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%

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    1,881
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Garnacho is sadly a Ronaldo fanboy.

He is young this is a learning curve for him if United do the right thing.He will see that even the so called best player in the world cannot get away with this. Also he has Martinez advising him who will tell him as it is.
 
I'd love for United to sue him. Doesn't matter if he's in the top maybe 5 players to play the game, he is accountable by law.

There have been many defamation trials recently including Rooney vs Vardy (Wagatha Christie) and Depp vs Heard.

Ronaldo is essentially using defaming United for his own gain and throwing executives like Arnold under the bus.

I say go after him in courts and tarnish his ego, doesn't matter how well he has kicked a ball filled with air for 20 years. This is off the field.

What he accomplished on the field doesn't matter, there's no sentiment here he shit on the club, now the club can shit on him.
I agree with this. I understand the club doesn't necessarily want to get tangled up in a drawn-out legal battle, but he has more than crossed lines here and they can't let this slide. He has chosen to make this dirty, so there's really no need to play nice anymore. Explore all legal possibilities and pursue them until the end.
 
So why are people still peddling this myth that he was our saviour last season and we would've been in a relegation battle without him ?
 
The argument...where would United have finished last season WITHOUT him? Well, that can't be answered...

But with him they finished 6th!
The season before WITHOUT him they finished 2nd!
This season (if you listen to Ronaldo's camp then he hasn't played...so let's say WITHOUT him again) United are currently 5th!

So, it's not a great agreement for Ronaldo no matter how you look at it. :wenger:
 
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Only thing I'd have done different was to never posture like we wanted to keep him. There's a ridiculous amount of delusion that our position made clubs not want him. 'Our asset our rules' approach for a player who once likened it to slavery was always going to end in car crash. We def sold out on our values begging him to stay. There's contradiction to doing this after stating anyone who wants to leave can f off.
 
The argument...where would United have finished last season WITHOUT him? Well, you can't be answered it...

But with him they finished 6th!
The season before WITHOUT him they finished 2nd!
This season (if you listen to Ronaldo's camp then he hasn't played...so let's say WITHOUT him again) United are currently 5th!

So, it's not a great agreement for Ronaldo no matter how you look at it. :wenger:

It's braindead thinking by those pundits, they act like if you take a player out you just lose their goals and its done.

EG we suddenly score 20 or so less goals and thats it we're down the table! When really United would have a different player still scoring goals.

I'd argue that Ronaldo fecked up the chemistry last year too, Rashford and Martial had a stinker of a season and I wonder if in part Ronaldo as a character made it harder for them (possibly not) but it's strange when Ronaldo is on the bench they start to play well again.

I mean in an alternate universe if Ronaldo went to City then Haaland might have chose United if he wanted the Prem (unlikely though).

It's great that we're letting him go now though, hopefully a long term solution can be found now.
 
Yes. His articularcy, his insight and erudition, his balanced and nuanced account of the respective stories of Liverpool and Manchester United, his moustachioed visage, his manly bonhomie, his good temper, and finally his sheer likeability had me convinced. Now all of us must deal with the bitterness of shattered illusions.
His elucidation of salient points regarding the particulars of follicle adornments sported by certain gallic born centrally aligned footballers was a true delight to be sure
 
Yes. His articularcy, his insight and erudition, his balanced and nuanced account of the respective stories of Liverpool and Manchester United, his moustachioed visage, his manly bonhomie, his good temper, and finally his sheer likeability had me convinced. Now all of us must deal with the bitterness of shattered illusions.

Joey, is that you?
 
The piece in the Athletic today suggests there are clauses around doing what he did and it could be grounds for termination

The clause is specifically about actions that damage the clubs reputation and is part of the standard FA PL contracts.

Curiously, saying that he doesnt respect Ten Hag is nowhere near enough reason to terminate a contract. In my opinion, the point that lets the club annul his contract outright is the part where he calls the clubs infrastructure outdated
 
I haven’t made one post in this thread. I am not a Ronaldo fan boy, but he is tied up in so many great moments for me as a supporter.

i really admired his drive, determination and the sheer arrogance to challenge a player like Messi at the very top of the game.

The fact that he was developed and became one of the very best, from an unpolished teenager at my club, felt so good. We watched it happen.

I still felt that he had something to offer and it was so incredibly nostalgic having him back. In an era of synthetic clubs and blandness, it felt like a special moment.

He had completely destroyed that now. He is completely and utterly unable to get over himself and give back to a club that did so much for him, even at 37 years old.

I was never a fanboy, but I was a fan, and loved seeing him return. It’s gone now though. Any admiration and respect I had for him is gone. He couldn’t have been any more childish and selfish and he couldn’t have done it with anyone lower than Pier Morgan. It is a snake’s move.

Whatever happens or however we do it, we just need him out of the club by the time the league resumes. It doesn’t even matter how we do without him, he is the only rat that counts now, and we need him gone.

It’s so sad that it is ending this way, but absolutely all the damage has been done by one man, and he doesn’t deserve to be at a great club like United.
 
So why are people still peddling this myth that he was our saviour last season and we would've been in a relegation battle without him ?

well he kinda was - what other attackers were good for us last season? Champions League alone he saved us multiple times.
 
So why are people still peddling this myth that he was our saviour last season and we would've been in a relegation battle without him ?
that tends to be some lazy media narrative. Even Piers said last night " you were scoring hat tricks for fun". No, you scored 2 hat tricks and one was against Norwich
 
well he kinda was - what other attackers were good for us last season? Champions League alone he saved us multiple times.

Do you think he could have had a negative impact on our attackers though?

If we had Cavani, Rashford and Martial last year and no Ronaldo do you think they'd have dipped that hard or did Ole try his best to accommodate Ronaldo?
 
