Does anyone believe in the possibility that he would elsewhere?
His only chance at winning the major medals include him being sat on the bench.
Cristiano Ronaldo (I stay)
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His only chance at winning the major medals include him being sat on the bench.
No, not even a slim chance. Hes 37 and perhaps has 2 years left at this level. There was like a 2% chance of him winning the league/CL when he arrived. He came for the money. Hes not completely stupid. He will have known that even after finishing 2nd we weren't even close to competing for the title.
I expect the media to start releasing tweets staying that Ronlado was frustrated with the clubs lack of transfers but is happy now that he has been reassured players are incoming.
Fans will of course lap it up and call him a hero.
Fans will of course lap it up and call him a hero.
That would be the spin to make everyone look good and move on.
One way or the other, I want this over with quickly. I’m tired of the media circus.
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Honestly I’m not sure he was following the club as closely as we fans do to know that. There were even some fans saying we were going to win the league after we signed Varane, Sancho and Ronaldo last year, completely ignoring the fact that we didn’t have a proper midfield and proper coaching at the time.
Totally agree
He's not good enough to play for a team that will win either.
Pretty much this and this is exactly why no top club want him. They're not stupid.
He's no longer good enough to start in a team that can either.
You're wasting time, emotional energy and electrons, aside from putting yourself at increased risk of RSI, responding to stuff like this.
If people are convinced he's the "consummate pro" there's nothing that can be done.
PS apparently we need to be more like Liverpool fans...
I'm worried the club might go one further and offer to plug the 25% wage drop in order to get him back onside. They'd celebrate it like a massive victory and push the Ronaldo 7 legend bull. Under Woodward, a play like that would have been inevitable. Hoping Arnold and Murtough aren't so weak-willed.
If you mean CL as in CarLing cup then yeah.
Dunno, he seemed genuinely bothered at the shit performances of Utd last season, and likewise seemed to genuinely think the side was capable of better.
Of course he came for the money as well - but I do believe (as a neutral) that Ronaldo loves Utd… just not as much as he loves his own career…
And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
Yep he’s in his twilight years, he shouldn’t be judged at wanting to leave a ‘project’ side that could take 3/4 years to reach previous heights. If he were 27 I’d say he’d be more willing to stay and help the club build. There are numerous players who demand to be in the champions league every season and would be looking to move if they weren’t going to be involved for a few years.
In hindsight maybe he should have gotten a champions league clause in his contract and he’d have been made available for transfer at the end of the season for a set fee.
Unfortunately Ronaldo want a new club but no new club wants Ronaldo.
It ends with Ronaldo being pissed at having to stay.
It ends with Ronaldo being pissed at having to stay.
Exactly. Who’s winning the PL or CL with Ronaldo as their main striker?
Bayern? Chelsea?
Miguel "no clue" Delaney.
If Ronaldo will be staying, hopefully he accepts it, starts to build a good relationship with the new manager, sorts of his family issue out, and then gets on the plane to the pre-season tour.
I'm really not that arsed if he's facing up to his own mortality and wants to maximise the chance of winning big prizes in his final few seasons, I get it, but if that opportunity is not on, then he needs to get with the programme. United can be competitive this season for silverware if players return to form and the new manager gets consistency out of the side. That's a big if though.
I'm really not that arsed if he's facing up to his own mortality and wants to maximise the chance of winning big prizes in his final few seasons, I get it, but if that opportunity is not on, then he needs to get with the programme. United can be competitive this season for silverware if players return to form and the new manager gets consistency out of the side. That's a big if though.
If I was Ten Hag I would put him in the u18s for the rest of the season. At least they might win stuff for him.
The club who don’t want him and the manager who doesn’t fancy him?
Could he buy himself out of his last year of his contract?
If he doesn't get a move and ETH doesn't play him... would he accept that? World Cup year not playing, year wasted on his career not scoring goals in champions league.
Sounds like no one wants him.
If he doesn't get a move and ETH doesn't play him... would he accept that? World Cup year not playing, year wasted on his career not scoring goals in champions league.
Sounds like no one wants him.
Pretty fecking stupid of Ronaldo to go public with this if he hasn’t received assurances from CL clubs that they wanted him.
A textbook example of how to turn your own fans against you.
A textbook example of how to turn your own fans against you.
The fact he's in the kit launch and was conducting interviews about being excited about Ten Hag puts an end to the fantasy that this was known to the club for weeks,
Probably Mendes doing, to be fair. Ronaldo is going to look like a bit of a tit if no CL club shows any interest in him at €15m, though. It does now appear that this is indeed the case.
Also the longer it goes on they will be getting a player with no pre-season behind him. Yes he might keep his body in shape but a pre-season helps. Of course he could still be here with no pre-season behind him.
Very well said.
What I imagined happened is that Ronaldo overinterpreted the willingness of people like Laporta and Boehly to have a chat about a transfer as concrete interest.
You can see why. With the way he views himself, it won't have even crossed his mind that if he made himself available people might have second thoughts. However, as I've said earlier in this thread, I think this summer is going to be an ugly wake up call for Ronaldo.
Sooner or later, Ronaldo will have to accept he is years beyond his best. He's not a 27 year old scoring 50-60 goals a season, he's a 37 year old barely scoring half that. He's no longer head and shoulders above the rest. Now he's just one of very many good players and, sadly for him, on the pitch, those other players offer more than he does. For example, for Nagelsmann's system Mane offers a lot more off the ball work. Plus, Mane will get Bayern 30 goals a season. So why would Bayern smash their wage structure and their team's tactical set up for Ronaldo?
If there is a silver lining to all this it may be that Ronaldo wakes up to his position in the game today, not what it was half a dozen years ago. He might even come back desperate to prove people wrong.
Not Chelsea
Personally I think the plane gone already.. look like the bridge is burn unfortunately
First direct confrontation with the manager (it seems like that)
I doubt the Erik will be so forgiving given it’s his first tour with the players
Good post. If Bayern don't take him, and at the moment it appears unlikely, I do think he's screwed. We won't sell to Chelsea unless it's on extremely favourable terms and I can't see that happening. No other major CL power will have him.
So, Cristiano, you may yet have to endure the pleasure of another year of slavery with little old us.
It's a shame he's leaving on the low. Should have never picked us, we should have never taken him (although I kind of understand why we've taken that risk).
China/USA should be his destination.
China/USA should be his destination.
I think he will stay and accept the manager's decision about how he will be used in the team.
Ronaldo may not like it but will accept it as the professional he is.
Ronaldo may not like it but will accept it as the professional he is.
yes Chelsea. They deserve eachother
Just like he accepted being subbed off last season, or being dropped for the City game
What a pro
This is simple £15M plus Kante and we do the deal we’ll get 4-5 years out of Kante, they’ll get 1-2 max out of Ronaldo plus he’ll upset the dressing room so much when they start losing games with a much weakened defence.
Be astounded if Kante has so many years left
It was poor judgment all around. He was never going to City. Ole was star struck and thought he would carry us. I guess you can say he did carry us to finishing 6th.
Unfortunately Ralf did not get the respect of many of our players and they threw him under the bus. Or we will definitely have qualified for the CL.
Erik ten Hag is a different matter altogether.
This will likely be Ronaldo's last shot at being a professional footballer.
I expect him to knuckle down to business.
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