Cristiano Ronaldo won a £400 bet last season with Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson when he netted 17 times, beating his 15-goal target.
According to The Sun, the Portuguese winger will make a cheeky bet with Fergie for the new season… he will bet on his hair that he could score 20 Premier League goals.
“I’ll shave my hair off if I don’t score 20 Premier League goals — you shave your hair off if I do.” A Reds source revealed: “Ronaldo has been joking with pals he will be able to give the gaffer serious hairdryer treatment.
“Ronny is really confident. He spends a lot of time on his hair so wouldn’t put it at risk lightly.”
Doubt that it will happen though.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is keen to bring an end to the ongoing disagreement between Cristiano Ronaldo and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.
The Portuguese pair traded caustic remarks through the media late last week before Mourinho brought into question the winger’s upbringing and education.
“We’ll try to draw a line under this, of course,” said Sir Alex, who was understandably keen to focus on the small matter of his side’s Champions League semi-final decider in Milan.
“Maybe the tactic is to unsettle the boy, I don’t know. He’s barking up the wrong tree there, but I think he was below the belt bringing class into it. Coming from a poor working class does not mean to say you’re not educated.”
The United boss did praise Ronaldo, however, for not being drawn into a high-profile slanging match with the Stamford Bridge chief.
“What Ronaldo has got is principles,” said Sir Alex. “The boy’s not responded to it whereas some people who are educated have no principles, so we’re leaving the matter that way.”
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Sir Alex Ferguson has ordered Cristiano Ronaldo to cut back on his practice to prevent the PFA Player of the Year burning himself out.
With so many defenders injured, and both Park Ji-sung and Louis Saha sidelined as well, there will be even more pressure on the 22-year-old to deliver over the final weeks of the campaign.
And Ferguson is anxious the winger does not extend himself too much on the training ground.
‘You have to drag Cristiano off the training pitch sometimes because he likes to practice so much,’ said Ferguson.
‘It is part of his but maybe he overdid it a little last week.
‘We are trying to preserve his energies for the important games, so we are going to have to cut back on his practice.
‘He really has been carrying the banner for us for a long time now but we are really down on players now so there is a big onus on the boy.’
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Cristiano Ronaldo won both the PFA Player and Young Player of the Year Award 2007.
Ronaldo became the first player to win both awards in the same year since Andy Gray in 1977; Ronaldo received his awards at a gala dinner in London on Sunday night (April 22).
Ronaldo has always been the favourite; his only real competitor for Player of the Year was Chelsea’s Didier Drogba, who is 2nd on the list, while Ronaldo’s Manchester United team mate Paul Scholes in 3rd.
The 2nd place for young players is Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas; Tottenham’s Aaron Lennon 3rd.
Manchester United also have a strong hold for PFA Premier League Team of the Year, filling 8 out of 11 spots. It will be quite an ironic if Chelsea wins the Premier League and FA Cup in the end, with only one player in the Team of the Year… touch wood.
Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Didier Drogba (Chelsea) and Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham)
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson received a Special Merit Award.
Manchester United is delighted to announce that it has agreed terms with Cristiano Ronaldo on a new five-year contract keeping him at the club until at least June 2012.
Sir Alex Ferguson said: “It is fantastic news, it emphasises the point that Cristiano is happy here and that he is at the right club.
“He has a great relationship with the team, staff and the fans and he will go on to be one of Manchester United’s great players.”
Cristiano added: “I am delighted. I spoke with Sir Alex and David Gill about my future and everyone knew that I wanted to stay.
“I am very happy at the club. I want to win trophies and hopefully we’ll do that this season.”
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