two [of their past three] games, but they are still second in the league."

In other Ronny news:
He won the FIFA Puskas Goal of the Year award earlier this week. He was rewarded for his thunderbolt launched against Porto in the Champions League tie...for United. And, of course, RM used this to their PR advantage. I'm not sure what they will do next year when RM wins no trophies this year. They can't keep using Ronny's exploits from United forever...:)

Ronny has also been up to some kiddie charity work. First, he flew to the FIFA World Player of the Year fete to hand out the Insignificant Troll of the Year award to a very happy youngster (see photo below)

Awwww...Ronny does good work

and then he flew to Tashkent, Uzbekistan to give a short clinic to promising youngsters. He also donated 600,000 euros to this cultural exchange. The trip was organized by Manchester United and Nike last year (Manchester United is king in Asia)...a fact that was overlooked by the Spanish press...but not by the comments on the article. After many comments to that effect, the article was removed. Smoke and mirrors.

Zidane was interviewed in FranceFootball this week. When asked about his future at RM, he said, "I want to become a leader." I'm not sure if he means personally, or that he wants to lead RM. The ironic part about the article was that they used this accompanying photo: