It made no sense for Ronaldo to go to United at this time of his career.
Sanchez actually turned out to be a more expensive purchase than Ronaldo would have been. He’s earning only under £10M less per year and has done barely anything of note. Not to mention, he doesn’t bring even 1% of Ronaldo’s marketing potential and worldwide attention. Imagine the media frenzy and huge coverage United would have gotten if he actually re-signed. It would have been like the return of the Prodigal’s son. Moreover, at 34,he’s in better condition than a 30 year old Sanchez as he has been able to retain his speed and acceleration somewhat.
You are right but Ronaldo does earn more than that. Ronaldo earns 31m a year at Juventus vs Sanchez 16.8m at United.
I said this at the time. Modric had no place in the discussion.
I read from multiple places that Sanchez was on around £21m or so or is that completely wrong?
31 million post tax.
Depends how you measure it. Sanchez earns 350k a week after tax, Ronaldo earns around 600k a week after tax.
Thanks, it’s clearer now. I guess I was mostly looking at figures before tax.
Agree. He was involved in the build up to the penalty with the way he was able to control Kean’s header we’ll with his chest while under pressure in his own half and then play a well timed ball to Bernardeschi who then did the rest of the hard work in driving forward before being tripped for the pen.
His dribbling and physical decline has made him a more cerebral player imo.
He still does that occasionally. For example, last match he has made 5 successful dribble against Atletico, the highest no. out of any player on the pitch. But sure the way he plays now is very different from his physical peak, where he's basically everywhere, posing strong threats with sheer pace/skill/athleticism, and running at defenders non-stop. And at age of 34, he probably won't score 50-60 goals in every season too. But he will have his clutch moments, will still score plenty of goals, crucial goals, and winning trophies.
Me too. Not sure why people can’t come here and say he had a good performance without the GOAT shit.
If they play Ajax next round he will.
As equally are the haters who come into this thread. Its 50/50.
Do you also go to Messi Vs Ronaldo thread and get a headache reading the OTT opinions about both players.
Did you crack one off?
It really hit me last night when he tried to take 2 defenders on. He looked like running in sand, kinda sad in a way. But he just lives for the big game
Nah, with the way Juventus play he’s going to have a tough time finishing with most CL goals this season. Messi upto 8 now
Turns out it's Spanish media calling for it, & UEFA seemingly have no open file on it. My bad. Petty bollocks all the same.The random selfie
Of course he sends random selfies. Of course. Who needs face emojis?
Unfortunately or fortunately, you are insufferable; you can also go to the messi thread where your other fanboys are.
Has to be Rio or Evra. They always tell us story about Ronaldo.
