My money is on Cristiano Ronaldo staying at Manchester United

The never ending saga between Ronaldo, Real Madrid and Barcelona has more buzz than reality into it.

Manchester United has a lock on the 21-year-old superstar until 2010 and I have no doubt they would exercise that right with full force. Cristiano Ronaldo is being courted by Real Madrid for the longest time; but as good as it sounds, the once dominant club has more failure than success on it. Cristiano Ronaldo would not have any patience on a club as chaotic as Real Madrid.

Sure enough, David Beckham and Ruud Van Nistelrooy transferred to Real Madrid but they were in no way snatched by the declining club. Both these players are over 28-years-old and Manchester United is kicking them out the door.

My money is on Cristiano Ronaldo finishing his contract. Manchester United looks good to win the premiership and probably steal the Champion League as well. Cristiano Ronaldo is intelligent enough to realize that staying at Manchester United is the quickest and simplest way to reach the top and before 2010 his value might even skyrocket past the 50 million mark.

Would he opt to start all over again and build chemistry with another team? I seriously doubt he is that dumb.