Free Ronaldo! (and good riddance)
He’s hardly in chains, but a footballer on £120,000 a week should be as free to leave his job as any other ‘wage slave’. Read Mick Hume’s column in The Times (London).
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Tuesday 15 July:
‘As a lifelong Manchester United fan, I think the club should get rid of Cristiano Ronaldo now. As an old political red, I also believe he must be allowed to leave whether United want to sell him or not…’
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