His fanboys on here bat an eye to what he does, but they still hold it against Rooney for his stunt in 2010 despite him staying in the end and being right at the time.
Cristiano Ronaldo (I stay)
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His fanboys on here bat an eye to what he does, but they still hold it against Rooney for his stunt in 2010 despite him staying in the end and being right at the time.
Nah, he just looks like a mercenary.
If there aren't genuine family reasons, which seems unlikely, he's a true disgrace to the club. New manager in working a team, trying to build something and he decides its all beneath him? Hasn't been near a CL final in 4 years and Juve wanted rid of him but he thinks we're the reason he's not lifting CLs. Madrid doing fine without him too
I hope there’s some way we can cut ties with this narcissistic mercenary. I’d happily offload him to Chelsea at this point so he can feck their system up.
Might have more to do with the fact nobody wants him...
What is the definition or the qualification to be a Legend for the club? Ian Wright is an Arsenal Legend. He spent six years with Arsenal, won one league title, 2 FA cup and 1 league cup, and 1 Europe Cup Winners Cup. I believe Ronaldo won way more than that for Utd.
The guy is 37 years old, if he wants to feck off then let him go anywhere as long as it's not to Chelsea.
I generally simpathize with players having a big ambition, but in this case I interpret this as selfish and egocentrical.
Cristiano Ronaldo has (or had) the respect from Man Utd fans due to this talent and achievements in the past. He is undoubtedly still a great player.
But he is 37 yo, closer to retirement and like it or not, there are better and younger players that will outclass him sooner or later. Is is worth playing CL and scoring a few goals by sacrificing his reputation with the last fanbase that still respected him? I honestly don't think so.To the contrary, he could have been seen as a true hero by taking leadership of a crappy locker room and giding United to a brighter future, like Zlatan did with Milan.
I believe this is enough evidence to prove that he indeed wants to overpass Messi's legend somehow.
Cristiano Ronaldo has (or had) the respect from Man Utd fans due to this talent and achievements in the past. He is undoubtedly still a great player.
But he is 37 yo, closer to retirement and like it or not, there are better and younger players that will outclass him sooner or later. Is is worth playing CL and scoring a few goals by sacrificing his reputation with the last fanbase that still respected him? I honestly don't think so.To the contrary, he could have been seen as a true hero by taking leadership of a crappy locker room and giding United to a brighter future, like Zlatan did with Milan.
I believe this is enough evidence to prove that he indeed wants to overpass Messi's legend somehow.
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What a fecking tit. He should’ve simply performed better than Messi rather than expecting Madrid to pull strings for him.
Personally I resent Rooney for that stunt but he was right and changed his mind in the end so he ended up as our all time top goalscorer. Ronaldo on the other hand left us in his prime and came back for a heroes welcome in the twilight of his career, the thing with him is that it's always about him everything, he came back because we were willing to bow down to all his demands. It doesn't suit him to be at a struggling mid table club in the Euro Disney Cup, his ego can't handle it. But sadly for him his number is up and he might have to spin this in his favour and play here. Just watch the Ronnie crowd rally around him as he was never ever going to leave.
Shortest United transfer saga?
Well considering even Rio confirms that he has family issues, should we start considering it might actually be legit? Or are we saying Rio is that far up his arse that he’s lying on his behalf?
I mean hear me out, we really have no clue what is going on behind the scenes and if the club has given him indefinite leave and others have publicly said he does have an issue at home, we can’t argue the contrary unless there’s sufficient evidence which there isn’t.
Ronaldo has always been this way. It’s his determination to keep scoring and keep winning trophies that has led to him being one of the greatest of all time. He just has a few years left at the top so I can understand that he wants to continue playing in the CL.
He didn’t join City last year because they were our direct rivals and maybe he thought we were good enough to challenge for titles. Now that he knows we are far behind, he just wants to go to a new team where he can continue fighting for the big trophies.
I won’t hold this against Ronaldo because this is nothing new. He left us when we were at the top to Madrid. So his desire to leave now doesn’t come as a surprise at all. Legacy for Ronaldo is goals and trophies. Helping us to the top 4 would not be something that he would consider an accomplishment. Honestly, it would be great for us to hold on to him but even I would feel bad to see him playing Europa League.
If he didn't want to leave, we would hear stories relaying that.
He clearly wants to leave.
Oh he most definitely wants to leave but that’s a separate issue.
I was more addressing the notion that he has gone on strike and refused to attend training which we really don’t know. Could just be a coincidence.
That is indeed up in the air.
I wouldn't be surprised if he did go on strike to be honest.
Sponsors will not give a feck.
Yeah it wouldn’t be beyond the realms of possibility if he did strike but considering Rio has flat out said he’s got issues at home, it puts everything more at 50/50 and we should really wait to find out as I doubt Rio would go as far as lying for Ronaldo, especially against a club he loves. Just seems odd.
