How much would you pay for Ronaldo?

FC Ronaldo said:
A reminder to the people posting in this thread:

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 1 fewer goal in his last 2 matches than Wayne Rooney has in 2015 so far.

And some of you are not wanting us to do whatever it takes for him? :wenger:
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Well 2015 is still young! It's not beyond reasonable to believe that Rooney may, before the end of the year, rack up a yearly total that can compare with Ronaldo's rolling two game average. Unlikely, yes, but not impossible!
 
TooBias said:
As good as he is, I genuinely believe he wouldn't be half as effective for us as he is for Madrid.

Madrid create a shitload of chances - and I mean proper defence-splitting, one-on-one chances. Ronaldo relies a lot on those opportunities - it's rare, nowadays, that you'll see him pluck a game from obscurity with amazing individuality.

As it stands we create about one truly good chance per match, if we're lucky.
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Partly because the complete lack of movement. Ronaldo would help fix that. The likes of Mata, Bastian, Carrick etc can all hit beautiful passes.
 
Balague seems to think we could afford it:

"As I have said for months, everything is ready for him to go back. All the finances are in place if he decides to join them. But... in my eyes, it doesn't make sense at all for him to go back. He is a different player, United is a different club. He does dream of going back but I am pretty sure that if given the choice of PSG, another top European club or United, he might realise going back is not the greatest of ideas. He will have to fight with his own shadow. I feel before next summer Ronaldo will have to think about his future carefully."
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ITT people with no idea of the marketability of players or their impact on profits making claims that make no sense whatsoever.
 
FC Ronaldo said:
You know it. Imagine a combination with Welbeck too. A proper odd couple.
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It probably could work, now you say it. Welbeck could be like, a more industrial version of Benzema with far less goalscoring and technical ability. Benzema gets what - 20 odd goals a season? Welbeck will get about 7, so add that 13 to Ronaldo's tally and he'll break the record with time to move on for another big money move!
 
Didn't he sell his image rights to Peter Lim's company? Surely this would reduce any commercial value for United if he does reunite.
 
FC Ronaldo said:
A reminder to the people posting in this thread:

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 1 fewer goal in his last 2 matches than Wayne Rooney has in 2015 so far.

And some of you are not wanting us to do whatever it takes for him? :wenger:
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Pretty woeful stuff
 
2 Man Midfield said:
We aren't getting him for under 50m. Anything over 80m would be a bit daft considering that's what we sold him for, but some would say worth it.
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The whole "whatever it takes" mentality is a little daft. No player is priceless or of unlimited value. He spent (most of) his best years in Madrid as he wanted. I'd rather we didn't spend an entire summer's worth of money to settle a score for the transfer muppets that still haven't recovered from him leaving. It's the same situation with Pogba. I think some people just get pissed that he left and want him back regardless of the outcome and I will probably say something similar this summer/next time he's linked with us to get him a better contract at Madrid, the club he actually wants to play for.

Anything over 80m would be foolish, I agree.
 
dwd said:
Balague seems to think we could afford it:

"As I have said every summer since he left United, everything is ready for him to go back. All the finances are in place if he decides to join them. But... in my eyes, it doesn't make sense at all for him to go back. He is a different player, United is a different club. He does dream of going back but I am pretty sure that if given the choice of PSG, another top European club or United, he might realise going back is not the greatest of ideas. He will have to fight with his own shadow. I feel before next summer Ronaldo will have to think about his future carefully."
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Fixed.
 
:lol: omg just seen some of the responses re: people not wanting him: '10m max' and 'look to the future' etc
Success at the club > everything else - let's not your own 'philosophy' get in the way pls...
 
Tyrion said:
The whole "whatever it takes" mentality is a little daft. No player is priceless or of unlimited value. He spent (most of) his best years in Madrid as he wanted. I'd rather we didn't spend an entire summer's worth of money to settle a score for the transfer muppets that still haven't recovered from him leaving. It's the same situation with Pogba. I think some people just get pissed that he left and want him back regardless of the outcome and I will probably say something similar this summer/next time he's linked with us to get him a better contract at Madrid, the club he actually wants to play for.

Anything over 80m would be foolish, I agree.
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the principle would put me off ever buying Pogba back. If him leaving like he did isn't the biggest warning ever, nothing is.

Ronaldo, I'd love to get back, but obviously 80m for 31 year olds would be stupid.

Cripes, people thought 24m for 29 year old Van Persie was madness, when he was probably the joint best goalscorer with Aguero at the time.
 
Shark said:
Ronaldo will never come back. I reckon he'd want to spend his declining years in the sun, not in rainy Manchester, with the English media putting a 'can he still cut it in the best league in the world' tag attached to him. I just don't see it happening.
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I definitely think it'd by far appeal more to him to go to PSG or to America for his last contract or 2.

