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Even if he wants to leave who will pay a transfer fee AND his astronomical wages? I don't think he has a pick of teams fighting for him, especially if he has declined so much this season.
How is he too good for us? He is a part of the problem. Poor ball retention, average pace, poor stamina, average passer, shooting has also gone in the last 9-10 games ... How many assists does he have? Is he going to even touch 25 goals this season?
Nah ineista's close control plus his masterly use of the la croqueta made his dribbling special.
Exactly this.
He's great. I prefer Ronaldo though and that Ronaldo chop -- I can watch endless compilations of it
Ronaldo had no control or creativity at dribbling? Find that a very odd opinion. The guy was full of tricks and has used them to great impact up until recently. He definitely didn't just have a "couple of tricks".
He was not a close control dribbler he was more of a kick and run dribbler who did a bit of showboating.
Compared to the players I mentionned no, he did not. He didn't give this feeling that the ball was glued to his feet like prime Messi, Ronaldinho or Neymar (for exemple, there's others). He rarely gave this wow feeling that makes you say "what is he going to invent this time". It was more "how is he going to beat his defender", which is also very efficient, sometimes even more that pure dribbling. After all, football is about beating your opponent so it doesn't really matter how he did it even if he relied more on his power.
Exactly. He was still a very good dribbler compared to the average player but that's not really what made him so good.
1 in UCL vs Atalanta
He's on 14 goals so far, wouldn't be surprised if he gets to 25, we just need to have better quality in our service to the strikers not just Cristiano, we do a good build-up but at the killer moment we either cross badly or send the wrong pass, any striker would suffer with our poor quality in the final third, fix that and Ronaldo will score, we should be playing around him like we did for RVP, not defending his recent antics but again I would trust someone with 800+ goals to his name to lead the line...
The challenge there is, RvP was a player in his prime and this version of Ronaldo is in decline. It’s dangerous to build our game plan around a 37 year old, IMO. We have many deficiencies in other areas of the field as well, without a genius like SAF at the helm, when the competition in the league is fierce. I don’t think we have the luxury of building around a declining Ronaldo.
We should build our play around a 37 year old..... RVP's touch and hold up play was still way better than current Ronaldo. Ronaldo is a usefull squad player, but trying to make him the key player I think won't work.
He'd have a title for sure and a good shot at the CL. Still not really a Pep player at this stage. Would lose his United fanbase though.
He'd have been a bit part player at City. Unlike us they aren't prepared to make sentimental decisions that are to the detriment of the team. As soon as it was clear he offered very little outside of being a poacher, Pep would've moved him to the bench. I expect City are glad he turned them down in hindsight, as the sulking would've been an unwanted distraction in what appears to be a very driven and motivated squad.
Has he ever talked about returning to Sporting?
I think that's what Ole did, indulged Ronaldo and the team started conceding or looking like conceding 4-5 goals per game. Rangnick at least has the team looking more like a team again, even if it's to detriment to Ronaldo's stats.
I don’t know but I can’t imagine him going to the States or returning to Spain or Italy so I think it is feasible that he may go back to his homeland as lots of players in their last year or so tend to do.
There will probably be more noise with his agent once we are dumped out of the champions league.
Could have chosen a better time than before the CL game with A. Madrid.
RON-STOPPABLE Cristiano Ronaldo’s son Cristiano Jr, 11, unveiled as Man Utd youth player and handed dad’s iconic shirt
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/17618843/cristiano-ronaldo-jr-man-utd-academy/
I hope he's as good as his dad! Future GOAT
just think.. in 5 or 6 more years we could see Manchester United Academy product Cristiano JR making his Manchester United Debut and saving the club a fortune! Future GOAT in the making! The legend continues
I'm sure he'll go with his dad at the end of the season. I don't think there's any real affection for Manchester United in the Ronaldo family and he'll probably enjoy spells at clubs in sunnier climates before turning pro, if he ever does.
RON-STOPPABLE Cristiano Ronaldo’s son Cristiano Jr, 11, unveiled as Man Utd youth player and handed dad’s iconic shirt
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/17618843/cristiano-ronaldo-jr-man-utd-academy/
I hope he's as good as his dad! Future GOAT
just think.. in 5 or 6 more years we could see Manchester United Academy product Cristiano JR making his Manchester United Debut and saving the club a fortune! Future GOAT in the making! The legend continues
Yeah if you pretend 2008 and 2009 didn't happen and focus on the year Ronaldo joined as a raw 17 year old when we were in massive transition.
Lewandowsky knows where he needs to be on the pitch, he's a striker and doesn't try to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Ronaldo is a box player that rarely wants to be in the box. That's the big problem with him nowadays, he doesn't realize his role needs to be different now that he's aging and that he needs to play to his strengths. The amount of silly shots he takes that are easily blocked by a defender shows that he's not aware of his own limitations. It was the same way at Juventus last years when he scored 5 more goals than Lukaku while taking twice the amount of shots Lukaku took.
Potential best news of the year if true.
