Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement

Is Ronaldo justified to say that he “feels betrayed” by Manchester United?

  • Ronaldo should be not be allowed to play for United again

    Votes: 1,536 81.7%

  • He's always been a massive bellend

    Votes: 884 47.0%

  • Messi has always been the better player

    Votes: 574 30.5%

  • He should be begged to come back with double the salary and ten Haag should bow to his greatness

    Votes: 126 6.7%
  • Total voters
    1,881
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:lol: :lol: :lol: get fecked Ronaldo. Him thinking he's above punishment after the Spurs game and being shocked at being suspended 3 days clearly points to him not believing that we'd sack him. He's lives in a different world in his head
 
bosnian_red said:
:lol: :lol: :lol: get fecked Ronaldo. Him thinking he's above punishment after the Spurs game and being shocked at being suspended 3 days clearly points to him not believing that we'd sack him. He's lives in a different world in his head
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He's been Ten Hag'd :drool:
 
Jacob said:
I agree that he shouldn't have done it, he's obviously been deeply hurt by the alleged mistrust and disrespect. Now that he has, I look and what factual statements he's made (from his point of view) and ignore the slandering of individuals. The club hasn't shown the ambition of clubs like Real, nobody dares to talk about it publicly. The attitude of our players is also very accurate, just look at the likes of Martial and Sancho. I don't agree with the way Ronaldo did it, but he's right on this account...

And what good does it do to bring Ronaldo on with 3 minutes remaining? I agree with Ronaldo here that the manager at some point tried to make a statement, that he is the boss. I for one think ETH actually lacks capabilities in the emotional department. He's a good manager but man management capabilities is still very much TBD.
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That is a bit of a contradiction is it not? These days to be a good manager it is all about man management (the hairdryer treatment just wouldn't work with these modern players) and actually I think he has impressed on that front. Specifically, when he got the players in for a 14km run the day after the Brentford game, he also did the run himself to show that they are all in it together.

There is really no defense for Ronaldo not coming on when instructed, you do what the manager tells you, end of.
 
bosnian_red said:
:lol: :lol: :lol: get fecked Ronaldo. Him thinking he's above punishment after the Spurs game and being shocked at being suspended 3 days clearly points to him not believing that we'd sack him. He's lives in a different world in his head
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To be fair, he did say that he was wrong, didn't behave and apologized to the coach and his teammates. Which makes the issue slightly deeper, he genuinely thinks that he was disrespected when he wasn't, he genuinely thinks that his sentiements are justified even if his public response wasn't. That to me points to a player/employee that is a problem for the managing team and a potential if not actual disruptive dressing room presence.
 
Aretak said:
Bollocks to paying him off. What he's done must surely amount to breach of contract. When Chelsea sacked Mutu they sued him and he was told to pay them over £15m. Which he still hadn't done as of 2018 at least.
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I just don't know how easy/simple that is. The court battle might end up costing the club way more in money/negative press than giving him a few million and saying sod off.

I just hope he will agree to a mutual termination, say our goodbyes and leave it at that.
 
Lawyers would have been all over it. Club wouldn’t take the ripping up the contract option unless they received the legal advice for it. Any other profession this would be gross misconduct.
 
What has the world come to! Even Arsenal supporters are siding with United on this issue but our own supporters don't want to acknowledge it. Clutching at every small thing to somehow justify what Ronaldo did.

Give it a rest guys. More often than not, the most obvious thing is correct. You don't need to do mental gymnastics to justify his actions.
 
There is surely grounds to ripping up his contract and being done with him. I wouldn't even worry about him joining a rival team, such is the level of his regression.
 
JPRouve said:
To be fair, he did say that he was wrong, didn't behave and apologized to the coach and his teammates. Which makes the issue slightly deeper, he genuinely thinks that he was disrespected when he wasn't, he genuinely thinks that his sentiements are justified even if his public response wasn't. That to me points to a player/employee that is a problem for the managing team and a potential if not actual disruptive dressing room presence.
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He apologized to his teammates and fans but never said he did to EtH... But he also said he doesn't regret refusing to come on. He also said he was shocked to get suspended. The guy accepts he made a mistake but was shocked to be punished for it. He is delusional
 
RedRonaldo said:
I understand if people think he is not among our top 10 in legendary ranking. But 100 is abit over the top. Least to say we never have 100 Ballon D’or winners who had won us CL and multiple PL titles in our glorious history.
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Ballond'or matters to him, not to the club. It has no bearing on his or anyone's legendary status with regards to the club.
 
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KiD MoYeS said:
There is surely grounds to ripping up his contract and being done with him. I wouldn't even worry about him joining a rival team, such is the level of his regression.
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He'd ruin the harmony of whatever club he goes to. He made it clear in his interview that he is not a squad player type of player and that it's disrespectful to him if he doesn't play. No idea who will take him.
 
bosnian_red said:
He apologized to his teammates and fans but never said he did to EtH... But he also said he doesn't regret refusing to come on. He also said he was shocked to get suspended. The guy accepts he made a mistake but was shocked to be punished for it. He is delusional
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I thought that he said the coach but maybe I imagined it. And yes he clearly didn't regret doing it and he thinks that he was actually justified. How do you deal with that as a manager, especially when it's a player that is idolized in the dressing room?
 
Good riddance. Hope we double-check every damn fine print in the contract and sack Ronaldo. There really is no coming back from what he's done and has been doing. We save up on wages, allowing EtH to explore some forward options in the Jan window.

All the respect for Ronaldo for what he's achieved in your career, but that doesn't give you an automatic right to make you think you are bigger than the club.
 
I remember thinking when he came back last year , oh well at least him not going to city means the memories of him from 2003-2009 won't be sullied.

When it was clear he didn't get the move he wanted in the Summer I expected a Cavani 21/22 like season from him where it's clear he's not bothered , he sulks quietly and waits until his contract runs down.

But he's been so much more unprofessional than that and he effectively has sullied the memories of 2003-2009. His Utd career ending with him being sacked and then sued by the club Is about as bad as it gets.
 
So sue him for the wages? Or he's already not getting the £16m wages and is being sued on top
 
JPRouve said:
I thought that he said the coach but maybe I imagined it. And yes he clearly didn't regret doing it and he thinks that he was actually justified. How do you deal with that as a manager, especially when it's a player that is idolized in the dressing room?
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he's clearly not wanted anymore
 
If United can, technically, nail Ronaldo for breach of contract (i.e. his statements in the interview are sufficiently bad for that), there's no feckin' chance he'd ever achieve anything beyond embarrassing himself even further by subsequently suing the club (see above).

Unless he has extremely bad legal advisors, he won't do that. He'll resort to more interviews and whatnot - but we'll be rid of him, and without paying him a penny. I call that pretty much ideal under the circumstances.
 
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