Coming back to United, without Fergie, without necessarily being the top team here anymore, with the risk of ruining his legacy just isn't worth the hassle.

This year and next at Real, get the goals record up to maybe 400, which'll probably will never be beaten, have a couple of years in Paris, ripping the French league up, then retire off to America, at Beck's franchise with Rooney
 
Sandikan said:
the principle would put me off ever buying Pogba back. If him leaving like he did isn't the biggest warning ever, nothing is.

Ronaldo, I'd love to get back, but obviously 80m for 31 year olds would be stupid.

Cripes, people thought 24m for 29 year old Van Persie was madness, when he was probably the joint best goalscorer with Aguero at the time.
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Exactly. The fact that he used to play for us blinds people to how much he's actually worth to us. People just think about how great it would be for him to come back rather than wanting him for purely footballing reasons.
 
I agree 100% with those saying it won't happen now. That moment has passed. We are looking at a different Ronaldo, a different United, the agent, Mendez dont have a great vibe with LVG. Of course he would still be amazing; even more amazing on the field and it would be the biggest thrill ever to see him in red again. But we have the memories.
 
Tyrion said:
The whole "whatever it takes" mentality is a little daft. No player is priceless or of unlimited value. He spent (most of) his best years in Madrid as he wanted. I'd rather we didn't spend an entire summer's worth of money to settle a score for the transfer muppets that still haven't recovered from him leaving. It's the same situation with Pogba. I think some people just get pissed that he left and want him back regardless of the outcome and I will probably say something similar this summer/next time he's linked with us to get him a better contract at Madrid, the club he actually wants to play for.

Anything over 80m would be foolish, I agree.
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Not so sure. The worldwide PR value of 'the return' would more than make up for that fee, not to mention what Ronaldo would add to the team.
 
£5 and a 25 pack of (full sized, none of this multi-pack shit) Wispas. Maybe a pint of Strongbow too if we're pushing the boat out.


£90m for a 30 y/o forward used to playing and scoring with a squad better than ours against squads worse than the majority of the PL is ludicrous, even if he would add a fair amount to our squad (poor Mata though). However, off the field, that £90m could be a sound investment in one of the world's 2 biggest stars in this sport. I tend not to care how much we spend on players, we spend what we have to to get the players we want and we're one of the richest clubs in the world, but on the face of it it seems crazy no matter how good he is, his performance dip is surely approaching. There's never even been any hints he wants to come back here.

Not to mention I thought we want to stop being in Real's shadow. Buying their aging assets isn't helping that.
 
He will be 31 in a few months so the talk about buying him back for more than we paid for him is obviously a bit ridiculous but if he were available I imagine Real Madrid would not be asking for much more than €40m. He will have spent the best 7 years of his career there and we cannot undo this but if he decides to leave we'd need to take advantage of our status in his eyes and make an effort. Between going to PSG or another rich club and coming back here he'd probably prefer the latter.

If Ferguson was still here I believe he'd be joining us next Summer. His huge ambition was to break Real Madrid's goalscoring record and he's only 2 short of Raul so he's going to break it by the end of October. He could probably have a shot at becoming Manchester United all-time top scorer - he has got 118 goals for the club from what I see and that's 130 short - if he stayed here for 4-5 years then it's not unthinkable that he'll be getting 30 a season. Actually if he's fit enough then he can probably score 40-45 a season for the next 2-3 years.
 
Sarni said:
He will be 31 in a few months so the talk about buying him back for more than we paid for him is obviously a bit ridiculous but if he were available I imagine Real Madrid would not be asking for much more than €40m. He will have spent the best 7 years of his career there and we cannot undo this but if he decides to leave we'd need to take advantage of our status in his eyes and make an effort. Between going to PSG or another rich club and coming back here he'd probably prefer the latter.

If Ferguson was still here I believe he'd be joining us next Summer. His huge ambition was to break Real Madrid's goalscoring record and he's only 2 short of Raul so he's going to break it by the end of October. He could probably have a shot at becoming Manchester United all-time top scorer - he has got 118 goals for the club from what I see and that's 130 short - if he stayed here for 4-5 years then it's not unthinkable that he'll be getting 30 a season. Actually if he's fit enough then he can probably score 40-45 a season for the next 2-3 years.
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Imagine the legacy: top scorer at both Man United and Real Madrid :eek:
 
SirAF said:
Imagine the legacy: top scorer at both Man United and Real Madrid :eek:
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That is what could drive him IMO. He's incredibly ambitious and he could actually achieve that. He's over 100 goals behind Rooney but given the huge difference in quality between the two players he'd probably close that gap in about 40-50 games. :lol:
 
Sarni said:
That is what could drive him IMO. He's incredibly ambitious and he could actually achieve that. He's over 100 goals behind Rooney but given the huge difference in quality between the two players he'd probably close that gap in about 40-50 games. :lol:
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Definitely agree about that.

