A REAL IRISH WELCOME FOR THE EUR94M MAN; Ronaldo arrives in rainy Ireland.Byline: EOIN EOIN End of Instruction REYNOLDS CRISTIANO Ronaldo <noinclude></noinclude>
The EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 94million player landed at rainy Dublin Airport with his 28 team-mates and was immediately whisked off by a bus which met their plane on the tarmac. The players will now spend 10 days training at luxurious 1,000-acre Carton House - which was yesterday besieged by calls from female fans begging to meet the 24year-old Portuguese winger. A hotel source revealed: "The phones have not stopped ringing with women calling to see if they can come and see Ronaldo. "We've never known anything like it. "The callers want to know if they will be able to come and watch him train or sit in the hotel and catch a glimpse of him. "They all sound quite desperate to see him." However, the winger will have 24/7 personal security and will be kept away from guests as much as possible. Prices at the 18th century country house in Maynooth, Co Kildare, have also been cranked up by more than EUR50-a-night as the hotel revels in the publicity of the Spanish team's visit. The 29-strong squad - including stars such as Kaka ka·ka n. A brownish-green New Zealand parrot (Nestor meridionalis). [Maori k  k , Raul and Iker
Casillas - have booked out a whole floor of deluxe rooms at the facility
which boasts its own football pitch, spa and 36-hole golf course.
The team will also shun the hotel's three restaurants in favour of a private dining room in a bid to ensure their seclusion seclusion Forensic psychiatry A strategy for managing disturbed and violent Pts in psychiatric units, which consists of supervised confinement of a Pt to a room–ie, involuntary isolation, to protect others from harm . And Real Madrid even decided to bring their own chef to ensure their meals are just perfect. The source added: "Security has had to be stepped up to protect the players and keep them away from other guests. "They will spend most of the day training. The entrance to their hotel floor will be watched by security guards to keep out fans." Star player Ronaldo - who became the most expensive player in soccer history after he transferred from Manchester United this month - is set to make his debut for Real against Shamrock Rovers on Monday. It's part of the Spanish club's preseason training under new coach Manuel Pellegrini and Rovers are doing everything they can to make the Galacticos feel at home. They even cut the grass at their ground in Tallaght, Dublin, to 23 millimetres - just how the Spanish giants like it. Chairman of Shamrock Rovers John Roche, who reckons his team of minnows are in with a chance, said: "It's great that Ronaldo is going to make his debut in Tallaght, at Shamrock Rovers' home ground." CAPTION(S): HERE WE GO Coach heads to hotel ON TARGET Spanish team's plane touches down yesterday POPULAR Ronaldo causes a stir on arrival GOTTA HAND IT TO HIM Cristiano Ronaldo is greeted at Dublin Airport |
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