I haven’t made one post in this thread. I am not a Ronaldo fan boy, but he is tied up in so many great moments for me as a supporter.

i really admired his drive, determination and the sheer arrogance to challenge a player like Messi at the very top of the game.

The fact that he was developed and became one of the very best, from an unpolished teenager at my club, felt so good. We watched it happen.

I still felt that he had something to offer and it was so incredibly nostalgic having him back. In an era of synthetic clubs and blandness, it felt like a special moment.

He had completely destroyed that now. He is completely and utterly unable to get over himself and give back to a club that did so much for him, even at 37 years old.

I was never a fanboy, but I was a fan, and loved seeing him return. It’s gone now though. Any admiration and respect I had for him is gone. He couldn’t have been any more childish and selfish and he couldn’t have done it with anyone lower than Pier Morgan. It is a snake’s move.

Whatever happens or however we do it, we just need him out of the club by the time the league resumes. It doesn’t even matter how we do without him, he is the only rat that counts now, and we need him gone.

It’s so sad that it is ending this way, but absolutely all the damage has been done by one man, and he doesn’t deserve to be at a great club like United.
Well said.
 
that tends to be some lazy media narrative. Even Piers said last night " you were scoring hat tricks for fun". No, you scored 2 hat tricks and one was against Norwich

Haaland has the same amount of premier league hat tricks as Ronaldo and Ronaldo has played 200+ more games
 
I haven’t made one post in this thread. I am not a Ronaldo fan boy, but he is tied up in so many great moments for me as a supporter.

i really admired his drive, determination and the sheer arrogance to challenge a player like Messi at the very top of the game.

The fact that he was developed and became one of the very best, from an unpolished teenager at my club, felt so good. We watched it happen.

I still felt that he had something to offer and it was so incredibly nostalgic having him back. In an era of synthetic clubs and blandness, it felt like a special moment.

He had completely destroyed that now. He is completely and utterly unable to get over himself and give back to a club that did so much for him, even at 37 years old.

I was never a fanboy, but I was a fan, and loved seeing him return. It’s gone now though. Any admiration and respect I had for him is gone. He couldn’t have been any more childish and selfish and he couldn’t have done it with anyone lower than Pier Morgan. It is a snake’s move.

Whatever happens or however we do it, we just need him out of the club by the time the league resumes. It doesn’t even matter how we do without him, he is the only rat that counts now, and we need him gone.

It’s so sad that it is ending this way, but absolutely all the damage has been done by one man, and he doesn’t deserve to be at a great club like United.

Nail on head.
 
well he kinda was - what other attackers were good for us last season? Champions League alone he saved us multiple times.
Well our attack was catered and centred around one man. So he saved us and helped us to our worst point tally in premier league history.
 
every time I choose to read some comments under a tweet or YT video about this whole thing, I can feel some of my brain cells die. To see the amount of people who will blindly back the narcissist and blame United for everything is baffling and, frankly, pretty disturbing. The cult of personality knows no limits ... can't wait to see the back of him and his cult.

It's why I want him out the most. These aren't United fans and are part of the toxicity that we've had the last 2 seasons.
 
Do you think he could have had a negative impact on our attackers though?

If we had Cavani, Rashford and Martial last year and no Ronaldo do you think they'd have dipped that hard or did Ole try his best to accommodate Ronaldo?

I see it as a poor excuse really - the game's without him were still poor. Rashford for example would just constantly run into 3/4 defenders with or without Ronaldo playing.
 
We shouldn't terminate his contract - that's what Rataldo wants.
First suspend him for a month without pay.
Then in January put him on a market valued at 1 million (maybe even less).
If there are no takers send him to train with youth and play with under 21. He will refuse to play with under 21 so we don't have to pay him anything.
And if there are takers, so be it - let them enjoy Botox narcissist with waxed eyebrows.
 
Well our attack was catered and centred around one man. So he saved us and helped us to our worst point tally in premier league history.

i mean would have been nice if our defence wasn't a complete mess and our other attackers actually contributed.
 
Goddammit now Ronaldo has me thinking well done Simon Jordan. A new low

Feck me I did applaud the guy myself :lol:

I haven’t made one post in this thread. I am not a Ronaldo fan boy, but he is tied up in so many great moments for me as a supporter.

i really admired his drive, determination and the sheer arrogance to challenge a player like Messi at the very top of the game.

The fact that he was developed and became one of the very best, from an unpolished teenager at my club, felt so good. We watched it happen.

I still felt that he had something to offer and it was so incredibly nostalgic having him back. In an era of synthetic clubs and blandness, it felt like a special moment.

He had completely destroyed that now. He is completely and utterly unable to get over himself and give back to a club that did so much for him, even at 37 years old.

I was never a fanboy, but I was a fan, and loved seeing him return. It’s gone now though. Any admiration and respect I had for him is gone. He couldn’t have been any more childish and selfish and he couldn’t have done it with anyone lower than Pier Morgan. It is a snake’s move.

Whatever happens or however we do it, we just need him out of the club by the time the league resumes. It doesn’t even matter how we do without him, he is the only rat that counts now, and we need him gone.

It’s so sad that it is ending this way, but absolutely all the damage has been done by one man, and he doesn’t deserve to be at a great club like United.

Spot on
 
Do you think he could have had a negative impact on our attackers though?

If we had Cavani, Rashford and Martial last year and no Ronaldo do you think they'd have dipped that hard or did Ole try his best to accommodate Ronaldo?
This season has been the perfect example to dispel the myth that Ronaldo was amazing and a net positive last season. He blunts everything around him to shine as bright as he can with not a care in the world to the team success.
 
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