If not United then I could see him join a lesser league like the MLS and aim for 1000 career goals :p
 
How many is he currently on and how many is Rooney currently on just out or curiosity?
 
Since us fans love to play economists, I'll offer my view. I'd rather pay £50m on a 31 year old Robben than £90m on a 31 year old Ronaldo if I had the choice.

That said, if we have unlimited £, then of course I'd rather have him than not have. We need something up top.
 
If Ibra leaves next summer, the PSG record will probably be around 120-130.

Imagine he beat that
 
If he decide to leave it will not be a lot of money. Remember Alonso went to Bayern for £8m at the age of 32, Schweinsteiger went to us for £6m at the age of 31. I don't think his transfer would be worth anywhere more than £30m because he gave Real so much and if he really want to leave and ask Perez they will grant his wish similar like they did with Alonso or what Bayern did with Schweinsteiger.

It all comes to if he will want to leave, if he will want to come here and if LVG will think this is a good move for our club.
 
Jerch said:
If he decide to leave it will not be a lot of money. Remember Alonso went to Bayern for £8m at the age of 32, Schweinsteiger went to us for £6m at the age of 31. I don't think his transfer would be worth anywhere more than £30m because he gave Real so much and if he really want to leave and ask Perez they will grant his wish similar like they did with Alonso or what Bayern did with Schweinsteiger.

It all comes to if he will want to leave, if he will want to come here and if LVG will think this is a good move for our club.
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It's Ronaldo. Totally different scenario. He's a goalscorer for a start, then you get to his commercial package...
 
Pexbo said:
It's Ronaldo. Totally different scenario. He's a goalscorer for a start, then you get to his commercial package...
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Schweinsteiger was one of the most important players and a captain in the WC winning German team just a summer before, he is still a great and may i say world class midfielder, he was one of the two most historical players in the current Bayern team and his commercial package is not bad is it?
In the end it was simply not about the money but about how much he gave to Bayern and that they need to grant his wish if for nothing else just to show a respect to him and appreciation for what he did to the club.
With Alonso it was the same, he was one of the most important players in the CL winning team for Real.

When a player who is on the wrong side of 30ies want to move it is never about the money especially if the player spend his best time at the club. Imagine if Ronaldo would come to Perez to ask for a transfer and Perez will say to him: "yes but a buying club will have to pay [insert stupid amount of money] for you". I can't believe Ronaldo would take that easily.

And as i said i don't think the comeback of Ronaldo will be decided on money, in the end if we will want him and he will want to come back we can spend stupid money for him, but i was just saying that i can't see Real asking stupid amount of money for Ronaldo.
 
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Jerch said:
Schweinsteiger was one of the most important players and a captain in the WC winning German team just a summer before, he is still a great and may i say world class midfielder, he was one of the two most historical players in the current Bayern team and his commercial package is not bad is it?
In the end it was simply not about the money but about how much he gave to Bayern and that they need to grant his wish if for nothing else just to show a respect to him and appreciation for what he did to the club.
With Alonso it was the same, he was one of the most important players in the CL winning team for Real.

When a player who is on the wrong side of 30ies want to move it is never about the money especially if the player spend his best time at the club. Imagine if Ronaldo would come to Perez to ask for a transfer and Perez will say to him: "yes but a buying club will have to pay [insert stupid amount of money] for you". I can't believe Ronaldo would take that easily.

And as i said i don't think the comeback of Ronaldo will be decided on money, in the end if we will want him and he will want to come back we can spend stupid money for him, but i was just saying that i can't see Real asking stupid amount of money for Ronaldo.
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Firstly, Schweinsteiger and Alonso, while hugely popular and successful players, are nowhere near the fame and stardom of Ronaldo. He has an unrivalled commercial value to any club.
Secondly, they are both midfielders, who just don't go for anything like the value that goal scoring attackers go for.
Thirdly, using Perez as an example of a chairman who might show some class and offer his golden goose an easy ticket out is just daft. He bought him for £80m, he'll want to show what a genius he is by getting as much of that back as possible.
 
If Madrid are selling him it's because they feel he's on the slide and it's the last opportunity they have to recoup most if not all of the money he cost. Both fair assessments, IMO. But I also think if we could get him for a few seasons he might help bring the side along so in that sense, if he's considerably better than what we have, then he'd be worth it.

I don't think he'd want to come back here, though. I think his next move will solely be about money. PSG seems a good bet to me.
 
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