Yes but that narrative doesn’t sell papers nor does it get United fans up in a fuss which the media has loved doing since ole got sacked.
Tbf nobody really takes Rio seriously, he loves the club and I'll always like him, but everyone knows he's an idiot.
Is Rio in a position confirm anything? It's not that Rio would be lying, he's just parroting what Ronaldo has said because he's chosen to believe him, the only people that know whether it's legit are Ronaldo and his family.
It definitely could be legit. It's just so much of a coincidence that the balance of probabilities probably lean towards it being an excuse to force his way out the club. Definitely can't rule out the possibility it's true and just unfortunate timing to coincide with the request to leave.
You may very well be right, and I hope you are ! It remains to be seen are the people in charge competent though...the proof is in the pudding. Early days, but at least there's been change now. I feel much happier with Pogba gone, personally - even though I have no doubt in the right system, with the right manager, it all could have worked out.
I think it's more likely that no one will want him rather than United refusing to sell.
We can only hope that there's a rich club with a stupid owner somewhere out there
Well true. But Rio does share a personal relationship with Ronaldo so there’s a good chance he’s phoned him up and had a long chat with him. The way Rio was so defensive of him when you watch the interview suggests Ronaldo would’ve presented enough evidence of whatever issue he had for Rio to believe. But knows.
I do think there probably are family issues going on, didn't they just have a miscarriage or something similar?
It is odd that him wanting out coincided with these familial issues and our preseason though… I don’t really know why he didn’t both communicating any of this earlier? I guess unless he did and the club just told him no.
It is odd that him wanting out coincided with these familial issues and our preseason though… I don’t really know why he didn’t both communicating any of this earlier? I guess unless he did and the club just told him no.
Couldn't care less if he leaves but I'm a bit gutted that He wont be there when United play Crystal Palace in Melbourne as it is going to be the first time I'm going to watch United play.
Looking back does no good. Pogba was never that player.
Let's look forward.
ETH silence in the media is great. Do the work behind the bullshit media.
To him? Absolutely. The man is petrified of Messi surpassing his CL goals record so he is desperate to stay in that competition. He doesn't care about us nearly as much as he cares about himself, so losing our affection for the chance at a few more tap ins in CL is a no brainer for him.
He is 16 goals ahead of Messi in the champions league anyway so it's not like he's going to lose that next season if he were to stay. If he eventually retires at Sporting then he'll have another few years banging in the goals with them in the group stages.
As someone on here stated, it would have actually made good sense to stay here and play one game per week for maximum fitness in (probably) his last ever world cup. Guess that's not happening now.
As someone on here stated, it would have actually made good sense to stay here and play one game per week for maximum fitness in (probably) his last ever world cup. Guess that's not happening now.
Crossed my mind earlier. Haven't seen it mentioned once, but he did lose a child mid season. So im sure there's been lingering grief the last several months
I wonder how much of a drop-off will he face on his social media platform once he leaves United? I suspect half his following are/were from United fans.
How many trophies you have is not the definition of a legend, Alan Shearer is a Newcastle legend, but he has little to show for his time with them.
Everyone has different criteria as to what makes a player a legend to them, but just the number of trophies one isn’t a main one for me.
I honestly think the family issue is all related to his lost child, which if I'm remembering right happened in Manchester (not sure), so his girlfriend is probably having a very difficult time being here, constantly reminded of it and maybe it would help them to be somewhere else. It's a complete speculation from my part, but I know someone who went through something similar and they had to leave where they were as they were haunted by the experience and needed a new environment to help them move on.
We should offer Ronaldo to Atletico.
Given the City interest last summer, he's already shown he's not averse to playing for the rivals of one his former teams.
I think he could fit in well in there. Simeone's always liked to setup with a clinical finisher as the spearhead to a shithouse defence. Ronaldo would be perfect for that as a replacement for Suarez. Atletico are also one of the few clubs that could afford to pay him more than £350k per week in wages (which would be parity with Griezmann).
Given the City interest last summer, he's already shown he's not averse to playing for the rivals of one his former teams.
I think he could fit in well in there. Simeone's always liked to setup with a clinical finisher as the spearhead to a shithouse defence. Ronaldo would be perfect for that as a replacement for Suarez. Atletico are also one of the few clubs that could afford to pay him more than £350k per week in wages (which would be parity with Griezmann).
I'm more worried that he stays than leaves. There's no way ten Hag can instill his style of play while also accommodating Ronaldo's planet-sized ego and unwillingness/inability to run when we're out of possession.
I hope he stays this season and plays well. Even Kane wanted to leave Spurs last summer, and then ended up having a good season.
Kane is a well liked player by the dressing room, at least compared to CR
He also refused to turn upto training iirc. We dont really know if CR is not liked in the dressing room though.
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