A young kid in the school playground is being hassled & bullied for his lunch money, the kid refuses to hand it over, so he endures constant pressure but still holds his ground. The bully thinks he is stronger & more powerful than the young kid, but the kid does not believe that to be true, and has vowed to fight the bully if required. Then along comes the Headmaster to enquire about what is happening.
The bullied kid says
"he wants my lunch money but i need it for myself to be bigger & stronger.." and the bully replies
"I need that money more than he does as i am the biggest boy in the school..". Then the Headmaster says to the bullied kid "
this kid is bigger than you, therefore needs more food than you... give him your lunch money now...".
The kid has three choices: (1) either hand over his lunch money to the bully & remain hungry until he obtains more money (2) tell the Headmaster to fuck off as its his money & find himself in trouble or (3) get help from the other boys in the school & take on the bully and the Headmaster!
Thats the scenario at the minute. United now seem to not only have Platini & Uefa in support of Reals persistence in obtaining Ronaldo but now we have Sepp Blatter of FIFA championing the cause of Ronnie being allowed to leave United & joining Real regardless of a signed 5 year contract & only 1 year completed of that contract.
I have never in my lifetime witnessed such bully-boy tactics from our World Governing Football bodies against an individual football team with regards to contractual obligations! Such solidarity reeks of corruption or the wielding an Anti-United / Anti-English Football agenda.
United are taking a stand & it seems, otherwise quietly, that we have support from some of Europe's top teams, whom a degree of which have battled the same Real Madrid public relations machine themselves. Its a propaganda machine. A tool of facsism - much used by dictators such as Franco, Mussolini & Hitler, and which Real use as tool to unsettle & obtain a contracted player.
We are fortunate to have on our side the Chairman of the European Club Association Karl-Heinz Rumminegge when he said
"I am not worried about the case because the rules are clear and Manchester United has a very strong contract with the player for the next four years.."
He also went onto criticise the behaviour of Real Madrid in their pursuit of Ronnie
"I cannot believe that a club like Real Madrid can force a player like Cristiano Ronaldo to cause such tension, because the price that they will have to pay is too high for everyone".
It is great to have support from high ranking football people all over Europe, but United now need the support from our own Football Authority - the Football Association!
Figures such as Brian Barwick need to earn their bacon again. He listened to what the Glazers had to say when they took over United & was pleased with what he heard, referring to United as the "
Jewel in the Crown of English Football" and nothing should jeopardise that standing. Barwick needs to do the same again, only this time he'll be taking on a much more powerful machine than the Glazers!
Maybe Uefa / FIFA feel that by attacking United they attack English Football as a whole, and if they can bring United down a peg or two, English Football will follow suit & in doing so will show the rest of the football world how is boss!
If United are forced to let Ronaldo leave to join Real, it will create such hysteria amongst all of the clubs of Europe & many of which, like ourselves have built their team around their prized assets!
What message does this send out to the rest of the sporting world?! The present European Champions are being treated with such disregard & an agenda of some sort is being wielded & played out in the media by our so-called "leading figures" in Football!
If the worst happens & Ronnie leaves for FIFA's darling club Real Madrid, should United take the unprecedented step of boycotting the World Club Championships in protest? Would the ramifications be too high to make such a protest??
There's an irony in that scenario. When we last won the Champions League in 1999, we forfeited (otherwise known as forced to) our right to compete in the FA Cup by entering the World Club Championships the next year. We got alot of negative publicity about that and much of it undeserved due to ABU'ness being at its most strongest. This time we would be refusing to play in the same competition that caused us so much grief!
If things persist the way they are, I feel United may well make a huge stand against the powers that be, but in doing so - we will need the help of the other boys in the schoolyard
What say you?