Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement

Is Ronaldo justified to say that he “feels betrayed” by Manchester United?

  • Ronaldo should be not be allowed to play for United again

    Votes: 1,536 81.7%
  • He's always been a massive bellend

    Votes: 884 47.0%
  • Messi has always been the better player

    Votes: 574 30.5%
  • He should be begged to come back with double the salary and ten Haag should bow to his greatness

    Votes: 126 6.7%

  • Total voters
    1,881
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Click on the "who posted" button and you'll find the biggest culprit.
I'm not denying I'm posting a lot here and I'm fine with that, I just find amusing people who are wondering why is this thread so big all the while writing here themselves.
 

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The fact you're getting all bent out of shape over it while pulling up the race card, shows you know that poster is right to judge where you're allegiances lie with
That’s lot of assumptions there.
But really, I don’t really care, just arguing for argument sake. In fact, I’ve already made my point from my very first post, don’t want to drag on this forever.
 

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Theres going to be a lot of differenting opinions, but in my personal view the veil between player fans and club fans started to shift when David Beckham went to Real Madrid. The worlds most popular player (at the time) being sold in one of the most prolific transfers at the time. Then it mostly trickled for a few years until Facebook/Twitter and Instagram became a "fact of life" application rather than an optional tool some people use now and then. I think Maradona in this example had mostly an entire nation of absolutely devoted fans, but definitely a lot fewer in Europe, where club is and was king.

I think players now having a great deal more power over their careers than used to be the case 2 decades ago might also be a contributing factor.

A charismatic rockstar like Maradona in the modern game would probably be insanely beloved and insanely cancelled and banned from the game. For all his genious he would have made young Mario Balotelli look like Juan Mata with a +10 hugs stat.

A fun sidefact: Maradona actually has a fan made church that exists to this date - The Iglesia Maradoniana
  1. The ball is never soiled.
  2. Love football above all else.
  3. Declare unconditional love for Diego and the beauty of football.
  4. Defend the Argentine shirt.
  5. Spread the news of Diego's miracles throughout the universe.
  6. Honour the temples where he played and his sacred shirts.
  7. Don't proclaim Diego as a member of any single team.
  8. Preach and spread the principles of the Church of Maradona.
  9. Make "Diego" your middle name
  10. Name your first son "Diego"
Interesting theory about Beckham, given he was pre-social media really mushrooming. Maybe Giggs would've been the forerunner if he'd changed clubs. I remember seeing multi-storey sized adverts with him in Kuala Lumpur years ago. Beckham took it to another level with the pop star wife.

Not sure if the church of Maradona got many members beyond the founding three!
 

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Interesting theory about Beckham, given he was pre-social media really mushrooming. Maybe Giggs would've been the forerunner if he'd changed clubs. I remember seeing multi-storey sized adverts with him in Kuala Lumpur years ago. Beckham took it to another level with the pop star wife.

Not sure if the church of Maradona got many members beyond the founding three!
150-200.000 registered members actually.
 

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Oh jesus really? :rolleyes: It's a username on a forum ffs. If someone turned around to me and said Sepultura are shit I'm not going to get all bent out of shape, and definitely wouldn't bring race in to my fecking argument. Get a grip ffs.
The fact you're getting all bent out of shape over it while pulling up the race card, shows you know that poster is right to judge where you're allegiances lie with
:lol:
 

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That’s lot of assumptions there.
But really, I don’t really care, just arguing for argument sake. In fact, I’ve already made my point from my very first post, don’t want to drag on this forever.
No assumptions you literally compared a poster bringing up your username to judge where you're loyalties lie to judging a person's skin color.

You calling this clown a united legend and comparing his disgusting antics to George Best who was a troubled alcoholic and never publicly called out the club and manager.
 

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You don’t have to resort to name calling right away. It’s sign of lacking self confidence. In fact I haven’t said anything controversial.
You have, and no one called you any names.

