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Cristiano Ronaldo (I stay)
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Not be a stop gap solution that turns 36 in january and blocks a longterm signing in the upcoming winter/summer windows. Please, no more short term bandaids. Let's just let Ronnie go and leave that spot open for the long term prospect.
Well right now its Ronaldo being angry / mean thats the reason for the team being bad. Whats going to be the excuse when he leaves and they are still shite?
Says who?
If you are not saying it then what is the point of this conversation? I responded to a post saying exactly that, no one has suggested that he wasn't famous or that a lot of Hollywood actors aren't less famous.
This scares me. The sheer lack of professionalism by the rest of the squad is startling.
There should've been an uplift in performances after the Brighton loss, never mind if Ronaldo left, they're simply making excuses not to perform and it can't be tolerated.
Maybe we shoud bring him onboard. Make United great again!
Ronaldo is such a ‘born winner’ that he’s lost 5 of the last 7 competitive matches he’s played. Truly inspiring the team with his mentality.
Been edited. Well done you made me laugh uncontrollably
Right...which is what most fans on here are talking about, yet you seem to pop up defending him at every opportunity and in a way that somehow contradicts what you just said by here.
As for the bold part, this is just so untrue. Most? Come on. You know that's false. There's probably one or maybe two who have flat out said that he's the sole reason for our problems, and that is obviously not true. But to suggest most fans think that we'd magically transform into this title-winning team when he's gone is patently false.
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Ludicrous based on what metric?
Most followers on both Instagram and Facebook globally that have drastically different age and location demographics, ranks highly on all other socials, one of the most commonly searched people on google.
As much as people want to downplay the Internet and social media it is a really solid metric on how famous someone is.
He has a following of 476 million on one platform. That is more than Obama and Trump had combined on their main platform before Trump got banned, you could even throw in Elon Musk for good measure. People won't like me saying this but you could also throw in the Man Utd twitter numbers with those 3 and not touch 476 million.
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Justin Bieber isn’t nearly as popular as he was 10 years ago. If he was he wouldn’t have less than half of Ronaldo’s social media followers. Most of his fans have grown up and he isn’t that popular with the current young generation.
1st thing 1st. It will not be a parade as soon as he out the door, but it will be a way to start progressing in the right direction.
I've worked at a few places with a seemingly similar dynamic to this, and it's always been better for the team overall when that personal has inevitably fecked off for somewhere new. Mind you those (admittedly) supremely talented individuals were massive pricks, didn't help nurture the junior members of staff, and set the team up to make themselves look good at the detriment of others, so it probably makes sense why things would improve when they left.
BUT I'm sure Ronaldo isn't a completely cnut to his teammates, and is a mentor figure for our younger players, so it's probably nothing like this at all.
BUT I'm sure Ronaldo isn't a completely cnut to his teammates, and is a mentor figure for our younger players, so it's probably nothing like this at all.
A decent offer and he would've been gone already. Noone wants him at his current wage.
2 years remaining on his contract commands at least 10M in transfer fee.
2 years remaining on his contract commands at least 10M in transfer fee.
Read the first post of yours I replied to. You were saying Tom Cruise et al. beats Ronaldo in popularity due to multiple generations, cultures, etc knowing them. And I was saying that Ronaldo has them beat for sheer global reach as football is something that can be accessed by the poorest.
I'd say if you forced people to name the pope by name he'd be out of the discussion. If they just had to say "pope" then yeah, definitely. Ronaldo definitely has some competition, too. Messi/Beckham/Travolta/Beyonce/rimaldo etc.
I dont think Ronaldo works in a Ten Hag system. And I thought we should have gotten rid as soon as he wanted to leave to have time to find a good striker who fits the system.
But the idea that somehow these players are only playing bad and not putting in a proper effort because of Ronaldo is, quite frankly, insulting.
No one wants him.. this is going to break him.. He should go back to Sporting and pretend he is doing it because of sentimental reasons.. only way to save face.... that is, if they would have him..
If not, back to Madeira for CR7.
If not, back to Madeira for CR7.
And I already addressed that point, if you think that these actors don't have the same global reach then there is nothing I can tell you.
It's bleeding obvious and always has been that Ronaldo is a disease that carries half a cure. If the Glazers are blocking his removal then that says everything about his priorities.
But only limited to the preseasons when 40+ unfit players trying to re-gain fitness playing through random 30-45 minutes each.
And I addressed why they don’t. But yeah let’s agree to disagree.
