It is with great joy and emotion that I inform I have recently become father to a baby boy. As agreed with the baby’s mother, who prefers to have her identity kept confidential, my son will be under my exclusive guardianship. No further information will be provided on this subject and I request everyone to fully respect my right to privacy (and that of the child) at least on issues as personal as these are.
So that’s that. C-Ron’s a Daddy, and that’s all he’s going to say on it. I’m the third-farthest person from a Cristiano Ronaldo fan in all of football, but I have to give him credit. He announced what sounds like a somewhat … complicated arrangement in a fairly simple anti-Paparazzi way. And with Portugal out and a bit over a month until La Liga starts up for his Real Madrid side, he can hopefully take a few weeks and get some quality time with Winker Jr.
The questions are (because I personally don’t care who the mama is), 1) is he sincere about wanting to keep the kid out of the spotlight? and 2) can he do it?
We don’t know the babys name but after Ronaldo’s Portugal are out of the world cup he can set his sights on looking after the little tot beforehe gets back to playing in La Liga, here are the early football odds for the winning of the la liga title.
Jamie Carragher has offered one reason for England’s World Cup woe – his own return from international exile.
The Liverpool veteran had last played for England in June 2007 but was lured out of international retirement by Fabio Capello amid injury concerns in defence.
Carragher replaced Ledley King at half-time in the Group C opener against the USA, when the Three Lions had to settle for a 1-1 draw before turning in a dismal display against Algeria.
A 0-0 draw on Friday means England, among the pre-tournament favourites, must now beat Slovenia to be sure of just reaching the second round.
Carragher is suspended for the game having picked up a second booking against Algeria, but the 32-year-old joked that could be a blessing following England’s stuttering start.
“It’s very difficult to put your finger on,” he said.
“We did really well in qualifying so I think maybe I’m the problem coming back!
“They seemed to be fine when I was watching the qualifying. It’s just not happening at the moment.
“Obviously we have a chance to put it right after two disappointing results and two disappointing performances. There’s still all to play for.”
England face Slovenia in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday and a point would be enough for the surprise group leaders to book their place in the last 16 having beaten Algeria 1-0 before drawing 2-2 with the USA.
Javier Mascherano has announced that he wants to move back to his home country before the end of his career.
“Right now I’m thinking about playing for another three or four years at the highest level and returning home to play at a good level there.”
“I want to enjoy Argentinian football for four or five years and I’d love to do it at River (Plate), the club that gave me everything and treated me so well.”
He is looking forward to signing a new deal with Liverpool to keep him at the club for another 3 -4 years, which is great news for all Liverpool fans as he is a integral part of the Liverpool team. He joined Liverpool in 2007 on loan from a struggling West Ham before making the move permanent in February 2008, he quickly established himself as a first team player and later in the year was voted the man of the match by Liverpool fans in the champions league final, which they lost 2-1 to Ac Milan.
He has only scored twice for Liverpool, the first a scrappy goal against Reading, but the 2nd of which was a cracking goal against Unirea Urziceni. The midfielder is well renowned for his tenacious tackling and attack stifling play, and has recently been praised by both Rafa Benitez and Diego Maradona
Benitez “ he is a monster of a player” and Diego had to say this about the Argentina side “ it’s Javier plus 10 others”
Here are some highlights of the little midfield chief
