A Spaniard who describes himself as a professional warlock claims to have been hired to cast a spell on the former Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

Jose “Pepe” Ruz, 58, from Malaga, has written to Florentino Pérez, the president of Real Madrid — the club that paid £80 million for the Portugal international — to warn him that the hopes of millions of fans are about to be dashed. “I have been contracted so Cristiano Ronaldo suffers a serious injury. I can’t promise when that will be, but I can say he will be injured for more time than he plays,” he wrote.

Speculation has abounded in Spain over who might have taken out a black-magic contract on the star. Was it Sir Alex Ferguson, his former manager at Manchester United? Or Joan Laporta, president of Real Madrid’s rivals, Barcelona? Neither is a known practitioner of the dark arts — so is it one of the hapless defenders who will have to face Ronaldo in the coming season? Mr Ruz refused to name his client, other than to say that he or she was “famous and knows the player”.

Mr Ruz claims to have practised witchcraft for 22 years; a calling for which he says he is well paid. This time, however, he will have his warlock work cut out: the Portuguese winger has already scored seven goals in five games for his new club.

Real Madrid dismissed the threat. “It is a nonsense, like many things we have to deal with regularly,” a spokesman said.

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Wayne Rooney has again reiterated his strong feelings for the club, claiming that he hopes to spend as many years with the club as Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville.

“I hope I’m still at United when I’m the same age as guys like Ryan, Scholesy and Gary Neville,” said Rooney. “I’ve always said that as long as United want me, I’m happy to stay. I don’t want to leave. I love the club and have no reason to even think about moving. I’m sure I’ll be here for a long time.”

Man United midfielder Paul Scholes is 34-years old but he turns 35 next month. Over recent years he has only scored a few goals, but the ones he has scored have been vital for the club.

Scholes has said that he is trying to rediscover his goal scoring form so he is spending more time on the training field.

Scholes said: “My goals have dried up a bit in recent years and I’d like to get back to scoring a few. That’s why I stay and do a bit of shooting practice at the end of training.

“When I was younger, I used to get forward a lot more than I do now, but the manager expects me to stay in the middle of the park nowadays and pass to the players who can go forward and score goals.”

I am sure that all Man United fans would like to see him score more goals. So what if he doesn’t score that many goals, atleast he is trying to do something about it.

just read on sky sports website that west ham and millwall face sevral fa charges after the violance at their league cup game earlier this season, these charges could include playing a few games behind closed doors, it comes after carlton cole and a millwall player were subject to racial abuse and a fan was stabbed in the stadium during the game