How much would you buy Ronaldo for?

How much money do you reckon he makes Madrid a year?
 
Okay, next question. How much would you sign Glenn Whelan for?

£50m max, with wages not a penny more than £252k per week.
 
25 million - what a lovely deal that would have been!
 
IF Ronaldo leaves Real, which I don’t think he will and IF he comes to the PL then I am 100% sure it will be with Chelsea
 
No more than 50 million.

Real aren’t going to get that kind of offer in two years, so they could cash in now.
 
Judge Red said:
This became a joke two summers ago. That didn’t stop the media doing it again last year, but surely they can’t get another round out of it?
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The Ronaldo to Utd story can be milked every Summer.
In fact, I predict that even when he is 40 and retired, there will be rumours of him coming out of retirement, to play for us. ;)

I said that the Griezmann to Utd transfer was the turd which would not flush. But this Ronaldo to Utd story is an even bigger turd, that has refused to flush for several years.
I see this one requiring several more flushes, before it eventually disappears. :p
 
Fridge chutney said:
If we bought Ronaldo for £142 M, we would rightfully be the laughing stock of football.

Sell Ronaldo in his prime and then buy him back a decade later when he's close to retirement for double the price.
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When you put it that way, it does sound ridiculous. :D
 
El Zoido said:
Madrid got a bargain when they bought him from us, I’d only take himself a free plus a further £200m from Madrid in reparations for mugging us when we sold him to them.
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Bargain??? When will this stupid myth die. It broke the transfer record by some margin and was lump sum.

Anyone that thinks Madrid mugged us have no clue how transfers work. We squeezed every bit for Ronaldo from them. In 2009 that was Neymar money and could get you two-three absolute world class players
 
shamans said:
1) we did worse with Pogba
2) transfer market changed
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1) no we didn't
2) true but there is no precedent for buying a 33 year old for 142 million pounds, so it hasn't changed to the point where buying R for 142 million pounds is a good idea.
 
I want our club to look forward, not in the past. As much as I like him, the only way I would sign Ronaldo is if it's on the free. I'm tired of us looking at the present and not into the future. We need more signings of players in their early 20's not early 30's...
 
Cliche Guevara said:
Yeah, other than Pogba and Sanchez maybe both being left-sided, it’s not the worst idea I’ve ever seen on here.

Queue some very uninspired explanation as to why he thought it was funny.
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Alexis is the only guy out of the front 4 who wouldn't be playing in his preferred position, but he's still very good and spent at least half his career there. The reason he was moved centrally for Arsenal is he was by far their best goal scorer... We've already got some of them

I await his response :)
 
Cal? said:
I'm talking about 40 goals in all comps, not just the league, and the last time he failed to score 40 in a season was 8 years ago.
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Bear in mind that he's scored 44 this season.

(a) That's in a Real Madrid team that is better than every team in La Liga except Barcelona, and can basically expect to dominate virtually every game. For them to only get 76 points has been a truly dreadful performance. That wouldn't apply at United, who face at least five teams that are roughly as good as them, and arguably they don't even dominate against the lesser clubs, particularly with Mourinho's cautious approach.

(b) Real reached the Champions League final. Again. It's highly unlikely that United would do this, so he would have less games to play in.

(c) Even in a terrible season, Real have scored 94 league goals and 30 Champions League goals. United scored 68 in the league and 13 in the Champions League. So Real scored literally 50% more in the two major competitions (53% to be precise). Great player though Ronaldo undoubtedly is, he is largely reliant on others to make goals for him, and he will get way, way less chances at United than Real Madrid.

(d) While he certainly doesn't look finished yet, that day will come. We don't know when this will be. One day Messi won't be able to do it any more. This is inevitable. Sooner or later, Ronaldo will stop scoring, or he'll retire at the top. Either way, he's not guaranteed to keep churning out prolific seasons indefinitely, in fact the opposite is guaranteed. This will end, and it will end soon.
 
wub1234 said:
Bear in mind that he's scored 44 this season.

(a) That's in a Real Madrid team that is better than every team in La Liga except Barcelona, and can basically expect to dominate virtually every game. For them to only get 76 points has been a truly dreadful performance. That wouldn't apply at United, who face at least five teams that are roughly as good as them, and arguably they don't even dominate against the lesser clubs, particularly with Mourinho's cautious approach.

(b) Real reached the Champions League final. Again. It's highly unlikely that United would do this, so he would have less games to play in.

(c) Even in a terrible season, Real have scored 94 league goals and 30 Champions League goals. United scored 68 in the league and 13 in the Champions League. So Real scored literally 50% more in the two major competitions (53% to be precise). Great player though Ronaldo undoubtedly is, he is largely reliant on others to make goals for him, and he will get way, way less chances at United than Real Madrid.

(d) While he certainly doesn't look finished yet, that day will come. We don't know when this will be. One day Messi won't be able to do it any more. This is inevitable. Sooner or later, Ronaldo will stop scoring, or he'll retire at the top. Either way, he's not guaranteed to keep churning out prolific seasons indefinitely, in fact the opposite is guaranteed. This will end, and it will end soon.
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(a) Ronaldo in a dreadful league season still managed 26 goals in 27 games, and as you pointed out, Real did not look too clever a lot of the time in La Liga. Also, five teams as good as United? You're going to include Arsenal? Really?

(b) That is true, but there's also a League Cup in England, I don't think he'd play fewer games at United.

(c) He is not largely reliant on others to make goals, that's a myth perpetrated by the Messi brigade. He creates the chances by his runs and his timing to be at the right place at the right time.

