Cristiano Ronaldo (I stay)

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I don't mind selling him to Chelsea, I don't even care if he's a success there.
 
Red the Bear said:
Yeah, him pushing for something like Chelsea would make a mess of things especially seeing how him moving to a direct rival and a potential adversary for that top 4 position would create a shitstorm among the fans.

I think we're going to refuse to sell to Chelsea but then the toxicity that would bring, it's getting very iffy indeed.
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We won't sell him to a rival in the PL and he knows that. Plus, I think he would prefer a less physical league for his twilight years.
 
Losing Ronaldo wouldn't be a problem. Not being able to buy a proper striker on top of FdJ would however make it a problem.
 
crossy1686 said:
We won't sell him to a rival in the PL and he knows that. Plus, I think he would prefer a less physical league for his twilight years.
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I don't think he entertains the idea he is waning with age. I think it's part of his drive.
 
Bayern can give us Gnabry who has 1 year left and apparently wants to leave...both Ronaldo and him wear #7 too so it's written in the stars :lol:

Chelsea can give us Reece James in return

I'd bite their hands off in both cases
 
If he went to Bayern then there's a possibility he can win the league and Champions League in yet another country. It would secure his legacy as the GOAT.

But he'll also secure his legacy as King of Bellends after waiting until fecking July to suddenly down tools at the last second when we're in the middle of rebuilding the squad. cnut
 
Personally, I really hoped we'd get another season out of Ronaldo and only have to address his replacement next season.

A lot depends on how many of our other targets we secure and how much we'll have left over for the quality striker (or two) that we now need to replace Greenwood, Cavani and now probably Ronaldo.

Maybe, given how little they offered last season, an improved Martial and Rashford could be the in-house replacements for Cavani and Greenwood. But that requires a huge improvement from them both and still leaves us down on numbers.

Having to address the top quality striker position this summer, on top of all the other areas, isn't ideal. If we succeed in doing it all, then that's been a brilliant summer and puts us ahead of schedule. And removes the inevitable 'will Ronaldo fit in with Ten Hag' ongoing debate. But, realistically, it was already a big ask to replace all that we already needed to this summer, so the long-term main striker situation was, for me, one that I was hoping could be delayed until next summer while we try to address the other areas first - areas where we didn't already have someone of Ronaldo's quality in the squad.
 
I think CR7 may have overestimated his own pulling power here. No club for football reasons is going to justify £500k a week for him. Maybe for marketing reasons it may make sense but to who... do Madrid want to get him back into an already aging squad, PSG have Messi and that has hardly been a success. Even all this talk of Bayern..they are a well run club and don't usually buy into this circus. Have a feeling we will see Ronnie stating rumours were taken out of context very soon.
 
If he is training at the Portugal training base, then he'll be gone very soon as he obviously isn't coming back and it obviously isn't a family issue.

Andy Mitten sort of alluded that if he goes, United will then have funds to sign a new forward.
 
This has all just made me hate our squad even more. I cannot believe those toxic assholes all decided to actually turn up for training rather than following the GOAT's winning mindset and giving it a miss.
 
pacifictheme said:
Very convenient family issues. If he doesn't want to be here feck him off. Pointless forcing him to be a slave, we've done that once already, poor lad.
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Convenient?

How about you take a fecking second and think about what you're saying there.
 
Rojofiam said:
Bayern can give us Gnabry who has 1 year left and apparently wants to leave...both Ronaldo and him wear #7 too so it's written in the stars :lol:

Chelsea can give us Reece James in return

I'd bite their hands off in both cases
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Great shout! Forgot about him...was just focusing on Lewandowski. That would be a deal I could get behind.
 
diarm said:
Convenient?

How about you take a fecking second and think about what you're saying there.
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I'll gladly hold my hands up and admit I've been an arsehole if more comes to light here but don't you think it's even a little bit suspicious that on the first day Ronaldo was due to arrive in training after submitting a request to leave the club, he is absent due to nebulous "family reasons", even though these issues are apparently not severe enough to stop him from showing up to Portugal's training ground?
 
Rojofiam said:
Bayern can give us Gnabry who has 1 year left and apparently wants to leave...both Ronaldo and him wear #7 too so it's written in the stars :lol:

Chelsea can give us Reece James in return

I'd bite their hands off in both cases
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Just imagine the uproar if that happened. Reece james is a Chelsea fan favorite and it wouldn't go down well at all.

Be funny to see though.
 
Zippycup said:
Trolling? I make a joke in regards to your ridiculous made up survey that 95% of Manchester United fans were delighted that Ronaldo joined the club last summer. Show me the proof of that?
It’s an outlandish statement that deserved to be mocked. I can assure you many fans were not happy about his return. Many fans still haven’t forgiven him for the way he left in 09, nor for the way he has treated the club since. Yes they may still respect him as a player and for what he has achieved at the club, but not so much for the brand that is Ronaldo.

