I am simply saying that if Ronaldo wants to leave for CL football for instances, he makes it easier for ETH to let him go (granted a replacement is found). However if he wanted to stay at our club, accept his new status (not an automatic starter anymore) then I'm sure ETH wouldn't have had an issue with keeping him.I'm a bit confused, you contradict yourself: "I'm sure if he wanted to accept his new role, ETH wouldn't have an issue with keeping him." vs "A big player like that sulking all season long is a poison for the team."
I think Ronaldo has behaved consistently poorly since returning to Manchester United and the label prima donna springs to mind. Even little things like getting the No. 7 shirt off Cavani. He said he was fine with that, but I don't think he was. Rather than speak out he accepted it, but at every opportunity, every little twinge or muscle strain, he made himself unavailable - possibly because he'd been persuaded to sign up to an extra year at United and then the club go and re-employ CR7 in his position.
There was all that kurfuffle pre-season - 'The King Plays' (and then the king fux off home, early) that sort of thing.... & I'm pretty certain that he had a chat with Bruno Fernandes as soon as he got to the club and told him whenever you get the ball the first thing you do is look to pass it to me. Bruno's game suffered as a result. There was definitely something going on - a power struggle of some sort - between himself and Maguire with the knock-on effect of a sort of Portuguese /English split in the dressing room. The manager seems to have solved that one for now by dropping them both! But its a long winter.
I don't actually know why he hasn't bought himself out of his contract, which he could easily afford to do, as a free agent he'd find a CL club no problem.
I am simply saying that if Ronaldo wants to leave for CL football for instances, he makes it easier for ETH to let him go (granted a replacement is found). However if he wanted to stay at our club, accept his new status (not an automatic starter anymore) then I'm sure ETH wouldn't have had an issue with keeping him.
Ronaldo has simplified things for ETH to say "I don't wanna keep him"
Hes 37 and lost some of his pace, yes, I know the chance youre referencing and thought a younger Ronaldo wouldve buried it.I read a couple of days ago some suggestion that Ronaldo might go on loan to Napoli - who are in the CL - but with United paying all his wages. Things seem to have gone quiet on that. But if that rumour was true, wow it shows just how much the manager wants him out of the dressing room, he's on what £380,000 a week!
I think he might actually stay now though, but we will see him mostly as a sub in the PL and starting in the Carabou Cup/Europa Cup. It is a bit sad really and I'd rather he retire gracefully (he can't need the money, he is possibly a billionaire now) than continue to flip and flop about gesturing all the time and looking grumpy. There was a moment in the Southampton game where he had a half-chance to get in on goal, but the pace had gone. I can't believe that you actually re-signed him last August on such a big wage - was a timed sprint not part of the medical?
The man is greedy, he wants the best of everything without losing financially which at his age, is ridiculous. He can control his destiny by doing what you said, buying out his contract and reducing his wagesI think I understand now: if Ronaldo stays and is happy as a sub, ETH will not have an issue with keeping him but if he isn't happy, then best he goes, because as you said: "A big player like that sulking all season long is a poison for the team."
The thing is, we pretty much know he isn't happy because he has promised to do an interview on the 1st September (or around that date) where he is going to reveal all from his little notebook.
As I said, if Ronaldo really wants to leave for CL football (because Messi is closing in on some of his records) why doesn't he buy out his own contract and get his freedom to move that way. Why is he playing games with Man United, does he feel they have treated him badly these last 12 months - hence the notebook of facts?
What was that tweet all about pre-season..... "the King plays"? I think he has become a little bit too self-obsessed and the thing is, he just isn't really a very good footballer anymore, he is just a marketing tool.
Please don't rewrite history ffs. It was clear for months that he wanted to leave Juve but we only bought him in the last day of the transfer window because if not he'd go to City. We clearly didn't need him and had no plan whatsoever for him.He was purchased because we needed a striker
Please don't rewrite history ffs. It was clear for months that he wanted to leave Juve but we only bought him in the last day of the transfer window because if not he'd go to City. We clearly didn't need him and had no plan whatsoever for him.
How did we not need him? Yes he became available and who wouldn’t want a player of that calibre? He was offered to a lot of clubs, was the city interest genuine?Please don't rewrite history ffs. It was clear for months that he wanted to leave Juve but we only bought him in the last day of the transfer window because if not he'd go to City. We clearly didn't need him and had no plan whatsoever for him.
You conveniently leave the point we didn't even bother considering signing him prior to the City rumours. You can check the Ronaldo transfer thread last year and you'd see. Anyway it'd be a waste of time continue this conversation so bye.How did we not need him? Yes he became available and who wouldn’t want a player of that calibre? He was offered to a lot of clubs, was the city interest genuine?
How would they have fitted him and Haaland into the team this season if he went there.
They have a clear recruitment plan and we dont, we did need a striker and glazers weren’t going to buy one, the need was still there though. He was available cheap and should have been the missing link with all the new signings.
There's still many players atm playing well to their 35+ I think. Imo of course it depends on each player's body but also their playing style. Midfielders and defenders generally last longer than strikers. Among strikers target strikers generally last longer than pacey ones. You got old you lose your pace. If your game is based on pace you won't last very long.35 is now an upper limit for pretty much every player in this generation?
You must have a superiority complex that you can’t handle an adult conversation. We weren’t interested in him as we didn’t see him as being available to us. How do you know we weren’t interested before the city interest? It might not even be genuine either, not everything in the paper is real, sometimes they make things up. His agent was doing the same thing as what he’s doing now and offering Ronaldo to every club going, he announced he was leaving and within a day or two signed for united.You conveniently leave the point we didn't even bother considering signing him prior to the City rumours. You can check the Ronaldo transfer thread last year and you'd see. Anyway it'd be a waste of time continue this conversation so bye.
There's still many players atm playing well to their 35+ I think. Imo of course it depends on each player's body but also their playing style. Midfielders and defenders generally last longer than strikers. Among strikers target strikers generally last longer than pacey ones. You got old you lose your pace. If your game is based on pace you won't last very long.
Anyway to answer your question it'd need some big professional study so honestly I simply don't have the answer.
and Martial back to replace RashfordWe need Antony to really start firing straight away.
Was obvious pre season but somehow we spent £200m without addressing it.
This. Martial is our only hope of a decent goal scoring season.If Martial gets fit then yeah I think we'll be ok. Ronaldo needs replacing with anyone
This needs to be addressed over the summer.
They wouldn't work well with each other. Hasn't exactly been a roaring success at PSG having three MVPs.Neymar, Kane, and Rashford, as the front 3 would be just incredible, if Qatar are the new owners....
Comparing an ageing Messi and club owner Mbappe with Kane and Rashford seems a bit of a stretch.They wouldn't work well with each other. Hasn't exactly been a roaring success at PSG having three MVPs.
City are the model to follow: one goal machine supported by pacey or creative players.
