Nah. Much as he's still got plenty to offer, his age just rules out that sort of figure.
Oh hang on, Euros... maybe the bottom end I guess, €90m.
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Nah. Much as he's still got plenty to offer, his age just rules out that sort of figure.
Oh hang on, Euros... maybe the bottom end I guess, €90m.
This happens every single year ever since he left. You think we're hearing something new?
Ron raid: Fergie asks United to bring back Ronaldo...whatever it takes
Man Utd boss David Moyes still hopeful of bringing Ronaldo back to Old Trafford
Just type "Ronaldo wants" in google, and first suggestion you get is "Ronaldo wants to come back to united" (with google probably rolling its eyes).
Recognising some pattern here?
I think PSG would not mind paying that amount. They need a figure to be taken more seriously . In addition , the French league would inmediately rise and perhaps would attract investment to other historical teams, as Olympique Marseille or Lyon.
Forgetting sporting issues in the short term , it would be a message to all elite players and sponsors: Cristiano Ronaldo chooses the French league and the project of PSG is preparing to storm the Champions League.
Cristiano would be in a perfect situation, the undisputed figure of the competition with the entire team working for him.
Has he ever been so sure to leave the club before?
What are you basing that on?
Literally every story coming out of Spain right now. He is as sure to leave this summer as he was the year he left us
No, when he left us he wanted to leave us so bad, so of course he knew and he was sure he's leaving, right now it's not in his hands, he doesn't really wants to leave, reports think that Real Madrid might decide to get rid of him.
The two logical scenarios right now: 1- They decide to keep him. 2- They offer him to the highest bidder (not us).
If it's down to Ronaldo he will never leave Real Madrid.
Don't want him here, wouldn't want him to upset the perfect balance we have up top.....
He had a meeting with Perez and said Its him or me when talking about Benitez. This press conference today is widely seen as a slap to the face to Ronaldo.
The relationship between the two are at an all time low. No talk about new contracts,no talk of being there for life.
Its technicalities if he wants to leave or if he's being pushed out. Bottom line is that he's going.
There has never been this amount of momentum behind the idea of Cristiano leaving Madrid. Ever.
Again I dont think its highest bid win. I think it's where Ronaldo wants to go. I get this feeling that with all this talk of declining and being past his best, Ronaldo could be worried that joining a second tier league will be confirmation of this and an image breaker for his brand.
I don't know who said it but he was spot on. At least most of the time.Wow that's a spoilt bunch of fans. Talk about pathetic. One of them even said Suarez and Neymar were better than Ronaldo last season... Another said he's a liability when he doesn't score. Are you kidding me?This just demonstrates how awful Real Madrid fans are, to be honest.
When he's on fire he's almost unplayable, I'll grant you that. But when he's shit (which happens a lot of late unfortunately) we'd be better off with an extra man in the middle, because he's just invisible.
Don't let numbers blind you, he's been horrendous this season.
He will take the slap and stay in Madrid if Madrid wants him to stay (even though I think that "Me or Benitez" story is bullsh*t, and it's not the first story we hear about him having a problem with the manager at Madrid). Only scenario he's leaving is if Madrid wanted to sell him, and even if they wanted to sell him they won't be desperate to sell him, which is why they won't sell until the price is right (for them). They will in no way consider where he wants to go if somebody is offering them more money.
And I'm leaving out all the De Gea shenanigans here, which would be more than enough a reason why they won't sell him to us (for anybody really looking at the situation objectively). In fact, I'd argue that our chance of getting him has never been this low after that De Gea dispute.
Clubs are more professional than petty squabbling, I wouldn't sell them a virus etc and we still conducted business with Madrid.
~100M euros seems fair, but swapping for Verratti or Rabiot? No thanks.
The only problem is I don't see him forming a good partnership with Cavani.
I can't think of a single player who's been sold for a greatly elevated fee because of 'commercial factors'.
For a 31 year old Ronaldo, bearing in mind that the divorce is voluntary on both sides, I'd say you'll be lucky to get above 35m euros.
You think the way both clubs were publishing faxes and trading attacks was "professional"? Besides, why would he even need to sell to us? He controls all the cards. Ronaldo doesn't want/need to leave, his contract isn't running out soon, and Perez will always have a higher bidder than us if he wanted to sell. It's nothing like the situation we were in when Ronaldo forced us to sell him to Madrid.
Maybe 100 m€ is too much but 35 m euros is totally unrealistic
This would seem absolutely the way PSG should approach this move - money is utterly meaningless to a sugar-daddy club like PSG, it is quality players that matter for clubs trying to compete for the Champions League. If Real insist on players being involved then Qatar should just keep offering more and more money until Real cave-in; losing Real Madrid-standard players would be too counterproductive, even if it means getting Ronaldo in.
