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Everton, However, Are Prepared to Part with Chickenpox in January

Alex Ferguson on the rumor that Manchester United have a secret gentleman’s pact to sell Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid in the summer:

Do you think I would get into a contract with that mob. Jesus Christ, no chance. I wouldn’t sell them a virus.

The man has got a style. The best part is that I don’t even think this counts as the Gatling gun he’s promised us.

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Everton, However, Are Prepared to Part with Chickenpox in January

by Brian Phillips · December 18, 2008

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