That’s what I thought. What the feck with the self-destruct?
Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement
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Can we all just agree that resigning him was a terrible idea. He cost Ole his job (which was a positive) but he was never in a million years going to fit into an ETH team. And being shoved on the bench week in week out was only ever going to end this way. The supersub fantasies were just unhinged.
I doubt any serious team will want him after this. He's done.
I doubt any serious team will want him after this. He's done.
Club panicked about him potentially going to City and probably that's why they rushed to sign him.
I'm not sure he cost Ole his job, think that results in Ole's last few months were coming for some time, signs were there. Maybe he accelerated Ole's sacking, just that.
Toney is surely facing a ban for his betting indiscretions.
He had no takers in the summer and the Glazers kept him around so Ronaldo has gone and got himself sacked..
Further cementing his place as a club legend.. What a man-child..
He's an asshole.. but this has worked out brilliantly for us.. Not seeing him on the pitch is a huge win.
Further cementing his place as a club legend.. What a man-child..
He's an asshole.. but this has worked out brilliantly for us.. Not seeing him on the pitch is a huge win.
What was the purpose of your reply? Do you not have anything intelligent to offer?
It actually changes nothing for the Glazer or any other shareholder. Ronaldo's wage has been budgeted 18 months ago and dividends aren't based on whether the club made extra cash or not. The only benefit here is for the club and the Football side of the club, they potentially have 16 unallocated millions.
Maybe he does but that’s a by product of us getting what we want… save a ton of wages, lose his impact on dressing room (and maybe nudge the Glazers closer to us getting a replacement?)
When it’d be pointless was if we didn’t do anything purely because he might benefit… that would be cutting off our nose to spite our face.
We sing former players songs in the away end. I fuking hope and pray this fool is never sang about again.
Lets hope this was his game plan and he walks no fuss and the board use his saved wages to back ETH with a shiny new Gakpo in January. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to get back into the CL while he is Siuing camels in Saudi Arabia.
Lets hope this was his game plan and he walks no fuss and the board use his saved wages to back ETH with a shiny new Gakpo in January. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to get back into the CL while he is Siuing camels in Saudi Arabia.
We played so badly under Ole after he arrived. In retrospect (and for many of us at the time) the Juve analysis was correct - he was the solution to the problem he causes. Except he stopped even being this. I do remember Carrick dropping him and we won a couple of games.
2nd time he forces his way out the club. Some will still call him a legend
He’s really pissed on his chips?
I bet he’s ruing a potential missed opportunity… good odds on us considering him, before what’s happened
Christ. He has the maturity and mentality of a pampered 16 year old, not a 37 year old at the end of his career, and some people on here are were saying he's not a narcissist
The other side to this argument is that by this point Ronaldo was starting to get match fit and the manager was building squad unity. After the thrashing at City this was a big win and he was putting Ronaldo on to see out the game he a part of the team spirit and celebrate with them at the end.
Not in response to something as lacking intelligence as that.
Well i said in my post I don't agree with it. If I was ETH I would be fuming. If I was the owners I would be looking to screw him. I also said that if I put myself in Ronaldos shoes, you can see why he may be upset. With him being a big ego and given the accomplishments he has had, I would be annoyed if at City I don't come on when we losing and at Spurs I get offered 3 mins. Its a bit contradictory. All in all though, given I am a fan of the club, I want to see Ronaldo gone and I firmly support ETH. One thing that I have been taught in life though, is when you are debating something with two sides there are two languages being spoken and to really understand the situation, you need to listen and put yourself in the oppositions shoes. ETH has not had his say, but one for sure, Ronaldo should not be airing his dirty laundry out there just because he is upset he is not playing. The point of my post is I was expecting something so much deeper especially the way Piers marketed it. It is bad to come out and show disrespect to your club and manager but you can also understand as a fellow employee in another industry and company, frustration with a new manager.
Encapsulates some really unpleasant aspects of humanity right there: greed, narcissism, sycophancy; your heart does sink watching that
As much as I'd love to see that happen, I can't see any team that is looking to actually be competitive want to take on a quickly deteriorating, 37 year old with an ego the size of a planet. Unless he's the focal point of everything the team does, he'll have a public meltdown and try and drag everyone down around him.
The most deliciously ironic thing about this fiasco is that Ronaldo probably thought this would get him moved on to another top-flight club, but only teams looking to exploit his brand and commercial draw are going to be interested due to the fact that he's been a shadow of himself on the pitch and an absolute bellend off it.
I honestly hope he has a cracking W.C. and we get a sniff from clubs thinking he still has something left in the tank. It'll be a riot watching him burn a serious club to the ground when he reverts back to the level he's actually at these days and he isn't a nailed-on starter every match.
How the feck has humanity arrived at this point? Can we please start over?
The way Piers Morgan laughs after the 'its a good question' makes me feel so uncomfortable. It is so obviously fake.
There is absolutely zero chance he goes to Arsenal. Arteta took great pains to remove Aubameyang, he's not going to bring in an even older, even more expensive, even more toxic striker to feck things up.
And the only reason Chelsea might go for him is their owner seems a total moron.
I was confused at first but presumably he was asking whether he had more pounds in the bank or more instagram followers?
Shattering kids perception of him. He's such a kunt.
Bit of a broken record with this.
Anything United do you want more!
I meant that the question is first dumb and that there is only one decent answer which is the one that Ronaldo didn't pick. He picked the vanity option which is largely made of bots.
No he can't. Go back to Bosman. When he sued he never played football again.
Disgusting. Ronaldo and his fans can both go straight in the trash can
The whole thing is so damn sad. I still can't get my head around why he did the interview.
Even if he came out of this with some compensation and free to join whichever team, how does he think doing this is going to look to any potential suitor? He's pretty much admitted that he wants a manager to cater to him in all respects never mind if it hurts the team and ultimately the club. Therefore, how can he expect anyone to want him based on that alone? It's so crazy.
Even if he came out of this with some compensation and free to join whichever team, how does he think doing this is going to look to any potential suitor? He's pretty much admitted that he wants a manager to cater to him in all respects never mind if it hurts the team and ultimately the club. Therefore, how can he expect anyone to want him based on that alone? It's so crazy.
Well he's a nut anyway.
Lassana Diarra is the more recent example that I can remember. He was unable to play until CAS gave its ruling because logically Lokomotive despite being the one dismissing the player for breach of contract never gave up the registration and FIFA do not unregister players that are in the middle of a litigation. Diarra lost and was given a 15 months ban which was already covered.
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Morgan shafting him, laughing at (not with) him. Martin Bashir vibes.
The fact that he said "that's a good question" was even more disturbing. Grade one narcissists
Let's surround you for 20 years with people who coddle you, cater to you, and stroke your ego, and then see how capable you are of making sound decisions that rely on you being able to properly judge public and professional perception of you.
That sort of environment would ruin the best of us.
If Ronaldo didn’t have shit loads of cash he wouldn’t give a feck about Instagram followers.
Souness believes he should be treated differently because he's "arguably the greatest player that's ever kicked a ball".
Graeme Senile at it again. Just ignore him please.
Honestly, I've never really got the whole club legend thing. He's a legend of football but he's no where near a United legend, people are fickle I guess
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