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Slowly it seems more insights are coming to light on the now famous "I am sad & wish to leave" episode between CRISTIANO RONALDO & REAL MADRID CF. Real Madrid suspects the interference of a third party, another Football Club with enough economic power to "fill with birds" the head of CR7.



Cristiano Ronaldo


Apart from the already multiple written up reasons, this last is being investigated as

Continuing on from yesterdays post below on CRISTIANO RONALDO & his "sadness", at REAL MADRID CF the below diagram of "Top Football Players Salaries" may shine a light on things.



Top Football Wages


CR7 is currently the 10th "Best Paid" Footballer in World Football, far from the Nº1 Samuel Eto´o with 20M€ / year. I suspect that part of the "Ronaldo Crisis" that has saturated the local & World

If your visiting this website from outside Spain, as the majority of the readers of "Spanish Football Sports Blog" do, you may be visiting to find out more about the latest CRISTIANO RONALDO affair,  or "Crisis". In fact it is the only thing that the local Football & Sports media are talking & writing about today, as the post-match words yesterday from the REAL MADRID star that he was "unhappy"

UEFA has announced the three final candidates for the "UEFA Best European Player of season 2011-2012" They are:

Cristiano Ronaldo ( Real Madrid CF )
Lionel Messi ( FC Barcelona )
Andres Iniesta ( FC Barcelona )


the rest in line are Pirlo (Juventus),Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona),Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Drogba (ex-Chelsea FC), P.Cech (Chelsea FC), Falcao (At. Madrid) & Ozil (Real Madrid) ..

Found this interesting "infograph" on the website of our friends at "Visual.ly" Tought that this may interest all the global readers & that you may find value with all the stats. Interesting the comparision between the two Football players that currently dominate the Sport & Spanish Football: LIONEL MESSI & CRISTIANO RONALDO

LIONEL MESSI of FC BARCELONA with his 50 Spanish League goals not only creates an all-time Liga & European record but also wins this seasons EUROPEAN GOLDEN BOOT AWARD. The second placed is Real Madrid player ( last years winner) CRISTIANO RONALDO with also impressive & records numbers of 46 goals ( 92 pts ).




Lionel Messi



TOP 10 European Golden Boot Award places season 2011-2012:
1. Lionel

The SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE may have already a title winner if REAL MADRID wins Athletic Club Bilbao tomorrow, or if Barcelona lose against Malaga FC in their game. But there is another title - on an individual level - that is totally up for grabs with still 3 Rounds left of the competition. The race for the Spanish League Top Goal scorer - "El Pichichi" - is a two man race between CRISTIANO

Saturday 21 st of Abril 2012, Round 35 of the SPANISH LEAGUE at the "Camp Nou" Stadium in the city of Barcelona. Another "clasico" between the home Club FC BARCELONA, currently second on the LIGA table with 81 points & the current table leader REAL MADRID with 85 points.



Camp Nou

Big match commencing at 20.00 Spanish local time which could well settle the season 2011-2012 LIGA title,

Spanish Football Sports Blog had a widget that gave up-to-date statistics on the current situation with the "Leading Goalscorers" & their actual goal tally. That widget went down the toilet when the source stopped actualizing the information, thus it made no sense to keep it up.


However I am conscious of the fact that the regular readers & the visitors from around the globe are looking to see