Cristiano Ronaldo: Set to leave by mutual agreement

[OL29]

I don't see what is wrong with that. Sometimes friends will defend you in public knowing you are wrong. Rio is his good mate and will continue to back him.

They both played together, won alot and to see your mate being one of the best in the world, you still have belief they can still play at a high level.

It’s funny to see people pretending that Rio and Ronaldo are close when Ronaldo said a few years ago that they barely spoke to each other in their time at United: https://amp.theguardian.com/footbal...-to-giggs-ferdinand-scholes-manchester-united

Ronaldo doesn’t give a feck about Rio and Rio will do well to remember that before he destroys his own reputation with United fans trying to protect this narcissist.

 

[That_Bloke]

Unfortunately they are facing Ghana, Uruguay and South Korea though.

Gotta love the arrogance.

 

[Real Name]

It’s funny to see people pretending that Rio and Ronaldo are close when Ronaldo said a few years ago that they barely spoke to each other in their time at United: https://amp.theguardian.com/footbal...-to-giggs-ferdinand-scholes-manchester-united

Ronaldo doesn’t give a feck about Rio and Rio will do well to remember that before he destroys his own reputation with United fans trying to protect this narcissist.

Its strange, Rio is acting like fanboys here and he was a great player in his own right, not some part timer who's ready to speak bollocks to defend someone who doesn't even care for him.

 

[EtH]

It's been clear to me listening to Keane on Sky over the last few months that he puts Ronaldo above ten Hag. This is the same Roy Keane that thought he was bigger than the manager and the club so he's going to stick up for Ronaldo when Ronaldo is doing something straight out of his playbook.

Rio and Evra won't criticize him because they don't want Ronaldo to fall out with them like he has with Rooney and Neville.

I just don’t understand the fecking sentimentality toward the cnut from anyone at Manchester United. I didn’t when we re-signed him. I know Fergie loves him to bits and all but he is a grade A prick who gave his best years to Madrid. This good ole boys’ club mentality from the old guard is gross and frankly embarrassing.

 

[romufc]

It’s funny to see people pretending that Rio and Ronaldo are close when Ronaldo said a few years ago that they barely spoke to each other in their time at United: https://amp.theguardian.com/footbal...-to-giggs-ferdinand-scholes-manchester-united

Ronaldo doesn’t give a feck about Rio and Rio will do well to remember that before he destroys his own reputation with United fans trying to protect this narcissist.

Its also funny to post an article of 2016 and not realise things change. There are alot of players who are close to another player or person over a year.

That was 6 years ago, things can change alot. Ronaldo and Rio were neighbours at United. Ronaldo at that time was defending himself, he will always defend himself, that is Ronaldo.

 

[OL29]

Its strange, Rio is acting like fanboys here and he was a great player in his own right, not some part timer who's ready to speak bollocks to defend someone who doesn't even care for him.

It’s really poor from Rio, I think he’ll be embarrassed in a few months when he’s had time to reflect

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

I'd appreciate it if you didn't post negative comments about this thread in here, you're spoiling the mood.

If you don't respect me I don't respect you. Kindly stop betraying me.

 

[Real Name]

It’s really poor from Rio, I think he’ll be embarrassed in a few months when he’s had time to reflect

Carragher though has been saying all the right things from the start. A Liverpool legend. What a bizarre situation.
Cant believe Rio asks why is Ronaldo the problem now. He's completely delusional.

 

[sglowrider]

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That's precisely what Ronaldo wants.

But Arnold ought to keep him in the club but not play him. That's a heavier penalty on Ronaldo with only a couple of years left in his legs -- than selling him or cancelling his contract. He will balk at that.

Then Arnold offers Ronald to pay himself out of the contract if he is so desperate to leave

 

[Withnail]

The voting options are so bias it's ridiculous, it's embarrassing

Something's certainly embarrassing.

Those percentages don't add up

You have to factor in that you can vote for more than 1 option. They are each a % of the total who voted.

Yeah the Rio interview isn't really that bad. He was saying the club could maybe have done more to stop this happening, as Ronaldo was threatening to "tell the real story", so maybe they could have tried to nip that in the bud. I don't necessarily agree but he wasn't sticking up for Ronaldo.

What Rio is failing to realise is that perhaps the club aren't interested in nipping anything in the bud. If Ronaldo wants to make a fool of himself and ended up breaching his contract the off you go lad fill your boots. He's certainly not done anything to warrant anyone attempting to massage the most fragile ego in the world.

 

[Adisa]

I'm unable to quote the media source from a couple of pages back but I think what Rio's trying to get at is that he has been through this experience when he left Man Utd at the end of 2014.

When he talks about communication, he's mentioned in the past that it took until after the last game of the season before Woodward & co bothered to tell him that he wasn't going to be kept on after his contract expired, and after all he'd been through wasn't given the courtesy to say goodbye to all the fans at OT, etc.

He's also been betrayed by Man Utd in that sense so probably feels empathetic with Ronaldo's current position having been through it himself.

I don't think anybody in their right mind is defending Ronaldo for doing this interview, but some of these guys have experiences with the clubs handling of situations that may give them a different perspective.

