MOMMY, HE KICKED ME!:

Bullies booted me out of England, says ex-Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo (Sportsmail, 7/02/09)

Cristiano Ronaldo claims he was kicked out of the Premier League by players who couldn't cope with him on the pitch. [...]

He said: 'There are some teams who know they can't compete with you on a football level, so they just kick you.

'It's frustrating and something needs to be done to protect the skilful players because one day someone will get seriously hurt. I think more could be done to protect us but that is up to the referees to decide.'

As soon as refs started calling him on his dives his EPL career was over. Moving to the Spanish league gives him a fresh start, but they'll catch up to him there too. And if he can't get free kicks by diving he's mostly useless.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 2, 2009 6:52 AM