Yeah I remember reading something a while ago about him aiming to gradually reduce his weight as he continues through his 30's in order to extend his physical peak. Pretty sure he mentioned it himself in an interview somewhere as well. To your point, he's definitely does look a lot leaner than last time he worse the shirt!
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In Portugal for next few days and there's a general excitement for Ronaldo's 2nd coming amongst the Portugese I've spoken to. Glad I'm over here for the Newcastle game as it'll be televised live. It'd be cheaper to get an Easy Jet to Faro compared to some of the prices I've seen for tickets to the game .
Yeah that’s fair...I don’t have any inside info and really just base it on, as you said, news reports and the idea that if he wanted to go to Utd Mendes would have worked that out from the off...by all accounts Mendes has a good relationship with Utd. But you’re right I have no idea...just a feeling .
he does seem delighted to be back and I’m delighted to have him. Just don’t think he is as in love with the club as the narrative suggests.
"City didn't want to pay the fee" was the narrative created by City, some face saving excercise for odd reason.
Pep in his press conference said players like Ronaldo decide which club they want to go. That was acceptance of rejection.
Also I don't think he loves ManUtd like how ManUtd account want us to believe but he always spoke very highly about the club and also called his second home when he was Madrid player.
Balague's tweets as quoted above don't mention one aspect which may have helped swing the deal United's way.
https://www.goal.com/en/amp/news/ju...onaldo-man-utd-city/1jao49sljp3e1pf5n7jm306kr
This purports to quote a named Juve director saying City wanted the player without paying a transfer fee, while United behaved much more appropriately, "like a club with tradition."
https://www.goal.com/en/amp/news/ju...onaldo-man-utd-city/1jao49sljp3e1pf5n7jm306kr
This purports to quote a named Juve director saying City wanted the player without paying a transfer fee, while United behaved much more appropriately, "like a club with tradition."
Freaking this, so bizarre the instant narrative shift. If you go simply by timeline the first reports of City “pulling out” of the Ronaldo deal were mid day the day the announcement was made (and you can see in Ronaldos texts to Evra at 9amish he said he was joining us).
Yeah cause on forum with 24,000 posts is all the whole world is about? They are debating who the better player which is fair enough. Fans don’t have access to some of the research material the media does. They aren’t always right of course but it sells newspapers.
Its not about the research material , its about people caring en masse about such stuff. Media wouldn't bother compiling this if it wouldn't have any traction.
Media job is to sell stories whether people are interested or not. They sell it in a way that makes people interested. Any news on celebs they can sell - like if an actress is pregnant for example. Who cares if she is pregnant or if it’s her 1st or 5th child?
If people wouldn't click on these stories they wouldn't bother doing them, its that simple. Basic economics really.
Only twice as many? PSG are a nothing club compared to United. I would have expected Ronaldo shirts to outsell Messi shirts by an order of 5 or more.
I'm watching the interview with Ronaldo on the pitch for MUTV with Wes Brown.
Fecking hell, what a pitch there's at Old Trafford.
Amazing things are going to happen tomorrow.
Fecking hell, what a pitch there's at Old Trafford.
Amazing things are going to happen tomorrow.
Loads of shit this one.
Messi was confirmed as a PSG player on the 10th August, Ronaldo wasn't until the 27th. Quick maf and he's been a United player for half the time and sold twice the shirts so that's basically 4 to 1 anyway.
How much have Ronaldo played as a lone striker ? I`ve mostly seen him with a second striker where Ronaldo often attacks the box a little deeper from the left.
Can't help when PSG are buying their own jerseys to self inflate their numbers.
Ronaldo only confirmed the #7 jersey on 3rd September, so the sales number should only be for 1 week for us.
Very good point
Many people probably ordered the 7 shirt before that and though feck it, he is nr 7 anyway.
24 hours to go now!
OT will be buzzing. The whole world is waiting . Do you think Ole will bench him - absolutely no chance.
100 % he is starting!
100 % he is starting!
I wonder how much City paid for these tweets!
Why's everyone getting stuck up on Ronaldo shirt sales?
Manchester United is worldwide and has a far bigger fanbase, of course Ronaldo was going to sell more shirts.
Manchester United is worldwide and has a far bigger fanbase, of course Ronaldo was going to sell more shirts.
"No because you have to count his wages too, not to mention bonuses" - Billy from accounting department
I don't think he'll start for some reason, but I don't see any reason why he shouldn't.
Twice as many in much less time. How long have we signed Ronaldo versus Messi to PSG?
I think when he sees the bonkers reaction he is going to get tomorrow he will fall madly in love with us! It’s going to be unlike anything we have seen before
but agree, football doesn’t have that anymore really, it’s a job, a business.I don't think he will either. It's just an Ole thing to do.
Expecting to see Martial Cavani Greenwood even though there would be no good reason to play that 3 imo
I cant see him starting either unfortunately. Its Ole afterall.
I dont get this "Oh we will bring him on as a sub instead so he can get a great reaction from the fans", we could be 2-0 down at that point for all we know.
I dont get this "Oh we will bring him on as a sub instead so he can get a great reaction from the fans", we could be 2-0 down at that point for all we know.
Surely even Ole can’t bottle this one!
I remember Ballbag was everywhere and a big deal years ago. Now his City propaganda is barely getting a hundred retweets.
It’s pretty easy to suggest that his shirt sales will exceed 1bn pounds very quickly when he starts to score (and 7% take rate will yield 70m profit for the club for shirts alone).
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BBC still quotes his views as facts in their articles, especially when it comes to La Liga news.
They wouldn’t need to. His lips are so far up their ass he will do this for free.
That’s why their quality has been declining in transfer news.
That sounds more promising for him starting. Sancho, Greenwood, Ronaldo front three confirmed?
fecking buzzing for this. I hope it'll be a rout but I dunno. I'll settle for a squeaky win but I wanna see a performance. *rubs hands
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