Reality is that it’s now certain that Ronaldo will NEVER play for us again which if nothing else is a positive as it allows us to play the way ETH wants without Ronaldo being a massive on pitch burden from needing to be carried through games now.
We all knew this was coming as far back as the summer when he wanted to leave, I think he believes that he is bigger than the club and that he’d walk into any team in the world based on past reputation due to his massive ego not accepting he’s done as a top level player.
Thing is unless we fire/release him I don’t see anyone else coming in for him because he’s deluded enough to believe he’s worth £500K a week and no one will pay that so we could see us stuck with Ronaldo til the summer, no matter what though if we are stuck with him he should be banished from training and not allowed near games.
I feel bad for him from a point of what happened with his child as I wouldn’t wish that on anyone BUT reality is he put in a transfer request, refused to turn up for pre season, walked out during an ongoing friendly game, played poorly when playing, refused to come on as a sub, walked out during the Spurs game and has thrown the club, manager and his team mates under the bus due to his spoilt brat attitude.