The question is if Ronaldo wants to move to PSG - and I think he will do just that in the summer.
Wow that's a spoilt bunch of fans. Talk about pathetic. One of them even said Suarez and Neymar were better than Ronaldo last season... Another said he's a liability when he doesn't score. Are you kidding me?
Yeah, unbelievable that people who watch him regularly actually describe what is happening in reality instead of talking in fantasy draft facts.
Ronaldo neither has the statistical edge and certainly not the performance edge anymore. Don't see what's so laughable about the idea that Neymar and Suarez have outperformed him. It's what actually happened in 2015.
People who think Ronaldo only changed/declined this season under Benitez should also read this (from May this year).
One touch, one goal - meet the new Cristiano Ronaldo
28 May 2015 19:30:00
The Portuguese has changed his game over the last 12 months and the stats show he is a very different player to the one that moved to Real Madrid in 2009
Sixty-one goals in 54 games represents a career-best return for Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid forward scored goals galore in 2014-15 to better his 60 strikes from 55 appearances in 2011-12. Overall, the stats seem similar, but he has in fact become a very different player.
When Madrid signed Ronaldo for a world-record fee of £80 million in 2009, they bought a winger with blistering pace, dribbling ability and tremendous technique - a player who could score from anywhere.
Six years on, Cristiano is still scoring. His 48 Liga goals means he will win the Pichichi award again this term and also claim the European Golden Shoe for an unprecedented fourth time. But the Portuguese has had to change his game in recent times as he gets older and at the age of 30, he is a different footballer to the one Madrid signed from Manchester United.
The Ronaldo running from deep and dribbling past defenders as a talented 24-year-old is now something of the past. The 2009 Cristiano set up chances for his team-mates; these days he finishes them off. And a look at his recent strikes against Sevilla, Espanyol and Getafe are proof of that. Although he still starts on the left, the 30-year-old is much more of a centre-forward these days.
Of the 48 goals he scored in La Liga this term, 41 of those (85 per cent) were netted with a single touch, while 43 of the 48 (90%) were converted inside the box. Ten (21%) were penalties, while 12 (25%) were headers - a career high for Ronaldo - and only two were scored from free-kicks (4%). And both of those came in the last few weeks of the Liga season as well, following a frustrating few months from dead-ball situations - once a speciality of the Portuguese.
Looking solely at the stats, CR7 looks much more like CR9 - a traditional centre-forward. But back in his first season at Madrid, when he actually wore the number 9 because Raul was still at the club, the numbers were different. In 2009-10, Ronaldo scored 26 times in La Liga, with only 61% of those coming from his first touch, while just 12% came from headers. That season, Ronaldo also netted eight times from individual strikes he himself had created - something now virtually redundant in his game, even if he has converted almost double the amount of goals in 2014-15.
In 2009-10, Cristiano played under Manuel Pellegrini, before featuring for three seasons with compatriot Jose Mourinho on the bench and then two more for the recently sacked Carlo Ancelotti.
With Rafa Benitez now set to take over next week at the Santiago Bernabeu, it will be interesting to see the evolution of Ronaldo's game in 2015-16 as he closes in on Raul's record of 323 strikes for Madrid. One thing, however, seems certain - there will be plenty of goals.
I agree with The Neviller. United shouldn't be going back(wards) with Ronaldo. As much I like him as a player. I don't think he is the current team needs though. I would prefer another Saha type than another RvN. Another more team player oriented than just another one that is wanting everyone to focus on him more.
Even if he leaves it will be for P$G.
Agreed. Ronaldo is over us, and we are over him. I would rather get the money and use it on Griezmann and Isco, for example. Ronaldo would cost too much, even if we got money to burn.
It pains me, but I agree with this.
I'm pretty much over the idea of signing Cristiano, and I was all for it before the season started.
People who say they don't want Ronaldo are the same twats who say "I wouldn't want to be TOO rich"
If you don't want the best player in the World then you need to just stop. Just stop.
If you don't want the best player in the World then you need to just stop. Just stop.
Hes not the best... I would take him though, hes better than all our attackers.
However spending shed loads on him, if there are other younger options, may not be the best choice
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Yeah, unbelievable that people who watch him regularly actually describe what is happening in reality instead of talking in fantasy draft facts.
Ronaldo neither has the statistical edge and certainly not the performance edge anymore. Don't see what's so laughable about the idea that Neymar and Suarez have outperformed him. It's what actually happened in 2015.