(d) That's is also true, but is it so far fetched to think Ronaldo can maintain his level for a few more years? It's not like playing till their late 30s is unheard of.

I don't think Real will even contemplate selling him, so it's a pointless debate...
 
shamans said:
Sold for nothing bought for record fee?
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Not ideal but we bought him when he became world class or close to. We also have a lot longer to amortize the cost of his purchase than we would for Ronaldo, and frankly given the transfer market, we would likely make a profit if we sold him now.
 
Fridge chutney said:
Not ideal but we bought him when he became world class or close to. We also have a lot longer to amortize the cost of his purchase than we would for Ronaldo, and frankly given the transfer market, we would likely make a profit if we sold him now.
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We wouldn't make a true profit. You need to look at value not just numbers. Anyway, I was just discussing the idea of buying back a player for a higher price than you have sold. If it means your team will benefit, there is no shame.
 
shamans said:
We wouldn't make a true profit. You need to look at value not just numbers. Anyway, I was just discussing the idea of buying back a player for a higher price than you have sold. If it means your team will benefit, there is no shame.
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I agree in principle, profit would take a more thorough measurement, but my point was that we would recoup most of the cost if not all.

I'm not opposed to buying back Ronaldo but not for 142M. We do not have unlimited funds and that would severely limit our ability to invest in other areas of the squad which need addressing.
 
What a lot of people don’t understand with these big money signings is that more than 3/4 of the fee is related to marketing investment. Neymar isn’t a footballer that is worth what was paid for him, but he damn sure is the marketing value. With Ronaldo at this stage of his career, there’s not an amount that can afford him. He will not let you have a cut of any of his marketing so nothing you pay as a club would be worth it. It’s the biggest reason why there’s ALWAYS drama when it comes to Ronaldo’s contract renewals at Madrid. His marketing value swallows the whole of Real Madrid - he knows - they know it - we know it.

Money can’t buy him right now.
 
WR10 said:
What a lot of people don’t understand with these big money signings is that more than 3/4 of the fee is related to marketing investment. Neymar isn’t a footballer that is worth what was paid for him, but he damn sure is the marketing value. With Ronaldo at this stage of his career, there’s not an amount that can afford him. He will not let you have a cut of any of his marketing so nothing you pay as a club would be worth it. It’s the biggest reason why there’s ALWAYS drama when it comes to Ronaldo’s contract renewals at Madrid. His marketing value swallows the whole of Real Madrid - he knows - they know it - we know it.

Money can’t buy him right now.
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Is this true? Because it doesn’t seem like any of it is true.
 
I was going to quote and reply to some of the comments here, but there was so much people talking shite that I would never end.

In resume, I fond ridiculous that some people here say they wouldn't pay more than 30/40 because of his age, that he has only 1 or 2 more good years before he tirns to shite.

The fun thing is, I've been hearing and reading this the last 3 years, and the guy is still scoring more than a goal per game.

This season he has scored more goals in all comps than the 'great' Salah while having played at least 10 less games.

He just readapted his game to his strenghts and can easily deliver at top level at least other 4/5 years.

Its fun that the fans pf a team that paid near 130 million for guys like Pogba and Lukaku, want to pay only 30/40 million for the STILL best player in the world (2nd best for some people).

Even if he only perform at his best for 2 more years (not that he will) he would gove United much more than what Pogba, Lukaku or Sanchez would give in 5/6 years.

One last thing. I read someone who said that why would United want to buy him now that he is 33. The answer is because he is miles better that any player in United squad.

Now I ask, why would he want to leave Madrid where he is winning mayor trophies every year to joincurrent United? :confused:

As some people say here, nosense, it will never happen...
 
Arbitrium said:
Are you ok?
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Chelsea is his only option. Pep and City is a no-go, would never go to Liverpool and also probably a no-go in Klopp’s system, Spurs wouldn’t pay the wages and Ronaldo will never re-join Utd while Jose is manager

They could easily pay the wages and don’t forget the lure of West London. Only issue is the lack of CL football. Plus Ronaldo would only leave Real for non-footballing reasons
 
Cezzine said:
I was going to quote and reply to some of the comments here, but there was so much people talking shite that I would never end.

In resume, I fond ridiculous that some people here say they wouldn't pay more than 30/40 because of his age, that he has only 1 or 2 more good years before he tirns to shite.

The fun thing is, I've been hearing and reading this the last 3 years, and the guy is still scoring more than a goal per game.

This season he has scored more goals in all comps than the 'great' Salah while having played at least 10 less games.

He just readapted his game to his strenghts and can easily deliver at top level at least other 4/5 years.

Its fun that the fans pf a team that paid near 130 million for guys like Pogba and Lukaku, want to pay only 30/40 million for the STILL best player in the world (2nd best for some people).

Even if he only perform at his best for 2 more years (not that he will) he would gove United much more than what Pogba, Lukaku or Sanchez would give in 5/6 years.

One last thing. I read someone who said that why would United want to buy him now that he is 33. The answer is because he is miles better that any player in United squad.
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United are wanting to challenge City to the league title. If Ronaldo goes missing again for the majority of the season pre Christmas, then United would be out of the running for the title very early.

The fact that Real have a much better team than United to supply Ronaldo is partly why he has scored so many goals this season. The lack of creativity in the United squad will mean he will score less than at Real. Not to mention Real only have Atletico Madrid and Barcelona as main competitors whilst the majority of the other La Liga teams have rubbish defences.

No way does Ronaldo put up the same numbers for United as he does at Real. Off the back of a World Cup campaign with no proper pre season, he would likely have another dismal start to the season like this season. And we would be out of the title race very early. It would be a risk and a massive financial risk at that.
 
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