Ronaldo goes on TV (not an after match interview) but on TV and says he does not respect the manager and disrespects the whole club. I think this is worse than anything someone else may have done. Also the guys been contraversial all along especially at Madrid too.
 

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You don’t have to resort to name calling right away. It’s sign of lacking self confidence. In fact I haven’t said anything controversial.
Why is it lacking in self confidence to observe that your user name contains the name of two famous footballers?
 

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No assumptions you literally compared a poster bringing up your username to judge where you're loyalties lie to judging a person's skin color.

You calling this clown a united legend and comparing his disgusting antics to George Best who was a troubled alcoholic and never publicly called out the club and manager.
That’s exactly why I said it’s full of assumptions.

My original post has nothing to do with Ronaldo, it’s about Maradona, and his argument has nothing to do with my original post either. He is simply undermining whatever I’ve written becos of my username.

Which proves you lot have no idea what you are talking about here.
 

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There are children who are called "Beckham".
The parents look like fools now after DB's e-mail leaks and him currently being a Qatar World Cup ambassador.
 

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Are you so naive on how companies work? Its not a mom & pop convenient store which is how you are suggesting it should operate.

There are structures and hierarchies which is inevitable for a company that's worth several billion dollars and has an annual turnover in the 500m range.
That’s just it though; in the SAF era it sort of was. It just happened to be that “mom & pop” was the incomparable SAF.

The club has only recently seemed to have woken up to the fact that it’s no longer possible to operate like that without the Great Man. So it’s hardly surprising that some nostalgic fans believe it’s the right way.
 

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Surely Ronaldo has his next club confirmed? No way someone would release an interview like that without a plan. I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns to his spiritual home: Sporting
 

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If there are no takers and mutual termination of the contract without paying up the rest of the wages isn't an option then maybe that's what might happen. If it's a mutual end with no payment that's the best case.

The worst case scenario for me is if the club gives in and pays the rest of his deal just to get rid of him. I think that's weak and it harms the club's image. Let him rot in the reserves and let him train with the youth team. I think it happened to Becks at Madrid, Schweinstiger at United so there are precedents with big name players. It'd be a hell of a statement to make.
I wouldn’t let him near the youth. He’d try to spin it into some PR opportunity, posting team shots with the youth after rondos.

If he can’t find a club he should be made to train in isolation, his interview snippets show he cares nothing for teammates old or young, creating a circus in the youth ranks is a no.
 

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Surely Ronaldo has his next club confirmed? No way someone would release an interview like that without a plan. I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns to his spiritual home: Sporting
Nah, the behaviour in the summer was dreadful and they clearly had nothing mapped out then either, nothing suggests any lessons have been learned.
 

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Surely Ronaldo has his next club confirmed? No way someone would release an interview like that without a plan. I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns to his spiritual home: Sporting
He didn't in the summer when he was making an ass of himself, so wouldn't be surprised if he didn't now either.
 

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That poster described Ronaldo
as a "religion" to him. It's more extreme than being a hardcore fanboy; quite frankly, that's a little creepy.
Oh that was them?

Whereas Ronaldo to me, he is more of “religion” or even a “****” thing to me, rather than just a hobby, hence I am comfortable to admit myself as a Ronaldo fanboy,
You've some neck @RedRonaldo :lol:
 

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You have, and no one called you any names.

Ronaldo goes on TV (not an after match interview) but on TV and says he does not respect the manager and disrespects the whole club. I think this is worse than anything someone else may have done. Also the guys been contraversial all along especially at Madrid too.
My original post you are referring to has nothing to do with Ronaldo though, it’s about Maradona. So I am not sure what should I reply here. Maybe you have mistaken me as someone else.
 

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You don’t see anything wrong judging people by their names? What next? Nothing wrong judging people by their color as well?
:lol:

Oh mate, it’s time to step away from the keyboard for a while.

Maybe go outside, smell some grass or touch a tree. Just clear your head for a bit.
 
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