I don't think you understand posters and Carragher's argument.
What communication does Ronaldo want?
He said he wants to leave, no offer came, he misses preseason and lost his place. What do you want Ten Hag to tell him?
Rio's situation was totally different. He was told on his last game for the club that he was finished here. Those are two very different scenarios.

 

[OL29]

Its also funny to post an article of 2016 and not realise things change. There are alot of players who are close to another player or person over a year.

That was 6 years ago, things can change alot. Ronaldo and Rio were neighbours at United. Ronaldo at that time was defending himself, he will always defend himself, that is Ronaldo.

Yeah I’m sure they’ve become best mates over the last 6 years despite living in different cities/ countries and despite Ronaldo’s admission that they barely spoke at United.
The bolded part is exactly why I have trouble believing this bs about them being friends now, Ronaldo will say whatever he needs to serve his own purpose, I’m sure once this episode is over or if Rio says anything negative about him he’ll be back to his previous stance.

 

[kouroux]

It’s funny to see people pretending that Rio and Ronaldo are close when Ronaldo said a few years ago that they barely spoke to each other in their time at United: https://amp.theguardian.com/footbal...-to-giggs-ferdinand-scholes-manchester-united

Ronaldo doesn’t give a feck about Rio and Rio will do well to remember that before he destroys his own reputation with United fans trying to protect this narcissist.

Tbh, you cannot tell from this that their relationship hasn't improved and it arguably has. Rio did say he played a part in Ronaldo joining United last year so he's had contacts with him.

 

[JPRouve]

Hold on, I am not condoning what Ronaldo has done for 1 second. I have said it and will say it again Ten Hag > any player.

He is the only one to bring any sort of discipline to this club.

If you actually go and watch the video, Rio doesn't back Ronaldo on what he has done, the interview and being disrespectful to the manager.

I saw the video and Rio still claims that ETH is at fault for not communicating with Ronaldo which isn't factual. He is literally undermining the manager in favor of his mate while speculating.

 

[Tony247]

Can you read body language and the fact English is not his main language ?

He said

“They didn’t believe me”

Then piers said “they didn’t believe you?”

And he said “they did but..*then he makes a clear facial gesture” before sayijrb”I’m never going to put football over my family health”

From the way he said it and his facial expressions about it it seems they granted him the time off but didn’t think he was telling the truth due to the transfer speculation at the time which they certainly believed was the real reason.

If you just read quotes without watching the interview you can’t see his clear body language when he says “they did but didn’t “ meaning they doubted him

Which he rightfully and correctly should find disrespectful after he literally had just lost a child at the time and now the other was sick.

I get you lot want too be right and he’s the villain right now so he’s automatically wrong. My only issue SO FAR with this interview personably is the timing.

You are a nice poster and I believe many here like you. We hear you in this case. But while defending the indefensible you are making it worse. Take my advice and take a break from this thread or any other Ronaldo related. Nothing good will come out from the debates you are having right now.

 

[FattyFooty]

Funny how you've listed players we rely on and you didn't mention two of most important players in the squad that have won everything.

Casemiro and Varane? They keep us fro

One of the worst posts I’ve seen here.

Especially when there’s players at the club who have won multiple domestic and European titles and the World Cup.

So you think that this squad can win the league?

Yeah i forgot them. But that is mostly defensive pla

What are you on about? We have a player who has won the WC. We have a player who has won the CL and la Liga multiple times. Klopp and Pep didn't win anything major before they were appointed to their first managerial post. Pep certainly didn't. Klopp never won the CL before he came to Liverpool.

I dont trust we do things the right way, yeah maybe the post about the manager was a bit off. But still i havent seen any consistency from our players that makes me trust em. Specially the attack.

 

[redcucumber]

It’s funny to see people pretending that Rio and Ronaldo are close when Ronaldo said a few years ago that they barely spoke to each other in their time at United: https://amp.theguardian.com/footbal...-to-giggs-ferdinand-scholes-manchester-united

Ronaldo doesn’t give a feck about Rio and Rio will do well to remember that before he destroys his own reputation with United fans trying to protect this narcissist.

That was nearly 15 years ago. Things change.

 

[Sunny Jim]

I hated Carra the player, i have nothing but respect for Carra the pundit. The guy developed massively as a football expert. Like him as well.

 

[Revaulx]

Nah, the behaviour in the summer was dreadful and they clearly had nothing mapped out then either, nothing suggests any lessons have been learned.

I still reckon the summer debacle was driven by Mendes who bought into Ronaldos’s belief that he’s immortal and saw an easy route to one final signing-on fee.

It’s hard to see what the relationship between the two of them is now though. If Ronaldo’s really gone rogue you’d have though Mendes would have taken steps to tactfully dissociate himself from the latest antics; he’s still got to keep sweet with the clubs (and players) that provide him with work.

 

[That_Bloke]

Hopefully Suarez bites him

 

[phelans shorts]

I still reckon the summer debacle was driven by Mendes who bought into Ronaldos’s belief that he’s immortal and saw an easy route to one final signing-on fee.

