Christiano Ronaldo - NO current rumors
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Of course he's good enough. Problem is his age, the wage he will want (which even if we somehow managed to get him cheap would be a huge amount) and the years he'd want on his contract. Ronaldo is going to want to play every game, he's going to want to be the main man, highest paid. There's so many factors that basically cripple us more than he benefits our current team. We don't NEED him, there's better upcoming options. And let's face it, he's used our interest in buying him back as a threat just to get a better salary many many times now. Not because he wants to come back to us.
He's just old news now.
Come on, he's a 5 time Ballon d'Or winner and has been Madrid's best player for nearly a decade. He's also the animal Madrid have created with their Galactico approach.
Don't think he has that much left in him.
High Quality =/= World Class Quality
He'll still be a La Liga / EPL / Serie A level player for a few more years. That's high quality. Whether he'll win Ballon D'Ors or be good enough to be the fulcrum of a team challenging for the title, that's a different thing.
at this point I wish our club would come out and say we categorically have not interest in re-signing ronaldo, we have constantly been used by ronaldo to get new deals with real over the years.
Agree with that, he will hold up in any team, just not at the level he was last season or before that. Will he be worth 400k+ a week for 3 years? No one can say, no guarantees at his age. Feels kind of sad to witness the end of an era.
I'm not for Ronaldo coming back, but what i will say if he does, people have doubted him all his career and he's proven everyone wrong.
So people saying he's finished and only got 2/3 years playing top level football, don't be surprised if your proven wrong again, he's the current Ballon d'Ore holder, so that says to me he's still the best.
I think he'll still be banging goals in for fun at 37/38. The guy is a freak (physically) and can't see his body/fitness levels going to shit in the next 5 years they way he looks after himself, the guy's probably not had a bit of booze or tobacco in his body all his life.
Same cannot be said for Giggs and his party lifestyle when he was younger and he went on until he was 40.
So people saying he's finished and only got 2/3 years playing top level football, don't be surprised if your proven wrong again, he's the current Ballon d'Ore holder, so that says to me he's still the best.
I think he'll still be banging goals in for fun at 37/38. The guy is a freak (physically) and can't see his body/fitness levels going to shit in the next 5 years they way he looks after himself, the guy's probably not had a bit of booze or tobacco in his body all his life.
Same cannot be said for Giggs and his party lifestyle when he was younger and he went on until he was 40.
Fool me once. Shame on me.
Fool me twice. Err....
You can't get fooled again.
Classic Dubya
I’m not sure if I even would want Ronaldo here after all these years. I would kind of feel used by him for using us as a stepping stone and retirement home whilst spending his prime years at Real.
Less than 50m and a decreased wages - yes, good deal.
90m and 400k per week for 3 years. Pretty bad deal.
90m and 400k per week for 3 years. Pretty bad deal.
He can feck off. Mourinho won't building a team around 34 years old player
I posted it on the page before this one, but he is (allegedly) not looking for 400k per week, but for 1.2m! He is also not one of those players to strike me as being willing to lower his salary and his contract atm runs till 2021.
Yeh he wants to compete with Messi. That's part of the reason he's not happy, taking a wage cut coming to us will never happen.
Why do people always put a year or 2 on top of your real age?
See it in the Sanchez thread, people already have him as 30, when he's just turned 29. I'm in my 30's and people are like 'getting close to 40' just let me enjoy being in my 30's
Nope, over it
I don't think it'll be a universally popular view on here, but this routine is getting really tired. I would be amazed if he has any interest in coming back to United - and I have real doubts that he'd ever have genuinely considered it, despite the stories - and, tbh, him invoking us every time he fancies a pay rise feels pretty grubby and flies directly in the face of his apparent love for the club, or more specifically his desire to return. His supporters will probably argue that he's just playing the game to get what he wants and that it's all just business and I agree; it looks to me like his warmth for United is overstated and it all is just business to him.
Could be for real this time but I wouldn’t like to see him back here now.
We don’t want the mere mortal version of Ronaldo which is what we would get.
Too late, let’s keep the memories as they are.
We don’t want the mere mortal version of Ronaldo which is what we would get.
Too late, let’s keep the memories as they are.
Bring him back as well. We will one heck of a team next season.
L.A. are launching a new mls team this coming season so maybe they'd be interested.
Bob Bradley is the coach though
Bob Bradley is the coach though
I'd happily have him back if the fee / wages are reasonable, but I'm not going to waste a second of my life pondering whether it will happen. Same old nonsense every year.
I really think he's stuck in Madrid. He's playing the same little game he has the past 5 years, but this time the return on investment doesn't look profitable. I just can't see any club going for him with his wage demands and the fact that Madrid will look to get a sizeable sum for a 5-time Ballon d'Or and legend of the club. Their only option would be City or PSG at that point. I really doubt City would go for him, and same for PSG. Even if they're looking to replace Cavani, I think Mbappe will eventually take the central spot, instead of replacing him with CR7. I also seriously doubt they would ever consider swapping with Neymar as I see him as a better player now than CR7 who is in clear decline.
