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.
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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).