Blatter Call for Player Power

The head of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, believes that Ronaldo should be allowed to move to Real Madrid.

With Ronaldo insisting that Real 'is a dream move' and that 'the train only passes once', everyone in the world knows what he wants - its just a matter of whether United let him go. Whilst the big clubs have come out in United's favour - and see Real Madrid as bullies - Blatter believes different.

"I'm always in favour of protecting the player and if the player wants to leave let him leave," he told Sky News.

"If the player wants to play somewhere else, then a solution should be found because if he stays in a club where he does not feel comfortable to play then it's not good for the player and for the club.

"I think in football there's too much modern slavery in transferring players or buying players here and there, and putting them somewhere. We are trying now to intervene in such cases. The reaction to the Bosman law is to make long-lasting contracts in order to keep the players and then if he wants to leave, then there is only one solution, he has to pay his contract."

Meanwhile, Manchester United's chances of convincing the mercurial Portuguese superstar to stay took a hit, with Carlos Queiroz opting to take up theoffer from Portugal's FA to lead the national side. Carlos was known to be a 'father-figure' to Ronny, and will be one less reason for him to come back...

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