Joga Bonito
The Art of Football
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Good thing you guys have a firm and competent board now then. The way you guys have been firm on W.Carvalho even though the big clubs have been clearly interested in him is really impressive. It kind of shows you guys aren't desperate to sell and will only sell on your terms. Sporting also handled the Rojo transfer saga brilliantly as well, not bending to the demands of the player and his agents/fund. The way Sporting made him apologise for refusing to train before selling him was impressive and showed you guys weren't going to succumb to player power. Just hope you guys remember the Nani goodwill deal when we come knocking for Carvalho, Mane and GauldNo. I was unhappy. Unhappy for two reasons. First of all (the one that matters me the most) everyone could see that Ronaldo was a very talented player that would definitely help us achieve our campaign objectives. It was a bad deal period. If he was to play for us in Champions League, i have no doubt that we would sell for the double. That´s what i want us to do with Carvalho. I won´t have any problem if he leaves us next year. Porto was already doing big business at the time. And that´s because they have a very competent board in what concerns transfer deals. Our boards were the opposite. Until Bruno de Carvalho got appointed, i can´t remember a good deal besides Nani (which was a good deal by Soares Franco).
If Ronaldo was playing at Porto, i don´t have any doubt that he would be sold for the double or triple. If United didn´t want to pay the price, no problem. He would play another year and get further valorization. Quaresma was a bad deal, it can´t be used as an example. Porto sold him for the double or triple to Mourinho´s Inter. It was that money plus a player named Rochemback (who was average at best).
It was a question of timing. Not only Dias da Cunha was an incompetent chairman in what concerns transfers, he was feeling the pressure of making money because we had just inaugurated a brand new stadium. United couldn´t get better circunstancies to make a deal as our board was under financial pressure.
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