CR9?

Last time, I asked "if Kaka is our new Zidane, who would be our new Ronaldo?"

Well, it seems like our new Ronaldo is... err.. Ronaldo!

Last week Manchester officially accepted Real Madrid's £80million world record bid for the services of Cristiano Ronaldo. Now, it has been reported that the player has agreed terms of contract with the Spanish club.

If he ever does come this summer, what jersey would he end up with? His fellow Real Madrid recruit Kaka has been rumored of wearing Zidane's jersey number 5. Given the number of players set to leave Madrid, there might be a lot of possible numbers to choose from.

Of course, Ronaldo wore number 7 at Manchester United. However, Spanish legend Raul has worn that number for Madrid, and he seems untouchable.

Ronaldo might choose number 9, currently held by Argentine striker Javiola Saviola, who is set to leave the Bernabeu soon. This is the most probable, since it had been reported months ago that he registered the "CR9" trademark in Spain. The number 9 position is usually for strikers, such as his name sake the Brazilian phenomenon Ronaldo who wore that number when he played in Madrid (Ronaldo also wore jersey number 10 when he arrived in 2002 - since Fernando Morientes wore number 9), but C. Ronaldo, based on his amazing goal count, can be considered a "striker".

Another possibility is the number 10, currently worn by Sneijder. This would only happen if the Dutch midfielder leaves Madrid.

It would also be interesting if Ronaldo wears the number "8", which is worn by Fernando Gago. That would make it CR8 as in "create", descriptive of how Ronaldo should perform on the pitch.

At any rate, the most important thing is C. Ronaldo comes to Madrid, to form a lethal partnership with Kaka.

Most likely, they will be unveiled jointly at the end of the month - with Kaka holding on to the white jersey number "5" and Ronaldo with the number "9". With the same jersey numbers, the next thing this Galactico era's Zidane and Ronaldo have to do is start winning for Real Madrid.