What does this have to do with the post you quoted? Where did I say it's laughable to compare Neymar and Suarez to Ronaldo? I never said that. I said in another post that the comparison should not be made until they have both eclipsed him over the course of a season. But what exactly is this comparison supposed to demonstrate, that Ronaldo is one of the best five players in the world even when experiencing a "dip" in form? This is all clearly an overreaction.
It's also hilarious how national team stats are brought into pad the numbers in that graphic when we are talking about issues exclusively within a club context.
Fill yer boots lads:
http://www.101greatgoals.com/top-st...-cristiano-ronaldo-back-to-man-united-marca/?
http://www.101greatgoals.com/top-st...-cristiano-ronaldo-back-to-man-united-marca/?
Great article. Exactly what I and some other users here think and why we should think about it carefully. Ronaldo could be very underwhelming in our system in relation to his ability. A great player, who isn't as good as Ronaldo, but offers more what we need (playing wide, pace, creativity, scoring out of nothing) could have an much bigger impact imo. Ronaldo will finish more than our current options, but he won't improve our overall play. We need someone who helps us playing faster, create more and makes us in general less predictable.
And yeah Ronaldo would win us the league. But I am pretty sure players like Griezmann, Reus, Bale etc would win us the league too, we are already very close with a weak attack, if we add a top class attacking player to our team we should be favourites. I doubt he will bring us near the CL title. Real is far away from Barca and Bayern right now and they have Cristiano and a much better support cast.
Its funny, the people that actually watch La Liga week in week out, have talked for a long time about Ronaldo's decline, and how he's basically just a poacher (albeit very good one) nowadays. Yet there are still loads of people that just see the name Ronaldo and think of this fantasy player who will be everything he was when he played for us + the ridiculous goalscoring.
Truth is, he sacrificed that part of his game a long time ago, in order to chase the goals. Some people will never accept it though, because its Ronaldo.
Look what an actual Madrid fan thinks..
I guess he's just lying though
Truth is, he sacrificed that part of his game a long time ago, in order to chase the goals. Some people will never accept it though, because its Ronaldo.
Look what an actual Madrid fan thinks..
I guess he's just lying though
£25m for Ronaldo? I couldn't see him going for less than £55m regardless of recent performances.
And with 3 years left on his contract, and PSG being all over it.
People are living in a fantasy if they think Ronaldo will go on the cheap. And thats before even thinking about his contract. He'll cost an enormous amount of money for whoever buys him.
Its funny, the people that actually watch La Liga week in week out, have talked for a long time about Ronaldo's decline, and how he's basically just a poacher (albeit very good one) nowadays. Yet there are still loads of people that just see the name Ronaldo and think of this fantasy player who will be everything he was when he played for us + the ridiculous goalscoring.
Truth is, he sacrificed that part of his game a long time ago, in order to chase the goals. Some people will never accept it though, because its Ronaldo.
Look what an actual Madrid fan thinks..
I guess he's just lying though
So the most complete player in the world is basically garbage now because he's become more of a poacher than a dribbler? I guess Paul Scholes was trash too for playing a deeper role as he got older and not making so many runs into the box.
I do love this criticism that he's "chasing the goals". What on earth is an attacking player supposed to do? It's not as though we lack goals or anything. No, what we need is more technically gifted players who look good on the ball and score 5-10 goals a season.
I had to stop there
You're clearly basing your assessment of Ronaldo based on his Fifa stats.
It is clear a lot of people don't watch him week in week out and are basing their opinions on outdated performances. Please ask the Madrid fans about how he looks now?
The people calling him the best in the world or the most complete in the world are living in a different bloody world.
I had to stop there
You're clearly basing your assessment of Ronaldo based on his Fifa stats.
No, I am basing it on the player's attributes. You know, the fact the guy is great in the air and on the ground, through the middle and as an inside forward, with a powerful physique that enables him to handle a physical game. Yeah, you're right, Sam, I don't know how this pretender was rated the world's best player for so long. He doesn't dribble 90 plus times per game any more!
Van Gaal says he wants speed and creativity. Anyone that has been watching him closely for the past few months will realize he doesn't offer that any more. He does not run with the ball anymore. I don't know if he refuses to or he can't but even Bale runs better with the ball at defenders than him these days. He's not creative, he's not beating players.
The people who think they will get the same Ronaldo that played for us are dillusional. He's unrecognisable from that player. His game has changed so much.
The only position I would play him in a possession based team is up top and he's said on many occasions that he doesn't want to play there.
All of this is added to the fact that areal will want over £70m for a 31 year old.
The people who think they will get the same Ronaldo that played for us are dillusional. He's unrecognisable from that player. His game has changed so much.
The only position I would play him in a possession based team is up top and he's said on many occasions that he doesn't want to play there.
All of this is added to the fact that areal will want over £70m for a 31 year old.