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%

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peridigm

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None of us actually know what is included in the contracts, so no one can say what the grounds are.

However; coming out against the employer, the manager cannot be good, this was also on video so, evidence is clear.

He also hinted that he wasn't motivated to play for the club, so maybe there is something in that. Him saying don't put me on for 3 minutes, there will be no clause that says you cannot use him like that.

So I think there will be more than 1 breach of his contract.
He was probably reprimanded when he left the stadium at HT along with other players. The Spurs walk off was strike two.
 

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The real glory is going to be seeing how he struggles to find a big club with European pedigree after the world cup as a free agent. He won't be able to hide behind the excuse that he's being denied a move by his club.

He's too much of a narcissist to compromise on wages to join a team like Sporting, so he'll inevitably end up in the Middle East or China. Meanwhile Messi will continue to bang in the goals in the CL which would probably destroy PR7's fragile little ego :drool:

All we need now is Messi to lift the World Cup and overtake his CL goal scoring record, just so we can definitively end the GOAT argument.
 

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The emphasis on a quick and clean resolution makes me wonder if this will end in a negotiated financial settlement.
 

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Ballond'or matters to him, not to the club. It has no bearing on his or anyone's legendary status
Well without any context maybe you are right, but when it coincidences with one of the most successful period in our club history, it does tell how much of driving force he was to our success.
 

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The emphasis on a quick and clean resolution makes me wonder if this will end in a negotiated financial settlement.
Would be the best way to go about it. He's got half a billion followers on social media - I think the club will want the exit to look clean and to a degree amicable as possible.

You don't wanna sack him and have that looming around the clubs image for eternity.
 

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The real glory is going to be seeing how he struggles to find a big club with European pedigree after the world cup as a free agent. He won't be able to hide behind the excuse that he's being denied a move by his club.

He's too much of a narcissist to compromise on wages to join a team like Sporting, so he'll inevitably end up in the Middle East or China. Meanwhile Messi will continue to bang in the goals in the CL which would probably destroy PR7's fragile little ego :drool:

All we need now is Messi to lift the World Cup and overtake his CL goal scoring record, just so we can definitively end the GOAT argument.
This. I hope we terminate his contract just so he had no excuses to see what club wants him. If he does get a big club, I can only see anyone offering him a 6 month deal.

Messi winning the WC would be absolutely golden.
 

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Looks like we have briefed that we are looking to get him in the bin. Lets hope we take the cnut to the cleaners.
 

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Would be the best way to go about it. He's got half a billion followers on social media - I think the club will want the exit to look clean and to a degree amicable as possible.

You don't wanna sack him and have that looming around the clubs image for eternity.
I don't really get this point. How is bad for the club's image if Ronaldo fecked around and found out? I don't think any other club would act differently. If we don't have to pay him we absolutely shouldn't.
 

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The emphasis on a quick and clean resolution makes me wonder if this will end in a negotiated financial settlement.
That remains the most obvious outcome (as I see it).

But - again - if his comments can be legally construed as disparagement (thus being damaging to the reputation of his employer) without (much) doubt, then I can see United simply sacking his sorry arse.

Which would be grand.

Anyway, United should go for the quickest, least complicated form of termination here. He must leave - now. If that means that he gets his filthy money, so be it. The most important thing is that ETH is no longer hampered by having this utter cnut to worry about.
 

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I don't really get this point. How is bad for the club's image if Ronaldo fecked around and found out? I don't think any other club would act differently. If we don't have to pay him we absolutely shouldn't.
He's the most famous player to have ever worn the clubs shirt. You don't want to completely poison his association with the club
 

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Would be the best way to go about it. He's got half a billion followers on social media - I think the club will want the exit to look clean and to a degree amicable as possible.

You don't wanna sack him and have that looming around the clubs image for eternity.
It was always going to end up with a negotiated severance package. But I don't think sacking him would haunt us for eternity. Yes he has half a billion followers but only a couple of years more of relevancy left.

Hell this is the club that quite literally booted out David Beckham. We'll be fine. People move on from celebrities as quickly as they stick to them.
 

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The emphasis on a quick and clean resolution makes me wonder if this will end in a negotiated financial settlement.
Sacking him is clean. I suspect threats of lawsuits are made and promised to be dropped if Ronaldo wants to drag this out for compensation.
 

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He's the most famous player to have ever worn the clubs shirt. You don't want to completely poison his association with the club
He has positioned it to the point he’s sacked! How is this on the club at all?
 

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That is a bit of a contradiction is it not? These days to be a good manager it is all about man management (the hairdryer treatment just wouldn't work with these modern players) and actually I think he has impressed on that front. Specifically, when he got the players in for a 14km run the day after the Brentford game, he also did the run himself to show that they are all in it together.
United fans will side with ETH, because we have been in freefall, and need someone to rescue us, and we think Ten Hag is the guy. Ronaldo no longer is, as he is 37 and in rapid decline. Also Ronaldo's behaviour has been really bad.

However that doesnt change a few hard realities. Ten Hag has achieved f-all compared to Ronaldo. All he has is couple of trophies from a second rate league, while Ronaldo has won it all. In 15 years time, ETH(like most managers) will fade into obscurity, while Ronaldo will always be celebrated, as the one of the GOATs of football. There's no comparison.

