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Ronaldo will play until his 40 if that's what he needs to hold or break some record. Meanwhile, i see the counterpart some day simply waking up and think about retirement to spend his time with his family.
 
Ronaldo would be a circus and he'd have it written into his contract that he has to start every game in his favourite position.

If he dropped his wage demands to 300k a week you might give it a few minutes thought, but we all know he won't want to come that bad.
 
Brwned said:
All of Serie A’s top 6 have scored 60+ goals, only two of Spain’s top 6 have. Defensive Serie A stopped being a thing a long time ago
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I think it’s more on team specific, whether the team is more open to attack, or more on defensive. For example, Barca has scored 80 league goal this season, by far the most in La Liga due to their traditional attacking style of play... but the 2nd most scoring team in La Liga only has 67, then 61, 58, 51.. last one is 26.

Whereas in Serie A, first team scored 79, then 74, 74, and Juventus has 67... while the last team has 37.
 
Rojow said:
Ronaldo will play until his 40 if that's what he needs to hold or break some record. Meanwhile, i see the counterpart some day simply waking up and think about retirement to spend his time with his family.
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I don’t if there’s any record he still need to break, maybe the international one? But he is only 6-7 goals behind so he is going to break it soon.
But true if Messi plays few years longer, he could still break Ronaldo’s record. So all he need to do, is to retire at about the same time as Messi, in order to hold his record.
 
RedRonaldo said:
I think it’s more on team specific, whether the team is more open to attack, or more on defensive. For example, Barca has scored 80 league goal this season, by far the most in La Liga due to their traditional attacking style of play... but the 2nd most scoring team in La Liga only has 67, then 61, 58, 51.. last one is 26.

Whereas in Serie A, first team scored 79, then 74, 74, and Juventus has 67... while the last team has 37.
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Exactly it's the way the team plays and how important defense is a part of a team's performance which cant be looked at by goals scored stats.

Italy and England value defense the most out of the leagues in my opinion & that's with or without world class defenders.
 
BULB said:
Ronaldo would be a circus and he'd have it written into his contract that he has to start every game in his favourite position.

If he dropped his wage demands to 300k a week you might give it a few minutes thought, but we all know he won't want to come that bad.
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Think about it for a moment. Why wouldn't you want Ronaldo in the team over Martial and Cavani?

Now I love Cavani, he's been an awesome signing. But he's not Ronaldo. Martial is, well, Martial... who has done his best impression of a non-professional footballer all season.

Ronaldo on a two year deal would be brilliant for us imo (that's if we cannot get Haaland or Kane - which would be my first choice option.)

Ronnie still has the movement and timing, as good as anybody in the box. Which is how he still scores so many goals at his age.

We wouldn't have to channel every attack through him, we have other good attacking players in the team, if we could keep Pogba and field both him and Bruno behind Ronaldo with options like Greenwood and Rashford to put into the mix then it would be an excellent overall attack. We've kept pace with City in the amount of goals scored this season, put Ronnie in our attack this season and we would have done much better... just look at the amount of guilt edged chances we've missed all season (there are vids on youtube.)
 
BULB said:
Ronaldo would be a circus and he'd have it written into his contract that he has to start every game in his favourite position.

If he dropped his wage demands to 300k a week you might give it a few minutes thought, but we all know he won't want to come that bad.
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Has any footballer in a major league ever has a ‘must play’ or ‘must play’ clause written into a contract?
 
So...

Do we think that if Juventus really miss out on Champions League football next season is Ronaldo back to Manchester possible?

They're playing a huge game vs. Milan tonight (who may also miss out on UCL - if they lose).
 
Maciek said:
So...

Do we think that if Juventus really miss out on Champions League football next season is Ronaldo back to Manchester possible?

They're playing a huge game vs. Milan tonight (who may also miss out on UCL - if they lose).
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I would hope not. Especially if Cavani is staying for another season. Let some other gulliable mug pay his stupidly high salary.
 
I’d take him back in a second, could he and Cavani rotate the ST position? One plays 60mins, the other comes on for the 30, then reverse for the next match?
 
Wouldn't touch him, he also needs us now far more than we need him.
 
Jericholyte2 said:
I’d take him back in a second, could he and Cavani rotate the ST position? One plays 60mins, the other comes on for the 30, then reverse for the next match?
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Ronaldo plays every minute he wants to, he picks his games.
 
Gonna be able to do some proper stat padding against the Europa League farmers next year.
 
For me that's obvious he's not going to play in Europa League.

The question now is whether anyone will be able to afford him and his wages (of course we are talking about something who qualified for the Champions League and has a chance to reach quarterfinals at least) or is it time for MLS for Cristiano?

It's going to be interesting, especially that because fans haven't been in stadiums for over a year, Juve waste too much money and income isn't as good as anyone would predict back in 2018.
 
Yes please.

Ronaldo is oddly under rated on here. If we’d had him this season we’d of won the league.
 
Bwuk said:
Yes please.

Ronaldo is oddly under rated on here. If we’d had him this season we’d of won the league.
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His all round play has deteriorated massively, not sure how useful he'd be to us, especially given the cost
 
Would he expect to start every game? If he's happy to be rotated and doesn't ask for silly money, he might as well come home. But I just think he wants to be the main man, and I don't think we want that sort of character right now.
 
Jericholyte2 said:
I’d take him back in a second, could he and Cavani rotate the ST position? One plays 60mins, the other comes on for the 30, then reverse for the next match?
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It's Ronaldo. He would want everything to go through him. He will take all FKs and would expect everyone to pass to him. Basically, not exactly a great fit for us at this point .

