No, you're taking it a bit too far, mate. Ronaldo tried to get his move to Madrid because, as he's always said, from day one, at some point in his career he wants to play in Spain. And that's fair enough no problem. Being an Iberian and all that comes with being Iberian, you can understand that. He didn't grow up a United fan so he's not got the same emmotional attachement to the club that we all have to our respective clubs.
Now, he's won it all in England, an FA Cup, two league titles, one Champions League, a League Cup, two time PFA player of the year, two time player of the year, broke Best's record... he's done the lot, so his thinking was "I've done it all and now I fancy a new challenge, United will get a world record fee and buy someone else so everyone's a winner." that was extremely naive but you can see where he's coming from. But if I'd played for Celtic or Rangers (Sporting) in Scotland and Real Madrid (United) wanted to buy me at 18 years of age, I'd go. Now if I'd spent five years there, won all I could and had two sensational years but Manchester United (Real Madrid) came calling with a world record bid, I'd be doing all I could to get back to England and to play for the club I'd always wanted to play for. So, as I say, I can see where he's coming from.
Our standpoint was and is, we've got a great team here, Ronaldo's the main component and we don't want to break this team up while it's at the age it is. We were never going to sell to Madrid because they acted the *****. So he was told you're not getting your move, he's respected that decision and he's got on with it like a professional.
The only way he's 'disrespected' us was by asking for a move, he's not come out and slagged the manager off like Gareth Barry did, he hasn't virtually gone on strike like Robinho did, and he's not sulked to get his move like Berbatov did. In all honesty going by today's standards, he's conducted himself quite well... I know, I know that's not saying a lot. If he'd acted like one of the aforementioned players then the wankers that populate half of Old Trafford would still applaud him but the other half's reaction would have been quite different.
The thing you have to realise is that players are assets, and that applies to every player at every club, so if you've got the greatest most valuable asset in the world then why not utilise it? It's obvious that the lad's a professional and he'll give 100% - if only for himself - so why not use that? We boo him, or act indifferently towards him then what good does that do overall? None. We showed who we are this summer, we've got nothing to prove. We all know no player is bigger than the club, and we all know that the management call the shots, not the players.
You've got to look at the bigger picture and think what's best for Manchester United, and what's best for Manchester United is for the management to let the players know who's in charge, for the club to let other clubs know that we can't be fcuked with and for us, the supporters, to support the shirt and get behind the team as long as they give 100%.