If you want to defend him and his cowardice stance in regards to leaving the club for nothing more than the protection of his brand, please, go ahead. Some will agree while others won’t, but please don’t come out with nonsense like 95% were delighted about his return. Id imagine a large % were delighted that he never went to city.
If you’re basing this “survey” on the opinion of Redcafe then you really do need to look further a-field. While Redcafe does seem like a fantastic place to debate all things Manchester United, it in no way is the vocal point for Manchester United fans.


Wait. You used a statistical survey to prove that 95% of fans were delighted that Ronaldo returned to the club. Honestly. Your dedication to this is remarkable.
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Ok, there tiger. You’re right. It’s 87%… The point was most of us were happy.
Zippycup said:
Trolling? I make a joke in regards to your ridiculous made up survey that 95% of Manchester United fans were delighted that Ronaldo joined the club last summer. Show me the proof of that?
It’s an outlandish statement that deserved to be mocked. I can assure you many fans were not happy about his return. Many fans still haven’t forgiven him for the way he left in 09, nor for the way he has treated the club since. Yes they may still respect him as a player and for what he has achieved at the club, but not so much for the brand that is Ronaldo.

If you want to defend him and his cowardice stance in regards to leaving the club for nothing more than the protection of his brand, please, go ahead. Some will agree while others won’t, but please don’t come out with nonsense like 95% were delighted about his return. Id imagine a large % were delighted that he never went to city.
If you’re basing this “survey” on the opinion of Redcafe then you really do need to look further a-field. While Redcafe does seem like a fantastic place to debate all things Manchester United, it in no way is the vocal point for Manchester United fans.


Wait. You used a statistical survey to prove that 95% of fans were delighted that Ronaldo returned to the club. Honestly. Your dedication to this is remarkable.
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Nobody cares mate. Bizarre thing to argue about. You’ve been here 5 weeks. It was a general comment about the mood of the Caf, which you were not here to gauge.

If you want to troll, please do so elsewhere.
 
Mmm-Qatarian said:
I'll gladly hold my hands up and admit I've been an arsehole if more comes to light here but don't you think it's even a little bit suspicious that on the first day Ronaldo was due to arrive in training after submitting a request to leave the club, he is absent due to nebulous "family reasons", even though these issues are apparently not severe enough to stop him from showing up to Portugal's training ground?
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I think it's ok to take a breath and give a fella the benefit of the doubt a couple of months after he's lost a baby.
 
Done us twice now the bloody fecker
 
Tavern in the town said:
More goals for one. Werner couldn’t hit a barn door and relying on Sancho and Antony to pick up the slack will only end in failure.
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Strange that because last year they had Werner and Lukaku. But they still scored more goals than us and we had.

Sancho
Rashford
Greenwood
Cavani
Martial

and

CR7.
 
crossy1686 said:
What does that even mean? We're the equivalent of a charity case at the moment. Ronaldo has maybe two years left at the top and wants to cement his legacy at the greatest footballer of all time. Why would he stay with us when he can realistically win another CL and confirm that? Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions, but that's why he's an out and out winner.
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Because he spoke at the end of the season and how he wanted to help us rebuild. Then he changes his mind?

And yes, he wants to cement his own legacy. How does that constitute to him loving United?

And also, after he left us for Real Madrid, how often did he come back to watch the club that he "loved"? 0 times. How many times did he go back to Real after moving to Juve? A couple of times.

He doesn't love United, he loves his legacy. Which by the way, is fine. Just don't insult us fans to say he loves us, when he doesn't.
 
Really hope all of this finally firmly puts to bed the notion that he's ever loved United. It was obvious the first time between 2006 and 2009 that he only cares about himself.
 
ash_86 said:
I'd bite their hands off for Werner. Werner can be really good signing for us.
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Eh. You've gotta love his attitude, but he's on substantial wages and is honestly one of the least composed #9's I've ever seen. I don't think he's what we need personally.
 
Mainoldo said:
Strange that because last year they had Werner and Lukaku. But they still scored more goals than us and we had.

Sancho
Rashford
Greenwood
Cavani
Martial

and

CR7.
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They were set piece freaks last year to be fair, and scored 24 goals from defence. Can’t see us matching that total.
 
Red Royal said:
I think CR7 may have overestimated his own pulling power here. No club for football reasons is going to justify £500k a week for him. Maybe for marketing reasons it may make sense but to who... do Madrid want to get him back into an already aging squad, PSG have Messi and that has hardly been a success. Even all this talk of Bayern..they are a well run club and don't usually buy into this circus. Have a feeling we will see Ronnie stating rumours were taken out of context very soon.
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Agree that no one will take him on the wages we are paying him , but there have been a few reports today that he is willing to taken a significant pay cut to join a team that can challenge for titles and CL.

He will certainly need a to take a pay cut to get a move.
 
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