At long last the preening Portuguese international has been allowed to go to Real Madrid for a mere £80 million. The red side of Manchester have stated that matters will all be sorted out by 30 June, so who have they been deceiving, their “loyal” fans all with manucunian accents, of course because this was a deal done last year with Ronaldo petulantly having to agree to stay another year at the Lancastrian club. So what was in it for him, compensation for loss of office, pay in lieu of notice, tax free payments on termination - you bet there will be all rapped up as loyalty bonuses. Now call me old fashioned but loyalty in football seems to be a complete enigma these days. I remember the case of Alan Smith that passionate, Leeds born and bred player who was in tears when they were relegated, kissed the badge and swore blind he would never join Leeds United’s sworn enemies, scum, but off he trotted to pick up his signing on payments etc – loyalty in football is dead!