It may be too early to make predictions about the future of Cristiano Ronaldo, but I have a feeling the £80 million sale to Real Madrid could turn out to be a very smart bit of business by Sir Alex Ferguson.

At the beginning of the 2008/2009 season Ronaldo missed the first few months due to an ankle injury.  After coming back and having a successful season he claimed that the injury was behind him and a one off occurrence.  Real Madrid obviously believed this when they offer United a record breaking transfer fee for his services.

However in the friendly last weekend against Hungary Ronaldo limped off the field with another injury.  After coming back to Madrid for examination the club issued this statement:

“After a clinical examination and an MRI scan, it is confirmed the player has suffered a recurrence of his injury to his right ankle, a medial collateral sprain with inflammation in the bone,”

All players pick up injuries from time to time; the real problem comes if you pick up an injury which keeps coming back.  If you are constantly worrying about a certain injury while playing it’s impossible to perform at the peak level.

Ronaldo may be able to recover from this injury and move on, but with the way he plays; relying on speed and quick turning skills this kind of injury could signal the decline of the worlds best player.

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