Will stick with Cavani and extend Pogba . Sign Sancho for right and we can challenge. Too late for Ronnie now.
 
It'd be a terrible idea all round. Big money, 36 turning 37, low work rate.. we've already got Cavani in the old, expensive striker category, we really don't need another.
 
As ridiculous as it sounds, he's a gamble. It's fairly likely that he'd come in a score goals, albeit he probably wouldn't contribute so much to the team's overall play. Eventually, though, notwithstanding this daft narrative that he'll play at the very top level until he's 40, someone's going to get stuck with a guy on astronomic wages, who isn't scoring the goals he once was and who is incapable of recognising the diminishing of his own powers or the reduction in status. Do you take a punt and hope that that doesn't happen in the season or two he'd be here?
 
He wont come here. He achieved all he could here and will try do it in another league,
 
Brophs said:
As ridiculous as it sounds, he's a gamble. It's fairly likely that he'd come in a score goals, albeit he probably wouldn't contribute so much to the team's overall play. Eventually, though, notwithstanding this daft narrative that he'll play at the very top level until he's 40, someone's going to get stuck with a guy on astronomic wages, who isn't scoring the goals he once was and who is incapable of recognising the diminishing of his own powers or the reduction in status. Do you take a punt and hope that that doesn't happen in the season or two he'd be here?
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To me, the answer is no. We should not take that gamble.

One of Cavani's big positives this season is his insane workrate, in stark contrast to Martial and Rashford. Losing that would set us back as a team, even if Ronaldo ends up scoring more.
 
2 man midfield said:
The longevity of Ronaldo might just be the tie breaker to settle the debate once and for all.
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Messi has always been the better footballer out of the two. The has never been a tie so no tie breaker, if you ask most true neutrals with no link to Man utd, Real Madrid, Juventus or Portugal.

There is no doubting Ronaldo as a goalscorer, one of the very best in history but Messi is just as good a goalscorer and is far better at everything else.
 
Maybe he will go to psg to replace mbappe. He won’t win another cl now but he can notch up another league title in a new country
 
Why should we give him a final payday? Loved him when he was here but he gave up his best years to Madrid and is not the player he used to be.
 
I think if Juve finish in top 4 then he'll stay there, if not it could be PSG. Maybe even if Juventus finish outside top 4 he could stay as long as they get some big name manager, perhaps Zidane.
 
Siorac said:
To me, the answer is no. We should not take that gamble.

One of Cavani's big positives this season is his insane workrate, in stark contrast to Martial and Rashford. Losing that would set us back as a team, even if Ronaldo ends up scoring more.
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Insane workrate is an exaggeration. At times he's been half-invisible when starting matches, but he has totally made up for it by being cynical in front of goal and with his intelligence. Hard worker and hungry I'll give you that, but insane workrate is reserved for Fletcher, Park, Becks and the likes to me.
 
mshnsh said:
Messi has always been the better footballer out of the two. The has never been a tie so no tie breaker, if you ask most true neutrals with no link to Man utd, Real Madrid, Juventus or Portugal.

There is no doubting Ronaldo as a goalscorer, one of the very best in history but Messi is just as good a goalscorer and is far better at everything else.
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I mean, it’s been probably the most debated thing in the entire sport over the past 10 years, so I’d disagree that most see it as clear cut as you do. Some prefer Ronaldo, others prefer Messi. But if one was to burn out at 34, and the other played at the top until 40, that would hold a lot of sway, was my point.
 
I can't be the only one who finds it ridiculous that Cavani is younger than him? It feels like it should be the other way around
 
I think if city are going for a top young striker and we are looking at bringing Ronaldo back it’s gonna be held up by all on sundry as symbolic of where we are at in comparison to them. A poor poor move and one I sincerely hope is nonsense.
 
Cavani and Ronaldo would be great if they agree to share one wage packet.
 
2 man midfield said:
I mean, it’s been probably the most debated thing in the entire sport over the past 10 years, so I’d disagree that most see it as clear cut as you do. Some prefer Ronaldo, others prefer Messi. But if one was to burn out at 34, and the other played at the top until 40, that would hold a lot of sway, was my point.
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Nope. This is true according to non neutrals. But ask many neutrals, and Messi comes out on top, no contest.

And the debate is created by the media who always want something to write about. In truth, you can't compare a number 10 to a pure goalscorer especially given the kind of goals Ronaldo scores.
 
PoTMS said:
Why should we give him a final payday? Loved him when he was here but he gave up his best years to Madrid and is not the player he used to be.
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If he went to PSG he could well win a champions league with them next season, especially if they don't see Mbappe
 
I just don't see the money he'd command being worth it. We have an aging striker on big wages, younger players to develop (particularly Greenwood), other positions to fill... it makes no sense except for nostalgia.
 
mshnsh said:
Nope. This is true according to non neutrals. But ask many neutrals, and Messi comes out on top, no contest.

And the debate is created by the media who always want something to write about.
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Can tell you’re a new member, Ronaldo vs Messi is probably the topic on this forum that gives the mods the most aggro. No chance it’s just the media.

Also, I wouldn’t claim this forum is biased towards Ronaldo just because he played for us. A lot here dislike Ronaldo over the way he left, myself included.
 
It’s bad enough we have a wannabe Ronaldo in the team we don’t need the real Ronaldo heading for 40 looking for his final pay packet not that he needs it .
 
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