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Cristiano Ronaldo - Much Ado About Al Nassr
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"The Rocket" and "Siu" are banned in Saudi. Former Sporting Lisbon upcoming talent Ronaldo has to think really hard and find replacements for his copyrighted freekick name "The Rocket" and the celebration "Siu" because to locals they both mean "Cock" and "Master". His new club has stated multiple times that sexual names are prohibited. Ronaldo has to change his ways or be fed raw cactus by the canteen ladies of AlNassr.
If he moved to another good league he would have cemented the fact that he isn't capable of scoring at the same rate anymore. Going to the Saudi league means he can bang them in against plodders and claim that he would have been doing it here if we hadn't shafted him.
I really don't think going to the MLS is any better than going to Saudi Arabia.
Both are semi retirements to be honest.
It's honestly disgusting. A sad stain on this forum.
I don't think it was money, it was his ego - he couldn't suffer being a player with reduced minutes. He probably still believes he's better than all of the current United batch.
This is hilarious
https://www.marca.com/en/football/2023/01/02/63b2133e22601dba378b45c0.html
Al Nassr coach Garcia: "Cristiano? I wanted to bring Messi first"
https://www.marca.com/en/football/2023/01/02/63b2133e22601dba378b45c0.html
Al Nassr coach Garcia: "Cristiano? I wanted to bring Messi first"
Uh oh. No dinners at the Cristiano household for him!
Not sure Ronaldo is gonna break records at 38 just because it's the Saudi League, the league is still physically very demanding, and Ronaldo's pace and physicality are gone.
Unless the royals pay money to opponent defenders to let Ronaldo score, i don't see how he is gonna score for fun in Saudi Arabia.
All this talk about the money is just the way his fans portray the transfer as not as bad as it is.
Lets be honest, he basically semi retired and all that after that interview in which he burned his bridges to United. And after all that he ends up in Saudi fekin Arabian league.
Its hilarious.
Lets be honest, he basically semi retired and all that after that interview in which he burned his bridges to United. And after all that he ends up in Saudi fekin Arabian league.
Its hilarious.
MLS is higher quality, more (fading) top level players, some young talent and disorganised defences, it’s an entertaining league.
The reason he was never going to MLS - and the only thing worse for him than Messi winning the World Cup - is the world would be talking about the time he admitted to raping someone.
The quality of the defenders and keepers will be poor, he will definitely score a lot more goals than he would in a top league.
His scoring abilities haven’t declined that much… he will absolutely hammer goals against the cannon fodder. But that’s meaningless, even by Saudi standards. I think locals are expecting him to score against the “big teams” there and win them trophies… It would come as a huge disappointment if he doesn’t.
Ronaldo: this guy is not even a coach
I could easily see him clash with Rudi Garcia.
The vicinity to accounts like Bayer Leverkusen tells me that this is not an awful lot of followers still
they've started disrespecting the almost-goat already.
There certainly is an effect. I don't think I have ever read anything online about the Saudi league in any of the big German sports, since Ronaldo joined the league I see something about it every couple of days.
77... oh boy. Ronaldo must be pissed someone is getting eleven times the luck
For fans of Ronaldo him choosing football and glory over money was always something celebrated such as making moves to top clubs rather than sugar daddy clubs
now he finished that idea by joining a club for money so your theory there is pretty nonsensical
Fans of Ronaldo will always choose what suits their agenda so actually no, its not nonsensical, far from it.
I’ve not read a single fan post glorifying it. In fact I’m a fan who thinks it’s a shame he had to end his career with a money grab.
maybe you’re just paranoid and angry?
I meant the internet, not the redcafe.
No, I'm not paranoid or angry, why would I be?
Maybe I touched your nerve, you being a fan and all?
If by internet you mean twitter than say as such. Even low standard fan pages on Facebook are pretty much mourning this move.
You sound angry because a regular discussion of his insane salary turned into some paranoid thoughts about Ronaldo fAnBoys. Weird to bring it up when I’ve seen nothing of the sort.
I'm not sure I've seen much evidence of this for United or for Portugal this season. He'll maybe bag a few goals here or there but hammer them? I'm not convinced he's capable anymore. He looks about as done as he could be.
I dont know what Facebook pages you've been watching but most of those are putting lot of stats trying to prove he's better than Messi and also are raving about how he'll brake records in Saudi Arabia and about their instagram account getting new fans and so on.
If saying this makes me angry and paranoid then so be it. Its a bit too dramatic to call me that imo just cause I made an observation.
In any case its strange you felt the need to defend him like this.
No, people are just quick to shout racism, islamophobia and xenophobia to any criticism aimed at abhorrent regimes such as Saudi Arabia.
Again with the paranoia of “defending Ronaldo” when I just talked about how negatively this move reflects on him
Not really. People think all racism and Arab hate is fair game just because it’s Saudi Arabia. People make fun of their attire, their looks and their culture that many other countries share in the region as well.
Camel shaggers is not criticism, its downright racism.
The Qatar threads a lot of people showed their ass in regards to this. They support these abhorrent regimes because frankly they agree with them but can’t say that openly, so instead defend the countries and tell everyone to leave them alone.