Cristiano Ronaldo (I stay)

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Awful news for us.
I think it’s awful news for everyone. Ten Hag has a striker who doesn’t suit his style of play and wants to leave, Ronaldo is right at the end of his career and obviously wanted one last shot at glory which he is not going get here which will be a rebuilding project.

Hopefully both sides make the best of it. As Ten Hag doesn’t really have any proven strikers if Ronaldo leaves and no budget or good targets on the Market, and Ronaldo isn’t going to get a better offer that staying with us.

So both sides going to have to compromise but how that pans out is anyones guess.
 

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Simeone and Ronaldo :lol: A trainwreck waiting to happen that. Give us Felix and you can have him.
 

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C'mon Simeone. Bite the bait. Ronaldo is the best player in the world !!!!1
 

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If all the noise lately is true, I genuinely don't get why Ronaldo seems adamant to ruin his legacy this way at the two clubs whose fanbase put him on a pedestal (at least until very recently). His behaviour lately boggles my mind.
 

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If all the noise lately is true, I genuinely don't get why Ronaldo seems adamant to ruin his legacy this way at the two clubs whose fanbase put him on a pedestal (at least until very recently). His behaviour lately boggles my mind.
I'm fairly certain he doesn't care
 

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I don't think Real Madrid fans would be that fussed if a 37 year old Ronaldo joins their rivals for atleast 2 campaigns.
 

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I don't think Real Madrid fans would be that fussed if a 37 year old Ronaldo joins their rivals for atleast 2 campaigns.
Is it really any different from the potential City move last year? I don't think so personally.

I can absolutely see him doing it because he's desperate.
 

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Is it really any different from the potential City move last year? I don't think so personally.

I can absolutely see him doing it because he's desperate.
Key difference is Perez won't bite. Could care less if Ronaldo joins Atletico. Madrid won't derail their team over something as small as nostalgia.
 

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Key difference is Perez won't bite. Could care less if Ronaldo joins Atletico. Madrid won't derail their team over something as small as nostalgia.
Ronaldo didn't engineer the City links to get us to sign him though. I think he actually was going there until we stepped in.
 

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If Atletico can't afford him, surely we can do some sort of swap deal.

Ronaldo + £60mill for Felix?
 

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This is going to be a mess, unless PSG wants Ronaldo I don't see any other team that he can go to.

He'll end up staying and stinking the place up.
 

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Another one bites the dust
 

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We’re about to stupidly sell Broja….

:nervous: :nervous: :nervous:
 

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Even if he says he is going to stay, you guys will still continue your agenda. Like I have said he might have wanted to leave due to personal issues and it might be resolved now, but the media is over exaggerating it as if he wants to desperately leave the club. Problem is, you guys believe it wholeheartedly.

You must know that the media love to run negative stories about us (not just Ronaldo) due to the huge interest we generate. Unfortunately you guys have forgotten the other stories about the club conveniently and just focused on the ones that aid your cause.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
 

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This is going to be a mess, unless PSG wants Ronaldo I don't see any other team that he can go to.

He'll end up staying and stinking the place up.
United have actually done him a massive favour by putting out the not for sale line. Imagine the club had publicly admitted it was open to selling? It would look even worse for Ronaldo that United put him up for sale and none of the clubs he fancied going to fancied going for him.
 

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If all the noise lately is true, I genuinely don't get why Ronaldo seems adamant to ruin his legacy this way at the two clubs whose fanbase put him on a pedestal (at least until very recently). His behaviour lately boggles my mind.
He could give a crap about United or the fans, Ronaldo cares about Ronaldo in terms of his football personality and what we know
 

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If all the noise lately is true, I genuinely don't get why Ronaldo seems adamant to ruin his legacy this way at the two clubs whose fanbase put him on a pedestal (at least until very recently). His behaviour lately boggles my mind.
Yep. People said him flirting with City earlier on in the season was a way to force us into action (I don't think it is, I think he genuinely wanted to go there). I think he's pulling the same trick with RM / Atleti.
 

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United have actually done him a massive favour by putting out the not for sale line. Imagine the club had publicly admitted it was open to selling? It would look even worse for Ronaldo that United put him up for sale and none of the clubs he fancied going to fancied going for him.
It has definitely help Ronaldo's narrative from "nobody wants me" to "Man Utd won't let me go".

But it doesn't takes much to know that in the interior of the squad Ronaldo's attitude won't be well taken. Specially from Ten Hag, it wouldn't surprise me that Ten Hag sees Ronaldo as a part time player rather than an absolute starter, and we all know Ronaldo is not the kind of player who will take this in a good way.

He either leaves this window or we'll be seeing a lot of games missed for Ronaldo for "personal issues" "small injuries" "special permissions" etc
 

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Clearly Mendes told Ronnie he could ge thim out to a CL team, Ronnie said go for it, and Mendes is going to fail. It'll be fine, because Mendes and Ronaldo are besties, but it has definitely screwed United's plans up.

The only possible silver lining I could come up with is that maybe this gives ETH the ammunition to dictate that Ronaldo is just part of the squad, and play him as a 38 year old should be played - sparingly.
 

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Possibly. It's rather telling that the only teams seriously linked are ones in the CL, however.
It’s just a possibility. The fact is his wages are a major blockade to the majority of squads, especially out of the Champions League.

I’m not one for assuming the worst when somebody is saying a personal emergency or whatever, particularly when as with the suggestion I raised there is a very real possibility it’s genuine just from what we publicly know.
 

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Ronaldo is life.

No girl wants to have sex with me. This was even before Ronaldo joined Madrid.
I imagine by the time you've made them brylcreem their hair and then put on a full Ronaldo United kit, the moment has passed
 

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We’re about to stupidly sell Broja….

:nervous: :nervous: :nervous:
Utd should be all over that. I think the kid is gonna be really good. With or without Ronaldo that's a player we should have been after. You are selling to West Ham for 35 million, would have been 45-50 for us but I think we should have gone for him.
 
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