No one wants him.. No one has made a bid.. Make a bid and he's yours..
No one at the club is blocking his move.. his footballing ability (or the lack thereof) is the only thing blocking his move.
The guy is well past his prime and the only way is down.. and its a steep decline too. Only someone stupid or with more money than sense would want him at the wages he would probably ask for.
No one at the club is blocking his move.. his footballing ability (or the lack thereof) is the only thing blocking his move.
The guy is well past his prime and the only way is down.. and its a steep decline too. Only someone stupid or with more money than sense would want him at the wages he would probably ask for.
Love how the club’s briefing has made most of the united news this week centered around him being a prick and not our defeat or inabillity to attract talent.
If our transferdepartement and board were half as good as our PR-departement we would be top of the league with a strikpartnership of Haaland and Nunez, with a brand new stadium and a training facility that would produce new Pele’s every day
If our transferdepartement and board were half as good as our PR-departement we would be top of the league with a strikpartnership of Haaland and Nunez, with a brand new stadium and a training facility that would produce new Pele’s every day
I don't disagree but I suppose my main point is that comparing having him to playing with Eriksen up front is probably not saying much in Ronaldo's favour.
Those 7 matches definitely trump multiple league titles won in multiple countries and five Champions Leagues. He’s a loser.
So will FdJ also be toxic, do you think? He will probably expect the other players to play to his advantage, he'll probably see himself as a better player with higher standards, he might point out others could play better rather than being sooooo concerned about their feelings.
Good thing Roy Keane isn't around.
I haven't heard that Ronaldo blamed other for the 4-0 loss, btw. You might take that as a given after that game....
Instagram following rankings is interesting and should make you think for a minute. Who is second and do you think that she is actually close to be the second most famous person on the planet? You can do the same thing with the top 30.
PS: A substantial amount of those are fake.
Just skimmed through some of Ronaldo's insta content. Wow! Looks like he's auditioning for chip'n'dales or something.
Does the average footballfan really enjoy looking at pics of Ronaldo flexing his abs in the gym or in a sunset somewhere?
Question is: Who are these 476 million "people" following him?
How many practicing Catholics are there in the world per now? 1,5 billion? More? Most of them presumably know who the pope is.
And then there's all the non-Catholics who also know who he is.
In short, he's gotta be right up there.
Yes. Because you said this;
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All this supposed winning mentality has given us this past few months is a huge desire to leave us for any CL team he could think of. It's not that hard to imagine that this is a huge reason why he's being seen as a disruptive force to the team right now and I doubt a lot of the players jumped off their seats to welcome him back with hugs and kisses when he strolled in with his agent to Carrington a few weeks ago after trying his best all summer to never have to go back there at all.
If he's supposed to lead by example and be this mentality monster that is dragging everyone along then he would at least pretend to be interested in his first training match of the season instead of going home after being subbed, and he would also pretend to be grateful for the support from our fans after the Brentford game instead of just walking off the pitch alone.
I think it is Kylie Jenner who is again one of the most famous people alive, then Dwayne Johnson who again is pretty high.
I think the distance he is ahead is pretty significant though and the fact he is either top or very high in all different types of platform. Especially the fact that he is the highest in both Insta and Facebook as they are the most far apart in demographics which is why Zuckerberg brought Instagram.
I am still struggling to see what is ludicrous when he is so high on the only metrics we actually have available to us. I honestly think if you lined up all 7.9 billion people on earth and showed them a picture of Tom Cruise and then a picture of Ronaldo and asked them to name the person, if you think more would name Tom Cruise you underestimate how much the Internet and it's influencers are shared in pop culture actually is.
Good bye Ronaldo. Thanks for the memories but it's definitely for the best.
Chelsea, Atletico or Sporting???
Has to be a permanent move with state of his wages.
Chelsea, Atletico or Sporting???
Has to be a permanent move with state of his wages.
You just quoted me not saying what you insinuated?
Again I will say Ronaldo is not as good at his sport as Jordan was at his. Ronaldo was however a great player and very significant meaning that a well made documentary about him will probably be just as successful in 20 years which goes against the point that sports stars always fade which is what I was arguing.
Come on Atletico or Sporting, please come forward
So for example you are willing to state that Kylie Jenner is more famous than Rihanna?
Yes, but if you took that as an actual measure of how many people know who Trump, Obama and Musk are - you'd be way off.
We're not talking about "most followed" or "most popular" celebs here - but "most famous", as in: who most people across the globe (all demographics) can identify.
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