FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has stuck his nose into the Cristiano Ronaldo saga and come out with some complete rubbish
Blatter believes that Ronaldo should be allowed to leave Manchester United for Real Madrid- if he wants to.
That isn't what has annoyed me, what has annoyed me is that Blatter has compared transfers to 'modern slavery'.
Quite how you can say that a player who is getting paid thousands a week, does his dream job and wins trophies a slave is ridicoulas.
If the player doesn't want to stay then why does he sign a new deal that will keep him at the club for a further five years?
There was speculation before he left for Euro 2008 but before he left he had said that he was staying, Madrid's tactics and what looks like a word from new Chelsea boss Scolari seems to have changed his mind. But what we do have to remember is that Ronaldo hasn't really said anything yet- apart from 'my future will be announced in 2-3 days' (twice) and that Real Madrid will be his dream move but dreams don't always happen.

Here is what Blatter has said:
"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."