LONDON -- Next Wednesday -- thighs, hamstrings, knees and transfer request permitting -- Ronaldo will make his belated debut for Real Madrid when the European Champions play Belgium's KRC Genk in a Champions League tie at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
The game could have been hand picked by the Spanish club's spin doctors. Roll up, roll up, here he is, the world's finest player (when fit) . . . come early to avoid disappointment (or the star going off injured).