It’s hard to see what the relationship between the two of them is now though. If Ronaldo’s really gone rogue you’d have though Mendes would have taken steps to tactfully dissociate himself from the latest antics; he’s still got to keep sweet with the clubs (and players) that provide him with work.

Not really. He holds all the cards, clubs want his players and if players know he’ll back them then it’ll encourage players to use him.

Just look at Mino as an example, he was exceptional at looking after his players, so players kept using him, regardless of what clubs thought of him they had to keep dealing with him.

 

[Cassidy]

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.

Fair enough, that was my mistake.Thats why I refererred to your username. No insults made.

 

[Real Name]

I get you lot want too be right and he’s the villain right now so he’s automatically wrong. My only issue SO FAR with this interview personably is the timing.

I skip your other points cause they're downright strange. And you seem to lose all reason while writing about Ronaldo.

But I'll just ask, regarding the quoted part, you dont have an issue with him undermining the manager, among other things?

 

[Spoony]

Will his fans start hating United now? I think players have as much following as clubs do thesedays.

 

[Gottabekiddingme]

I doubt he classes Benzema as a friend seeing as he hasn’t even congratulated him on his Balon’Dor win.

Ronaldo literally has an interview where he says he's not friends with Benzema and Bale.

"If people say that their friendship (Messi, Neymar and Suarez) is better than ours, then I can’t stop them. But I don’t need Bale or Benzema to come to my house for dinner, the important thing is that we all get on well on the pitch. At Manchester United I won the Champions League and I didn’t speak with (Rio) Ferdinand, (Ryan) Giggs or (Paul) Scholes. We said hello to each other and that was it"

 

[FattyFooty]

Imagine a fan of Man Utd not know how to feel about this. How old are you?

How old am i? You seriusly asking? Or just beeing an idiot?

Did my post bother you so much you had to do the "Man Utd fan questioning" then finish it off with the "how old are you" thing?

 

[VP89]

Will his fans start hating United now? I think players have as much following as clubs do thesedays.

The fans that supported United because of him, sure. But I never really regarded them as fans of the club in the first place assuming they'd support him in this situation.

 

[VP89]

I get you lot want too be right and he’s the villain right now so he’s automatically wrong. My only issue SO FAR with this interview personably is the timing.

You're so into Ronaldo that it doesn't really matter what he does. It's like the ultra right wing republicans who saw "little" wrong with the shit Trump did.

He's outright disrespected his teammates, his ex teammates and his manager and your issue is timing. fecking hell.

 

[phelans shorts]

You're so into Ronaldo that it doesn't really matter what he does. It's like the ultra right wing republicans who saw "little" wrong with the shit Trump did.

He's outright disrespected his teammates, his ex teammates and his manager and your issue is timing. fecking hell.

Going off that same posters comments regarding Trump in this very thread, you should have all the information you need.

 

[FattyFooty]

What are you on about? We have a player who has won the WC. We have a player who has won the CL and la Liga multiple times. Klopp and Pep didn't win anything major before they were appointed to their first managerial post. Pep certainly didn't. Klopp never won the CL before he came to Liverpool.

Fair enough.

I have trust issues with our attacking apartment.

 

[VP89]

Going off that same posters comments regarding Trump in this very thread, you should have all the information you need.

Ha rightly or wrongly I've steered clear of some of these posts.

 

[EtH]

I have trust issues with our attacking apartment.

That sounds complicated.

 

[Judge Red]

Ronaldo said he chose Morgan for the interview because he likes him. That is one of many lies. Well, a half lie. He liked that Morgan would let him come out with any BS unchallenged even when contradicting his own answers within seconds. He’d have been made to look even more pathetic had he sat opposite a proper journalist rather than a professional shit stirrer.

Morgan got to find out how much Trump liked him as soon as he got out of his ass.

 

[Zlaatan]

That sounds complicated.

 

[Puskas_007]

Stinks of rock and a hard place to me, he clearly wanted to go in the summer and the club didn't get the deal they wanted so he's now using brinksmanship to cut all ties and put upper management in an uncomfortable enough position to let him go on unfavorable terms (i.e., we'll likely cover the majority of his salary until his deal expires this summer) - he's massively disrespecting the club because he wants to have his cake and eat it, but it was completely predictable that he would throw his toys out of the pram if he didn't get everything his own way during his return here...

 

[Catt]

@SportingCP96 you really agree with what Ronaldo said in the interview?

 

[RedRonaldo]

Fair enough, that was my mistake.Thats why I refererred to your username. No insults made.

That’s fine, that’s clear up everything.

 

[FattyFooty]

That sounds complicated.

So many Saturdays and Sundays with Martial and Rashy has left me feel alone and disappointed.

Now it has got so far, even when they put it in, i still dont belive they will turn up the weekend after.

 

[royboy16]

I want him to come back to face the music to be honest and let him stew for a bit before we agree to let him buy out his contract .

 

[Member 101269]

@SportingCP96 you really agree with what Ronaldo said in the interview?

What was said? Right now there are edited clips that may or may not have been full, out of context and or need clarification.