So I can understand if Ronaldo felt disrespected by ETH's actions(not subbing him on against City for "respect" but then asking him to come on for 3mins against tottenham). Ultimately, it should have been handled behind closed doors, and its time for Ronaldo to leave the club.
 

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Why people have trouble with the "rat" comment?

I don't consider "rat" as an insult. Consider for a moment, the world a rat lives in. It's a hostile world indeed.

Has a rat ever done anything to you to create this animosity you feel toward them? Rats were the cause of the Bubonic plague, but that was some time ago. In all your born days, has a rat ever caused you to be sick a day in your life? I purpose to you, any disease a rat could spread, a squirrel could equally carry. Yet I assume you don't share the same animosity if Ronaldo call Rooney a squirrel, do you?
So if , hypothetically speaking, a Redcafe admin renamed you to redcafe_rat you wouldn't be offended in the slightest?
 

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Pretty impressed by the club. Woodward would undoubtedly have gotten down on his knees and...begged...Ronaldo to stay, and given him a 5 year extension.
 

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Would be the best way to go about it. He's got half a billion followers on social media - I think the club will want the exit to look clean and to a degree amicable as possible.

You don't wanna sack him and have that looming around the clubs image for eternity.
The club will be fine. Millions of angry FC Ronaldo cultists aren't going to compromise the club's outlook in the future. Sooner or later they'll get bored of watching him play in the Saudi league and move on to the next footballer to worship.
 

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Gross misconduct on the grounds of bringing the company into disrepute. A completely standard clause in every employment contract you'll come across.
I don't think an interview like this can be interpreted as deserving of gross misconduct though. A heavy fine and suspension yes, but not enough grounds to terminate the contract?

I could easily see Ronaldo counter suing and winning if we sack him this way.
 

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I can just see it - Rival fans booming Viva Ronaldo out if we go behind in a game :rolleyes:
 

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Why not sue? Feck him. We've paid him enough for feck all return.
/I understand the sentiment, but /I don't want us to have any further distractions on account of him. /I also want Piers to take our club's name out of his trash mouth. Can't deal with the constant running commentary from the gutter.
 

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I agree that he shouldn't have done it, he's obviously been deeply hurt by the alleged mistrust and disrespect. Now that he has, I look and what factual statements he's made (from his point of view) and ignore the slandering of individuals. The club hasn't shown the ambition of clubs like Real, nobody dares to talk about it publicly. The attitude of our players is also very accurate, just look at the likes of Martial and Sancho. I don't agree with the way Ronaldo did it, but he's right on this account...

And what good does it do to bring Ronaldo on with 3 minutes remaining? I agree with Ronaldo here that the manager at some point tried to make a statement, that he is the boss. I for one think ETH actually lacks capabilities in the emotional department. He's a good manager but man management capabilities is still very much TBD.
Just stop, please, you're making yourself look a fool.
 

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Surely sacking Ronaldo suits the club and not Ronaldo?
Of course it does. Ronaldo might think he's played a blinder here in 'freeing' himself, only to come to terms with the sobering reality that no one actually wants him in the big leagues. He's been awfully advised throughout this whole sad saga.
 

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As far as I can tell, United fans are disgusted by Ronaldo's actions but followers and other casual watchers are more likely to think the club and everything to do with it is evil. Wrong or not so wrong?
 

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I don't think an interview like this can be interpreted as deserving of gross misconduct though. A heavy fine and suspension yes, but not enough grounds to terminate the contract?

I could easily see Ronaldo counter suing and winning if we sack him this way.
He brought the club into disrepute. Adding in admitting to refusing to come on and it’s 100 percent a sackable offence. If it’s not I can’t think of many situations which would be.
 

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Of course it does. Ronaldo might think he's played a blinder here in 'freeing' himself, only to come to terms with the sobering reality that no one actually wants him in the big leagues. He's been awfully advised throughout this whole sad saga.

He could've taken a massive pay cut and started games in the CL...but now he stands to lose millions and end up in MSL or Middle East. It's utterly idiotic from his point of view.
 

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In future, we should preferably avoid players who have affiliations to Jordan Peterson and Piers Morgan. Normally, for the every day person, if they mentioned considering Jordan Peterson and Piers as "good people", we'd ask them to kindly keep a distance of at least 1 city or more. Preferably, to please move to another planet if need be.
 

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As far as I can tell, United fans are disgusted by Ronaldo's actions but followers and other casual watchers are more likely to think the club and everything to do with it is evil. Wrong or not so wrong?
Pretty much. My Facebook feed is full of friends of opposing teams deciding that we've been the bad guy in this scenario, Ronaldo deserved more respect etc (pretty much parroting what Ronaldo says) and that they'd take Ronaldo at their team in a heartbeat. So I don't think we should be under any illusions that the world is going to turn against Ronaldo after this.
 

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As far as I can tell, United fans are disgusted by Ronaldo's actions but followers and other casual watchers are more likely to think the club and everything to do with it is evil. Wrong or not so wrong?
Spoony man you're too worried about his fans! Like him they're mostly wankers.
 
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