Outside of those two, who could, or would, want to afford him in Europe? I can't see him going to the Middle-East either, maybe the US but I didn't think it would be at the end of this season. It'll be interesting to see how this Real Madrid team looks a year from now.
Outside of those two, who could, or would, want to afford him in Europe? I can't see him going to the Middle-East either, maybe the US but I didn't think it would be at the end of this season. It'll be interesting to see how this Real Madrid team looks a year from now.
The same film every year.
No thanks. Hes been awful this season and not worth the fee + the gigantic wages he'll command every week. Hope Perez calls his bluff and sells him, Madrid would a better team without him
It’s setup for a Neymar - CR7 swap isn’t it?
It would make sense tbh but would PSG really spend 200 million, go through all that saga with Neymar + just for a master plan of acquiring an aging 33 year old ronaldo? Whats in it for them?
They'll hardly be an unstoppable force with Ronaldo, Madrid would end up being stronger and PSG would have to shell out another 200 odd million for the next superstar in 3 years whilst Neymar is set for the next half decade or so
No chance he goes to China or MLS at this stage. He's the defending Ballon d'Or winner. He (and his agent) regards himself as the best player in the world. From an ego standpoint he will remain in Europe for the foreseeable future.
Psg or City
Not a chance he ends up at City.
PSG won’t dictate - they’ll ‘settle’ for him. Neymar will make noises come end of the season, always thought PSG was a stepping stone for him.
11 pages.
He has 4 kids now, with one at a key development age - does he speak English?
The only move I can see him making in the future is to America, to give his kids that benefit.
The only move I can see him making in the future is to America, to give his kids that benefit.
Perhaps Neymar only agreed to the move to facilitate a route to Real anyway: was a strange one, and you can’t seriously see him spending his peak years in France. The fact the went all out to secure Mbappe looks like they were planning for life without him before it began.
Ronaldo would offer them the same prestige even without the performances, while his ego would probably benefit from continuing to bag loads of goals in a dodgy league into his mid-thirties.
He’s used United’s name for 5 years to annually improve his salary in Madrid, it’s quite amusing that now they want rid and he wants to go, he’ll be politely declined.
But with Woodward in charge, the commercial lure might be too much to resist.....
The commercial lure, but the financial risk/reward would simply not be worth it.
He's an investment banker, he'll take risks, but they'll be ones that are calculated. I don't think it's worth it.
I'd still be buzzing if we signed the guy.
If he's demanding £36m a year at Madrid though, then I don't see why he'd take a big pay cut to join United and I don't think he's really worth spending big on at this stage - although he's not finished like some are saying.
If he's demanding £36m a year at Madrid though, then I don't see why he'd take a big pay cut to join United and I don't think he's really worth spending big on at this stage - although he's not finished like some are saying.
This again.......
Would I like to see him back?
I'm of 2 minds.
The guys got 2 or 3 years left where he's considered the best in the world then probably another 3 years of being a high class player if you manage his minutes right.
Like Zlatan Ronnie is a physical specimen who works very hard at maintaining his body.
I fully expect Ronnie to play until he's 37 or 38 easily then fall off into the MLS.
On the other hand this isn't Ronnie anymore this is CR7. CR7 would never accept a diminishing role at the club and we'd be hearing he feels like a slave pretty quickly.
He's also turning 33 in less than a month and he's not coming on a free.
I'd think it's a bad move for the club overall.
I hold him in the same regard as someone like Beckham, but he's not on the same level as Best or Sir Bobby to me and never will be.
Of course 20 million and 200k a week and I fully reserve the right to change my mind and hope he breaks Rooney's record.
I'm of 2 minds.
The guys got 2 or 3 years left where he's considered the best in the world then probably another 3 years of being a high class player if you manage his minutes right.
Like Zlatan Ronnie is a physical specimen who works very hard at maintaining his body.
I fully expect Ronnie to play until he's 37 or 38 easily then fall off into the MLS.
On the other hand this isn't Ronnie anymore this is CR7. CR7 would never accept a diminishing role at the club and we'd be hearing he feels like a slave pretty quickly.
He's also turning 33 in less than a month and he's not coming on a free.
I'd think it's a bad move for the club overall.
I hold him in the same regard as someone like Beckham, but he's not on the same level as Best or Sir Bobby to me and never will be.
Of course 20 million and 200k a week and I fully reserve the right to change my mind and hope he breaks Rooney's record.
Unless he was available for a reasonable fee I think any big club would do very well to avoid signing him
i hope this stuff ( also bale ) dies down after we sign sanchez, we have enough of attacking player at the moment
we are sacrificing martial/rashford if he came here
him, lukaku and sanchez have bigger wage than martial/rashford therefore tends to be used more, he won't like to be a back up option either
we are sacrificing martial/rashford if he came here
him, lukaku and sanchez have bigger wage than martial/rashford therefore tends to be used more, he won't like to be a back up option either
Love Ronaldo, but please feck off!
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